Tabbed By: Mike

Standard Tuning

I wanted to play this song acoustically so I came up with this to kind of mix the 
bass and guitar together and I think it sounds 
pretty decent. Works best if you have another guitar to play the little lead part 
during the chorus.

Just as a heads-up, this is how I play the chords but you can do it any other way 
(this just sounds best to me):

    A (x02220@1)C#mAbm  B (x2444x@1) E (022100@1)Eb/B
e|--0-------4---0---0---0------|
B|--0---5---4---0---0---0------|      
G|--6---6---4---8---9---8------| 
D|--7---6---6---9---9---9------|
A|--7---4---6---9---7---6------|
E|--5-------4---7---0----------|


A (x02220@1)                           C#mYou've (x13321@4)been famous since your birth
                    AbmAnd (133111@4)a silent one it was,
                         BTill (x2444x@1)they told me it's a girl
              AAnd (x02220@1)everybody gasped
                        C#mI (x13321@4)know how to raise you right
                 AbmTeach (133111@4)you how to read
                                    BDo (x2444x@1)math, share toys spell names and alphabet
              A (x02220@1)      C#m (x13321@4)     Abm (133111@4)      BAnd (x2444x@1)how to be polite

A (x02220@1)                           C#mYou've (x13321@4)been famous since your birth
                    AbmAnd (133111@4)a silent one it was,
                         BTill (x2444x@1)they told me it's a girl
              AAnd (x02220@1)everybody said
                           C#mYou (x13321@4)and your atlas know it all
                AbmLet (133111@4)the corners curl
                   BCause (x2444x@1)if you go by night
                         EYou'll (022100@1)hit the coast for sure

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...Verse goes straight into chorus on E
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Chorus

E (022100@1)    Eb/B         AbmIt's (133111@4)a ruse, it's a laugh
                 BExperts, (x2444x@1)they'd agree
BListen (x2444x@1)to the math
E (022100@1)   Eb/B   AbmAustralopithecine (133111@4)              BRekindle (x2444x@1)your heart
BThese (x2444x@1)hospital machines
                        A (x02220@1)  C#m (x13321@4)  Abm (133111@4)  BAre (x2444x@1)state of the art

e-----7---------7---------7---------7-------|      
B-------9---------9---------9---------9-----| --> second guitar plays this through out the chorus 
G---9-----9---8-----8---9-----9---8-----8---|
D-------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------|

Then:

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|      
G|--11111111-11-13-13--8-88------------------| x4
D|---x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x-xx------------------|
A|---9-9-9-9--9/11-11-\6-66------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|


A (x02220@1)                     C#mI've (x13321@4)put down my middle name
                   AbmIn (133111@4)the back of her book
                      BAnd (x2444x@1)signed it just in case
                  AOur (x02220@1)walk was over love
                              C#mCause (x13321@4)I've got one more up my sleeve
             AbmBring (133111@4)it out tonight
                  BCause (x2444x@1)if I am the joke
                          EThen (022100@1)you're the punchline

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-Into Chorus
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Then:

A (x02220@1)  C#m (x13321@4)  Abm (133111@4)  B (x2444x@1)  x2

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|      
G|--11111111-11/13-13-\8-88------------------| x7
D|---x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x-xx------------------|
A|---9-9-9-9--9/11-11-\6-66------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

and on the last time:
                                  | End on: (on the same beat as the Bchord (x2444x@1)below)
e|--------------------------------|------------|
B|--------------------------------|------------|     
G|--16-16-16-16--16\14-14-14-1414-|-\13--------|
D|---x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x--x-x-|---x--------|
A|--14-14-14-14--14\12-12-12-1212-|-\11--------|
E|--------------------------------|------------|

End on:
             BBut (x2444x@1)it's the art of the state
That's gonna keep me awake
         EI (022100@1)need a second opinion
Not a second to waste