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I Was Never Your Boyfriend by Tigers Jaw
I Was Never Your Boyfriend
Intro:
F# G#m E - x4
B - F# E x4
B
so if you call me and ask for his name
E
or if you thought this number
G#m
was part of my existence
E
cause your best friends forever
B
you've only been together
E
And i'm not getting better
G#m
Im just feelin' the same
E
So much time went on, and
Im just finding out about this
B F# E - x4
B E G#m E
B E G#m F# E
B F# E - x4
B
and if you see me looking back
E
or if you see me better
G#m
the worst part of my existence
E
Is you can call whenever
B
but I can't wait forever
E G#m F# E
end on B
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version 2
Tuning: EADGBe
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INTRO
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**LEAD** WHEN REPEATING:
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| First 3 times play this, 4th time skip ahead
e|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-|--||
B|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-| ||
G|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-| o|| x4
D|------9p8---8------------------9p8----8----|--------9p8---8----------9p8----8---|-| o||
A|-9999-----9--------11-11-11-11-----11------|---7777-----7--------7777-----7-----|-| ||
E|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-|--||
P.M **** * * * * * * **** * **** *
**RHYTHYM**
e|-22222222---44444444---00000000---00000000-|--||
B|-22222222---44444444---00000000---00000000-| ||
G|-44444444---44444444---11111111---11111111-| o||
D|-44444444---66666666---22222222---22222222-| o||
A|-44444444---66666666---22222222---22222222-| ||
E|-22222222---44444444---00000000---00000000-|--||
P.M **** * **** * **** * **** *
**BOTH**
e|-----0---------||
B|-----0---------||
G|-----1-(STRUM)-||
D|-----2---------||
A|-----2---------||
E|-----0---------||
FIGURE OUT STRUMMING PATTERN
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RIFF
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**BOTH**
e|------------2---------0---------|--||
B|--4---------2---------0---------| ||
G|--4-(STRUM)-3-(STRUM)-1-(STRUM)-| o||
D|--4---------4---------2---------| o|| x3
A|--2---------4---------2---------| ||
E|------------2---------0---------|--||
FIGURE OUT STRUMMING PATTERN
e|-----0~~~--||
B|-----0~~~--||
G|-----1~~~--||
D|-----2~~~--||
A|-----2~~~--||
E|-----0~~~--||
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VERSE
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**BOTH**
"If you call me and ask for his name.."
e|-------------0----------4----------0---------|--||
B|--4----------0----------4----------0---------| ||
G|--4-(STRUM)--1-(STRUM)--4-(STRUM)--1-(STRUM)-| o|| x2
D|--4----------2----------6----------2---------| o||
A|--2----------2----------6----------2---------| ||
E|-------------0----------4----------0---------|--||
FIGURE OUT STRUMMING PATTERN
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RIFF 2
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**BOTH**
e|--------2-----0-----|--||
B|--4-----2-----0-----| ||
G|--4-----3-----1-----| o|| x3
D|--4-----4-----2-----| o||
A|--2-----4-----2-----| ||
E|--------2-----0-----|--||
FIGURE OUT STRUMMING PATTERN
e|-----0~~~--||
B|-----0~~~--||
G|-----1~~~--||
D|-----2~~~--||
A|-----2~~~--||
E|-----0~~~--||
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BRIDGE
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**LEAD** WHEN REPEATING:
____________________________________________________
| 1st time play this | 2nd time play this
e|------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------|--||
B|------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------| ||
G|-44-4\3--3/44444\3--3/44444/6-66/8-88/9-9-|-13---/8-8----9----9\8-8\-|-13----15----16----| o|| x2
D|-xx-x\x--x/xxxxx\x--x/xxxxx/x-xx/x-xx/x-x-|-x----/x-x----x----x\x-x\-|-x-----x-----x-----| o||
A|-22-2\1--1/22222\1--1/22222/4-44/6-66/7-7-|-11---/6-6----7----7\6-6\-|-11----13----14----| ||
E|------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------|--||
FIGURE OUT STRUMMING PATTERN
**RHYTHYM**
e|-------------0----------4----------0---------|-------------0----------4----------2----------0---------|
B|--4----------0----------4----------0---------|--4----------0----------4----------2----------0---------|
G|--4-(STRUM)--1-(STRUM)--4-(STRUM)--1-(STRUM)-|--4-(STRUM)--1-(STRUM)--4-(STRUM)--3-(STRUM)--1-(STRUM)-|
D|--4----------2----------6----------2---------|--4----------2----------6----------4----------2---------|
A|--2----------2----------6----------2---------|--2----------2----------6----------4----------2---------|
E|-------------0----------4----------0---------|-------------0----------4----------2----------0---------|
FIGURE OUT STRUMMING PATTERN
e|-------------0----------4----------2----------0---------||
B|--4----------0----------4----------2----------0---------||
G|--4-(STRUM)--1-(STRUM)--4-(STRUM)--3-(STRUM)--1-(STRUM)-||
D|--4----------2----------6----------4----------2---------||
A|--2----------2----------6----------4----------2---------||
E|-------------0----------4----------2----------0---------||
FIGURE OUT STRUMMING PATTERN
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RIFF 2
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**BOTH**
e|--------2-----0-----|--||
B|--4-----2-----0-----| ||
G|--4-----3-----1-----| o||
D|--4-----4-----2-----| o|| x3
A|--2-----4-----2-----| ||
E|--------2-----0-----|--||
FIGURE OUT STRUMMING PATTERN
e|-----0---------||
B|-----0---------||
G|-----1-(STRUM)-||
D|-----2---------||
A|-----2---------||
E|-----0---------||
FIGURE OUT STRUMMING PATTERN
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VERSE 2
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**BOTH**
"And if you see me looking back.."
e|-------------0----------4----------0------|--||
B|--4----------0----------4----------0------| ||
G|--4----------1----------4----------1------| o|| x2
D|--4----------2----------6----------2------| o||
A|--2----------2----------6----------2------| ||
E|-------------0----------4----------0------|--||
FIGURE OUT STRUMMING PATTERN
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OUTRO
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**LEAD**
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-44-4\3--3/44444\3--3/44444/6-66/8-88/9-9--13-(STRUM)-15-(STRUM)-16-(STRUM)-|
D|-xx-x\x--x/xxxxx\x--x/xxxxx/x-xx/x-xx/x-x--x----------x----------x----------|
A|-22-2\1--1/22222\1--1/22222/4-44/6-66/7-7--11---------13---------14---------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
FIGURE OUT STRUMMING PATTERN
**RHYTHYM**
e|-------------0----------4----------2----------0---------|
B|--4----------0----------4----------2----------0---------|
G|--4-(STRUM)--1-(STRUM)--4-(STRUM)--3-(STRUM)--1-(STRUM)-|
D|--4----------2----------6----------4----------2---------|
A|--2----------2----------6----------4----------2---------|
E|-------------0----------4----------2----------0---------|
FIGURE OUT STRUMMING PATTERN
**BOTH**
e|----------||
B|--4~~~--4-||
G|--4~~~--4-||
D|--4~~~--4-||
A|--2~~~--2-||
E|----------||
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
| ||
| ||
| o|| <--- Indicates repeat
| o||
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