Song: The Freshmen Band: The Verve Pipe Album: Villians Timing: 4/4 Tempo: 100 Note: The drums start on the album version of this song at 1:17 (Interlude 1). This song is most likely played with Hot Rods (sounds great with my band). Intro [0:00] Verse 1 [0:19] Pre-Chorus 1 [0:39] Chorus 1 [0:58] |====== 8x ======|====== 8x ======|====== 8x ======|====== 8x ======| H |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a| Interlude 1 (Drums start) [1:17] C |x---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| H |-xx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx| S |---g--------o---|---g--------o---|---g--------o---|---g--------o---| B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-----o-|o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-----o-| |1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a| Verse 2 ("My best friend took a week's vacation…") [1:27] |=============== 4x ==============| H |xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx| S |---g--------o---|---g--------o---| B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-----o-| |1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a| Pre-Chorus 2 ("I can't be held responsible…") [1:46] |====== 6x ======| C |x---------------|----------------|----------------| H |-xxxxxxxxxxx-xxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx-xxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx-x--| S |------------o---|------------o---|------------o-oo| B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------| |1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a| Chorus 2 ("For the life of me, I can not remember…") [2:05] ___________________________________ |====== 2x ======|1. |2. | C |x---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| H |-xx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxx-xx-----| S |---g--------o---|---g--------o---|---g--------o---|---g----o--oo-oo| B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|o-----o---------| |1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a| Interlude 2 ("Hey, yeah, yeah…") [2:24] _______________________________________ |====== 2x ======|1. |2. | C |x---------------|----------------|----------------|------x-------------| H |-xx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xx--------------| S |---g--------o---|---g--------o---|---g--------o---|---g----------------| B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|o-----o-------------| |1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a5e+a| H |----------------| S |----------------| B |----------------| |1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a| Verse 3 ("We've tried to wash our hands of all of this…") [2:46] |=============== 4x ==============| H |xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx| S |---g--------o---|---g--------o---| B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-----o-| |1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a| Pre-Chorus 3 ("I can't be held responsible…",) [3:02] |====== 6x ======| C |x---------------|----------------|----------------| H |-xxxxxxxxxxx-xxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx-xxx|xxxxxxxxxxx-----| S |------------o---|------------o---|-----------oo-oo| B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------| |1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a| Chorus 3 ("For the life of me…", crescendo with vocals) [3:24] ___________________________________ |====== 2x ======|1. |2. | C |x---------------|----------------|----------------|--------------xx| H |-xx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-x--| S |---g--------o---|---g--------o---|---g--------o---|---g--------o---| B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------| |1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a| Chorus 4 ("For the life of me…", decrescendo with vocals) [3:43] |====== 6x ======| C |X---------------|----------------|----------------| H |-xx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-x--| S |---g--------o---|---g--------o---|---g--------o-oo| B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------| |1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a| Outro ("We were merely freshmen…") [4:02] |=============== 2x ==============| C |x---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| H |-xx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx| S |---g--------o---|---g--------o---|---g--------o---|---g--------o---| B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o------o|o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-----o-| |1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a| C |----------------|------x-x-------| H |xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xx----------| S |---g--------o---|---g------------| B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------| |1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a| Drums end at 4:20 END [4:27]