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Underwhelmed by Sloan
Underwhelmed
chords (from low E to high E)
A - x02220
Asus2 - x02420
B - x24442
E - 022100
F# - 244322
The song starts with a chunky (palm-muted) F#.
The verse chord progression is F# - Asus2 - B, with
a slight variation on the F#...
--2--2--2--2--2---0--0---2--2----
--2--2--2--2--2---2--2---4--4----
--3--3--3--3--3---4--4---4--4----
--4--4--4--2--4---2--2---4--4----
--4--4--4--2--4---0--0---2--2----
--2--2--2--2--2------------------
The chorus is A - E - F#. Only variation is an A - B
progression after the 'i just ate my young' vocal.
There are several Chuck Berry-style blues scale slurs
in F# during some of the verses that go something like
this:
-------------2-2-----
---4-(5)-4---2-2-----
---4-(5)-4-----------
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..and theres an octave riff at the end similar to this, if
I remember correctly:
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--11-11-11-11--14--14--16--16-----
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---9--9--9--9--12--12--14--14-----
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She was underwhelmed
If that's a word
I know it's not
'Cause I looked it up
That's one of those skills
That I learned in my school
I was overwhelmed
And I'm sure of that one
'Cause I learned it
Back in grade school
When I was young
She said, "You is funny"
I said, "You are funny"
She said, "Thank you"
And I said, "Never mind"
And she rolled her eyes
Her beautiful eyes
The point is not the grammar
It's the feeling
That is certainly in my heart
But not in hers
But not in hers
But not in hers
But not in hers
We were talkin' about people
That eat meat
I felt like an ass
'Cause I was one
She said, "It's okay"
But I felt like
I just ate my young
She's obviously
A person with a cause
I told her that
I don't smoke or drink
She told me to loosen up
On her way to the L.C.
She skips her classes
And gets good grades
I go to my courses
Rain or shine
She's passed her classes
While I attend mine
While I attend mine
While I attend mine
While I attend
She wrote out a story
About her life
I think it included
Something about me
I'm not sure of that
But I'm sure of one thing
Her spelling's atrocious
She told me to read
Between the lines
And tell her exactly
What I got out of it
I told her affection had two F's
Especially when
You're dealing with me
I usually notice
All the little things
Once time I was proud of it
She says it's annoying
She cursed me up and down
And rolled her R's
(Her beautiful R's)
She says I'm caught up
In triviality
All I really wanna know
Is what she thinks of me
I think my love for her
Makes me miss the point
I miss the point
I miss the point
I miss the point
I miss the point
I miss the point
I miss the point
Hey mister
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version 2
Guitar 1:
F#5 - 244xxx
A5 - 577xxx
B5 - 799xxx
E5 - 022xxx
Guitar 2:
F# - x-9-11-11-11-x
A - x-0-11-9-10-x
B - xx987x
E - x7999x
Intro:
(This is probably F# feedback (6th string, 2nd fret), which
is bent up after "in my school")
She was underwhelmed, if that's a word
I know it's not cause I looked it up
That's one of those skills that I learned in my school
F#5 (palm muted)
I was overwhelmed and I'm sure of that one
Cause I learned it back in grade school
When I was young (palm muting off)
Okay...now the second guitar comes in. The first guitar
sounds like it is playing something like this:
E|---------------------------------
B|---------------------------------
G|---------------------------------
D|--4--4----4--4--4--7----7--7--9--
A|--4--4----4--4--4--7----7--7--9--
E|--2--2----2--0--2--5----5--5--7--
But that may just be the bass. You could also play them as
regular barre chords, but I think they just sound like full
chords because of the chords on the second guitar.
