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SICK OF MYSELF - Matthew Sweet
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Tabbed by: Rich Monahan
Tuning: Standard
I love this song. If you are reading this, then you - like me - have probably been desperately searching
for a decent tab of "Sick of Myself" for a long time. Every version I've ever come across is missing those
amazing lead parts, and they almost always get the chords a little bit wrong: the addition of that 
F#F# note
in the first chord of the riff really makes all the difference.
Thanks for all these years of free tabs, internet. This one's on me.
Intro:
e|--------|
BB|--------|
G+G|--------|
D MajorD|--X-X-X-|
A augmentedA|--X-X-X-|
E MajorE|--X-X-X-|
Main/Verse Riff:
B/F# 
F#5F#5 
E5E5
e|--------------------|
BB|--------------------|
G+G|----4---------------|
D MajorD|----4---4-4-2-2-----|
A augmentedA|----2---4-4-2-2-----|
E MajorE|----2---2-2-0-0-----|
Not the hardest riff in the world, but it does have a very specific timing. Don't let the first chord ring
for too long. Listen to the track to nail that strum pattern: down, up down up down.
Lead 1:
e|-----7---------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------7---9p7--------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-8h9---------9-8-------6-8b------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------9-6-------9-6--4h6--------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------7-6--4-2-----------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1: Main/Verse Riff
You don't know
How you move me
Deconstruct me
And consume me
I'm all used up
I'm out of luck
I am starstruck
Pre-Chorus/Chorus:
Pretty much the same chords as the main/verse riff, but now you're playing the full versions of 'em:
B/F# F#F# E MajorE
e|----------2------0--|
BB|--4-------2------0--|
G+G|--4-------3------2--|
D MajorD|--4-------4------2--|
A augmentedA|--2-------4------1--|
E MajorE|--2-------2------0--|
B/F# F#F#
By something in your eyes
E MajorE B/F#
That is keeping my hope alive.
E MajorE F#F#
But I'm sick of myself when I look at you
B/F# E MajorE
Something so beautiful and true
E MajorE F#F#
In a world that's ugly and a lie
B/F# E MajorE
It's hard to even want to try
E MajorE F#F#
I'm beginning to think
Baby, you don't know...
Jump back into the Main/Verse Riff.
Lead 2:
e|-9h11-11--12p11-9-7--------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------9p6-------------4---4h6p4-----------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------9-7-4-4h6-----6-------4h6-2-----------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2: Main/Verse Riff
I'll take or leave
The room to breathe
The choice to leave you
I'll throw away
A augmentedA chance at greatness
Just to make this
Pre-Chorus/Chorus:
Pretty much the same as the first time around, except there's a new progression over the "Baby, you
don't know" line, accompanied by this little lead part (let each note ring out on each chord):
Fig. 1
e|-------------------|
BB|--12----11----7----|
G+G|-------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------|
B/F# F#F#
Dreams come into play
E MajorE B/F#
I don't know if I'll find a way
E MajorE F#F#
Cause I'm sick of myself when I look at you
B/F# E MajorE
Something so beautiful and true
E MajorE F#F#
In a world that's ugly and a lie
B/F# E MajorE
It's hard to even want to try
E MajorE F#F#
I'm beginning to think
B5B5 
A#5A#5 F#F# (with Fig. 1)
Baby, you don't know
E MajorE F#F#
I'm beginning to think
Baby, you don't know...
Solo: Main Riff
I have not tabbed out the solo note-for-note, sorry. But he is playing in B. The below is not a solo tab,
but it is a tabbed out version of the modes I use when playing the song live. Go for it:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------7-9-11-12-14-|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------7-9-11-12-14--------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------6-8-9-11-13-15---------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------6-8-9-11-13-14------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------6-7-9-11-13-14---------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-7-9-11-12-14------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Solo ends on:
e|---7----5----4----2-|
BB|--------------------|
G+G|-8----6----4----2---|
D MajorD|--------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------|
B/F# F#F#
There's something in your eyes
E MajorE B/F#
That is keeping my hope alive.
E MajorE F#F#
But I'm sick of myself when I look at you
B/F# E MajorE
Something so beautiful and true
E MajorE F#F#
In a world that's ugly and a lie
B/F# E MajorE
It's hard to even want to try
E MajorE F#F#
I'm beginning to think
B5B5 A#5A#5 F#F# (with Fig. 1)
Baby, you don't know
E MajorE F#F#
I'm beginning to think
Baby, you don't know...
Outro: Main/Verse Riff
Use the same scale from the solo to create your three outro lead parts. Have fun!
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| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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