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Capo: 3 Tuning:
Capo 3rd fret This song incorporates a chord that Barenaked Ladies use quite a lot, the Cadd9 chord (X32033), which many people mistakenly refer to as a C9 chord (X3233X). It works just fine to play a regular C chord in its place, but personally, I prefer the sound of the add9 chord, and I find it easier to play the add9 chord instead of the regular C, especially if you play a G chord with the 3rd fret on the B instead of an open B (320033 as opposed to 320003). This tab is based entirely on the album version. Over the years, Ed Robertson and Steven Page (and, more recently, Kevin Hearn) have added various embellishments and whatnot during live performances, but they will not be included in this tab.
G Broke inDto the old aCadd9partment Cadd9 G This is Dwhere we used to liCadd9ve Cadd9 G Broken Dglass, broke and Cadd9hungry, broken hCadd9earts and broken bones G This is Dwhere we used to liCadd9ve Cadd9
Em7 D Cadd9 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------3-------------------------------3-------------------| G|-------0-----2-------------------------0-----0-------------------| D|-----0-------0-------------------0h2-2-------2-------------------| A|-0h2-----------------------------3-------------------------------| E|-0---------------------------------------------------------------| Why did you paint the walls? Em7 D Cadd9 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------3-------------------------------3-------------------| G|-------0-----2-------------------------0-----0-------------------| D|-----0-------0-------------------0h2-2-------2-------------------| A|-0h2-----------------------------3-------------------------------| E|-0---------------------------------------------------------------| Why did you clean the floor? Em7 D e|-----------------------------| B|-------------3---------------| G|-------0-----2---------------| D|-----0-------0---------------| A|-0h2-------------------------| E|-0---------------------------| Cadd9 D Why did you plaster over the hole I punched in the door?
G This is Dwhere we used to liCadd9ve Cadd9 G Why Ddid you keep the Cadd9mouse trap? Why Ddid you keep the dishrack? G These things Dused to be mine, I Cadd9guess they still are I want 'em Dback
Repeat everything you've learned so far, with different lyrics. Em7 D G e|-------------------------2---3----------------------------------| B|-------------------------3---3-------3-------3-------3-------3--| G|---------0-----------2---------------0-------0-------0-------0--| D|-------------0---0----------------------------------------------| A|-----2-----------------------------------2-------3-------2------| E|-0-------------------------------3------------------------------| I know we don't live here anymore Am7 D G e|-------------------------2---3----------------------------------| B|---------3---------------3---3-------3-------3-------3-------3--| G|---------0-----------2---------------0-------0-------0-------0--| D|-----2-------2---0----------------------------------------------| A|-0---------------------------------------2-------3-------2------| E|---------------------------------3------------------------------| We bought and old house on the Danforth Em7 D G e|-------------------------2---3----------------------------------| B|-------------------------3---3-------3-------3-------3-------3--| G|---------0-----------2---------------0-------0-------0-------0--| D|-------------0---0----------------------------------------------| A|-----2-----------------------------------2-------3-------2------| E|-0-------------------------------3------------------------------| She loves me and her body keeps me warm
Am7 And I'm Dhappy there G But this is Dwhere we used to lCadd9ive Cadd9 G Broke inDto the old apCadd9artment Cadd9 G I tore the Dphone out of the wCadd9all Cadd9
And just continue the G D Cadd9 progression until the very last line, where you end on a Cmaj7 (X32000) like so:
G I Dwant them Cmaj7back
Also, one riff comes up a couple times, over the lines "I tore the phone out of the wall" and the very first "I want them back". This riff doesn't exactly fit in for solo performance; for solo play I suggest you just play the chords so as to avoid disrupting your flow. Since Steven Page's departure from the band, this riff seems to have just found its way out of the song, as neither Ed Robertson nor Kevin Hearn cover it. But it goes: e|----------------------| B|-----3-1-0------------| G|-----------2-0--------| D|---------------0h2-0--| A|----------------------| E|----------------------|