Tabs
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Singing Joy to the World – Fruit Bats
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Tabbed by: Nick Kruschke
Email: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard (unless you can’t belt it like Eric then tune the whole guitar down a bit)
I tabbed this out for use on my ukulele so the fills are pretty hard to
transpose but hopefully this can give your wonderful mind a template to work from.
This is one of my favourite FB’s songs so please feel free to send me comments on revision.
He plays small hammer ons and pull offs throughout the song listen and play along to nail them.
The rhythms also tricky in spots.
Notables:
Barring with the index finger for 
B minorBm then hammering on the rest of your fingers.
B minorBm
e|-2-2---|
BB|-2h3---|
G+G|-2h4---|
D MajorD|-2h4---|
A augmentedA|-2-2---|
E MajorE|-------|
(
C# minorC#m 
C minorCm B minorBm) This is played fairly fast.
{Crazy Fill} I have no idea about this so good luck.
Slidey (tough because he plays this while strumming the chord)
F# minorF#m BB
e|-2-----2-|
BB|-2-----4-|
G+G|-2-----4-|
D MajorD|-4/6\2-4-|
A augmentedA|-4-----2-|
E MajorE|-2-------|
Riff (It helps to barre A augmentedA with your index finger)
e|--------------------------------------0------ |---|
BB|-----2--2-----------------------------2------ |-2-|
G+G|-2---2--2h4p2----2--------2-----------2------ |-2-|
D MajorD|-2h4----------4--2h4p2----2h4p2-------2------ |-2-|
A augmentedA|-----------------------5--------5-----4------ |---|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------- |---|
(
A/C#A/C#)
(Chords Used)
A augmentedA 
AsusAsus B minorBm E MajorE 
E6E6 D MajorD F# minorF#m C# minorC#m C minorCm BB
e--0--|--0--|--2--|--0--|--0--| |--2--|--2--|--4--|--3--|--2--|
B--2--|--3--|--3--|--0--|--2--| |--3--|--2--|--5--|--4--|--4--|
G--2--|--2--|--4--|--1--|--1--| |--2--|--2--|--6--|--5--|--4--|
D--2--|--2--|--4--|--2--|--2--| |--0--|--4--|--6--|--5--|--4--|
A--0--|--0--|--2--|--2--|--2--| |-----|--4--|--4--|--3--|--2--|
E-----|-----|-----|--0--|--0--| |-----|--2--|-----|-----|-----|
Song:
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I.
We---ll he got
A augmentedA B minorBm
Lonely every time a canteen of lights came up
D MajorD [A augmentedA - AsusAsus - A augmentedA]
On the Indian Casino Queen Cus he’d loved her from the time she’d been the
B minorBm D MajorD E-E6-E
waitress at the Mexican place where he’d left his keys
B minorBm A augmentedA
She’d been there smile’n at the lost and found
D MajorD F# minorF#m C# minorC#m (C# minorC#m C minorCm B minorBm)
Then he took her to see three dog night they were playin’ at the fairgrounds
B minorBm [A-Asus-A]
Holdin’ hands singin “Joy to the World”
A augmentedA B minorBm D MajorD
She was way too young
A augmentedA B minorBm F# minorF#m {Slidey}
But he did not care
BB D MajorD
He was alright with cashin’ in
BB D MajorD D(fade)
A augmentedA few fine moments before his broken heart kicked in
[Riff]
A-Asus-A (fade)
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II.
Well he
A augmentedA B minorBm
died a little bit each time the night came in
D MajorD A augmentedA - AsusAsus - A augmentedA
And the stars fell over Michigan Cus he’d loved her at the ball when he saw her
B minorBm D MajorD E-E6-E
dancing to “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man”
{Crazy Fill} B minorBm A augmentedA
Then he’d come over to his usual spot
D MajorD F# minorF#m C# minorC#m (C# minorC#m C minorCm B minorBm)
Soon they were makin’ out at three AM in the empty parking lot
B minorBm A augmentedA - AsusAsus - A augmentedA
They lay together under the burnt out stars
A augmentedA B minorBm D MajorD
She never loved him back
A augmentedA B minorBm F# minorF#m {Slidey}
It wasn’t even close
BB D MajorD
But he was fine with just pretend
BB D MajorD
that it was never gonna end
BB D MajorD
and it was worth it just to know
BB D MajorD D(quick fade)
A augmentedA little warmth before the snow
[Riff] A(fade)
Hope you enjoyed it!
Just use these chords for a ukulele if you would like to play it on there.
It works very well since the high vocals don't conflict with the uke as much as normal songs would.
Cleansteve
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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