SOUVENIR
(Neil Finn)
NOTES:
-- I've supplied two different versions of the intro (which is the same
thing played on the verses); the first version is an easier way to go,
though the voicings are not as accurate as Version 2. The problem is
that version 2 relies on the higher strings, giving you very little bass
to work with -- and this is a pretty bass-heavy song.
-- This is one of those songs on the album that doesn't work
particularly well as an acoustic guitar song.
-- The riff is pretty much identical all through the song.
* UNUSUAL CHORDS
E XX2100 (diff. from usual fingering)
XX0100
F#m XX4222 (diff. from usual fingering)
/ X42422
RIFF:
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INTRO/VERSE, version 1: E F#m
INTRO/VERSE, version 2: * * *
VERSE:
()
Don't ask the question
()
cos you won't like the answer
()
get up off your chair
there's nothing for you here
CHORUS:
Where the guests like souvenirs
they play with you til you're all worn out
()
back there the guests like souvenirs
VERSE:
Prison colour blue
it's a uniform of choice
count yourself lucky
and you don't write the software
CHORUS:
and the guests like souvenirs
they play with you till you're all worn out
back where the guests take photographs
they hope you had a good night
BRIDGE:
Loosen up your tie
make the viewers cry
()
I cannot pretend to cry
SOLO:
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VERSE:
Memorise by heart
every single part
there's nothing for you here
CHORUS:
Where the guests like souvenirs
they play with you til you're all worn out
back where the guests like souvenirs
they hope you had a good night
Each night I would fall
right off the stairs
no one's in prayer (?)
CODA: (instrumental, no words)
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[c] 1997 by Roundhead Music, Administered by Wixen Music (BMI)
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)