If Only You Were Lonely tab by The Replacements

Tabs

Here's the intro, tabbed out for your pleasure:

vocal------------------------------------------------>well i   walked

---------0-0-0-0-0-0---2-3-3-2----3-3--0-0-3-3-----2-2-2---------3--|
---------1-1-1-1-1-1---3-3-3-3-3--0-0--1-1-0-0-----1-1-1---------0--|
---------0-0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2-2--0-0--0-0-0-0-----2-2-2---------0--|
---------2-2-0-0-2-2--0-----------0-0--2-2-0-0-----0-0-0---------0--|
---0--3--3(ring)------------------2-2--3-3-2-2-------------------2--|
-3--------------------------------3-3------3-3-------------------3--|

LEAD GUITAR --------------------------------------------------------|
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---------------------------------------------------3-2--0---0-------|
-----------------------------------------------2-0--------2---0-----|
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-----------------------------------------------------------------3--|

My rhythm tabbing is that of a child. But you all know the rhythm, you just need to know where to put yr fingers!

Now let's get together all the chords we're gonna use on this mother:

 G+G G7G7 C majorC  D MajorD D7D7 A7A7 Amin Bmin C2* E MajorE
-3--1--0---2--2--0--0-----2----3----0----------------------------------------|
-0--0--1---3--1--2--1-----3----5----0----------------------------------------|
-0--0--0---2--2--0--2-----4----5----1----------------------------------------|
-0--0--2---0--0--2--2-----4----5----2----------------------------------------|
-2--2--3---------0--0-----2----3----2----------------------------------------|
-3--3--x----------------------------0----------------------------------------|

There's no real musical difference between C majorC and C2, they're both a C majorC chord. I denotated that second C majorC
(played as a bar chord: bar your first finger across the third fret, yr second takes the D-B strings at the
5th) as such so you'd know when to play it - it's only played during the chorus.

A augmentedA word on the rhythms: very country and western stylin', where you're hitting the chords, but it's "chunky", or
sloppy. An illuminating (and transcribable, by me anyway) example of this is how Paul plays the chorus:

----0-0---x----2--2--x------3--3-x----2--2---x--------------------------------------|
----1-1---x----3--3--x------5--5-x----3--3---x--------------------------------------|
----2-2---x----4--4--x------5--5-x----4--4---x--------------------------------------|
----2-2---x----4--4--x------5--5-x----4--4---x--------------------------------------|
-0--------x--2-------x---3-------x--2--------x--------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

The column of x's represent a muted chord; you basically lay your fingers across the strings and hit 'em
for rhythm. This is a somewhat hyperbolic example of me playing the chorus, but this will give you an idea.
http://www.benalto.com/lonelyexam1.mp3

He has some other county-ish lead ins and turnarounds, but we'll get to those when we come to them. Just remember
to keep your playing loose; this isn't a strummer per se. It's really a sloppy picking job!

With that in mind, let's see if we can get through the song!

(intro) G+G           G7G7
Well, I ordered a Scotch as I bust through them doors
    C majorC
Spilled half on my jeans
     A7A7
The other half on the floor
    G+G        D7D7      G+G
When I saw you standing by that video game


Lead guitar break here:

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-2s4--2s4--2s4--2s4-2-2-4-2------0--|
------------------------------2-----|
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Rhythm: (G+G)     D7D7          G+G
Vocal:             Well I

    G+G
Well, I ain't very good
     G7G7
But I get practice by myself
  C majorC
Forgot my one line
     A7A7
So I just said what I felt

  A minorAm      B minorBm    C2  B minorBm
If only you were lonely, (no vox)
  A minorAm      B minorBm   C2  B minorBm
If only you was lonely too,
  A minorAm      B minorBm   C2
If only you was lonely
         G+G
I'd go home with you

>From here to the next verse is a weird break. The rhythm guitar basically goes:

G+G  D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD

But the D's are done like the beginning of the song, with the Dsus4Dsus4 added in...like thus:

-------2-2-3-3-2-2--------------------------|
-------3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------|
-------2-2-2-2-2-3--------------------------|
-------0------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------|

(the wiggling D MajorD isn't weird, just that it's done twice).

The lead guitar during this section, starting right after Paul sings "go home with you":

G+G           D MajorD            G+G         D MajorD
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----3-----------------3----------------------------3-------------3-0---------------------|
2s4-4-4-2-0-2s4--2s4----4--2-0-------2s4-------2s4----------2s4-------2-0----------------|
--------------------------------2-0-------------------2-1s2-----------------2-0----------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------2-0------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3--|

Lots of the lead guitar bits are here just for reference, for those who want to get deeper into what's
going on guitar-wise. THis lead is actually really crappy and not one I would recommend learning.

    G+G                G7G7
Twenty push-ups this morning, that was half my goal
C majorC
Tonight I'll be doin' pull-ups
    A7A7
On the toilet bowl
  G+G     D7D7         G+G D MajorD
And somewhere somebody's throwin up
    G+G
Well, I broke the seal on my door
   G7G7
And I poured myself to bed
  C majorC         A7A7
The whirlpool spinning around in my head
     G+G      D7D7
There was liquor on my breath
          G+G   G7G7
And you were on my mind
      C majorC
And I'll be dreamin of that smile
     G+G      E MajorE
Without a care in the world
  A minorAm      B minorBm   C2 B minorBm
If only you were lonely,
  A minorAm      B minorBm   C2  B minorBm
If only you was lonely too,
  A minorAm      B minorBm    C majorC B minorBm
If only you was lonely

Slight instumental section, continuing the chords in the chorus: (Am-Bm-C-Bm-D7)
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---------------------------------------3---------3--|
------------0-2s4--2s4----------0-2s4--------2s4----|
-----0-0h1h2--------------0-1-2---------------------|
0h1s2-----------------------------------------------|
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G+G
I walked out of the kitchen
   G7G7
I was tired as hell
 C majorC           A7A7
Another day's here and oh well
G+G          D7D7          C majorC
Somewhere there's a smile with my name on it.

C majorC      G+G        G7G7
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------0-2-----------2s4--2-0-0---------------------------------------|
-1-2------0------0-----------0---------------------------------------|
-----------0-1s2-----------------------------------------------------|
----------------------3----------------------------------------------|


And that's it!

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