• Song:

    Pinch Me Acoustic

  • Artist:

    Barenaked Ladies

Alright everyone.. Just decided i wanted to learn this song and no one had any accurate 
out there so figured id give it a go

durring the verse he stops/palm-mutes alot so ur gonna have to figure it out on ur own.

intro/verse
[-------------------------------------------]
[------1-------3---------3-------3----3-----]  x2 for intro
[------0-------0---------0-------0----0-----]
[----0-------0----------0---0h2--2h3--2-----]
[-xxx-------------2--2h3--------------------]
[-0h1-----1/3-------------------------------]

On the last time threw the verse he does this

[-------------------------------------------]
[------1-------3---------3--3----3----3--3--]
[------0-------0---------0--0----0----0--0--]
[----0-------0----------0---0h2--2h3--2--0--]
[-xxx-------------2--2h3--------------------]
[-0h1-----1/3-------------------------------]


[-------------------------------------------]
[------3-----3--3-------111-11----333-33----]
[------2-----2--2-------000-00----000-00----]
[----0-------0--0-------000-00----000-00----]
[-x--------x--------------------------------]
[-0h2------2--------0h1--------1/3----------]

Chorus
just strum these chords.. figure out the timing
[-3--3---x---x--------3--3-------------3-------]
[-3--3---1---2--------3--3---1---------3-------]
[-0--0---0---3--------0--0---0---------0-------]
[-2--0---0---0--------2--0---0---------0-------]
[-3--2---x---x--------3--2---x---------2-------]
[----3---1---2-----------3---1--slide--3-------]

Last time around for chorus let the 1x001(F) chord ring out dont go to the G

Verse again

Chorus

Then he does something like this not sure if its accurate but meh who wants to copy anyways

[--------------------------------------------------------------------]
[-----0h1-------3-3-----1-1----3-3----0h1p0------3-3---1-1---3-3-----]
[--------0------0-0-----0-0----0-0---------0-----0-0---0-0---0-0-----]
[----2----2----0--0----0--0---0--0---2------2---0--0--0--0--0--0-----]
[---0-------------------------------0--------------------------------]
[-------------3-------1------3-----------------3-----1-----3---------]
                                     just strum these chords at the end
[------------------------------][-------------------]
[---1/3\1-----3-3---1-1---3-3--][--1-3----1--1------]
[---2/4\2-----0-0---0-0---0-0--][--0-0----0--0------]
[--2---------0--0--0--0--0--0--][--2-0----0--0------]
[-0----------------------------][--0-x----x--x------]
[-----------3-----1-----3------][----3--0h1--1------]

First time threw is a little different here he does some harmonics
These are a guess to how to tab them

"on an evening such as this"
[---------------------------------*5--------]
[------1-------3---------3-------*5---------] (Basically he strums the
[------0-------0---------0-----*7-----------]  5th and 7th fret harmonics)
[----0-------0----------0------*7-----------]
[-xxx-------------2--2h3-----*5-------------]
[-0h1-----1/3--------------------------12\0-]

[-------------------------------------------]
[------1-------3---------3-------3----3-----]
[------0-------0---------0-------0----0-----]
[----0-------0----------0---0h2--2h3--2-----]
[-xxx-------------2--2h3--------------------]
[-0h1-----1/3-------------------------------]
"Who'll notice that im not arround)
[-----------------------------------------------]
[------1-------3---------3--x-3/5\3---3-3-3-3---]
[------0-------0---------0--x-2/4\2---0-0-0-0---]
[----0-------0----------0---x-3/5\3---2h3-2-0---]
[-xxx-------------2--2h3----x-------------------]
[-0h1-----1/3-----------------------------------]

Play the rest as listed before and you'll be set...
This is fairly accurate but this is my first tab
so having issues putting down what my fingers do
on paper.. Listen to it and play around with it..
add what you think is best and it will sound fine..
Hope you enjoy plz rate this tab as i would like
to know how everyone feels about it
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