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Tabbed by David B?dard-Barrette, McGill University, Canada, December 2002
davidbarrette@videotron.ca
Here is another great song by Barenaked Ladies. This one is on the Stunt album,
released in 1998. I'm pretty sure for this one. A lot of chords, but not that
tough. Don't forget the capo on the 4th fret, and please rate this tab. Thanks!
Song: Never Is Enough
Band: Barenaked Ladies
Album: Stunt
Composers: Ed Robertson/Steve Page
Version: Album version
CAPO 4th Fret
CHORDS
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D D/C# D/B D/A G G/f# Em7 A7 Bm Bm/A E9/Ab E Bm11 A7sus4 C9
e----2----2-----2----2----3----3----3---0---2----2----0----0---0----0----0---
B----3----3-----3----3----3----3----3---2---3----3----0----0---3----3----3---
G----2----2-----0----2----0----0----0---0---4----4----4----1---2----0----0---
D----0----0-----0----0----0----0----0---2---4----4----4----2---0----2----2---
A----X----4-----2----0----2----0----2---0---2----0----2----2---2----0----3---
E----X----X-----0----X----3----2----0---0---X----x----4----0---X----X----X---
Intro
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[D, D/C#, D/B, D/A, G, G/f#, Em7, A7] x 2
1st Verse
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D
What, am I to wake up suddenly and then
enroll at the local college and earn me a degree
And I could work weekends?
Bm Bm/A E9/Ab E
If I work real hard
Bm Bm/A E9/Ab E
I could mow your back yard
2nd verse
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D D/C# D/B D/A G G/f# Em7 A7
I can go to Europe travel with my friends
D D/C# D/B D/A
I can blow a thousand Deutsche marks
G G/f# Em7 A7
To get drunk in a pub with some Australians.
Bm Bm/A E9/Ab E
Buy a giant backpack
Bm Bm/A E9/Ab E
Sew a flag on the back
Chorus
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D D/C# D/B D/A G
I think never is enough (Yeah never is enough)
G/f# Em7 A7
I never have to do that stuff
D D/C# D/B D/A G
I think never is enough (Yeah never is enough)
G/f# Em7 A7
You never have to do that stuff
[D, D/C#, D/B, D/A, G, G/f#, Em7, A7] x 2
3rd verse
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D
I never had to spend a summer planting trees
I never worked my way through a forest inch by inch
Doubled over on my hands and knees.
D D/C# D/B D/A G G/f# Em7 A7
I never spent a single day in retail
D D/C# D/B D/A
Telling people what they want to hear
G G/f# Em7 A7
Telling people anything to make a sale.
Bm Bm/A E9/Ab E
Eating in the food court
Bm Bm/A E9/Ab E
with the old and the bored
Chorus
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D D/C# D/B D/A G
I think never is enough (Yeah never is enough)
G/f# Em7 A7
I never have to do that stuff
D D/C# D/B D/A G
I think never is enough (Yeah never is enough)
G/f# Em7 A7
You never have to do that stuff
Bridge & Solo
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G A7
The world's your oyster shell
G A7
So what's that funny smell
G A7
You eat the bivalve anyway
G
And you're sick with salmonella
A7
You get your Ph.D.
G A7
How happy you will be
G A7
When you get a job at Wendy's
G A7 Bm11 A7sus4 G D
And are honored with employee of the month
[Bm11, A7sus4, G, D] x2
A7sus4, Bm11, C9
[D, D/C#, D/B, D/A, G, G/f#, Em7, A7] x 2
Chorus
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D D/C# D/B D/A G
I think never is enough (Yeah never is enough)
G/f# Em7 A7
I never have to do that stuff
D D/C# D/B D/A G
I think never is enough (Yeah never is enough)
G/f# Em7 A7
You never have to do that stuff
D D/C# D/B D/A G
I think never is enough (Yeah never is enough)
G/f# Em7 A7
I never have to do that stuff
D D/C# D/B D/A G
I think never is enough (Yeah never is enough)
G/f# Em7 A7 D
You never have to do that stuff
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