Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend

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From: phillip@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Phillip Charles Saunders)

Girlfriend  by  Matthew Sweet
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Transcriptions by Phil Saunders (phillip@phoenix.princeton.edu)
and Efren Leonida (eleonida@mail.sas.upenn.edu) and others (if this is you, email me and IUll add you)
 
version .60
Added:  IUve Been Waiting, Winona, and Your Sweet Voice (tab)
 
version .40
Divine Intervention (tab), Girlfriend, Evangeline, I Wanted to Tell You,
Nothing Lasts (tab)
 
Send corrections or additions (especially solo transcriptions)
to phillip@phoenix.princeton.edu
 
Divine Intervention
 
Main Riff (play where A* is)
 
   A     Asus
-|-------------------------------------9-----------------------------|
-|-------5-----------5-----5-----------10-(or-8)---------------------|
-|-------7-p6--------7-p6--6--6-h7-p6--9-----------------------------|
-|-------7-----------7-----7-----------------------------------------|
-|-X--X--------X--X--------X----------------------------------------|
-|-5--5--------5--5--------5-----------------------------------------|
 
Other bits:
 
   D  Dsus                E                        D  Dsus  A
-|-------------------------------------------------2-----------------|
-|-7--h8-------------------------------------------3-----------------|
-|-7-----------------------------------------------2-----------------|
-|-7----------------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---0------------------|
-|-5----------------------2--2--4--4--2--2--4--4----------------------|
-|------------------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----------------------|
 
A*
I don't know where I'm gonna live
A*
Don't know if I'll find a place
D Dsus
I'd have to think about it some
A*
And that I do not wish to face
            E
I guess I'm counting on his
D           A*
Divine Intervention
 
 
I cannot understand my God
I donUt know why it gets to me
One day my life is filled with joy
And then we find we disagree
All depending on his
Divine Intervention
 
Does he love us does he love us?
Does he love us does he love us?
I look around and all I see is destruction
We're all Counting on his
Divine Intervention
 
When he comes the sun shine
When he comes the sun shine
Sunshine, the sunshine
Here it comes...
 
Transcribed by Phil Saunders (phillip@phoenix.princeton.edu)
As always, corrections or additions (especially solo transcriptions)
are welcome....
 
 
SONG: I've Been Waiting
 
Intro D Dsus4 D Dsus9 G A Asus4 A
 
D        G       A
When you said to me
D        G       A
You are not so old
D        G       A
Did I know it then?
D        G       A
'Cause I had just been told
  G      D/F#      Em
I didn't think I'd find you
        A           D
Perfect in so many ways
    G    D/F# Em       Em  A
But I've been waiting [waiting]
A              D    G
And I want to [have you]
G    D/F# Em       Em  A
I've been waiting [waiting]
 
And I want to
 
The secret on your lips
That nobody knows
Gentle in your eyes
You can wear my clothes
 
I didn't think I'd find you
Perfect in so many ways
But I've been waiting [waiting]
And I want to [have you]
I've been waiting [waiting]
And I want to [have you]
I've been waiting [waiting]
And I want to
[solo]
 
When you said to me
You are not so old
Did I know it then?
'Cause I had just been told
 
You know
I didn't think I'd find you
Perfect in so many ways
But I've been waiting [waiting]
And I want to [have you]
I've been waiting [waiting]
And I want to [have you]
I've been waiting [waiting]
And I want to [have you]
I've been waiting [waiting]
And I want to [have you]
 
I've been waiting...
 
Transcribed by Phil Saunders (phillip@phoenix.princeton.edu)
As always, corrections or additions (especially solo transcriptions)
are welcome....
 
@SONG: Girlfriend
 
chords are:  C# - B - F# for the verses, and F# - B - F# - C# for
the choruses... all the lead stuff in is C#, and with those chords
does that make it mixolydian, since F# - B - C# define F#?
 
