Coin-operated Boy Tab by Dresden Dolls
the longest song i've tabbed yet.
[intro]
(G)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4
e|----3-3-----3-------3-3------3-------3-3----3---------------|
B|----0-0-----0-------0-0------0-------0-0----0---------------|
G|0---------------0----------------0--------------0-----------|
D|--------0----------------0---------------0----------0-------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------3---|
[a-part]
(G)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|----3-3-----3-------3-3------3---|
B|----0-0-----0-------0-0------0---|
G|0---------------0----------------|
D|--------0----------------0-------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
coin operated boy sitting on a
(D)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|----2-2-----2-------2-2-----2---|
B|----3-3-----3-------3-3-----3---|
G|2---------------2---------------|
D|--------0---------------0-------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
shelf he is toy but i turn him
just a
(Am)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|----0-0-----0-------0-0-----0---|
B|----1-1-----1-------1-1-----1---|
G|2---------------2---------------|
D|--------2---------------2-------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
on and he life automatic
comes to
(D)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|----2-2-----2-------2-2-----2---|
B|----3-3-----3-------3-3-----3---|
G|2---------------2---------------|
D|--------0---------------0-------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
joy, that is want a
why i
(G)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|----3-3-----3-------------------|
B|----0-0-----0-------------------|
G|0---------------0-------0---1---|
D|--------0-----------4-----------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
coin operated boy
[b-part]
(Am)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|----0-0-----0-------0-0-----0---|
B|----1-1-----1-------1-1-----1---|
G|2---------------2---------------|
D|--------2---------------2-------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
made of plastic and elastic
(C)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|----0-0-----0-------0-0-----0---|
B|----1-1-----1-------1-1-----1---|
G|--------0---------------0-------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|3---------------3---------------|
E|--------------------------------|
he is rugged and long-lasting
(Am)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|----0-0-----0-------0-0-----0---|
B|----1-1-----1-------1-1-----1---|
G|2---------------2---------------|
D|--------2---------------2-------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
who ever ever ask for
could
(C)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|----0-0-----0-------0-------0---|
B|----1-1-----1-------1-------1---|
G|--------0-----------0-------0---|
D|--------------------------------|
A|3---------------3--------3------|
E|--------------------------------|
more?
(Am)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|----0-0-----0-------0-0-----0---|
B|----1-1-----1-------1-1-----1---|
G|2---------------2---------------|
D|--------2---------------2-------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
love out complica- tions ga-
with
(C)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|----0-0-----0-------------------|
B|----1-1-----1---1---------------|
G|--------0-----------0-------0---|
D|------------------------4-------|
A|3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
lore
(Am)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|----0-0-----0-------0-0-----0---|
B|----1-1-----1-------1-1-----1---|
G|2---------------2---------------|
D|--------2---------------2-------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
many shapes weights choose from
and to
(C)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|----0-0-----0-------0-0-----0---|
B|----1-1-----1-------1-1-----1---|
G|--------0---------------0-------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|3---------------3---------------|
E|--------------------------------|
i will never leave my bedroom
(Am)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|----0-0-----0-------0-0-----0---|
B|----1-1-----1-------1-1-----1---|
G|2---------------2---------------|
D|--------2---------------2-------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
i will never cry at night a-
(C)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|----0-0-----0-------0-------0---|
B|----1-1-----1-------1-------1---|
G|--------0-----------0-------0---|
D|--------------------------------|
A|3---------------3--------3------|
E|--------------------------------|
gain
(Am)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|----0-0-----0-------0-0-----0---|
B|----1-1-----1-------1-1-----1---|
G|2---------------2---------------|
D|--------2---------------2-------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
wrap my arms around him and pre-
(C) (F) (D)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|----0-0-----0---1-------2-------|
B|----1-1-----1---1-------3-------|
G|--------0-------2-------2-------|
D|----------------3-------0-------|
A|3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
tend
[a-part again]
(G)
coin operated boy all the other
(D)
real ones that I destroy cannot hold a
(Am)
candle to my new boy and I'll never let him
(D)
go and i'll never be alone
and i'll never let him
e|---2-2-----2-------|
B|---3-3-----3-------|
G|2--------------2---|
D|-------0-----------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
go never be alone
and I'll [x5 like a skipping record]
[no cord]
not with my
(G) [like last half of intro]
coin operated boy!
[BRIDGE!]
[it's hard to tell, but this is the best i could make of it]
(Am) (D) (C)
this bridge was written to make you feel smittener
[keep this progression up]
with my sad picture of girl getting bitterer
can you extract me from my plastic fantasy?
i didn't think so, but i'm still convinceable
will you persist even after i bet you
a billion dollars that i'll never love you
will you persist even after i kiss you
goodbye for the last time will you keep on
(A)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---|
B|--2-----2-----2---2-----2-----2-|
G|----2------2--------2-----2-----|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
trying to
(C)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|0-----0-----0---|
B|--1-----1-----1-|
G|----0------0----|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
prove it i'm
(A)
dying to
(C)
lose it i'm
(A)
losing my
(C)
confidence
[on the next part, using half of the A, you'll just switch back and forth between A and C]
i want it
i want it
i want it
i want it
i want you
i want you
i want you
i want you
i want you
i want you
i want you
i want you
[now just strum]
i want a
i want a
i want a
i want a
(G) [again the last half of intro]
coin operated boy!
[INSTRUMENTAL! i'm not cool enough to get the solo in this one, sorry]
(Am)
(C)
(Am)
(C)
(Am)
(C)
(Am)
if i had a star to wish on
(C)
for my life I can't imagine
(Am)
any flesh and blood to be his
(C)
match
(Am)
I can even take him in the
(C) (F) (D)
bath
(G)
coin operated boy he may not be
(D)
real experienced with girls but i know he
(Am)
feels like a boy should feel isn't that the
(D)
point? that is why i want a
(G)
coin operated boy with a pretty
(D)
coin operated voice saying that he
(Am)
loves me, that he's thinking of me straight and to the
(D)
point, that is why i want a
(G)
coin operated boy
