• Song:

    When Not Being Stupid Is Not Enough

  • Artist:

    Built To Spill

  • Album:

    Built to Spill Caustic ...

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WHEN NOT BEING STUPID IS NOT ENOUGH
Built to Spill
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Tabbed by: Benson
Email: dontcallmebenny@hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard

Intro: For the first 3 minutes, it's just D and G, with the lead guitar playing in D major:

D Major Scale: D E F# G A B C#
    
e|-------------------------------------9-10----------------|
B|-------------------------------10-12---------------------|
G|-----------------------9-11-12---------------------------|
D|---------------9-11-12-----------------------------------|
A|-------9-10-12-------------------------------------------|
E|-10-12---------------------------------------------------|

D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)      GWhen (320003@1)not being stupid is not enough
D (xx0232@1)            B (x2444x@1) Bb (x1333x@1) D (xx0232@1)    GWhen (320003@1)not being wrong is not enough
Emin (022032@1)         A (x02220@1)          
Waited such a long time
Emin   A
Have I waited too long?
D (xx0232@1)                  G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)                 GIn (320003@1)a world that's so bad It's not hard to feel good
D (xx0232@1)              B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb
You do what you have to
D (xx0232@1)                GNot (320003@1)as much as you could
Emin (022032@1)                  AJust (x02220@1)because you're not wrong
Emin (022032@1)         ADoesn't (x02220@1)mean that you're right




Octave Bit - play 4 times
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-7-11-9-7-9--------|
D|------------9-8----|
A|-5-9--7-5-7--------|
E|------------7-6----|

The last time play this over the Emin and A chords
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-9-9-11-9-11-14-14-12-11-----|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-7-7-9--7-9--12-12-10-9------|
E|-----------------------------|

D (xx0232@1)            B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb   D (xx0232@1)    B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb
When not being stupid is not enough
D (xx0232@1)            B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb D (xx0232@1)     B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb
When not being evil is not enough
Emin (022032@1)         AYou (x02220@1)look all around you
Emin (022032@1)         AYou (x02220@1)never look at the best stuff 

Outro Chords Rhythm -  all in power chords

D (xx0232@1) C# (x43121@1)B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A G# (xx1114@1)    G//////////////////////////// (320003@1)Play this twice

F# (244322@1)E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) G (320003@1) A///////////////////////////Then (x02220@1)back to the above section, and repeat

For the outro solo, again use D major


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