I want to love somebody
I hear you need somebody to love
Oh I want to love somebody
I hear you're looking
for somebody to love
 
'Cause you need to be back
in the arms of a good friend
and I need to be back
in the arms of a girlfriend
 
I didn't know nobody
and then I saw you coming my way
Oh I didn't know nobody
and then I saw you coming my way
 
Don't you need to be back
in the arms of a good friend?
Oh 'cause honey believe me
I'd sure love to call you
my girlfriend
[solo]
 
Don't you need to be back
in the arms of a good friend?
Oh 'cause honey believe me
I'd sure love to call you
my girlfriend
 
'Cause you
got a good thing going baby
You only need somebody to love
Oh you got a good thing going
You're only looking
for someone to love
'Cause you need to get back
in the arms of a good friend
 
And I'm never gonna set you free
No I'm never gonna set you free
 
@SONG: Looking at the Sun
 
Do you really want to
Run away with me?
Would you really like to
Run away with me?
I can feel very clearly
But no longer see
 
For oh, looking at the sun
Waiting for you to appear
Watched you getting nearer
Like I knew it was in my heart
'Til the damage was already done
Looking at the sun
Burned my eyes out
And I'm blind now
 
I was looking for somebody
That you couldn't be
I was looking for somebody
That you will never be
I was so sure that there was
Nothing wrong with ne
 
For oh, looking at the sun
Waiting for you to appear
Watched you getting nearer
Like I knew it was in my heart
'Til the damage was already done
Looking at the sun
Burned my eyes out
And I'm blind now...I'm blind
[solo]
 
Do you really want to
Run away with me?
I can feel very clearly
But no longer
Oh, looking at the sun
Waiting for you to appear
Watched you getting nearer
Like I knew it was in my heart
'Til the damage was already done
Looking at the sun
Burned my eyes out
And now I'm blind
Waiting for you to appear
Watched you getting nearer
Like I knew it was in my heart
'Til the damage was already done
Looking at the sun
Burned my eyes out
And I'm blind now
Yeah I'm blind now
 
@SONG: Winona
 
Intro
C D G D/F# Em C D G
 
G
I tried to call you
                 A
But the line was busy
D                     G
Were you talking to a friend?
G                       A
When I tried again much later
D                            G
I didn't want to let it ring again
G                         A
So you can see I've got a problem
D               G
Back by popular demand
G
Sometimes I want to
        A
Keep it from you
D
Sometimes I think
            G
You'll understand
 
G D/F# Em
 
Em
Could you be my
       A
Little movie star?
D                         G   D/F# Em
Could you be my long lost girl?
Em
It's true that
               A
I don't really know you
D                    G
But I'm alone in the world
 
[solo over chorus chords]
 
When I think maybe I need you
I don't care if if it's not true
'Cause it isn't so much
What I need now
As what I want from you
 
Could you be my
Little movie star?
Could you be my long lost girl?
It's true that
I don't really know you
But I'm alone in the world
 
Could you be my
Little movie star?
Could you be my long lost girl?
It's true that
I don't really know you
 
I feel alone
I feel alone...
 
@SONG: Evangeline
Chords: C#  D#  F#  C#
 
The intro is something like: 
                                Repeat 3x's From my heart into your eyes
And then I found out
That there was nothing
I could know
Or guess about you
You'd go as far as you could go
 
And it took me years to figure out
That there was nothing
I could give to you
Years to figure out
That there was nothing
You would take from me
And how can I describe
The way you slowly put
My hope away
And all of the time
I thought I knew you
 
I thought I knew you
But I wasn't even close
I had my heart set
On little more than a ghost
And I thought I'd show you
There was no way we could lose
I thought I'd force you
To realize and choose
And it took me years
To figure out
That there was nothing
I could show to you
Years to figure out
That you were never really
Going to choose
And how can I describe
The way I slowly lost
My love for you
And all of the time
I thought I knew you [solo]
 
And it took me years
To figure out
That there was nothing
I could show to you
Years to figure out
That you were never
Really going to choose
And how can I describe
The way I slowly lost
My love for you
And all of the time
I thought I knew you
 
@SONG: You Don't Love Me
 
What a beautiful moment
The truth comes out at last
Once your heart
Would own me forever
Then this passed
And what a beautiful moment
As my head comes apart
Drunk and
In a manner of saying, wasted
 
