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Utilities Live Tab by The Weakerthans

Utilities Live tab by The Weakerthans

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  • Capo on 6th
Based on a 2002 live performance at the Gas Station Theatre in Winnipeg, Manitoba:
https://youtu.be/YSrFHx4d6Q4

?? = strumming pattern
>  = accented note


Capo 6th fret


Intro – sampled and playout throughout song:

    A                          A/D
e|--------------------------|---------------------------|
B|--------------------------|------5-----5-----5-----5--|
G|------6-----6-----6-----6-|----6-----6-----6-----6----|
D|----7-----7-----7-----7---|---------------------------| x4
A|--------------------------|--5-----5-----5-----5------|
E|--5-----5-----5-----5-----|---------------------------|
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Verse 1:

    A                   Asus2               D6                  D
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--6----6--6-6----6--6-4----4--4-4----4--4-4----4--4-4----4--4-2----2--2-2----2--2--|
D|--7----7--7-7----7--7-7----7--7-7----7--7-0----0--0-0----0--0-0----0--0-0----0--0--| x4
A|--0----0--0-0----0--0-0----0--0-0----0--0------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ?
    >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >

         A              Asus2       D6      D
Got this feeling that today doesn't like me
       A               Asus2         D6  D
Or the air tastes like flowers and paint
          A            Asus2       D6      D
There's a sink full of bottles and cutlery
        A             Asus2      D6      D
And the car has got a list of complaints


Chorus 1:

    F#m                 E                  E5 D/A Dmaj7
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------2----2--2-2----2--2--|
G|--2----2--2-2----2--2-1----1--1-1----1--1-------2----2--2-2----2--2--|
D|--4----4--4-4----4--4-2----2--2-2----2--2-2--0--0----0--0-0----0--0--|
A|--4----4--4-4----4--4-2----2--2-2----2--2-2--0-----------------------|
E|--2----2--2-2----2--2-0----0--0-0----0--0----------------------------|
    ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?  ?  ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ?
    >         >         >         >         >  >  >         >

       F#m           E               E5 D/A Dmaj7
I just wish I were a toothbrush or a solder gun

    D/F#                E/G#                A
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3----3--3-3----3--3---------------------2----2--2-2----2--2-2----2--2------------|
G|--2----2--2-2----2--2-4----4--4-4----4--4-2----2--2-2----2--2-2----2--2------------|
D|--0----0--0-0----0--0-2----2--2-2----2--2-2----2--2-2----2--2-2----2--2------------|
A|--x----x--x-x----x--x-2----2--2-2----2--2-0----0--0-0----0--0-0----0--0-2---4---2--|
E|--2----2--2-2----2--2-4----4--4-4----4--4-------------------------------0---0---0--|
    ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?   ?   ?
    >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >   >   >

D/F#              E/G#             A
Make me something somebody can use


Verse 2:

    A                   Asus2               D6                  D
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--6----6--6-6----6--6-4----4--4-4----4--4-4----4--4-4----4--4-2----2--2-2----2--2--|
D|--7----7--7-7----7--7-7----7--7-7----7--7-0----0--0-0----0--0-0----0--0-0----0--0--| x4
A|--0----0--0-0----0--0-0----0--0-0----0--0------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ?
    >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >

       A           Asus2    D6         D
We can wish on the pop of a light bulb
        A             Asus2      D6     D
Or those photos lying yellow and curled
         A           Asus2        D6      D
Loose in boxes near abandoned electronics
       A              Asus2                  D6  D
In the corners of the basements of the world


Chorus 2:

    F#m                 E                  E5 D/A Dmaj7
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------2----2--2-2----2--2--|
G|--2----2--2-2----2--2-1----1--1-1----1--1-------2----2--2-2----2--2--|
D|--4----4--4-4----4--4-2----2--2-2----2--2-2--0--0----0--0-0----0--0--|
A|--4----4--4-4----4--4-2----2--2-2----2--2-2--0-----------------------|
E|--2----2--2-2----2--2-0----0--0-0----0--0----------------------------|
    ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?  ?  ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ?
    >         >         >         >         >  >  >         >

          F#m             E         Em5   D/A Dmaj7
Guess our wishes don't do dishes or brake re--pairs

    D/F#                E/G#                A
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3----3--3-3----3--3---------------------2----2--2-2----2--2-2----2--2------------|
G|--2----2--2-2----2--2-4----4--4-4----4--4-2----2--2-2----2--2-2----2--2------------|
D|--0----0--0-0----0--0-2----2--2-2----2--2-2----2--2-2----2--2-2----2--2------------|
A|--x----x--x-x----x--x-2----2--2-2----2--2-0----0--0-0----0--0-0----0--0-2---4---2--|
E|--2----2--2-2----2--2-4----4--4-4----4--4-------------------------------0---0---0--|
    ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?    ?  ? ?   ?   ?
    >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >   >   >

D/F#                E/G#             A
Make them something somebody can use


Interlude:

e|-------------------------|---------------------------|
B|-------------------------|---------------------------|
G|-------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--2----------------------|----------------2-2h4---2--| x2
A|--0---0h2h4---2-0--------|----0---0h2h4--------------|
E|--------------------4-2--|--0------------------------|

    F#m    E     E5 D/A Dmaj7     D/F#   E/G#   A
e|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------|
B|----------------------2--|------3-------------2------|-------------|
G|--2------1------------2--|------2------4------2------|-------------|
D|--4------2------2--0--0--|------0------2------2------|-------------|
A|--4------2------2--0-----|------x------2------0------|--2---4---2--|
E|-------------------------|------2------4-------------|--0---0---0--|


Verse 3:

    A                          A/D
e|--------------------------|---------------------------|
B|--------------------------|------5-----5-----5-----5--|
G|------6-----6-----6-----6-|----6-----6-----6-----6----|
D|----7-----7-----7-----7---|---------------------------| x4
A|--------------------------|--5-----5-----5-----5------|
E|--5-----5-----5-----5-----|---------------------------|

      A                            A/D
Got a face full of ominous weather
         A                              A/D
Smirking smile of a high pressure ridge
         A                                   A/D
Got more faults than the state of California
        A                             A/D
And the heart is a badly built bridge


Chorus 3:

      F#m    E     E5 D/A Dmaj7
e|-----------------------------|
B|------------------------2----|
G|----2------1------------2----|
D|----4------2------2--0--0----|
A|----4------2------2--0-------|
E|----2------0-----------------|

          F#m            E             E5 D/A Dmaj7
Seems the most I have to offer doesn't offer  much

      D/F#   E/G#   A                      D/F#   E/G#   A
e|------------------------------------|-----------------------5~----|
B|----3-------------2-----------------|----3-------------2----2~----|
G|----2------4------2-----------------|----2------4------2----2~----|
D|----0------2------2-----------------|----0------2------2----2~----|
A|----x------2------0----2---4---2----|----x------2------0----0~----|
E|----2------4-----------0---0---0----|----2------4-----------------|

D/F#              E/G#            A  D/F#                E/G#         A
Make it something somebody can use,  make this something somebody can use

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