• Song:

    What Do You Want From Me

  • Artist:

    Forever The Sickest Kids

  • Album:

    The Weekend: Friday

Song: "What Do You Want From Me"
Band: Forever The Sickest Kids
Album: The Weekend: Friday
Tuning: Standard, no capo

Great song, awesome band.

NOTE: I've only figured out part of the lead in the chorus. There's more lead guitar in 
but I haven't figured it all out. But since there weren't many tabs of this, I thought 
post what I have figured out. Hope it helps, comment and rate :)

INTRO:
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|--8--8----------------------|
D|--8--8--8--8--10--10--6--6--|
A|--6--6--8--8--10--10--6--6--|
E|--------6--6--8---8---4--4--| PLAY TWICE.

VERSE:

I don't wanna waste my time again
By getting wasted with so called friends
Cause they don't know me, but they pretend to be
E|-------3-----------3---|
B|-4--4-----4-----4----4-|
G|-------------3---------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------| Played once, for each line in the verse


A part of my social scenery
E|-------3-------|
B|-4--4-----4----|
G|-------------3-|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

Hey, maybe I'm a critic, a cynic
E|--------6(x8)-|
B|--4(x8)-------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------| Each note is played about eight times. Listen to the song for timing.

Or am I jaded? Am I afraid of it?
E|-------6(x2)-4(x2)-3(x2)-----|
B|--4(x8)-----------------4(x2)|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

Cause it's dragging me down
E|--------6(x8)-|
B|--4(x8)-------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|

It's bumming me out
It's making my head spin round
E|-------4(x8)|
B|--4(x8)-----|
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|------------|
And round
E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3|
A|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3|
E|--1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1-1-1|

CHORUS:
Can you say - HEY!
Can you say - OH!
That's right, what do you want from me
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|--8--8----------------------|
D|--8--8--8--8--10--10--6--6--|
A|--6--6--8--8--10--10--6--6--|
E|--------6--6--8---8---4--4--|

Can you say - HEY!
Can you say - OH!
That's right, what do you want from me
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|--8--8----------------------|
D|--8--8--8--8--10--10--6--6--|
A|--6--6--8--8--10--10--6--6--|
E|--------6--6--8---8---4--4--|

I get the feeling we're on to something
I say jump and you start jumping
LEAD GUITAR:
E|--18--16--15------18--16--15------18--16--15----------15----------|
B|--------------16--------------16--------------16--18------18--16--|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
RHYTHM GUITAR:
E|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|--8----------|
D|--8--8--10--6|
A|--6--8--10--6|
E|-----6--8---4| Play each chord about eight times.

Can you say - HEY!
Can you say - OH!
That's that, now what do you want from me?
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|--8--8----------------------|
D|--8--8--8--8--10--10--6--6--|
A|--6--6--8--8--10--10--6--6--|
E|--------6--6--8---8---4--4--|

VERSE:
Just another day in the life for me
It's 3AM and I can't sleep
And been thinking that we've been drinking
E|-------3-----------3---|
B|-4--4-----4-----4----4-|
G|-------------3---------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------| Played once, for each line in the verse

In hopes to maintain our sanity
E|-------3-------|
B|-4--4-----4----|
G|-------------3-|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

Hey, maybe I'm a critic, a cynic
E|--------6(x8)-|
B|--4(x8)-------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------| Each note is played about eight times. Listen to the song for timing.


or am I crazy? Do they all hate me?
E|-------6(x2)-4(x2)-3(x2)-----|
B|--4(x8)-----------------4(x2)|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|


Cause they pick me up and throw me down.
E|--------6(x8)-|
B|--4(x8)-------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|

It's makin my head spin round
E|-------4(x8)|
B|--4(x8)-----|
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|------------|

And round
E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3|
D|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3|
A|--1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1-1-1|
E|------------------------|


