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Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 20:02:57 EST
From: Brian F Mojica 


ROCKET BOY
by Liz Phair
from the "Stealing Beauty" soundtrack
tabbed by Brian Mojica 
(Sorry about the lyrics.  I did my best.  Feel free to correct them
yourself.)

h = hammer on
p = pull off
/ = slide up
 = slide down
~ = vibrato
^ = bend (half-, full-, two-steps etc. specified)
rb=release bend

Chords I^?m not familiar with (low E to high E):
E*   042XXX
F#*  264XXX

Riff 1:
  A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)             Db (x43121@1)            E|--------------------------------------------------------0--| (022100@1)|--------------------------------------------------------0--|
|-2---2-----------7---7----------------------------------1--|
|-2---2-----------7---7---------------------------2---------|
|-0---0-----------5---5-4-4-2-2-0-4---4-2-2-0-0---2---------|
|-------3-3-2-2-0-------------------------------3-0---------|

   Play Riff 1 twice
	(Rocket boy....rocket boy....rocket boy...)
A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)         Dbm (x13321@4)                 E (022100@1)  Didn^?t see, I had no idea, never heard it before
          A (x02220@1)                D (xx0232@1)  And I said ^?why don^?t I, yeah, why don^?t I?^?
Dbm (x13321@4)                     E (022100@1)  s^?the question of the year
Bm (x24432@1)            A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)  You used to be my favorite toy
             BmA        E*   E (022100@1)  But what happened to my
           A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)  Rocket boy   rocket boy
Dbm (x13321@4)                   E (022100@1)  Where are you gonna land?
            A (x02220@1)               D (xx0232@1)  I said ^?go-don^?t stop it, go-don^?t stop it^?
Dbm (x13321@4)            E (022100@1)  How we all understand
Bm (x24432@1)            A (x02220@1)             E (022100@1)  You used to be my pride and joy
Bm (x24432@1)           A (x02220@1)     E*   E (022100@1)  Now you^?re just my ro---cket
           Riff 1 once
   Rocket boy
A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)     Dbm (x13321@4)  E (022100@1)  They don^?t know my friends
A (x02220@1)       D (xx0232@1)  Dbm (x13321@4)E (022100@1)  We got off again
    Bm (x24432@1)           A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)  How am I gonna get myself to sleep
           Bm (x24432@1)         A (x02220@1)          E*        E (022100@1)  I got stains on my sheets and my nails are..........?
Dbm (x13321@4)              F# (244322@1)  Wouldn^?t it be nice to have an
   B (x2444x@1)       A (x02220@1)  Abm (133111@4)  Ordinary girlfriend
   Dbm (x13321@4)                       F# (244322@1)  Laughin^? ^?bout it makes it real
             B (x2444x@1)             A (x02220@1)  Makes it happen to be but I can reach you
B (x2444x@1)           E (022100@1)         Ebm (xx4342@1)                 F# (244322@1)  Didn^?t see, I had no idea, never heard it before
          B (x2444x@1)                E (022100@1)  And I said ^?why don^?t I, yeah, why don^?t I?^?
Ebm (xx4342@1)                F# (244322@1)  There^?s no sense being here
Dbm (x13321@4)          Bbm (x13321@1)           F# (244322@1)  You used to be my favorite toy
            DbmBbm             F#*  F# (244322@1)  But what happened to my      ro--cket
           (now you^?re just my)
      DDbm     B (x2444x@1)  My ro--cket boy
           E (022100@1)  Rocket boy
Ebm (xx4342@1)                  F# (244322@1)  When are you gonna land?
            B (x2444x@1)               E (022100@1)  I said ^?go-don^?t stop it, go-don^?t stop it^?
Ebm (xx4342@1)                F# (244322@1)  Now we all understand
    B (x2444x@1)    E (022100@1)  Rocket boy
Ebm (xx4342@1)                   F# (244322@1)  Where are you gonna land?
    B (x2444x@1)    E (022100@1)  Rocket boy
Ebm (xx4342@1)                     F# (244322@1)  They just don^?t understand
Dbm (x13321@4)           B (x2444x@1)             E (022100@1)  You used to be my pride and joy
       A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1)     F# (244322@1)  My boy you have me