'Cause you don't love me
You don't love me
You can't see how
I matter in this world
Even though I loved you
You can't believe that
If you find something
You think might make you happy
Then I guess it's okay
I think it's okay
If you go away
 
Blown right out of my senses
I did not know what to do
Lost and badly wanting someone
To see me through
That's why I needed you
 
But you don't love me
You don't love me
You can't see how
I matter in this world
Even though I loved you
 
@SONG: I Wanted To Tell You
 
F   C     G  (Listen for strumming - two strums F, dead string, one quick C,
dead strings again, two strums G. Anyways, it's blatantly obvious when you
listen to the song how it goes.)
The strumming pattern continues throughout the verse (F C G):
 
Do just what you want to
I think you're right
I do what I want to to
I do what I want to to
I let the world surround me
'Cause I saw no real harm
I didn't stop to think of you
You were already in my arms
I was wrong but I
 
Chorus
    C    F                    Am                    G   
But I,  I wanted to tell you, I needed to tell you, What I couldn't say
And love, I needed to find mine, But it took me a long time, to see
 
I wanted to tell you
I wanted to tell you
What I couldn't say [love]
I needed to find mine
But it took me a long time to see
 
Love... well never mind
I know how you feel about that
Now what do you think
About time? [something...]
 
I wanted to tell you
I wanted to tell you
What I couldn't say [love]
I needed to find mine
But it took me a long time to see
[solo]
 
I do what I want to to
I do what I want to to
I do what I want to to
I do what I want to to
I let the world surround me
'Cause I saw no real harm
I didn't stop to think of you
You were already in my arms
But there was something...
 
I wanted to tell you
I wanted to tell you
What I couldn't say [love]
I needed to find mine
But it took me a long time to see
[solo]
 
Love...
 
@SONG: Don't Go
 
Don't go
Don't let my love drive you away
there is so much
I have left to say
Oh don't go
Don't bring my nightmare
To the day
There is so much
I have left to say
 
Come back
You know I wrote another song
They keep telling me
The pat is gone
But it looks like
My evil deeds are coming 'round
I can't watch them
Put you in the ground
Oh don't go
I can't watch them
Put you in the ground
Don't go
[solo]
 
Don't go
Don't make me
Have to say goodbye
'Cause I need to look
You in the eye
Oh don't go
I still need to look you in the eye
Don't go
I still need to look you in the eye
Don't go
No don't go
 
@SONG: Your Sweet Voice
transcribed by Efren Leonida eleonida@mail.sas.upenn.edu
Basic chord progression:
|       Gb  | B  | B  | B  | B  | Gb | B  | B  | B  |
(the number of measures changes a bit throughout the song, but it remains just Gb and B)
There's only two changes, one at the "If I could close my eyes" line:
|       Bbm  | Ebm  | B   | B   |
and one at the "It's as close as I get to love" line:
|       Bbm   Db  | B      | Bbm   Db  | B      | B     |
The solo looks like this:
(played over one time through the basic progression, and one time through the first change)
s=slide  h=hammer on
---------------------------------------------------------------14-------
---------------------------------------14-------------------14----14----
-9s11-11-11-13-13-13----11s13-13-11-------13----11-13-13-11----------11-
---------------------11-------------11-------11-------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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/----repeat 4 times--------------------14-------14-------------14------------------------------
----14-14----------14-------14-14----------14---------------------------
-13-------13-11-------11----------13-11-------11-13-11-11-11s13---11----
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-11s10-10---s11-10------------11----13-11----11----11----11----11----11-
--------------------11h13--------13-------13----13----13----13----13----
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-13-11----11----11----11----11-11-13s15---16-15----13-11-----slide down-
-------13----13----13----13---------------------------------------------
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(You can also tune down one fret and play open chords, where Gb=G, B=C, Bbm=Bm,
Ebm=Em, and Db=D.  The solo is just played one half-step down)
 
Speak to me with your sweet voice
And take me through another night
Speak to me with your sweet voice
And I will surely be alright
 
If I can close my eyes without a fear
Speak to me with your sweet voice
Near
 
Hold me in your warm hand
And I could sleep with you tonight
Hold me in your warm hand
And I could sleep with you tonight
 
And all my earthly cares might fade away
If you hold me in your warm hand that way
 
It's as close as I get to love
As close as I get to love
Speak to me with your sweet voice
Again
[solo]
 
Speak to me with your sweet voice
And take me through another night
Speak to me with your sweet voice
And I will surely be alright
 
If I can close my eyes without a fear
Speak to me with your sweet voice
Near
Speak to me with your sweet voice
That way
Speak to me with your sweet voice...
 
