You can play a nice simple version of this with a capo on 3 and the
substitutions =, =, =, and =, which I've put in
parenthesis in the song. See notes at the end for solos and other info.
(look up the acoustic version of this song on youtube-it’s good)
Intro ( if capoed)
(strum low strings then middle strings to get the effect)
Five, six, seven, eight!
( if capoed)
( )
(G)
All the time, awake--You're still on my mind.
(Em) (D)
But we were on our own--Almost all the time.
(G)
And she'll step away--For a second or two.
(Em) (D)
And I close my eyes. And I think of you.
(C) (D) (Em) (G)
We were only seventeen, we were holding in our screams
(C) (D) (Em) (G))
like we'd torn it from the pages of some lipstick magazine
(C) (D)
And you scratch and turn and say,
(Em) (D) (C) (
"let's burn ourselves up 'til we scream"--like gasoline
Solo over Bb (similar to intro Bb)
(G)
Those tender days--at your mother's house
(Em) (D)
And your father would find my hand inside your blouse
(G)
But they tell me that--you're married now
(Em) (D)
Oh my dear, I fear, I can't understand how
(C) (D) (Em) (G)
We were only seventeen, we were holding back our screams
(C) (D) (Em) (G)
like we'd torn our lives from the pages of some girly magazines
(C) (D)
And you scratch and turn and say,
(Em) (D) (C) (G)
"let's burn these sheets down to the seams"--like gasoline
Solo
x2 ( if capoed)
(C) (D) (Em) (G)
I was only twenty one, I wasn't having any fun
(C) (D) (Em) (G)
And the words you said tore through my head like bullets from a gun
(C) (D)
And I shoulda just shown up and said,
(Em) (D) (C)
"Get in this car, let's run"
(C) (D) (Em) (G)
And these years have seen so many imitations turning green
(C) (D) (Em) (G)
Each like the last, they go right past like credits on a screen
(C) (D)
But your memory blazes through me
(Em) (D) (C) (G)
Burning everything--like gasoline
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First solo
(these are all tenth fret 10’s below. No ones or zeroes)
(G)
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----------------------------------------------------8---|x2
-8-88-888--8h10-1010-101010-----------------88-1010-----|
----------------------------10-1010-101010--------------|
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-10-10h12p10-x4 -8-8h10p8-|x4 [this whole line x2]
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Second solo
(you should be able to play the chords with two fingers, or less,
and then hit the solo notes with your other fingers)
(G) (Bm)
-6-6-66-8-6-8-10--10-10-1010-11-10-------|
-6-6--------------10-10------------13-11-|
-7-7--------------10-10------------------|
-----------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------|
(Em) (D)
-3-3-33-3-3-3-5---5-5-55-6-5-8-5--|
-3-3--------------6-6-------------|
-3-3--------------5-5-------------|
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Repeat, except 2nd time don't solo on F, just wail on the chord.
On the live acoustic version, violin plays this during the Dm repeat
(which they should have done on the album)
(Bm)
-13-13-1313-15-13-11-10-|
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Finally, I think this is how the chords are played on the album
-10--10--8------------10--6--|
-11--11--10---8---10--11--6--|
-10--12--10---8---10--12--7--|
-12--12--10---8---10--12--8--|
--------------6---8---10--8--|
--------------------------6--|
I've been playing it like this, simpler, and sounds fine
-6---10---------------10--6--|
-6---11--10---8---10--11--6--|
-7---12--10---8---10--12--7--|
-8---12--10---8---10--12--8--|
-8---10--8----6---8---10--8--|
-6------------------------6--|
Watching them live, I see one guy plays the chords this way
while the other plays with a capo on 3. So if you’re playing
alone just fool with the placement of the chords to get
the sound you want. I really over-did the tab for a song
probably ten people have heard.