Color Me Once tab by Violent Femmes

Tabs

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; COLOR ME ONCE      ;
;      Violent Femmes ;
;             ;
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Here's what I can offer to get you started. Lyrics are
more or less from Int'l Lyrics Server (lyrics.ch).
Time is 4/4.

INTRO:
e||------------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
BB||------------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
G+G||o-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------o||
D MajorD||o--3---2-2--0---0-|-3---2-2--0---0-|-3---2-2--0---0-|-3---2-2--0---0-o||
A augmentedA||-------------\3---|-----------\3---|-1---------\3---|-----------\3----||
E MajorE||-[10]-------------|[5]-------------|[3]-------------|[0]--------------||
Bass follows with the notes tabbed on the E-string (so same tab for the
bass, but an octave higher)

    Mute 7th fret     Mute 5th fret     Mute 7th fret
e||----|------------------||---|-----------------|---|------------------|
BB||--R-|------------------||-R-|-----------------|-R-|------------------|
G+G||o-e-|-----------------o||-e-|-----------------|-e-|------------------|
D MajorD||o-s-|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-o||-s-|-X-X-X-X-X-X-5p0-|-s-|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X--|
A augmentedA||--t-|------------------||-t-|-----------------|-t-|-8888777766665432-|<-+
E MajorE||----|------------------||---|-----------------|---|------------------|
 |
                          2nd gtr, palm mute
----+

VERSE 1:
D5/A      C5C5    D5/A   There might be two gtrs here, but in
Color me once, ....any case, here's what I've got.
D5/A       C5C5    D5/A
Everything gonna ...
G minorGm
Everlasting love ....
FF
Keep me from these ...
   D5/A      C5C5   D5/A
Sayin alarm, alarm, ...
D5/A     C5C5     D5/A
Ring, ring, I ...
G minorGm
Maybe, ...
FF
I'm the fire ...
D5/A        C5C5    D5/A
Patience, patience ...
D5/A        C5C5      D5/A
Patience, patience, I ....
G minorGm
Patience like a ....
   FF
I got patience on my neck ...
   D5/A      C5C5    D5/A
I say Jack be nimble, ....
D5/A        C5C5     D5/A
Jack bend over and ...
       G minorGm
Oh, you gotta help ...

SOLO 1:
^ = bend
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------5---5-7-7^7-5-7---5-7-|
D MajorD|-0-2---3-2---0/5---5/7-7-7-7-7-5-7-7-8---8-------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|
                        2nd gtr plays
                        some chords here.

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------77777--------------------|
D MajorD|-5-7---8^7---5\3-3-5---7^5-3---77777---7777555533332222-|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------5555333311110000-|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------|

VERSE 2:
D5/A        C5C5    D5/A
Dead men working, ....
D5/A    C5C5   D5/A
Mixing up a ...
G minorGm
Painted the house ....
  FF
But when the sun came up the ...
D5/A etc,
Gotta go on, ...
We gotta go on, ....
We gotta ...

SOLO 2:
Wait til I get a wah-pedal...

OUTRO:
Same as the intro, except for a final A augmentedA|-X-|.

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