Burdens Of Being Upright Tab by Tracy Bonham
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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 17:32:21 +0100
From: "MAQUET, Frederic F."
Subject: b/bonham_tracy/burdens_of_being_upright.crd
Tracy Bonham Fakebook from "The Burdens of Being Upright"
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All songs tabbed by Frederic Maquet
All of it should be correct. I haven't put in all the solos, but
then there aren't that many in the album....Playing it is pretty
simple, which shows Tracy Bonham's "genius", she can make easy songs
sound really cool...What a voice!!
Hope you like it!
Email me for corrections/comments!!! at f.maquet@ic.ac.uk
1. Mother Mother
2. Navy Been
3. Tell it to the sky
4. Kisses
5. Brain Crack
6. The One
7. One Hit Wonder
8. Sharks Can't Sleep
9. Bullday
10. Every Breath
11. 30 seconds
12. The Real
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Mother Mother - by Tracy Bonham
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Tabbed by Frederic Maquet
Verse 1:
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A G# G F# G G#
Mother Mother, how's the family? I'm just calling to say hello
How's the weather, how's my father? Am I lonely? Heavens no.
Mother mother, are you listening, just a phone call to ease your mind,
Life is perfect, never better, distance making, the heart grow by,
Chorus: (distorted)
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E D C D
Well you sent me off to see the world
But you're scared that I might get hurt
Would I try a little tobacco?
Would I keep on hikin up my skirt?
Bridge:
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A (stop) A (stop) A (stop)
I'm hungry, I'm dirty, I'm losing my mind,
F# (add lots of sliding noise!)
(scream)Everything's fine
I'm freezing, I'm starving, I'm bleeding to death,
Everything's fine!
Verse 2: (same chords all the way through)
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Yeah I'm working, making money, I'm just starting to build a name
I can feel it, down the corner, I can make it any day...
Mother mother, can you hear me? Sure I'm sober, sure I'm sane
Life is perfect, never better, still your daughter, still the same.
Chorus 2: (same chords as chorus 1)
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Should I tell you what you want to hear?
Will it help you to sleep well at night,
Are you sure that I'm your perfect dear
Now just cuddle up and sleep tight...
Bridge: play 1st bridge
End on:
A (stop) A (stop) A (stop)
I miss you I love you
End....
Chords:
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A 577655 or 002220
G# 466544
G 355433
F# 244322
E 022100
D x00232 or 557775
C 032010 or 335553
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Navy Been - by Tracy Bonham
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Tabbed by Frederic Maquet
Intro:
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Electric
e:--------------------------|-----|
B:--------------------------|-----|
G:--------------------------|play-|
D:--------------------------|-----|
A:--------------------------|-x4--|
E:--3--3--6--3--6--3--1--2--|-----|
then:
Bass
G:--------------------------|play-|
D:--------------------------|-x4--|
A:--------------------------|with-|
E:---3--3--6--3--6--3--1--2-|elec-|
Then: With electric:
G Bb G F x4
Verse 1:
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Bass: G Bb G F
Navy been is bigger than it seems
Put it on don't ask what it means
(electric):
G# A# G Bb G F
Vibrate around
Verse 2: (same progression as verse 1 unless indicated)
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Cellophane is thicker than it seems
Put it on don't ask what it means
G# A# G Bb G F
Vibrate around
G# A# F# G# G Bb G F
Vibrate oohohoho Vibrate
G Bb G F
Around
Verse 3: (exactly the same progression as verse 1)
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Shaving cream is thicker than it seems
Shave'em off don't ask what it means
Vibrate around
Verse 4: (similar to verse 2)
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An angel wing is caught up in the tree
If you know what's best get the hell away from me
G# A# F# G#
Vibrate ohooho Vibrate G Bb G F
Vibrate ohohoho Vibrate around
|------------| play x3
Bridge: (slow, fingerpick the chords)
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B
Oh you little Navy Been, are you caught up in the tree?
G G F# G G F# G
Navy Been Navy Been
(play above once more...)
G G F# G G F# G
Navy Been, Navy Been(scream)
Solo is over: the chords G Bb G F
Verse 5: repeat verse 2, with:
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G Bb G F
Vibrate around x4
Repeat intro...end on G.
End.
