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St. Joe On The Schoolbus
By Marcy Playground
Standard Tuning
This is one of their easier songs to play but it is still of the their best
sounding!
Drum intro then:
INTRO/VERSE*
(light distortion)
|------PALM MUTE--------------|
e:--------------------------------------||---------------|
B:--------------------------------------||---------------| (repeat x8)
G:--3--3--3/6--6--6--1--1--1--1--1------||---------------|
D:--4--4--4/7--7--7--2--2--2--2--2------||---------------|
A:--4--4--4/7--7--7--2--2--2--2--2------||---------------|
E:--2--2--2/5--5--5--0--0--0--0--0------||--0-0-0--1-2---|
On ninth repeat, release the palm (...and they made her beg down for more)
CHORUS
e:------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B:------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G:------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D:-----------------------4-------7----|-----------------------4------7----|
A:----2---2---2---2----4---4---7---7--|----2---2---2---2----4---4--7---7--|
E:--0---0---0---0----2-------5--------|--0---0---0---0----2-------5-------|
Oh my... and Mary...
e:------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B:------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G:------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D:-----------------------4-------7----|-----------------------7-------6---|
A:----2---2---2---2----4---4---7---7--|----2---2---2---2----7---7---6---6-|
E:--0---0---0---0----2-------5--------|--0---0---0---0----5-------4-------|
e:--------------------------------------| |------------|
B:--------------------------------------| |------------|
G:--------------------------------------| |------------|
D:------4------4---4-----2--------------| |------------|*Go back to verse
A:----4---4--4---4-----2---2---2---2----| |------------|
E:--2----------------0-------0---0---0--| |---0-0--1-2-|
Bridge:
e:----------------------------------------|
B:----------------------------------------|
G:------------3--------6--------------1---| (repeat 3 more times)
D:--------------4--------7----------2-----|
A:----------4--------7------------2-------|
E:--0-0-1-2--------5--------0-------------|
CHORUS/OUTRO:
e:------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B:------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G:------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D:-----------------------4-------7----|-----------------------4------7----|
A:----2---2---2---2----4---4---7---7--|----2---2---2---2----4---4--7---7--|
E:--0---0---0---0----2-------5--------|--0---0---0---0----2-------5-------|
e:------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B:------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G:------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D:-----------------------4-------7----|-----------------------7-------6---|
A:----2---2---2---2----4---4---7---7--|----2---2---2---2----7---7---6---6-|
E:--0---0---0---0----2-------5--------|--0---0---0---0----5-------4-------|
e:------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:-----4------4---4-----7--------6--------4------4---4--------------------|
A:---4---4--4---4-----7---7----6---6----4---4--4---4--------2-----2---2---|
E:-2----------------5--------4--------2-----------------0-0---0-0---0---0-|
This is quite close however there seems to be a note or two on the Ab bar
chord that doesn't sound right. If anyone has any comments or corrections,
e-mail me at andrew_timbie@tayloru.edu.
Enjoy!
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Last Updated: April 23, 2021