Tabbed by: andrea
Tuning: Standard
Okay so this is a little bit harder than intermediate, especially if you want to play
the little solo thing in the middle, but I'm sure you can soldier
through if you have enough of a handle on bar chords and know
a little fingerpicking. Have fun and good luck!
Bbm F7 Ebm Bbm6 Gb7 F7*
e|---6---| |---x---| |---6---| |---x---| |---9---| |---8---|
B|---6---| |---6---| |---7---| |---6---| |---11--| |---10--|
G|---6---| |---8---| |---8---| |---6---| |---9---| |---8---|
D|---8---| |---7---| |---8---| |---5---| |---11--| |---10--|
A|---8---| |---8---| |---6---| |---x---| |---9---| |---8---|
E|---6---| |---x---| |---x---| |---6---| |---x---| |---x---|
INTRO
(listen to the song to get the rhythm, this rhythm will be used throughout the song)
Bbm F7 Bbm Ebm
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----6-----6-----6----------6-----6-----6-----6-----7-----7-----7-----7----|
G|-----6-----6-----6----------8-----8-----6-----6-----8-----8-----8-----8----|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------8-----8-----------8----------------------6-----6-----6-----6-------|
E|--6-----------------8----------8-----6-----6-------------------------------|
Bbm Ebm Bbm
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----7-----7-----7-----7-----6-----6-----6-----6---|
G|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----8-----8-----8-----8-----6-----6-----6-----6---|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------6-----6-----6-----6------------------------------|
E|--6-----6-----6-----6-----------------------------6-----6-----6-----6------|
F7
e|------------------------------|
B|-----6-----6-----6-----6---6--|
G|-----8-----8-----8-----8---8--|
D|--------------7------------7--|
A|--8-----8-----------8------8--|
E|------------------------------|
(Continue that rhythm, but you can leave the bass line simple - just hit the bass note of the chord)
Bbm F7 Bbm
Well, I can tell by the way you take your infusion
Ebm Bbm
You've spent some time in a mental institution
Bbm Ebm
What a dream
Ebm Bbm
Life would seem
Bbm F7 Bbm Gb7 F7*
If only... They let you keep your etch-a-sketch
Bbm
Oh, you laugh like a banshee
F7
Gesticulate your delerium
Bbm
They treat you like a corpse
Ebm Bbm
Keep you full of candy lithium
Bbm Ebm F7 Bbm Gb7 F7
What a dream life would seem if only you could see the world from inside and etch-a-sketch
Bbm F7 Bbm
I can tell by the way you reach your conclusions
Bbm Ebm Bbm
You're the director of a mental institution
Bbm Ebm
What a dream
Ebm Bbm
Life would seem
Bbm F7
If only...
Bbm6 F7 Bbm6 Ebm Bbm Gb7 F7
It hadn't been for Dr. B
SOLO
(the rhythm can be hard to get, just listen to the song)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------6-------------------6---------------------------------------6--------|
G|---------6-----6-------------6-----6----------------8----------------8-----8-----|
D|-------8----------8--------8----------8----------8-----8-----------8----------7--|
A|--8--8----------------6--6---------------------8----------8---9--9---------------|
E|------------------------------------------9--9-----------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------6----------------------9--------------------6-------------------6--------|
G|---------6-----6----------------8-----8--------------6-----6-------------8-----8-----|
D|-------8----------8----------10----------10--------8----------8--------7----------7--|
A|--8--8----------------11--11------------------8--8----------------8--8---------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(now play the first bar of that, while singing the next bit, yeah it's a little difficult...)
Animate yourself
An alternate reality
Consummate a self-pleasing artificiality
F7
You can have yourself a tea
(now strum the chords)
Bbm F7 Bbm
I... can... tell by the way you take your infusion
Bbm Ebm Bbm
You've spent some time in a mental institution
Bbm Ebm
What a dream life would seem
Bbm
If only...
F7 Bbm6
You could see the world from inside an etch-a-sketch
Good job you made it through!
