• Song:

    All I Wanted Was A Skateboard

  • Artist:

    Super Deluxe

  • Album:

    Electric Holiday

All I Wanted Was A Skateboard Chords by Super Deluxe

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From: Whimbley@accessone.com (Chris Acker)
Date: January 4, 1996
Subject: Tab: Superdeluxe, "All I Wanted Was a Skateboard" from the album
"Electric Holiday"


This song came out about a year ago, i think. It is an awesome song to play
and mosh out to. You have to hear it to know exactly how it goes because
is has parts that are hard to understand just by reading some tab. Here it is.

Standard Tuning

Chords          Tuning
                E  A  D  G  B  E
E                  2  2
D                  5  7  7
C#                 4  6  6
B                  2  4  4
F#              2  4  4
G               3  4  4
A               5  7  7

B         F#        G                 A
All I wanted was a skateboard but all I got was
B         F#        G                 A
All I wanted was a skateboard but all I got was
B         F#        G                 A
All I wanted was a skateboard but all I got was
B         F#        G                 A
All I wanted was a skateboard but all I got was
D    C#     B        A
This stupid sweater
D    C#       (drums)
This stupid...

Verse one
(On B stroke once fast down, up, down and then mute strings with left hand
and stroke a fast downward stroke with right hand, duh what?)

B
Every year Christmas comes and goes
B
Shedding tears where no one even knows
B
Its so hard to good when you are poor
B
I don't need a lot, just a little more

B         F#        G                 A
All I wanted was a skateboard but all I got was
B         F#        G                 A
All I wanted was a skateboard but all I got was
B         F#        G                 A
All I wanted was a skateboard but all I got was
B         F#        G                 A
All I wanted was a skateboard but all I got was
D    C#     B        A
This stupid sweater
D    C#       (drums)
This stupid...

Verse two

B
Look around everybody's got the goods
B
I feel cheated and misunderstood
B
Santa's gone and messed up once again
B
I've been good, but I've still got nothin

B         F#        G                 A
All I wanted was a skateboard but all I got was
B         F#        G                 A
All I wanted was a skateboard but all I got was
B         F#        G                 A
All I wanted was a skateboard but all I got was
B         F#        G                 A
All I wanted was a skateboard but all I got was
D    C#     B        A
This stupid sweater
D    C#     B        A
This stupid sweater
D    C#       B E F# G F# E
This stupid...
B E F# G F# E

(Drums only)
I don't want your socks or shirts or ties
All I want is four wheels so I can ride

(now do that muted thing like above excepte without the B)
You can stick that sweater up your ass
Every time seems to be worst that the last

B         F#        G                 A
All I wanted was a skateboard but all I got was
B         F#        G                 A
All I wanted was a skateboard but all I got was
B         F#        G                 A
All I wanted was a skateboard but all I got was
B         F#        G                 A
All I wanted was a skateboard but all I got was
D    C#     B        A
This stupid sweater
D    C#       B E F# G F# E
This stupid...
D    C#     B        A
This stupid sweater
D    C#       B E F# G F# E
This stupid...
B E F# G F# E
B E F# G F# E
B   E   F#  G   F#   E
Yeah!!

That is it. Not many hard chords but a lot of different variation with the
chords and drums. Give a listen to the song if you can before you play it.
Otherwise it will be hard to play. Join me next time, same bat time, same
bat channel
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