CHORUS:
Can you say - HEY!
Can you say - OH!
That's right, what do you want from me
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|--8--8----------------------|
D|--8--8--8--8--10--10--6--6--|
A|--6--6--8--8--10--10--6--6--|
E|--------6--6--8---8---4--4--|

Can you say - HEY!
Can you say - OH!
That's right, what do you want from me
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|--8--8----------------------|
D|--8--8--8--8--10--10--6--6--|
A|--6--6--8--8--10--10--6--6--|
E|--------6--6--8---8---4--4--|

I get the feeling we're on to something
I say jump and you start jumping
LEAD GUITAR:
E|--18--16--15------18--16--15------18--16--15----------15----------|
B|--------------16--------------16--------------16--18------18--16--|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
RHYTHM GUITAR:
E|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|--8----------|
D|--8--8--10--6|
A|--6--8--10--6|
E|-----6--8---4| Play each chord about eight times.

Can you say - HEY!
Can you say - OH!
That's that, now what do you want from me?
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|--8--8----------------------|
D|--8--8--8--8--10--10--6--6--|
A|--6--6--8--8--10--10--6--6--|
E|--------6--6--8---8---4--4--|

BRIDGE:
Everything that I do
It's never good enough for you
Do my best, dressed to impress
Rip my heart out of my chest
E|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------8-----|
D|--3--6--8--8--|
A|--3--6--6--8--|
E|--1--4-----6--|

Going nowhere fast
Don't know where I'm at
When I say jump and you start jumping
Hey, we're onto something
E|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|-----------7--|
D|--3--6--8--7--|
A|--3--6--8--5--|
E|--1--4--6-----|

Play this quickly:
E|---|          E|----|
B|---|          B|-16-|
G|-9-|          G|----|
D|-9-|          D|----|
A|-6-|          A|----|
E|---| or play: E|----|
After you play it, slide your fingers down the fretboard

CHORUS
Can you say - HEY!
Can you say - OH!
That's right, what do you want from me
Can you say - HEY!
Can you say - OH!
That's right
[No guitar until this point]:
What do you want from me?
E|---|
B|---|
G|---|
D|-9-|
A|-9-|
E|-6-|


I get the feeling we're on to something
I say jump and you start jumping
LEAD GUITAR:
E|--18--16--15------18--16--15------18--16--15----------15----------|
B|--------------16--------------16--------------16--18------18--16--|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
RHYTHM GUITAR:
E|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|--8----------|
D|--8--8--10--6|
A|--6--8--10--6|
E|-----6--8---4| Play each chord about eight times.

Can you say - HEY!
Can you say - OH!
That's right, what do you want from me
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|--8--8----------------------|
D|--8--8--8--8--10--10--6--6--|
A|--6--6--8--8--10--10--6--6--|
E|--------6--6--8---8---4--4--|

Can you say - HEY!
Can you say - OH!
That's right, what do you want from me
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|--8--8----------------------|
D|--8--8--8--8--10--10--6--6--|
A|--6--6--8--8--10--10--6--6--|
E|--------6--6--8---8---4--4--| Play each chord about eight times.

Can you say - HEY!
Can you say - OH!
That's right, what do you want from me
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|--8--8----------------------|
D|--8--8--8--8--10--10--6--6--|
A|--6--6--8--8--10--10--6--6--|
E|--------6--6--8---8---4--4--| Play each chord about eight times.

LEAD GUITAR:
E|--18--16--15------18--16--15------18--16--15----------15----------|
B|--------------16--------------16--------------16--18------18--16--|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
RHYTHM GUITAR:
E|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|--8----------|
D|--8--8--10--6|
A|--6--8--10--6|
E|-----6--8---4| Play each chord about eight times.

Can you say - HEY!
Can you say - OH!
That's that, what do you want from me
E|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|--8--8------------------|
D|--8--8--8--8--10--10--6-|
A|--6--6--8--8--10--10--6-|
E|--------6--6--8---8---4-|

There you go! Listen to the song if you are confused about timing, after that it should 
a pretty easy song to play! :)
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