“wifebeater” (basic chords)

“WIFEBEATER”

(C#minor)

(out of “stomp” / “joe blow”)

CHORUS:

(reference notes: C#4 F#4 E4 F#4 E4)

(B B C C#m)

book shaka laka

(B)

boom

(C#m)

shaka laka laka

(F#7)

boom shaka

(E)

laka laka

(F#)

boom

(Bsus2)

i can smell her from across the room

VERSE 1:

(B B C C#)

she is leaving in a

(F#)

large balloon we’ll be

(E)

abandoned soon

(F#sus2 F#)

VERSE 2:

“enterprise will pick you up”

(alex kenwell as “michael marcus”)

(eric larnick as “marc maron”)

(B B C C#)

she takes her coffee with a

(F#)

dash of cream just like

(E)

a young man’s dream

(E Esus2)

*CHORUS*

VERSE 3:

(E D# D C#)

she is letting go of

(F#)

all her friends we’ll

(E) (G#dim)

never

(F#7) (F#9)

speak of them again

(B)

VERSE 4:

(B B C C#)

we are going through a

(F#7)

bitter divorce but

(E)

she won’t appear in

(F#)

court…so i

(A7+6) (A7)

must resort to force…

(B7)

yea

*CHORUS*

CHORUS 2:

(key change to F#minor)

(reference notes: F#4 B4 A4)

(E E F) (F#m)

boom

(E)

boom

(F#m)

shaka laka laka

(B7)

boom

(A7)

shaka laka laka

(B7)

(Esus2)

now i’m throwing her across the room…

VERSE 5:

(E E F) (F#m)

we are going through a

(B7)

bitter divorce but

(A)

she won’t appear in court

(B)

so i…

(D7+6) (D7)

must resort to force

(E7)

yea…

OUTRO:

(key change to F#major)

(reference notes: Bb3 Bb3 G#3 G#3 F#3)

(F# F# F#sus2 F#sus2 F#)

don’t wake the neighbors…let me be…

(B)

big and bold…

(Bm)

cruel and cold…

(x 12)

(into “slow dance”)

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