“wifebeater” (chords)

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*BASIC CHORDS*

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(arv in yoga pose levitates towards the ceiling before bursting into a balloon that dissolves into feathers at his younger sister’s sleepover pillowfights)

(joga filming every pretty girl he sees)
(ending with laura)

(slapped down each time)

(4:4)
(108bpm
(C#m)

INTRO:

(riff: B B C C# C# C# C# C# C# E C#) x 4

(chords: B B C C#m)

(bass: B B C C#)

CHORUS:

(reference: C#4 F#4 E4 F#4 E4 C#4 C4)

(B B C) (C#m C#msus4 C#m C#msus4 C#m)

(B B C) (Bsus2) (C#msus4 C#m C#msus4 C#m)

(B C D#m) (F#7) (boom shaka) (Esus2 E E6 E) (F#7)

(Bsus2 (i can smell her from across) Bsus4 (the) Bsus2 room)

boom shaka laka laka

boom shaka laka laka

boom shaka laka laka boom

(i can smell her from across the room…)

(bass: B B C C# B B C B (C#) C# B C (E) D# (Bb) F# (E) E (G#) F# (Bb) B)

VERSE:

(B B C) (C#m C# (in a)) (F#7 (large)) (F#sus2 (we’ll be)) (E (a)) (Esus2 E E6)

(F#sus2 F#)

she is leaving in a large balloon

we’ll be abandoned soon

(bass: B B C C# (G# F) F# E (G#) F# (Bb))

VERSE:

(B B C) (C#m C# (with a)) (F#7) (F#sus2) (E) (Esus2 E E6)

(E Esus2)

(bass: B B C C# (G# F) F# E (G#)

she takes her coffee with a dash of cream

just like her frenchman’s dream

(*guitar solo over chorus*)

(B B C) (C#m C#msus4 C#m C#msus4 C#m)

(B B C) (Bsus2) (C#msus4 C#m C#msus4 C#m)

(B C D#m) (F#7) (boom shaka) (Esus2 E E6 E) (F#7)

(Bsus2 (i can smell her from across) Bsus4 (the) Bsus2 room)

(bass: B B C C# B B C B (C#) C# B C (E) D# (Bb) F# (E) E (G#) F# (Bb) B (F#))

VERSE:

(E D# D) (C#m C# (go of)) (F#7) (F#sus2) (E) (nev) (G#dim (ver)) (F#7 (speak) (F#sus4 (a)) (F#9 (gain)) (B)

(bass: E D# D C# (G# F) F# E (G#) G# (F) F# (G# Bb) B)

she is letting go of all of her friends

we’ll never speak of them again

VERSE:

(B B C) (C#m C# (through a) (F#7) (F#sus2 (but)) (E (she)) (Esus2 E E6 E) (F# (court)) (F#sus2) (so i)

we are going through a bitter divorce

but she won’t appear in court…

(A7+6 A7) (A9 A7) (B7)

so i must resort to force…

(bass: B B C C# (G# F) F# E (G#) F# (G#) A (C#) B)

CHORUS x 2

(B B C) (C#m C#msus4 C#m C#msus4 C#m)

(B B C) (Bsus2) (C#msus4 C#m C#msus4 C#m)

(B C D#m) (F#7) (boom shaka) (Esus2 E E6 E) (F#7)

(Bsus2 (i can smell her from across) Bsus4 (the) Bsus2 room)

boom shaka laka laka

boom shaka laka laka

boom shaka laka laka boom

(now i’m throwing her across the room)

(bass: B B C C# B B C B (C#) C# B C (E) D# (Bb) F# (E) E (G#) F# (Bb) B (F#))

(key change: F#minor)

(E E F) (F#m F#msus4 F#m F#msus4 F#m)

(E E F) (Esus2) (F#msus4 F#m F#msus4 F#m)

(E F G#m) (B7) (Asus2 A A6 A) (B7)

(Esus2 Esus4 Esus2)

(bass: E E F F# E E F E (F#) F# E F (A) G# (B) B (A) A (C#) B (A F#) E)

VERSE:

(E E F) (F#m F# (through a) (B7) (Bsus2 (but)) (A (she)) (Asus2 A A6) (B) (Bsus2) (so i)

we are going through a bitter divorce

but she won’t appear in court…

(D7+6 D7) (D9 D7) (E7)

and so i must resort to force…

(bass: E E F F# (Bb) B A (C#) B (C# D#) D (C A F#) E (G#))

OUTRO:

(key change: F#major)

[(F# F#sus4 F# F#sus2 F#) (F# F#sus2 F#) (Bsus2 B) (Bmsus2 B)] x 12

(bass: F# (Bb) B (F#))

don’t wake the neighbors
just let me be big and bold
and cruel and cold

do yourself a favor
don’t offer resistance
and keep within (striking) distance

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