remember this is the acoustic version tabbed exactly after how he plays it at that performance.
Listen to it and you'll get some timing right if something's wrong here.
Either way, listen to it first! Always adviced ;)
CAPO on 4th fret.
Intro: - -
- then straight into verse chords - x2, - x2,
- x2, - x2. (listen to the song and you'll get it)
VERSE 1
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Let me tell you a little story
- - with thumb on base string, third fret) x2
of how I got my attitude
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When I moved to Manhattan,
- - x2
I hadn't even finished school
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I was working so hard just to pay
- - x2
those bills and stay there
- - - x2
I had my own agenda, no one even really cared
CHORUS
Time was running out, I had to make a move
So I picked up the bass guitar
- x2
and I played it cool
- x2
Yeah I played it cool
- x2, - x2
VERSE 2
-
A couple years later,
- - x2
I'm living in Paris, France
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Hanging out with DJs,
- - x2
following the latest fads
- -
I was working so hard just to figure out
- x2
the clothes and the hair
-
I tried so hard not to show it,
- - x2
I walked with my nose in the air
CHORUS
The french didn't want me around,
they didn't like my groove
So I packed up my bass guitar
- x2, - x2
and moved to Hollywood
- x2, - x2
I moved to Hollywood
- x2, - x2
- x2, - x2
BRIDGE
I had one last chance
It was all there waiting for me, honey
So Sunny Hollywood
- x2, - x2
dudududuududududu
- x2, - x2
dudududuududududu
- x2
Let me tell you a little secret,
- x2 - x2
I'll tell you a little story now
- x2
Let me tell you a little secret,
- x2 - x2
I'll tell you a little story now
Time was running out, I had to make a move
So I picked up the bass guitar
- x2
and I played it cool
The french didn't want me around,
they didn't like my groove
So I packed up my bass guitar
- x2, - x2
and moved to Hollywood
- x2
Let me tell you a little secret,
- x2 - x2
I'll tell you a little secret now
- x2
Let me tell you a little secret,
- x2 - x2
I'll tell you a little story now