• Song:

    Alternative Girlfriend

  • Artist:

    Barenaked Ladies

  • Album:

    One Week

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Very easy song. Never been one of my favorites, but it's fun to play every now and again.

Standard tuning

Capo on 2nd fret, with the low E string left open

The chords are played as follows:
D:     xx0232
Cadd9: x32033
A7sus4: 002030
A:     00222x
Em:    022000
Fmaj7: 033210
A7:    002020
G:     320033

[Intro]
D, Cadd9 (x5)

[Verse 1]
D (xx0232@1)    Cadd9 (x32030@1)D (xx0232@1)      Cadd9You're (x32030@1)in an  all-girl band
D (xx0232@1)   Cadd9 (x32030@1)  D (xx0232@1)  Cadd9Your (x32030@1)futon's second hand
D (xx0232@1)   Cadd9 (x32030@1) D (xx0232@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1)    D (xx0232@1)       Cadd9 (x32030@1)   D (xx0232@1)Cadd9 (x32030@1)A7sus4 (002033@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
Your parents understand, but you don't care
D (xx0232@1)Cadd9 (x32030@1)D (xx0232@1)     Cadd9I (x32030@1)have a job in a shop
D (xx0232@1)    Cadd9 (x32030@1)D (xx0232@1)   Cadd9I'm (x32030@1)an under  cover cop
D (xx0232@1)    Cadd9 (x32030@1)    D (xx0232@1)  Cadd9 (x32030@1)      D (xx0232@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1) D (xx0232@1) Cadd9I (x32030@1)make sure the customers aren't thieves

[Pre-Chorus]
A (x02220@1)           EmOld (022000@1)at being young
A (x02220@1)            EmYoung (022000@1)at being old
A (x02220@1)             EmEverything's (022000@1)on hold within our evolution

[Chorus]
D (xx0232@1)    Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) Em (022000@1)           A7sus4 (002033@1)  A7You're (x02020@1)my    alternative girlfriend
  D (xx0232@1)  Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)     Em (022000@1)       A7sus4 (002033@1)  A7I (x02020@1)love you and now you cannot pretend
Bm (x24432@1)                                        G (320003@1)     There's nothing left that won't cross over

[Verse 2]
Last night we slept on the lawn
You woke up and I was gone
Back to the dream I dream to leave
My life with her is a bore
A worn-out metaphor
No more surprises up its sleeve

[Pre-Chorus]
We're old at being young, young at being old
Everything's been sold to others' revolutions

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
    D (xx0232@1)                        Cadd9 (x32030@1)GYou (320003@1)live above your dad's four-car garage
          D (xx0232@1)                 Cadd9 (x32030@1)GWith (320003@1)your vinyl and imaginary entourage
     D (xx0232@1)                  Cadd9 (x32030@1)  GIf (320003@1)I pull up in a U-Haul, pack up quick
          D (xx0232@1)                             Cadd9 (x32030@1)  Fmaj7So (1x3210@1)we can get out of this town, 'cause it makes me sick

[Chorus]
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