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ALUMINUM (ACOUSTIC)- Barenaked Ladies
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Tabbed from the acoustic "Bathroom session" on youtube.
Tuning: Capo on 2nd fret WITHOUT covering the low E
INTRO
e|-----0-------0-0-|------0-------0-0-|-----0-------0---|-0---------|
B|-----1-------3-3-|------3-------3---|-----1-------3---|-3---------|
G|-----0-0-----0-2-|------2-----0-2---|-----0-0-----0-0-|-2---------|
D|---0---0---0---0-|----0-------0-----|---0---0---0-----|-0---------|
A|---------------0-|----0-----0-------|-----------------|-0---------|
E|-1-------3-----0-|----------0-------|-1-------3-------|-0---------|
VERSE
x3
e||-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---||-------0----------|------0-----0---0-|
B||-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---||-----1-----1----1-|------3-----3---3-|
G||---2---2---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-||-----0--------0---|----0-----0-------|
D||-0---------------|-----------------||---0--------------|-/3-----2-----0---|
A||---------3-------|-2-------1-------||------------------|------------------|
E||-----------------|-----------------||-1----------------|------------------|
CHORUS (strumming)
Fmaj9add6 (1x0010) - or just F
G6 (3x0030) - G
D5add9 (000230) - D
(he also hammers on a bar with the first finger on the first string to give a real D (000232)
F G D F G D
Aluminum to me, aluminium to some
F G D
You can shine like silver all you want
F G D
But you're just aluminum
VERSE
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Cadd9 (x32033) - C
G (320033) - G
Real D (000232) - Real D
F G D C
Everytime you're near I forget
F G D
When you leave, you leave only regret
C G D
Everytime you're near I forget
F G (Real D)
Everything
VERSE
CHORUS
End on D5add9
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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