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Box
Electric Clean for best results
Standard Tuning
e-12(12)12--12-12---12(12)12--12-12---12(12)12-
B-13(13)13--13-13---13(13)13--13-13---13(13)13-
G-12(12)12--12-12---12(12)12--12-12---12(12)12-
D----------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------
Just keep playing that over and over with no pauses
The main part of this song is the horns section anyway
I know a guy who lives in a box
He built it himself of cement and rocks
And he'll never come out though I beg and plead
He's got all that he wants if not all that he needs
You see he couldn't take the world and what it's done to him
He just had to escape, had to shut himself in
Now his walls are his friends so he's never alone
And he's never bothered in his cubic home
Living in a box
Every night and day
Living in a box
And I'm here to stay
Living in a box
There's no escape
And though I try
I can never get away, HEY!
Out in my box that is also my van
Just another six weeks of one night stands
And I can't get away, cause it's where that I go
From the van to the club to our nightly hotel
You see it takes me to places, even took me to you
I got no choice, I gotta pay my dues
Worth it or not, there's no escape from my cell
One hour of fun for twenty three of Hell
Living in a box for so long
I got to find my way out to go on
And what I got is no time for you
I'm in my box without a thing to do
Look at yourself, you're living the same
Locked behind walls that your brother has made
You were born in a box, you work in a box, you live in a box AND YOU'LL DIE IN A BOX
So much more that's outside your sphere
But you walk on by never knowing how near
So much more than the walls do show
But if you're not very careful then you'll never know!
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version 2
Intro:
P.M.--------------------------------------------------------|
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-------------------------3333-3333---5555-5555--------------|
-3333-3333--5555-5555----1111-1111---3333-3333--------------|
-1111-1111--3333-3333---------------------------------------|
Normal
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--------------------3------5-----------|
---3--------5-------1------1-----------|
---1--------3--------------------------|
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-------------------33-3-33-3---55-5-5-55-5-5-|
-3333-3--5555-5----11-1-11-1---33-3-3-33-3-3-|
-1111-1--3333-3------------------------------|
verse:
--11--1--1------33--3--3----66--6--6----88--8--8------|
--11--1--1------33--3--3----66--6--6----88--8--8------|6x
--22--2--2------44--4--4----77--7--7----99--9--9------|
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Chours:(same as intro)
F-G-Bb-C 4x
Verse
Chours
Verse(bridge with the same verse)
Chours
Outro
I know a guy who lives in a box
He built it himself of cement and rocks
And he'll never come out though I beg and plead
He's got all that he wants if not all that he needs
You see he couldn't take the world and what it's done to him
He just had to escape, had to shut himself in
Now his walls are his friends so he's never alone
And he's never bothered in his cubic home
Living in a box
Every night and day
Living in a box
And I'm here to stay
Living in a box
There's no escape
And though I try
I can never get away, HEY!
Out in my box that is also my van
Just another six weeks of one night stands
And I can't get away, cause it's where that I go
From the van to the club to our nightly hotel
You see it takes me to places, even took me to you
I got no choice, I gotta pay my dues
Worth it or not, there's no escape from my cell
One hour of fun for twenty three of Hell
Living in a box for so long
I got to find my way out to go on
And what I got is no time for you
I'm in my box without a thing to do
Look at yourself, you're living the same
Locked behind walls that your brother has made
You were born in a box, you work in a box, you live in a box AND YOU'LL DIE IN A BOX
So much more that's outside your sphere
But you walk on by never knowing how near
So much more than the walls do show
But if you're not very careful then you'll never know!
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version 3
Standard Tuning.
Intro
Strumming not shown. Palm mute the first runs through, etc
F G Bb C
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|-3--5--8--10--|
A|-3--5--8--10--|
E|-1--3--6--8---|
Verse:
(And by approximate I mean very approximate. I'm terrible at transcribing rhythm.)
F C A Bb
e|-1-1-x111-x-3-3-x333x-5-5-x555x-6-6-x666x-|
B|-1-1-x111-x-5-5-x555x-5-5-x555x-6-6-x666x-|
G|-2-2-x222-x-5-5-x555x-6-6-x666x-7-7-x777x-|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
The chorus has two guitar parts in it, pretty much the same as the intro
but the other guitar plays the "ska chords" through a clean channel
Guitar 1 is the distorted power chords:
Strumming not shown
F G Bb C
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|-3--5--8--10--|
A|-3--5--8--10--|
E|-1--3--6--8---|
Guitar two:
Strumming not shown, but it follows the verse's rhythm
F G Bb C
e|-1--3--6--8---|
B|-1--3--6--8---|
G|-2--4--7--9---|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
The rest of the song alternates between Verse / Chorus
The last part of the song is a little riff doubled by the bass:
e|--------------------------------------------------|-----|
B|--------------------------------------------------|-----|
G|.------------------------------------------------.|-----|
D|.--------------------8-8---8-10-8----------------.|-----|
A|--8-8---8-10-10---10--------------10--------8-10--|-8-8-|
E|---------------------------------------8-10-------|-----|
I know a guy who lives in a box
He built it himself of cement and rocks
And he'll never come out though I beg and plead
He's got all that he wants if not all that he needs
You see he couldn't take the world and what it's done to him
He just had to escape, had to shut himself in
Now his walls are his friends so he's never alone
And he's never bothered in his cubic home
Living in a box
Every night and day
Living in a box
And I'm here to stay
Living in a box
There's no escape
And though I try
I can never get away, HEY!
Out in my box that is also my van
Just another six weeks of one night stands
And I can't get away, cause it's where that I go
From the van to the club to our nightly hotel
You see it takes me to places, even took me to you
I got no choice, I gotta pay my dues
Worth it or not, there's no escape from my cell
One hour of fun for twenty three of Hell
Living in a box for so long
I got to find my way out to go on
And what I got is no time for you
I'm in my box without a thing to do
Look at yourself, you're living the same
Locked behind walls that your brother has made
You were born in a box, you work in a box, you live in a box AND YOU'LL DIE IN A BOX
So much more that's outside your sphere
But you walk on by never knowing how near
So much more than the walls do show
But if you're not very careful then you'll never know!
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