Chords:
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G 355433
Bb 688766
F 133211
G# 466544
A# 688766
B 224442
F# 244322
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Tell it to the sky - by Tracy Bonham
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Tabbed by Frederic Maquet
Lyrics are a bit dodgy...
Intro/Verse: (clean guitar)
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G B E
e:--------------------------|--|---0--------|
B:--------------------------|--|---0--------|
G:--------0-----------4-----|--|---1--------|
D:-----0-----------4-----4--|x3|---2--------|
A:-----------0--2-----------|--|---2--------|
E:--3-----------------------|--|---0--------|
Verse 1:
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G B
It makes you reek
G B
It makes you strong
G B E (single strum)
Benine in your blood to burn
It took your nights
You took my star
One I wished on last year
Chorus: (heavy distortion man...)
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A G# C
AaaaaaaaHaaaaaAhhaaHAaaa x4 From the maaaan who sold the world
F A
A million-doller caddie worth
Verse 5: same prog as verse 1
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So could you just bend right over
To see how it feels, to be,
to see, just how, it feels, to be alive
Verse 6: same prog as verse 2
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And you'll get it over and over
Coz god only know, that is
The only one, the only one
I'd mi-hihihind, I'd mi-hihihind
the only one oh
Chorus
End.
Chords:
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G 320033
E 022100
F 133211
Dm x00231
D5 x0023x
A 002220
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Sharks Can't Sleep - by Tracy Bonham
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Tabbed by Frederic Maquet
Intro/Verse: (clean guitar)
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D F# G E
e:----------------------------------0--0--0----|
B:----------3-----------------------0--0--0----|
G:------2-------------3---------4---1--1--1----|
D:---0-------------4---------5------2--2--2----|
A:----------------------------------2--2--2----|
E:--------------2---------3---------0--0--0----|
D F# G E (rest)
Verse 1:
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D F# G E
Saw a shark today
D F# G E
Ate a man and then, just swam away
D F# G E
But it wasn't OK
D F# G E (rest)
No it wasn't OK
Verse 2:
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Saw a snake today,
Ate and burned your steak and squirmed away
But it wasn't OK
D F# G Bb (distortion kicks in for G and Bb)
No it wasn't OK
Chorus: (distortion)
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D F# G E
No -ho, No -ho, No -ho, No-ho x2
D F# G E
But it wan't OK
D F# G E (rest)
No it wasn't OK
Verse 3: (same chord progression as verse 2)
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Met a star today
Looked like flesh and bone and tooth decay
But it wasn't OK
No it wan't OK
Chorus 2:
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Same as chorus 1 with:
D F# G E
No it wasn't OK x2
Break: (play x2)
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A A? A A? G F# G F#?
e:----------------------------------|
B:----------------------------------|
G:------6--6--6--6----4--4--4--4----|
D:------7--7--7--7----5--5--5--5----|
A:------7--6--7--6----5--4--5--4----|
E:------5--5--5--5----3--3--3--3----|
Wowowowo Wowowowo
A A? A A? G F# G F# A A? A A? G F# G F#
Nohowoah, Nohowoah, no, not I
A A? A A? G F# G F# F
Nohowoah, Nohowoah, not me
Verse 4: (play as verse 2)
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Ate a man today
Ate a man and then just walked away
But iwasn't OK
No it wasn't OK
End on CHORUS
Chords:
D x00232 or 557775
F# 244322
G 355433 or 320033
E 022100
Bb 688766 or 113331
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Bullday - by Tracy Bonham
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Tabbed by Frederic Maquet
Intro: (Fast, heavy distortion)
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G D B C x2
Verse 1: (G D B C for each line)
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G D B C
You've got a ro-ocket
Inside your bullet head
I've seen you walking
C D
Baaaahaaby
G D B C
Your natural greyness
Has never done you wrong
You showed that sweet old
C D
Laaahaaaady
Chorus:
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G B C A
Who's got the bull down low owoahwoah
G B C A
Who's got the bull down low
G B C Eb
Who's got the bull down be-low
G D G (quick succession)
Verse 2: (like verse 1)
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You talk of genius
I feel an undertow
Which head of yours is
Dragging down?
