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Merry Go Round by Replacements
Merry Go Round
E B E G# B E
(low to high) E B E G# B E.
-7-4-2--3-2--7-4-2--4-0 (ring chord)---------------------------|
-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-3----------------------------------------|
-8-5-3--5-3--9-5-3--5-4----------------------------------------|
-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0--0-0----------------------------------------|
-x-x-x--x-x--x-x-x--x-0----------------------------------------|
-9-7-5--7-5--9-7-5--7-0----------------------------------------|
>>>>>>>>>>>PLAY TWICE<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Okay, weird, isn't it? The trick that I learned from watching Paul play it is use your
pinkie to hit the notes on the low E string. It cramps your first chord, but the others
will be easier to play when you just have to stretch out your hand.
Now we'll go over the verse chords....
E A G#min C#min F#min
-0- -0- -0- -0- -0-|
-0- -0- -0- -0- -7-|
-3- -3- -0- -8- -5-|
-4- -4- -4- -9- -5-|
-0- -5- -4- -9- -7-|
-0- -5- -4- -9- -x-|
Okay, on that A, you can play it like that or interchangably
with a barre over the E A and D strings...I think Paul plays it all chimey (and maj7-y)
like this to get the ringing b's.,,OUCH MY HANDS. C#min, you should use
your SECOND finger to barre the EAD strings and catch the G string note with your FIRST
finger. The F#min, use your 3rd and pinky for the '7' notes and your first barring the
D and G strings.
COMMENCE!
E A
Hush was the first word you were taught
E
and they watched you wear A
the clothes they claimed that they bought
G#min C#min
they brought you down
F#min G#min-A (see note!)
to watch the merry-go around
Note! That G#-A thing is just a wee lil' riff
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-4s5-5--4s5-5---4s5--5------------|
-4s5-5--4s5-5---4s5--5------------|
-4s5-5--4s5-5---4s5--5------------|
E A
In fall, you knew how much it cost
E
a trouble doll
(see magic riff) A
around your neck when you lost
INTERJECTION - that 'around your neck' part, Paul does a suave little riff:
0-0-------0-------0-----0--------0--------------------|
0-0-------0-------0-----0--------0--------------------|
3-5-------3-------1-----0--------5--------------------|
4-5-------4-------2-----0--------5--------------------|
0-0---------------0-----0--------5--------------------|
0-0---------------------0--------5--------------------|
a-round your neck when you lost
HE DOES THAT A FEW TIMES IN THE SONG WHEN THE SWITCHAROOS GOING 'ROUND...
G#min C#min
you wouldn't make a sound
F#min G#A riff
but I could hear your little heart pound
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-------------------------------------3------|
-----5---5--------4-4--------2-2--4--4------|
-----5---5--------4-4--------2-2--4--0------|
-----5---5--------4-4--------2-2--4--0------|
and I watched your feet slip off the ground
The lick that takes you from the chorus to the verse, I think Slim does? But you can
easily cop it in this tuning:
----------------0-0-------------------------|
----------------0-0-------------------------|
----------------0-3-------------------------|
----------------0-4-------------------------|
-------0--2-----0-0-------------------------|
-0--4---------0-0-0-------------------------|
And that's basically the song! Save for the bridge, right? Paul REALLY just tinkles away on
that, but the chords are basically
Bminoradd2 A
-0- -0-|
-0- -0-|
-6- -5-|
-5- -5-|
-7- -5-|
-7- -5-|
Bminoradd2 A
and everybody thinks she's sick
Bminoradd2 A
she's got two worlds she can pick
(B-A riff)
and she's sad
That B-A riff..he stops making the B a weird minor thing and just plays it like a 3note barre
B
-0-
-0-
-0-
-7-
-7-
-7-
And you can hear in the song..how it goes 'twixt B and A until Slim's guitar solo.
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