this tab is 100% correct. Based of the video of him playing it here: http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQNmEQHkSkg&feature=related. It's a very fast song to play, chord changes can be difficult at first Verse 1: A D A D There’s a backyard show where everybody goes A E ‘cause everybody knows at this masquerade A D A D They wear strange costumes and heave water balloons A E A and one kid’s dressed up like a deviled egg D A That’s when I say, “ What’s this? There’s something that I’ve missed E there ain’t nothing like this back in Upstate” A D A D But “When in Louisville,” they say, “join the crazy ballet” A E A So with blazing waterguns I join the fray Chorus: F#m A Bm E Yes I learned on that day what local flavor means F#m A Bm E With a dinner made from dumpsters on Kentucky streets F#m D A E You won’t learn anything tied up in restaurant chains F#m D A E (dampen all strings) Why bother traveling if it all just tastes the same? Interlude: A,D x 3 E, Repeat. Verse 2: A D A D On the guidebook page a travel-weary sage A E is sharing the best secrets from her latest trek A D A D Then the tourists come and money builds it up and A E A pretty soon the place is just a wreck D A But when I hit the road I want pie a la mode E from a café where they don’t wear uniforms A D A D Where the salt of the earth season their hometown turf A E A with art that you can’t find in any store Chorus: F#m A Bm E Yes I know there’s nothing new out on the interstate F#m A Bm E And a journey’s pointless if the asphalt mediates F#m D A E You won’t find anything if you’re tied with retail chains F#m D A E Why bother traveling if it all just looks the same Verse 3:( First five lines are a capella) There’s a warehouse show out in New Mexico and films are being screened up on a Brooklyn roof Basement galleries in Knoxville, Tennessee and Tallahassee games under the moon D A So will you come with me to either shining sea E to cleanse the monoculture from our souls? A D A D Then we’ll roam town to town listening for any sound A E A that can tell us they’re having a show (single strums)A D A D So raise a glass of your sweat to acknowledge the debt A E A that we owe to our most gracious hosts