One made of lettuce
Is smarter than you both
You fooled that man whole
Anyhow
Chorus x2
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Break:
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E F# G A
He'll bend you over, little red rover
Bend you right over, some Casanova
Go to your mama, little Chiwouaoua
Get back to your mama, little Chihuahua
Chorus x2
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End
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Every Breath - by Tracy Bonham
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Tabbed by Frederic Maquet
Verse 1:
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F D
See you running and it's all over now
F D
The devil's coming and he's showing us how
Eb G Eb G
He's going down on the street, like, it's such a cool sight
F D
The lizard king is here and where are you now?
F D
Monkey Brain is here and he's showing us how
Eb G
He's going down on a cool bike,
Eb G F E
And I am loosing sight
Chorus 1:
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D G D G D
And every day is like the one before
G D G D
Yeah it's like the one before
G D G D G F D
You get it right you'll breath no mooooore
Verse 2: (same prog as in verse 1)
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I saw my shadow on the blackest of nights
Sometimes I push me right out of the lights
So I'm down on the (get right?), and I am loosing
You're here to tempt me, and it's all looking new
To keep me from running just to try something new
I'm going down on the floor right, I am right behind
Chorus 2:
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Play chorus 1 with:
D G F
no more x3
Instrumental: (violins)
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F D x2
Eb G Eb G
F G#
Chorsu 3:
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Play chorus 1 then chorus x2
D
end on "no more"
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30 Seconds - by Tracy Bonham
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Tabbed by Frederic Maquet
Intro:
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G
e:---3--3---------------|----|-------|
B:---3--3---------------|----|-------|
G:---4--4---------------|-x3-|-------|
D:---5--5---------------|----|---5---|
A:---5--5---4--4--4h5p4-|----|---5---|
E:---3--3---------------|----|---3---|
Verse 1:
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A7 C7 A7 C7
For every stone, there's a rock waiting someone's
A7 C7 A7 C7
Head, hear it come and you'll wish you had two heads
G7 Bb7
30 seconds x2
A7 C7 A7
Tell half your soul and you'll realise that you are
Chorus:
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G A7 riff
e:---------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------|
G:-----4---------------------------| x3
D:-----5----------5---5------------|
A:-----5----------4---4----4h5p4---|
E:-----3----------5---5------------|
Noohoa one
G A7 (riff)
Noohoa one x3
G
No one
Verse 2:
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For every star, there's another one that's fading
Fading away, hating every bit of light
30 seconds x2
One day the sun and the rest you're sending ants to
Chorus 2:
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G A7
No-hoa one x3
G (pause) A7 (riff)
No one
G A7
Out of my way
A7 G#7
Four you know you're
G A7
Out of my way x3
Verse 3:
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For everyone, there's another one that's stronger
So, out you go, like the trash that you drug in
30 seconds x2
Paving the way, for the ones that made you feel like
Chorus 3:
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G A7 (riff)
No-hoa one x3
G (pause) A7 (riff)
No one
G A7 (riff)
Out of my way
A7 G#7
Four you know you're
G7 F#7
Out of my way x3
Chords: These are a bit weird
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A7 545xxx or 002020
C7 032310
G7 32300x or 353433
G 320033 or 355433
Bb7 656xxx or 113131
G#7 434xxx or 464544
F#7 212xxx or 242322
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The Real - by Tracy Bonham
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Tabbed by Frederic Maquet
Intro:
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A C A C
e:------------------------|--------------|
B:------------------------|--------------|
G:------------------------|--play-lots---|
D:------------------------|--------------|
A:----4---///-7---4-//--7-|--------------|
E:----5--////-8---5-//--8-|--------------|
Aaaaa Aaa a - Haaaa (etc...)
Verse 1:
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A C F E G
I know the sons are wrong, to wake their dad
A C F E
You got, if anything, a bigger head
D E A
Most likely to perform, was who I knew
D E C
But now it's you that I have to know
Verse 2: (same progression as verse 1)
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Tell me who you know, has got away
Sweet little who you know, lives in L.A.
Most likely to conceive was who I knew
But now it's you that I have to know
Chorus:
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A F C
Only the real world
A F C
It's so unreal
A C F E (single strum)
Only the real is rea-he-eal
Verse 3:
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Pocket the business card, be on your way
Pocket the smiling face, and save the day
Most likely to perform, was who I knew
But noew it's you that I have to know
Chorus x2
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Play intro, and fade out....
Chords:
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A 002220
C 032010
F 133211
E 022100
G 320033
D x00232
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