@SONG: Does She Talk?
 
She's just your size
She's sexy she's beautiful
Does she talk?
She's just your size
She's sexy she's beautiful
Does she talk?
'Cause man you can't teach
A slithering snake how to talk
 
Did she lick your palm
To tell you your fortune tonight?
Did she lick your palm
To tell you your fortune tonight?
You know sometimes it just isn't worth
Putting up a fight, is it?
[solo]
 
Gonna need you a key
To open the door to her heart
Gonna need you a key
To open the door to her heart
Or are you afraid her body is
Missing that part?
 
Well I can *** you up the ***
You can *** me up the ***
Alright
Well I can *** you up the ***
You can *** me up the ***
Alright
Because they took channel 23
Off the air last night
Down home
 
You're gonna like it
You're gonna like it...
 
@SONG: Holy War
 
I've spent twenty years learning to live
In a world that takes back all that it gives
But I do not want a war
 
I don't know what's going on
In the scenes behind
I worry about it some of the time
And I hope there's not a war
 
'Cause I'm not in for killing another man
Defending my holy land
As if there's a god who would understand
 
And I would walk across highways
To find my fate
If that might settle your crude debate
But I do not want a war
 
'Cause I'm not in for killing another man
Defending my holy land
As if there's a god who would understand
 
Feeding the promised land
With your blood by my own hand
At allah's own command
At allah's own command
 
I came up from the desert and here I will die
Tooth for tooth and an eye for an eye
Though I didn't want a war
 
I went in for killing another man
Defending my holy land
As if there's a god who would understand
As if there's a god who would understand
I went in for killing another man
Defending my holy land
As if there's a god who would understand
As if there's a god who would understand
Oh yeah...
 
@SONG: Nothing Lasts
 
Figure 1:
 
|----------------|----------------|----3-----3-----|1---------------|
|1---1---0-1-3-1-|----1-0-0-1-3-1-|0---3-----3-----|1---------------|
|0---0---0-0-0-0-|----0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0---0-0-----|2---------------|
|2---2---2---2---|----2---2---2---|0-0-----0-------|3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|3---------------|0-0-------------|--2-------------|3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|
 
|----------------|----------------|----3-----3-----|1---------------|
|1---1-0-0-1-3-1-|----1-0-0-1-3-1-|0---3-----3-----|1---------------|
|0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|----0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0---0-0-----|2---------------|
|2---2---2---2---|----2---2---2---|0-0-----0-0-----|3---------------|
|3---------------|0-0-------------|--2-------2-----|3---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------3-----|1---------------|
 
 
Intro:
 (Play fig. 1)
                     ......If one could
 
C
Stop time, or make it up
                Am                    C
If two could realize the best of luck
             Em           F
If I could locate a god above
                 G             Am
And you only wanted to be loved
                 Dm                 C
Then I'd try to hang on to the past
         F                  G
But you know that nothing, oh no nothing lasts
 
 
(Play fig.1)
Nothing lasts           .....It's time to
 
C
Move on, let the past go
            Am                              C
I waited for you here, but you never showed
            Em                     F
Although I asked you to let me know
        G                   Am
I only felt a cold wind blow
                  Dm                C
While I tried to hang on to the past
         F                  G
But you know that nothing, oh no nothing lasts
 
 
(Play first four measures of fig. 1)
 
Am                 C
Nothing's in your way
            F                             G
Now you can stand right up and run
Am             C
Wouldn't even change things
       F                     Am
If you took back what you've done
                Dm                  C
I have tried to hang on to the past
       F               G
But I couldn't keep my grasp, cause nothing lasts
 
 
(Play the first four measures of fig.1 3X)
  Nothing lasts
 
(Play four measures of C, and end on Cmaj7)
  Nothing lasts