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BRIAN WILSON - Barenaked Ladies
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Tabbed by: Barry Miles
Email: shoebox_of_lies@hotmail.com
Tuning: Capo on 3rd fret
One of their greatest songs of all. Send any corrections my way.
Intro (x4):
e|-----3------------0---0h2------------0--------3----------------------------|
B|-----3-3---3----3---3-----3------0h1---1--------1----0h1-------------------|
G|---------0----2------------------0-------0--------0------0-----------------|
D|--------------0----------------2-----------2------2--------2---------------|
A|-0h2-------------------------0---------------------------------------------|
E|-0h3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Drove downtown in the rain Nine thirty on a tuesday
e|-----3-------------0---0h2-------------------------------------------------|
B|-----3-3-----3-------3-----3-------------2h3-----0h1-------1---------------|
G|----------0------2-----------2---------2-----2-------0---------------------|
D|-----------------0------------------4----------0-------0h2---0h2-0---------|
A|-0h2-----------------------------2-----------------------------------------|
E|-3-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
night Just to check out the late night Record shop
Chorus:
e|-----3---0h3-----------0---0h2-------------------------3-------------------|
B|-------3-----3-----------3-----3-----------0---0h1-------1----0h1----------|
G|----------------0----2-----------2-----------0-----0-------0------0--------|
D|-------------------0---------------------2-----------2-----2--------2------|
A|---2-----------------------------------0-----------------------------------|
E|-3-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did Well I'm
e|-----3---0h3-----------0---0h2-----0h2-------------------------------------|
B|-------3-----3-----------3-----3-------x-x---------------------------------|
G|----------------0---2------------2-----x-x---------------------------------|
D|------------------0--------------------x-x---------------------------------|
A|---2-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Lying in bed just like Brian Wilson di-
Preverse Chords (x2):
Em Emb6 Em6 Emb6
Verse Chords:
G D Am7 G
So I'm lying here just staring at the ceiling tiles,
D Bm7 Am7
And I'm thinking about, oh what to think about.
G D Am7 G
Just listening and relistening to Smiley Smile
D Bm7 Am7
And I'm wondering if this is some kind of creative drought because
Chorus:
G D Am7 G
I'm lyin' in bed just like Brian Wilson didWell I'm
D (start preverse)
I'm lyin' in bed just like Brian Wilson di-
First Bridge:
Am7 D Fmaj7 Em
And if you want to find me I'll be out in the sandbox
Am7 D G Fmaj7
Wondering where all the hell all the love has gone
Am7 D Fmaj7 Em
Playing my guitar and building castles in the sun,
Am7 D
And singing Fun Fun Fun
Chorus
Preverse
Second Bridge:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1---------------------1--------------0------------------------------|
G|-----0---0-------1---------0---0----------1-------1------------------------|
D|-0h2-----------0---0---0h2-------2------0------0---------------------------|
A|-----------0h2-------0--------------0h2------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I had a dream That I was Three Hundred Pounds
e|---------3p0-----------0---------------------------------------------------|
B|------1------1----------------------------------0--------------------------|
G|---------------0-----1---0-----0---0----------1---0---1--------------------|
D|-0h2---------------0-------0h2---2----2-----0-------0---0------------------|
A|-----------------2----------------------0h2--------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
And though I was very heavy I flotted til I couldnt see the ground
Alternate between Am7 and E7 until next chorus
Chorus
Preverse (only once, don't repeat the four chords)
Verse
At end of verse, instead of Am7 break into Preverse, picking it then strumming it.
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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