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Sick Of Myself by Matthew Sweet
Sick Of Myself
[Intro]
(play muffled strings a bit, then)
B F# E
B F# E
B F# E
B F# E
B F# E
B F# E
B F# E
B F# E
[Verse 1]
(continue B F# E progression)
You don''t know how you move me
Deconstruct me
And consume me
I''m all used up
I''m out of luck
I am starstruck
B F# E B
By something in your eyes that is keeping my hope alive
[Chorus]
E F#
But I''m sick of myself when I look at you
B E
Something is beautiful and true
E F#
In a world that''s ugly and a lie
B E
It''s hard to even want to try
E F#
And I''m beginning to think Baby you don''t know
[Verse 2]
(continue B F# E progression)
I''ll take or leave
The room to breathe
The choice to leave you
I''ll throw away
A chance at greatness
Just to make this
B F# E B
Dream come into play, I don''t know if I''ll find a way
[Chorus]
E F#
''Cause I''m sick of myself when I look at you
B E
Something is beautiful and true
E F#
In a world that''s ugly and a lie
B E
It''s hard to even want to try
E F# G#m
And I''m beginning to think Baby you don''t know
E F#
I''m beginning to think Baby you don''t know
[Solo Сhords]
(B F# E progression over solo)
[Chorus]
B F# E B
There''s something in your eyes that is keeping my hope alive
E F#
But I''m sick of myself when I look at you
B E
Something is beautiful and true
E F#
In a world that''s ugly and a lie
B E
It''s hard to even want to try
E F#
And I''m beginning to think Baby you don''t know
E F#
I''m beginning to think Baby you don''t know
(continue B F# E progression to end)
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version 2
Tuning: Standard
Intro:
e|--------|
B|--------|
G|--------|
D|--X-X-X-|
A|--X-X-X-|
E|--X-X-X-|
Main/Verse Riff:
B/F# F#5 E5
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|----4---------------|
D|----4---4-4-2-2-----|
A|----2---4-4-2-2-----|
E|----2---2-2-0-0-----|
Not the hardest riff in the world, but it does have a very specific timing. Don''t let the first chord ring
for too long. Listen to the track to nail that strum pattern: down, up down up down.
Lead 1:
e|-----7---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------7---9p7--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8h9---------9-8-------6-8b------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------9-6-------9-6--4h6--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------7-6--4-2-----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1: Main/Verse Riff
You don''t know
How you move me
Deconstruct me
And consume me
I''m all used up
I''m out of luck
I am starstruck
Pre-Chorus/Chorus:
Pretty much the same chords as the main/verse riff, but now you''re playing the full versions of ''em:
B/F# F# E
e|----------2------0--|
B|--4-------2------0--|
G|--4-------3------2--|
D|--4-------4------2--|
A|--2-------4------1--|
E|--2-------2------0--|
B/F# F#
By something in your eyes
E B/F#
That is keeping my hope alive.
E F#
But I''m sick of myself when I look at you
B/F# E
Something so beautiful and true
E F#
In a world that''s ugly and a lie
B/F# E
It''s hard to even want to try
E F#
I''m beginning to think
Baby, you don''t know...
Jump back into the Main/Verse Riff.
Lead 2:
e|-9h11-11--12p11-9-7--------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------9p6-------------4---4h6p4-----------------------------|
A|-------------------------9-7-4-4h6-----6-------4h6-2-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2: Main/Verse Riff
I''ll take or leave
The room to breathe
The choice to leave you
I''ll throw away
A chance at greatness
Just to make this
Pre-Chorus/Chorus:
Pretty much the same as the first time around, except there''s a new progression over the "Baby, you
don''t know" line, accompanied by this little lead part (let each note ring out on each chord):
Fig. 1
e|-------------------|
B|--12----11----7----|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
B/F# F#
Dreams come into play
E B/F#
I don''t know if I''ll find a way
E F#
Cause I''m sick of myself when I look at you
B/F# E
Something so beautiful and true
E F#
In a world that''s ugly and a lie
B/F# E
It''s hard to even want to try
E F#
I''m beginning to think
B5 A#5 F# (with Fig. 1)
Baby, you don''t know
E F#
I''m beginning to think
Baby, you don''t know...
Solo: Main Riff
I have not tabbed out the solo note-for-note, sorry. But he is playing in B. The below is not a solo tab,
but it is a tabbed out version of the modes I use when playing the song live. Go for it:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------7-9-11-12-14-|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------7-9-11-12-14--------------|
G|--------------------------------------------6-8-9-11-13-15---------------------------|
D|-----------------------------6-8-9-11-13-14------------------------------------------|
A|--------------6-7-9-11-13-14---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-7-9-11-12-14------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Solo ends on:
e|---7----5----4----2-|
B|--------------------|
G|-8----6----4----2---|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
B/F# F#
There''s something in your eyes
E B/F#
That is keeping my hope alive.
E F#
But I''m sick of myself when I look at you
B/F# E
Something so beautiful and true
E F#
In a world that''s ugly and a lie
B/F# E
It''s hard to even want to try
E F#
I''m beginning to think
B5 A#5 F# (with Fig. 1)
Baby, you don''t know
E F#
I''m beginning to think
Baby, you don''t know...
Outro: Main/Verse Riff
Use the same scale from the solo to create your three outro lead parts.
| / 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
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