------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE WHITE TRASH PERIOD OF MY LIFE - Josh Rouse ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Keith Email:waxnwane1@spamnobueno.yahoo.com Tuning: Standard Intro: E G#m C#m e----------------------------------------------| B----------------------------5---------5-------| G--------1---------4-----6-----6---6-----6-----| D----2-----2---6-----6-----6---------6---------| A------2---------6-----4---------4-------------| E--0---------4---------------------------------| Occasionally: e-------------------------------------------------| B---------9-------------------5---------5---------| G----9-------9-----4-----6-----6---6-----6--------| D-------9-------6-----6-----6---------6-----------| A----------------6-----4---------4----------------| E--0-----------4----------------------------------| At the end of each C#m, slide up to a partial E: --- -9- -9- -9- -7- --- (0:25 - Play intro/verse above) [E]Careful with [G#m]words They are so [C#m]meaningful [E]Yet [G#m]they scatter like [C#m]The booze from a breath This genius is dead [E]Happy and willing to [G#m]die for your [C#m]love [E]Happy and willing to [G#m]die ... [C#m] (1:10 - Acoustic strum of the same progression, electric over that) [E]Back in the [G#m]bedroom it’s [C#m]4am [E]Hear the [G#m]clatter from the [C#m]neighbors upstairs [E]Happy and willing to [G#m]die for your [C#m]love [E]Happy and willing to [G#m]die ... [C#m] (1:57 - Violin solo, continue with verse) The violin plays: e---11h12h11--9---------7-----| B---------------9-----7---9---| [E]Laid off for [G#m]weeks now, can [C#m]feel the sore [E]Still in [G#m]tatters from the [C#m]smell of you [E]Happy and willing to [G#m]die for your [C#m]love [E]Happy and willing to [G#m}die, so [C#m] cold (Chorus) [G#m]I won’t make a [E] sound [C#m]I'll sleep on the floor Lay on the [G#m] couch Don't put yourself [E] out (verse repeats, then the chorus again to fade out)