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My Favourite Game by Cardigans





                     My Favourite Game






/ - slide
\ - slide from/into "nowhere"
p - pull-off
h - hammer-on
q - squeel
* - harmonic
x - mute
~ - vibrato
^ - half-note bend (one fret is half a note)
b - full-note bend
r - bend-release


this is the riff that makes this song special


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|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----7^--7^r7--------7^--7^r7--------7^--7^r7--------7^-----r7---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus riff and Verse riff (can be played 2 ways, they both pretty much sound the same 
figure nr 1 is a little thicker)
Figure nr 1
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|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6/8-8-8-8-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6/8-8-8-8-|
|---------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4/6-6-6-6-|

Figure nr 2
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|-------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7-|
|-10101010101010108-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6/8-8-8-8-|
|-10101010101010108-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6/8-8-8-8-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4/6-6-6-6-|

Soft bass part

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|-10101010101010106-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
 losing my favourite game...

Bridge, i think this is right...
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|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-------------------1---1---1---1---|
|-0---0---0---0---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---|
|-1---1---1---1---3---3---3---3---6---6---6---6---3---3---3---3---|
|-3---3---3---3---1---1---1---1---6---6---6---6---1---1---1---1---|
|---------------------------------4---4---4---4-------------------|





Chords used:

Bm... X24432
A.... X02220
E.... 022100
G.... 320003
F#5.. 244XXX
F#... 244322


CAPO 1st Fret

Intro: Bm, A, E, G A.


Verse 1:

Bm                       A
I don't know what you're looking for

E                          G          A
you haven't found it baby, that's for sure

Bm                           A
You rip me up and spread me all around

E                  G        A
in the dust of the deed of time.


Bm, A, E, G A.


Verse 2:

Bm                         A
And this is not a case of lust, you see

E                    G             A
it's not a matter of you versus me

Bm                            A
It's fine the way you want me on your own

E                   G           A
but in the end it's always me alone.


Chorus 1:

         Bm        G        A    F#5  A
And I'm losing my favourite game

        Bm         G      A   F#5  A
you're losing your mind again

     Bm        G
I'm losing my baby

E          A         F#
losing my favourite game.


Bm, A, E, G A.


Verse 3:

Bm                         A
I only know what I've been working for

E                       G       A
another you so I could love you more

Bm                             A
I really thought that I could take you there

E                     G              A
but my experiment is not getting us anywhere.


Bm, A, E, G A.


Verse 4

Bm                      A
I had a vision I could turn you right

E                       G      A
a stupid mission and a lethal fight

Bm                            A
I should have seen it when my hope was new

E                        G       A
my heart is black and my body is blue.


Chorus 2:

        Bm         G         A   F#5  A
And I'm losing my favourite game

        Bm         G     A    F#5  A
you're losing your mind again

     Bm        G         A   F#5  A
I'm losing my favourite game

       Bm           G    A    F#5  A
You're losing your mind again

     Bm        G     E         A         F#
I'm losing my baby, losing my favourite game.


Bm, A, E, G A.

     Bm       G         A    F#5  A
I'm losing my favourite game

       Bm          G      A   F#5  A
You're losing your mind again

      Bm               G         A   F#5  A
I've tried but you're still the same

              G
I'm losing my baby

        E       A              F#
You're losing a saviour and a saint.


Outro:

Bm, A, E, G A
E, G A, E, G A.






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version 2





Capo on the 3d fret. This is a mix between two acoustic versions of the song.


E---||------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---||-----------1-----1\0--------------1-----1\0--------------1--------|
G---||*--------0/2-----2----------------0-----0----------------2--------|
D---||*-----2-------2-------2--------2-----2-------2--------2-----2-----|
A---||---0---------------------0----------------------------------------|
E---||----------------------------3-------------------3--2--------------|


                                        4x
E---------------------------------------||--||--------------------------|
B---1\0--------------1-----------3------||--||---------1-----------1----|
G---2----------------2-----------4-----*||--||*--------2-----------2----|
D--------2--------3-----3-----5-----5--*||--||*-----2-----2-----2-------|
A---------------------------------------||--||---0-----------0----------|
E-----------2--1-----------3------------||--||--------------------------|

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------1-----------1/3-----------0-----------0-----------0--------|
G------------2-----------2-------------0-----------0-----------0--------|
D---2-----3-----3-----3-------3-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----2-----|
A------0-----------0----------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------3-----------3-----------0--------------|


                 2x
E----------------||-----------------------------------------------------|
B---------0------||--------1-----------1-----------1-----------1--------|
G---------0-----*||--------2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------|
D------2-----2--*||-----2-----2-----2-----2-----3-----3-----3-----3-----|
A----------------||--0-----------0-----------0-----------0--------------|
E---3------------||-----------------------------------------------------|

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------1-----------1-----------0-----------0-----0-----3--3----------|
G---------2-----------2-----------0-----------0-----1-----1--1-----1----|
D------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----------2----------------|
A------------------------------------------------2----------------------|
E---2-----------2-----------3-----------3-----------------------0-------|

E---0--|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B---3--|--------------0/1-----------------------------------------------|
G---1--|-----------2-------2--------------------------------------------|
D------|--------2-------------2-----------------------------------------|
A------|-----0----------------------------------------------------------|
E------|-------------------------3/5------------------------------------|






Chords used:

Bm... X24432
A.... X02220
E.... 022100
G.... 320003
F#5.. 244XXX
F#... 244322


CAPO 1st

Intro: Bm, A, E, G A.


Verse 1:

Bm                       A
I don't know what you're looking for

E                          G          A
you haven't found it baby, that's for sure

Bm                           A
You rip me up and spread me all around

E                  G        A
in the dust of the deed of time.


Bm, A, E, G A.


Verse 2:

Bm                         A
And this is not a case of lust, you see

E                    G             A
it's not a matter of you versus me

Bm                            A
It's fine the way you want me on your own

E                   G           A
but in the end it's always me alone.


Chorus 1:

         Bm        G        A    F#5  A
And I'm losing my favourite game

        Bm         G      A   F#5  A
you're losing your mind again

     Bm        G
I'm losing my baby

E          A         F#
losing my favourite game.


Bm, A, E, G A.


Verse 3:

Bm                         A
I only know what I've been working for

E                       G       A
another you so I could love you more

Bm                             A
I really thought that I could take you there

E                     G              A
but my experiment is not getting us anywhere.


Bm, A, E, G A.


Verse 4

Bm                      A
I had a vision I could turn you right

E                       G      A
a stupid mission and a lethal fight

Bm                            A
I should have seen it when my hope was new

E                        G       A
my heart is black and my body is blue.


Chorus 2:

        Bm         G         A   F#5  A
And I'm losing my favourite game

        Bm         G     A    F#5  A
you're losing your mind again

     Bm        G         A   F#5  A
I'm losing my favourite game

       Bm           G    A    F#5  A
You're losing your mind again

     Bm        G     E         A         F#
I'm losing my baby, losing my favourite game.


Bm, A, E, G A.

     Bm       G         A    F#5  A
I'm losing my favourite game

       Bm          G      A   F#5  A
You're losing your mind again

      Bm               G         A   F#5  A
I've tried but you're still the same

              G
I'm losing my baby

        E       A              F#
You're losing a saviour and a saint.


Outro:

Bm, A, E, G A
E, G A, E, G A.






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