Tuning:

+------------------------------------------------+ Rambling Through the Avenues of Time Flight of the Conchords I Told You I Was Freaky +------------------------------------------------+ Tabbed by: Giraffe King This is how Bret plays it on the show. There's not much change to the chords in their live sets, so this is about as close as it gets. The chords and lyrics are displayed in the songbook that come with the CD and Vinyl release, however, they aren't exactly the chords that Bret plays. I'm sure the names of the chords may be a little off, but I hope its close enough. Cheers! Tuning: Standard E A D G B e E A D G B e +-----------+ +-----------+ D x x 0 2 3 2 G 3 2 0 0 3 3 Dmaj7 x 4 0 2 3 2 Gmaj9 2 0 0 0 3 3 Gmaj7 x 2 0 0 3 2 G6 0 2 0 0 3 3 D/A x 0 0 0 3 2 A7 x 0 2 0 2 0 +-----------+ +-----------+ NOTE: The lyrics in [parenthesis] are Jemaine's. The chord progression stays the same through the verses where Bret plays piano. Jemaine's bass line is the only thing present in the last verse

I was ^Dwandering through the^Dmaj7 streets of the ^Gmaj7city ^D/A ^GRambling through the ^Gmaj9avenues of ^G6time ^A7 When from ^Dnowhere my ^Dmaj7eyes fell ^Gmaj7onto a g^D/Airl And by ch^Gance her eyes ^Gmaj9fell onto ^G6mine ^A7

[Ah…]

So I s^Dat and I^Dmaj7 acted all ^Gmaj7nonchalant ^D/A She sm^Goked her^Gmaj9 lavender c^G6igarette ^A7 ^DReading the f^Dmaj7uture that ^Gmaj7lay in my h^D/Aands My sh^Gadow played a ^Gmaj9bass clarin^G6et

[Where are you going with this, Bret?]

We wa^Dltzed down a ^Dmaj7moonlit b^Gmaj7oulevard ^D/A Just ^Gtwo silho^Gmaj9uettes in the ^G6mist ^A7

[Ah, yes?]

^DDays went^Dmaj7 by and ^Gmaj7years went ^D/Aby ^GMoments went^Gmaj9 by when we k^G6issed ^A7

[When was this?]

She said “Your ^Dbeard is ^Dmaj7woven of ^Gmaj7heartache ^D/A And we'll ^Gdrink for the ^Gmaj9lonely t^G6onight.^A7” And the ^Dmoon is a ^Dmaj7horny old d^Gmaj7runkard ^D/A

[Ah, ^GBret. Could you plea^Gmaj9se move over to your right?] ^G6 ^A7 We drank ^Ddandelion ^Dmaj7wine and we ^Gmaj7reminisced ^D/A About the ^Gmoment when we ^Gmaj9first met that ^G6day ^A7

[I'm trying to watch TV]

Then we ^Dreminisced about ^Dmaj7how we first r^Gmaj7eminisced ^D/A [Ah ^Gyeah. Soun^Gmaj9ds a bit g^G6ay] ^A7

She ^Dhanded me ^Dmaj7a broken m^Gmaj7emory ^D/A A ^Gkeepsake to^Gmaj9 forevermore s^G6ay ^A7 That ^Da brief taste ^Dmaj7of love is as^Gmaj7 sweet as a^D/Any And with^G that, ^Gmaj9she made her w^Day

[Oh yeah? what was her name?]

She s^Daid her ^Dmaj7name was a ^Gmaj7secret ^D/A Then she^G said her ^Gmaj9name was C^G6herie ^A7 [Is her ^Dmiddle name Cherie,^Dmaj7 so it's a Sec^Gmaj7ret Cherie, m^D/Aaybe?] ^G ^Gmaj9

Mm…^G6 maybe ^A7 [What did she look like?]

She ^Dlooked like a ^Dmaj7Parisian ^Gmaj7river ^D/A [What, dirty?]

She l^Gooked like a^Gmaj9 chocolate é^G6clair ^A7 [That's rare]

Her ^Deyes were ^Dmaj7reflections of ^Gmaj7eyes ^D/A [Oh, nice]

And the ^Grainbows ^Gmaj9danced in her h^G6air ^A7 [Oh yeah…]

She ^Dreminded me of^Dmaj7 a winter's m^Gmaj7orning ^D/A [What, frigid?]

Her pe^Grfume was ^Gmaj9eau de toil^G6ette ^A7 [What's that mean?]

She was ^Dcomparable to^Dmaj7 Cleop^Gmaj7atra ^D/A [Quite old?]

She was like S^Ghakesp^Gmaj9eare's J^G6uliet ^A7 [Thirteen?!]

The b^Dohemians of ^Dmaj7Soho did p^Gmaj7irouettes ^D/A As we w^Galtzed through the ^Gmaj9streets of Man^G6hattan ^A7 On r^Divers of ^Dmaj7ribbon and s^Gmaj7ailboats of ^D/Asong ^G [Bret, did^Gmaj9 any of this actually^G6 happen?] ^A7

There's a girl I described she's as real as the wind It's true I saw her today The other details are inventions Because I prefer her that way

Flight of the Conchords - Rambling through the avenues of time