#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # From: [email protected] Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 15:14:28 -0500 Subject: CRD: The Prize by Semisonic THE PRIZE by SEMISONIC from the EP PLEASURE on MCA. Transcribed by John Chapman ([email protected]) Any corrections/edits welcome. Words in brackets mean I'm probably wrong. Check out Semisonic, consisting of Dan Wilson and John Munson from Trip Shakespeare, and Jake Slichter ("a percussionist"). First full-length CD due out in April. Email to [email protected] Intro: Strumming on D (6 bars or so)-see note below Verse1: D Night of a thousand verses D Am One thousand friends said have you heard G D What we expected D We are all working late and D Am Waiting to win a prize that we dont deserve G D And live to collect it Chorus: F#m G Cant you see Im weary Em C D Maybe this news can wait Verse2: Night of a thousand verses One thousand strivers strain to hear The voice thats left us Magazines still have to sell us Twelve master geniuses a year Its all so shameless Chorus: Repeat 2x, second time "Worried" not "Weary" Bridge: B C G Maybe there was a message in it Em (I dont know where you hid it) B C G Maybe there was a [P stamp] with it Em (I dont know where to fit it) B C G Tell me what kind of prize can you get Em (When you dont want to win it) Then back to D for a few bars. Then once through verse and chorus, with no words, and with distorted guitar on top. Then back to bridge exactly as above Then chorus 2x. When strumming on D, there is a little riff that is D/E/F#/F#/G/F# (notes, not chords). If you're playing D in the second fret, you can try to pick it while holding the chord, like this: E---2------0---2---2---4h--2p B---3---3-------------------- G---1------------------------ D---------------------------- A---------------------------- E---------------------------- Try to keep the G and B strings from getting muted so the chord continues to sound. You may find easier places to play up the neck if you're on an electric.
