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                                VALEDICTORIAN by Matt the Electrician
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Tabbed by: Paul Harder

Tuning: Standard
Capo 2 for studio album
Capo 3 for "Matt the Electrician is Alive" album (a great recording!)


Chords:

G      320033
A7sus4 x02033
D      xx0232
Dsus4  xx0233
Cadd9  x32033
Am     x02210
C      332010


Intro:

       G                  A7sus4             G                  A7sus4             G
e|-----3--3-3-3-----------3--3-3-3-----------3--3-3-3-----------3--3-3-3-----------|
B|-----3--3-3-3-----------3--3-3-3-----------3--3-3-3-----------3--3-3-3-----------|
G|-----0--0-0-0-----------0--0-0-0-----------0--0-0-0-----------0--0-0-0-----------|
D|-----0--0-0-0-----------2--2-2-2-----------0--0-0-0-----------2--2-2-2-----------|
A|-----2--2-2-2-3--0h2--0-0--0-0-0-3--0h2----2--2-2-2-3--0h2--0-0--0-0-0-3--0h2----|
E|---3-3--3-3-3-----------x--x-x-x---------3-3--3-3-3-----------x--x-x-x---------3-|


Chords (continue using the G - A7sus4 - G transitions shown above):

G                             A7sus4
Football player in the second row
                        G           A7sus4
Never knew that she was beautiful

G                                 A7sus4
Momma's crying with her head down low
               D       Dsus4
Daddy with the video


G   A7sus4   G   A7sus4


G                               A7sus4
Drummers drum and the horns all blow
                         G       A7sus4
Marching band's circling tight

G                    A7sus4
Everyone is moving in slow-mo
                   D          Dsus4
She's at the speed of light


Cadd9                 G
And the valedictorian
          Cadd9                         G                 D
Sheds her clothes in the midday between spring and summer sun
    Am             C     G
She says, "This is who I am.
      Am           C          D
And I'll never see any of you ever again."


G   A7sus4   G   A7sus4   G   A7sus4


G                                      A7sus4
Oh, the principal and counselors close in
                  G       A7sus4
Trying to avert a scene

G                                 A7sus4
She just keeps on sticking to her speech
                 D          Dsus4
Feeling like a prom queen


G   A7sus4   G   A7sus4


G                           A7sus4
Somebody shuts off the microphone
           G         A7sus4
Pandemonium ensues

G                                      A7sus4
She turns and runs across the football field
                      D              Dsus4
In nothing but her socks and shoes


Cadd9                 G
And the valedictorian
          Cadd9                         G                 D
Sheds her clothes in the midday between spring and summer sun
    Am             C     G
She says, "This is who I am.
      Am           C          D
And I'll never see any of you ever again."

G   A7sus4   G   A7sus4   G   A7sus4   G
            oooooooooh


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Key
H = hammer-on
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My first tab - enjoy!