• Song:

    Poor And Weird

  • Artist:

    The Briefs

  • Album:

    Hit After Hit

The Briefs- "Poor and Weird"

Just follow the order and listen to the song for
the rhythms.


This song begins with a drum intro with the
chant of "I'm poor and i'm weird baby, you got
no time for me!" 
At about 10 seconds into the song the bass and
guitar come in together.


Key:
h=hammer-on
=slide down
~=ring out


Intro: x1
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|----------------88888888|
E|6666666666666666--------|

Verse: x2
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|6666666666-99999999-44444444|

Verse (contd. #1): x1
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|22222222-44444444-5h6666-5h6666-5h6666-5h6666|

Verse (contd. #2): x1
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|99999999-44444444|

Then there is another drum break with the same
chant and after about the same amount of time
the guitar and bass comes back in.

Intro: x1

Verse: x2

Verse (contd. #1): x1

Verse (contd. #2): x1

Bridge: x1
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|66666666-6-6-654-|
E|----------------4|


Bridge (contd. #1): x1
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|--------6-6-654-|
E|44444444-------4|

Bridge (contd. #2): x1
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|-------|
E|4444444|

Bridge (contd. #3): x1
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|8888888888888888-7h88888888--------|
E|---------------------------22334455|

Verse: x2

Verse Variation: x1
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|22222222-44444444|

Verse Variation (contd.): x1
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|5h6666-5h6666-5h6666-5h6666-999999999-44444444|

Now there is another break where the guitar plays
some unusual slides and then a palm muting riff
when the chanting chorus comes back in.
At about 1:47 in to the song the bass comes back in.

Outro: x1
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|6666666666666666|

Outro (contd.): x8
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|--------4h66666666|
E|6-6-6544----------|

End Note: x1
G|--|
D|--|
A|--|
E|6~|
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