F# A B F#
She said "you is funny", I said "you are funny"
F# A B F# A
She said "thank you", and I said "nevermind"
B F#
And she rolled her eyes
A B F#
Her beautiful eyes
F# A B F#
The point is not the grammar, it's the feeling
F# A B F# A5
That is certainly in my heart
B F# A
But not in hers
B A E
But not in hers
F#
But not in hers
A E
But not in hers
F#
But not in hers
F# A B (x4)
Now, the first guitar doesn't play, and the second guitar plays this:
F# F#(b5) B C C#
E|----------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------
G|----------------------------------------------------
D|--11--11---11--11--11--10--10--10-------------------
A|--9---9----9---9---9---9---9---9---9--9--9--10--11--
E|-----------------------------------7--7--7--8---9---
F# F#(b5) B C C#
We were talking about people that eat meat
F# F#(b5) B C C#
I felt like an ass cause I was one
F#(stop)
She said it's okay but I felt like I just ate my young
(Guitar 1 returns)
A5 B5
F# A B F#
She was obviously a person with a cause
F# A B F#
I told her that I don't smoke or drink
F# A B F# A B
She told me to loosen up on the way to the L.C.
F# A B F#
She skips her classes and gets good grades
F# A B F#
I go to my courses rain or shine
F# A B F# A
She's passing her classes while I did not
B A E
While I attend mine
F#
While I attend mine
A E
While I attend mine
F#
While I attend
F# A B (x4)
This part is just bass. I think it goes like this:
G|---------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------
E|--2--2----2--0--2--5----5--5--7--7--7--8--9--
She wrote a story about her life
I think it included something about me
I'm not sure of that but I'm sure of one thing
Her spelling's atrocious
(On the last line there is something that I originally
thought might be picking behind the nut. But I really
don't know what it is.)
(Guitar 2 re-enters, with F#(b5) riff)
She told me to read between the lines
And tell her exactly what I got out of it
I told her "affection" had two F's
Especially when you're dealing with me
(Guitar 1 re-enters)
I usually notice all the little things
One time was proud of it, she said "it's annoying"
She cursed me up and down and rolled her R's
Her beautiful R's
She says I'm caught up in triviality
All I really want to know is what she thinks of me
I think my love for her makes me miss the point
I miss the point, I miss the point
I miss the point, I miss the point
I miss the point, I miss the point
I miss the point, I miss the
F# A B (x10, with octaves riff)
Octaves riff:
This is actually strummed very fast, more like 4 times
as much as what I've shown (so, 16 times for F#, etc)
E|----------------------------------
B|----------------------------------
G|-11-11-11-11--14-14--16-16-16-16--
D|--x--x--x--x---x--x---x--x--x--x--
A|--9--9--9--9--12-12--14-14-14-14--
E|----------------------------------
End on F#
She was underwhelmed
If that's a word
I know it's not
'Cause I looked it up
That's one of those skills
That I learned in my school
I was overwhelmed
And I'm sure of that one
'Cause I learned it
Back in grade school
When I was young
She said, "You is funny"
I said, "You are funny"
She said, "Thank you"
And I said, "Never mind"
And she rolled her eyes
Her beautiful eyes
The point is not the grammar
It's the feeling
That is certainly in my heart
But not in hers
But not in hers
But not in hers
But not in hers
We were talkin' about people
That eat meat
I felt like an ass
'Cause I was one
She said, "It's okay"
But I felt like
I just ate my young
She's obviously
A person with a cause
I told her that
I don't smoke or drink
She told me to loosen up
On her way to the L.C.
She skips her classes
And gets good grades
I go to my courses
Rain or shine
She's passed her classes
While I attend mine
While I attend mine
While I attend mine
While I attend
She wrote out a story
About her life
I think it included
Something about me
I'm not sure of that
But I'm sure of one thing
Her spelling's atrocious
She told me to read
Between the lines
And tell her exactly
What I got out of it
I told her affection had two F's
Especially when
You're dealing with me
I usually notice
All the little things
Once time I was proud of it
She says it's annoying
She cursed me up and down
And rolled her R's
(Her beautiful R's)
She says I'm caught up
In triviality
All I really wanna know
Is what she thinks of me
I think my love for her
Makes me miss the point
I miss the point
I miss the point
I miss the point
I miss the point
I miss the point
I miss the point
Hey mister
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