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Artist: Fountains of Wayne
Album:  Sky Full of Holes
Song:   A Dip in the Ocean
tabber: John Baer (eddiebauerman16@aol.com)
tabbed on 8/3/2011

*Note: This song has been preformed in the key of E by the band, but on the album 
it is in F, and that is how I've tabbed it here.

Intro: F

Guitar 1 (intro riff):
  F (133211@1)                      Bb (x1333x@1)(Let notes ring)
E-------------------------------|-----------|
B-11-11-11-10-------------------|--------11-|
G-------------12-10-------------|-----10----|(x2)
D-------------------12-10-------|--10-------| 
A-------------------------10-12-|13---------|
E-------------------------------|-----------|

Verse 1: 
F (133211@1)                  Bb (x1333x@1)                      FIt's (133211@1)you and me on a beach/ In nineteen-ninety eight
                 Bb (x1333x@1)             Dm (xx0231@1)        Bb (x1333x@1)     FLeaning (133211@1)into the breeze/ From the willows and rivermen grace
    Am (x02210@1)           Bb (x1333x@1)       F (133211@1)                      CAre (x32010@1)reborn in this place/ I'm assured the procedure is painless
F (133211@1)                 Bb (x1333x@1)                       FThe (133211@1)taxicab with no brakes/ around the mountain pass
                       Bb (x1333x@1)         Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1)           FKeep (133211@1)your head in your hands/ if anybody askes what you mean when
         Am (x02210@1)      Bb (x1333x@1)            F (133211@1)                   CYou (x32010@1)were picking a fight/ you were only complimenting the waitress

Chorus 1: 
          Am (x02210@1)                  Bb (x1333x@1)Give us a room, with a mountain view:
       F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)       BbA (x1333x@1)tiny cabana by the water, yeah by the water and I,
                    C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)        BbGot (x1333x@1)a rental for an hour or two, for a ride up the coast
      C (x32010@1)            FAnd (133211@1)a dip in the ocean.

(Repeat Intro)

Verse 2: 
F (133211@1)               Bb (x1333x@1)                    FThe (133211@1)waterfront is alight/ with Citronella flame
                      Bb (x1333x@1)            Dm (xx0231@1) 
Tourists flash in the night/ from the grottoes and 
Bb (x1333x@1)      F (133211@1)        Am (x02210@1)      Bb (x1333x@1)         FGathering (133211@1)now on the heel-worn planks for a drunken
                CForm (x32010@1)another, a mumble (?)
F (133211@1)                 Bb (x1333x@1)                FAnd (133211@1)lovers paddle a boat/ on the molten bay
                     Bb (x1333x@1)        DmPeering (xx0231@1)into the the reeds/ on a ripple
    Bb (x1333x@1)       F (133211@1)        Am (x02210@1)      BbAnd (x1333x@1)playing it cool/ in a bar by the pool
       F (133211@1)                CWith (x32010@1)a Caribbean Kiss Amaretto

Chorus 2: 
          Am (x02210@1)                  Bb (x1333x@1)Give us a room, with a mountain view:
       F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)       BbA (x1333x@1)tiny cabana by the water, yeah by the water and I,
                    C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)        BbGot (x1333x@1)a rental for an hour or two, for a ride up the coast
      C (x32010@1)            FAnd (133211@1)a dip in the ocean.

(Repeat intro)

Bridge:
Am (x02210@1)              BbGet (x1333x@1)a load of the light in the trees and the
F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1)      CSweet (x32010@1)decay on the maritime breeze
Dm (xx0231@1)                C (x32010@1) BbThe (x1333x@1)sun's hitching on a weather balloon 
         CAnd (x32010@1)the heat of the tarmac
G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)       FBurning (133211@1)a hole in a gold afternoon

(Solo- variation on the intro/verse)

Chorus 3:
          Am (x02210@1)                  BbGive (x1333x@1)us a room, with a mountain view:
       F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)       BbA (x1333x@1)tiny cabana by the water, yeah by the water and I,
                    C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)        BbGot (x1333x@1)a rental for an hour or two, and a bottle and cooler
          C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)   BbWith (x1333x@1)some maps and a big brown towel
                   Am (x02210@1)       DmIt's (xx0231@1)a beater, but today will do
      Bb (x1333x@1)                     C (x32010@1)            FFor (133211@1)a ride up the coast, and a dip in the ocean.

Outro:
F (133211@1)               Bb (x1333x@1)      F (133211@1)  Bb((repeat (x1333x@1)intro riff) In the ocean (x2)) 
F (133211@1)                  Bb (x1333x@1)  Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1)    
((repeat intro riff) In the ocean (x2))

End: Fade out.

Cheers, and buy Sky Full of Holes!
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-John Baer