Tuning:

[Intro]

^C| x C x C | x^F F x F^G | x G x G | (repeat 2x, or play trombone riff from original)

[Verse 1] (Rudy)

^CStop your messin' around ^F ^G ^CBetter think of your future ^F ^G ^CTime you straightened right out, ^Fcreatin' p^Groblems in t^Cown ^F ^G

[Chorus] (Rudy)

^CRudy, ^Fa message t^Go you ^CRudy, ^Fa message t^Go you

[Verse 2] (Rudy)

^CStop your foolin' around ^F ^G ^CTime you straightened right out ^F ^G ^CBetter think of your future, ^For else you'll w^Gind up in j^Cail ^F ^G

[Instrumental Break] (Rudy) (Play the riff or continue with C–F–G skank for 8 bars) Then slowly ease into “Tide is High” feel — let tempo mellow slightly] [Verse 1] (The Tide is High)

^CThe tide is high but I'm ho^Fldin' on^G ^CI'm gonna be your num^Fber one^G ^CI'm not the kinda girl ^Fwho gives up ^Gjust like t^Chat, oh ^Fno ^G

[Verse 2] (Tide)

^CIt's not the things you do that tease an^Fd hurt^G me bad ^CBut it's the way you do the things you d^Fo to m^Ge ^CI'm not the kinda girl ^Fwho gives up ^Gjust like th^Cat, oh ^Fno ^G

[Bridge] (Tide)

^CEv'ry girl wants you to ^Fbe her ^Gman ^CBut I'll wait my dear, till it's ^Fmy turn^G ^CI'm not the kinda girl ^Fwho gives up ^Gjust like th^Cat, oh^F no^G

[Chorus] (Tide)

^CThe tide is high but I'm h^Foldin' o^Gn ^CI'm gonna be your num^Fber one^G ^FNumber one..^G.

[Verse 3] (Rudy)

^CStop your messin' around ^F ^G ^CBetter think of your future ^F ^G ^CTime you straightened right out, ^Fcreatin' p^Groblems in t^Cown ^F ^G

[Chorus] (Mixed)

^CRudy, ^Fa message t^Go you [The tide is high.....] ^CRudy, ^Fa message t^Go you [The tide is high....]

[Outro] Option 1: Trombone riff over C–F–G Option 2: Fade out on “Number one... Rudy…”]

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