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"Ex-Girlfriend"
by No Doubt
written by Gwen Stefani, Tom Dumont and Tony Kanal
from the album RETURN OF SATURN, 2000

transcribed Feb 14, 2001
updated May 15, 2001
thank you to jon for noticing my tab mistake in the pre-chorus :-)

NOTE: all 5 chords played in lowest position, unless otherwise noted.
*************************************************************************
Pre-Chorus/ Main Riff

e:--8----7---5---3--|--2---0-------------|
B:--10---8---7---5--|--4---1--[-4---1-]--| (last time you play it,
G:------------------|---------[-4---2-]--|  leave off the part in
D:------------------|--------------------|  the [brackets])
A:------------------|--------------------|
E:------------------|--------------------|

CHORUS:
(palm-mute the chords except the last time)
Chord diagramE5E5      Chord diagramB5B5      Chord diagramC5C5      Chord diagramC5C5
Chord diagramF#5F#5     Chord diagramC5C5      Chord diagramB5B5      Chord diagramB5B5

he also throws in some kind of funky-sounding distorted chords,
more or less at the end of each line, but I don't know how to
play those. If anyone does and can explain it in email, please
let me know.

VERSE:
i think the chords are played on a keyboard

NOTE: although I think it could be played by a keyboard, one
part you can play (only) during the second verse:

e:---12po0------12-12-12po0----|
B:-----------------------------| play it twice or something
G:-----------------------------| over the background chords
D:-----------------------------|
A:-----------------------------|
E:-----------------------------|

Post-Chorus (kind of distorted)
  "and i'm
   another ex-g/f..."                                      (repeat)
e:------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B:---5-----0------5-----0-------|----4----0---[-4----0--]---------|
G:*-----------------------------|--------------------------------*|
D:*-----------------------------|--------------------------------*|
A:------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E:------------------------------|---------------------------------|
                           (leave off bracket part, very last time)

BRIDGE:
I'm not positive on this part, but something like this:
E5, hard a bunch of times on the 6th string,
then play Chord diagramE5E5 on the 5th string for a few measures

the post-chorus played after the bridge sounds a little different,
like maybe he is sort of picking notes out of Chord diagramE minorEm played on the
5th string
Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramBB e
7 7 9 8 8 7

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email comments/questions/corrections to
~Laura McWilliams
[email protected]

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