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by Asaf Avidan And The Mojos


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                   RUBBERBAND GIRL - Asaf Avidan And The Mojos
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Tuning: standard.

Chords used: (from e to E)
Bm: 234422
G:  330023
D:  23200x


That's one of my favorite songs of Asaf Avidan & The Mojos extraordinary album "The Reckoning".
This is how I play it with one guitar... enjoy!


Intro:

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------2---2---2---|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|	X 4
A|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse 1:

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
     She    got    more    than    she    can    show

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
     She     got     love      for   me       to   know

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
     She    got    shadows    on    the    floor    they're    wait-

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------4-------------------|
D|---------------------------------------0---4-----------4---0-------|
A|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
    -ing

    Bm
And I can never understand
      G
She's got a magic rubberband
     D                            Bm
That pulls me back into her hand

I'm never really free

Bm
All my fingers' need to taste
   G
Is just the skin around her waist
          D
There's a war paint on that pretty face
        Bm
but I'm ready.


Chorus:

Bm
Oh oh
      G
Oh oh oh oh
   D
Oh oh oh
         Bm
Oh oh oh


Bm
Oh oh
      G
Oh oh oh oh
   D
Oh oh oh
         Bm
Oh oh oh


Verse 2:

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---4---4---4-------4---4---4-------4---4---4-------4---4---4-------|
D|---4---4---4-------4---4---4-------4---4---4-------4---4---4-------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
         She    thinks    that    she    can    define    me

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---0---0---0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0-------|
G|---0---0---0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0-------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
         With    a    word,    sort    of    refine    me

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------2---2---2-------|
G|---0---0---0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0-------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
        Well    I'm    really,    really    really    fine    with

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---4---4---4-------4---4---4-------4-------------------------------|
D|---4---4---4-------4---4---4-------4-------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------2---------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
        that

Bm
I can be her evening laughter
    G
and I can be her morning after
D
I can be like me but tougher
Bm
If that's what she needs

Bm
I got more than she believes
G                                D
I got chlorophyll in my leaves

I let out the oxygen she breathes
Bm
But she don't know.


* Chorus *


Solo:

(Each note takes exactly 1/16 of the whole chord time, except * and everything after it)

     Bm
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---0---2---2---0---2---2---0---2---2---0---2---2---0---2---2---2---|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

     G
e|---------------------------------------------------2---2---2---1---|
B|---2---3---3---2---3---3---3---3-------3---3---3-------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

     D
e|---1---1---1---2-------2---2---2---3---3---3---2-------2---2---2---|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

     Bm
e|---2---0---0---0---------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------3---3---2---------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

     Bm
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---2---3---3---2---3---3---2---3---3---2---3---3---2---3---3---3---|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

     G
e|---------------------------------------------------5---5---5---4---|
B|---3---5---5---5---5---5---7---7-----------7---7-------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

     D
e|---4---4---4---5-------5---5---5---7---7---7---5-------5---5---5---|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

   * Bm
e|-----7-----6-----5-----4-----3-----2-----1-----0-------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------4-----3-------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

      Bm
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3-------x-------3-------x-------3-------x-------3-------x------|
G|----4-------x-------4-------x-------4-------x-------4-------x------|
D|----4-------x-------4-------x-------4-------x-------4-------x------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

      G
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3-------x-------3-------x-------3-------x-------3-------x------|
G|----0-------x-------0-------x-------0-------x-------0-------x------|
D|----0-------x-------0-------x-------0-------x-------0-------x------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

      D
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3-------x-------3-------x-------3-------x-------3-------x------|
G|----2-------x-------2-------x-------2-------x-------2-------x------|
D|----0-------x-------0-------x-------0-------x-------0-------x------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

      Bm
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3-------x-------3-------x-------3-------x-------3-------x------|
G|----4-------x-------4-------x-------4-------x-------4-------x------|
D|----4-------x-------4-------x-------4-------x-------4-------x------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Strum down (from e to E) and up, hard:]

     Bm
e|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
B|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
G|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|
D|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|
A|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
E|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|

     G
e|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
B|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
G|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
D|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
A|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
E|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|

     D
e|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
B|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
G|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
D|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---| (use thumb to mute E)
A|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

     Bm
e|---2---2---2---2---2-2-2-2---------2-2-2-2---------2-2-2-2-2---2---|
B|---3---3---3---3---3-3-3-3---------3-3-3-3---------3-3-3-3-2---3---|
G|---4---4---4---4---4-4-4-4---------4-4-4-4---------4-4-4-4-4---4---|
D|---4---4---4---4---4-4-4-4---------4-4-4-4---------4-4-4-4-4---4---|
A|---2---2---2---2---2-2-2-2---------2-2-2-2---------2-2-2-2-2---2---|
E|---2---2---2---2---2-2-2-2---------2-2-2-2---------2-2-2-2-2---2---|

     Bm
e|---2---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---3---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---4---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---4---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
E|---2---------------------------------------------------------------|

     Bm
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

     Bm
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---2---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


that's it...
cheers!


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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