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        BACARDI        
by NADA SURF
from the album THE PROXIMITY EFFECT (1998)
Intro:  B5   C5   G5(repeat)
This riff is used on the verses below.
Deviations in verse 2 & 3 are specified.
e|---5-------3-------0-------0---------------------------------------|
B|-------------0---------------0-----1-------0-----------------------|
G|-----4---------------0---------------2-------0-------2-4-4s5-4-2-4-|
D|---------2-----2-------------------------------2---4---------------|
A|-6-----6---------3-----3-2-----2-0-----0---------2-----------------|
E|-----------------------------------------0-------------------------|
B7/D#When you Emwalk Chome from the Em/Bparty
Am       Em          B7(addC)
Drunk on bacardi and listening
To the B7/D#voices that Emlie Cto you Em/Bnightly
       Am              Em|         B5   C5   G5(repeat)|
Make you frightened of everyone
When you walk home from the party
Drunk on bacardi and listening
To the voices that lie to you nightly
                   B7(addC)
Make you sorry for something
You go home and spend your life alone with the stereo
Watching the late show; or force yourself
Out in the night to meet your generation
You feel like claymation in fluorescent BlighB/A#tD#  G#m  D#  G#m  C#m  
BOn our B/A#knees, we D#made it hard to G#msee
We D#made it hard to G#mbreathe and the air was C#mthin
Coda: ...C#m E5 B5.

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Bacardi

by Nada Surf

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B7/D#

Em/B

B/A#

G#m

C#m

BACARDI

by NADA SURF

from the album THE PROXIMITY EFFECT (1998)

B5 C5 G5

Intro: (repeat)

This riff is used on the verses below.

Deviations in verse 2 & 3 are specified.

e|---5-------3-------0-------0---------------------------------------|

B|-------------0---------------0-----1-------0-----------------------|

G|-----4---------------0---------------2-------0-------2-4-4s5-4-2-4-|

D|---------2-----2-------------------------------2---4---------------|

A|-6-----6---------3-----3-2-----2-0-----0---------2-----------------|

E|-----------------------------------------0-------------------------|

B7/D# Em C Em/B

When you walk home from the party

Am Em B7(addC)

Drunk on bacardi and listening

B7/D# Em C Em/B

To the voices that lie to you nightly

Am Em B5 C5 G5

| (repeat)|

Make you frightened of everyone

When you walk home from the party

Drunk on bacardi and listening

To the voices that lie to you nightly

B7(addC)

Make you sorry for something

You go home and spend your life alone with the stereo

Watching the late show; or force yourself

Out in the night to meet your generation

B B/A# D# G#m D# G#m C#m

You feel like claymation in fluorescent light

B B/A# D# G#m

On our knees, we made it hard to see

D# G#m C#m

We made it hard to breathe and the air was thin

Coda: ...C#m E5 B5.

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