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Yo La Tengo
Mr. Tough
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (2006)
intro:
e--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G------3--5----------------------|
D--3-3-------3-3-----------------|
A-----3----------1--3------------|
E--------------------------------| x2
Hey Mr. ToughF  Bb  
CDon't you think Bbwe've suffered Fenough?Bb  C  Bb  
Why don't you Fmeet me on the BbdancefloorC  
BbWhen it's Tiny Tom Ftime?Bb  C  Bb  
And if you Fneed to tell me Bbsomething ConceBb  
FYou won't have to Bbsay it CtwiceBb  
And if you Fask for a BbnickelC  
I'm gonna Bbhand you a FdimeBb  C  Bb  
CAnd we'll forget about our problems
BbIgnore them for a little Fwhile
CAnd leave our worries in the corner
BbLeave them in a big big Fpile
G#Pretend Gmeverything can be Falright
Hey Mrs. BlueF  Bb  
CTime to think of Bbsomething FnewBb  C  Bb  
The Possum's Fspinning our BbhipsC  Bb  
The old soft FshoeBb  C  Bb  
And if you Fwanna Bblose the rest of the nightC  Bb  
There's Fnothing better BbI have to CdoBb  
And if I Ftell you Bbsomething
CYou won't have to Bbask if it's FtrueBb  C  Bb  
CAnd we'll forget about our problems
BbIgnore them for a little Fwhile
CAnd leave our worries in the corner
BbLeave them in a big big Fpile
G#Pretend Gmeverything can be FalrightF  A  C  
DmAlone in our pad on CSaturday night
BbHemmed in by the FroomF  A  C  
DmBut hiding at a crowded Cparty
BbThe record's playing for just Gmme and Cyou
bass:
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|------8-8------------------------------|
E|----------6-8--------------------------| x8
Hey Mr. Tough
Don't you think we've suffered enough?
Why don't you meet me on the dancefloor
When it's Toddophonic time?
And if you Fneed to tell me Bbsomething ConceBb  
FYou won't have to Bbsay it CtwiceBb  
And if you Fask for a BbnickelC  
I'm gonna Bbhand you a FdimeBb  C  Bb  
CAnd we'll forget about our problems
BbIgnore them for a little Fwhile
CAnd leave our worries in the corner
BbLeave them in a big big Fpile
G#Pretend Gmeverything can be Falright
G#Pretend Gmeverything can be Falright
G#Pretend Gmeverything can be Falright
Chords Used:
          EADGBe
F:        133211
Bb:       688766
C:        81010988
G#:       466544
Gm:       355333
A:        577655
Dm:       557765
by Artylandia.

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Mr Tough

by Yo La Tengo

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Yo La Tengo

Mr. Tough

I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass (2006)

intro:

e--------------------------------|

B--------------------------------|

G------3--5----------------------|

D--3-3-------3-3-----------------|

A-----3----------1--3------------|

E--------------------------------| x2

F Bb

Hey Mr. Tough

C Bb F Bb C Bb

Don't you think we've suffered enough?

F Bb C

Why don't you meet me on the dancefloor

Bb F Bb C Bb

When it's Tiny Tom time?

F Bb C Bb

And if you need to tell me something once

F Bb C Bb

You won't have to say it twice

F Bb C

And if you ask for a nickel

Bb F Bb C Bb

I'm gonna hand you a dime

And we'll forget about our problems

Bb F

Ignore them for a little while

And leave our worries in the corner

Bb F

Leave them in a big big pile

G# Gm F

Pretend everything can be alright

F Bb

Hey Mrs. Blue

C Bb F Bb C Bb

Time to think of something new

F Bb C Bb

The Possum's spinning our hips

F Bb C Bb

The old soft shoe

F Bb C Bb

And if you wanna lose the rest of the night

F Bb C Bb

There's nothing better I have to do

F Bb

And if I tell you something

C Bb F Bb C Bb

You won't have to ask if it's true

And we'll forget about our problems

Bb F

Ignore them for a little while

And leave our worries in the corner

Bb F

Leave them in a big big pile

G# Gm F F A C

Pretend everything can be alright

Dm C

Alone in our pad on Saturday night

Bb F F A C

Hemmed in by the room

Dm C

But hiding at a crowded party

Bb Gm C

The record's playing for just me and you

bass:

G|---------------------------------------|

D|---------------------------------------|

A|------8-8------------------------------|

E|----------6-8--------------------------| x8

Hey Mr. Tough

Don't you think we've suffered enough?

Why don't you meet me on the dancefloor

When it's Toddophonic time?

F Bb C Bb

And if you need to tell me something once

F Bb C Bb

You won't have to say it twice

F Bb C

And if you ask for a nickel

Bb F Bb C Bb

I'm gonna hand you a dime

And we'll forget about our problems

Bb F

Ignore them for a little while

And leave our worries in the corner

Bb F

Leave them in a big big pile

G# Gm F

Pretend everything can be alright

G# Gm F

Pretend everything can be alright

G# Gm F

Pretend everything can be alright

Chords Used:

EADGBe

F: 133211

Bb: 688766

C: 81010988

G#: 466544

Gm: 355333

A: 577655

Dm: 557765

by Artylandia.

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