BAND: Smash Mouth TITLE: Dear Inez ALBUM: Walkin' On The Sun (CD Single) TABBED BY: smashguy37@yahoo.com Tune down a step. (At least for the power chords, unless you want to play the ska riffs even higher on the fretboard, otherwise the ska chords are listed in REGULAR tuning.) CHORDS: (EADGBe) C - xxx988 G# - xxx544 (DGCFAd) G#5 - x133xx Bb5 - x355xx F5 - 355xxx D#5 - 133xxx VERSE:

^C Dear I^G#nez Your ^Cexterior is so ^G#cold ^C Your story's been ^G#told I've heard it ^Cbefore ^C You wanna get ^G#out ^C Don't wanna be ^G#down ^C Tied to the ^G#ground ^C You wanna slip out ^G#5

CHORUS:

^Bb5 You ^F5wanna go and ^G#5have your ^Bb5fun ^F5 You ^G#5got a ^Bb5son ^F5You don't ^G#5want none

VERSE: Don't wanna be part Your breaking my heart As he wanders off He ain't got none Dear Inez The kid is trouble at trouble He's gonna push, all around CHORUS: You wanna go and do your thing You never have a wedding ring You got something BRIDGE:

^G5 Why's ^D#5every^F5thing so^G5 rough Why's ^D#5every^F5thing so ^G5hard Why's ^D#5ever^F5yone so ^G#5wrong ^C5 ^G#5

VERSE: It's not me You gotta believe I know who you love I only know how to push and shove Give me a break All I have I have to take Never a hand out You think you have me figured out This is what I'm all about CHORUS: You wanna go and have your fun You never think of anyone Don't do nothing BRIDGE: Why's everything so rough Why's everything so hard Why's everyone so wrong

So ^C5wrong ^G#5 So ^C5wrong ^G#5 So ^C#5wrong

INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE: Don't know yet. VERSE: Dear Inez Your exterior is so cold Dear Inez there's something about you You wanna go and have your fun You got a son You don't want none OUTRO:

^BbI've been there I'm trying and I don't give a damn I'm gonna cash my checks Money in my hands No thanks the world is okay by me If your gonna blame it on socie^G#5ty

Smash Mouth - Dear inez