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SHORT TERM MEMORY LOVE - Triggerfinger
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Tabbed by Yves Bastien
Tuning: Standard, capo on 2nd fret, all positions relative to the capo
Key: B major
Intro Main Riff
e|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------||
D|--7-7-7-7--7-7-7/10-10-5-7-5-4-4-||--5h7-7-7-7/10-10-5-7-5-4-4----------||
A|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0-0-||--0---0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0-0----------||
E|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------||
Riff I Chorus (x3) end Chorus
e|--3-3-------||--------------------------------||------------------------------|
B|--3-3--2-2--||*------------------------------*||------------------------------|
G|--0-0--3-3--||--------------------------------||------------------------------|
D|--0-0--0-0--||---4-4-4-4/7-7-7-7/12-12-12-12--||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/12-12-12-12-|
A|--x-x-------||*--4-4-4-4/7-7-7-7/12-12-12-12-*||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/12-12-12-12-|
E|--3-3-------||---2-2-2-2/5-5-5-5/10-10-10-10--||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/10-10-10-10-|
Riff II Riff III Underlying Octave
e|------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------|
B|------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------|
G|------------------7-7-5-7b-5--|------------------------------|---9----------|
D|-5h7-7-7-10-10-5--------------|--5h7-7-7/10-10---5/7-5-------|---x--(x6)----|
A|-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--------------|--0-0-0-0----0----------7\5-0-|--11----------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------|
Solo (2x)
e||----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
G||--7b-5~----------------------------7b-5~------------------------------------||
D||--------7-5----------5-5-----5-5---------7-5-----------5-5-5h7p5------------||
A||*----------5p3-3-5s7-----5h7-----7-----------5p3-3-5s7-----------5-0-------*||
E||----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2----2---2-4-2-4b-4-2-------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-------2-2-2-2-------2-2-2-2---------------------2p0---0-----------|
A|-0-0-0-0-4p0---0-0-0-0-4p0---0-0-0-0-4p0---------------------4-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2----2---2-4-2-4b-4-2-------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-------2-2-2-2-------2-2-2-2---------------------4-3-2-0-----------|
A|-0-0-0-0-4p0---0-0-0-0-4p0---0-0-0-0-4p0-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
end Solo
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------Main Riff x2---------------|
D|----5h7-7-7-7-7/11-10-9-5-7-5-4-4-4-4-4------------------------------------|
A|----0---0-0-0-0----0—-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro repeat as many times as needed
e||----------------------------------------------||------------------8b------|
B||*---------------------------------------5----*||---------8b---------------|
G||---7-7-5-7b-5-7-5-7-7b---7-7-5-7b-5-7-5---7br-||---7b---------------------|
D||----------------------------------------------||--------------------------|
A||*--------------------------------------------*||--------------------------|
E||----------------------------------------------||--------------------------|
Note: The main riff changes a little bit throughout the song, Ruben sometimes adds some notes
or changes the phrasing a little bit.
SONG STRUCTURE
Intro: Intro + Main Riff(3x)
Verse I: no guitar expect for a D5 (relative to capo) on ‘... grand prize’
Verse II+Bridge I: Riff II on ‘... close’, then Ruben strums his guitar while muting the strings,
but you can also play the main riff (normal or muted)
Chorus I: Riff I,Chorus, Main Riff (x3)
Verse III+Bridge II: Riff II, Main Riff (x4)
Chorus II: Riff I, Chorus (final part twice or play the Underlying Octave
instead of the first powerchord), Main Riff (x4)
Solo+Riff III
Outro, end on A5 powerchord
LYRICS
(Verse I)
I've been watching your eyes
and I've been watching you move
And I'm playing for the grand prize
Since I've been watching you groove
(Verse II)
And I've been watching you close,
and I’ve been watching you stretch
I've been watching your sin
Just a little glimpse I caught in the flesh
From all you sparks that we're in
(Bridge I)
And I've been watching your eyes
I could read your stare
And baby, it's so hard, so hard, so hard
(Chorus I)
I'll be anything you want me to be
A star ship trooper from another galaxy
Show you anything you wanna see
I'll be your short term memory love, baby
(Verse III)
And you've been watching my mouth
'cause it's been quite some heard
Wonder if it'll come down
Yeah baby, throw you there
(Bridge II)
And I've been watching your eyes
I could read your stare
And baby, it's so hard, so hard, so hard
(Chorus II)
I'll be anything you want me to be
A star ship trooper from another galaxy
Show you anything you wanna see
I'll be your short term memory love, baby
Be your short term memory love, baby...
ohw ohw ohw...
(Solo)
(Outro)
I'll be your short term memory love
I'll be your short term memory love
I'll be your short term memory love
I'll be your short term memory love
aah, aah, aah, ahh
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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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