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Foreign Lovers

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Great sounding song and easy to pick up the picking technique used too!
If you want to play it same as in the song the rough picking pattern is below, but it does change in several 
places so you'll need to listen to it to pick it all up accurately:
e|-A------------------------------D----------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-||
D|---------------------7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-||
A|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-----------||
E|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------||
(Palm muting when playing root the root notes!)
Alternatively you can just use standard chords, it still sounds good!
...Verse 1...
You got Aforeign lovers
Five or Dsix, now, don't you?
You got their Apictures up on your walls
Just a Dminute and you're lost
Well, the Aone in Chicago wasn't there anyDmore
BecAause that thing in Berlin wasn't anyDone's fault
...Chorus...
I got Ano idea what's fair
But I Bmknew before
You got Dforeign lovers
You got Aforeign lovers
...Verse 2...
But I Awanted to tell you
To Dtake the pictures and rip them up
No better Afeeling to know about
When Dthere's no one to follow home
Well it Amade no difference then
And no it Dwasn't that we weren't friends
AnyAway, in Berlin, you never had a Ddumb chance
...Chorus...
I got Ano idea what's fair
But I Bmknew before
You got Dforeign lovers
You got Aforeign lovers
...Interlude...
 A   D(X4)
A
...Chorus...
But everyBmthing good will come to an end
You got Dforeign lovers
You got Aforeign lovers
...Verse 3...
Well, the Apicture's only alive for you insiDde of that frame
Not a Alover that leaves you cold
Oh, in the Dkitchen beside your toaster
...Chorus...
I got Ano idea what's fair
But I Bmknew before
You got Dforeign lovers
You got Aforeign lovers

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Foreign Lovers

by Ra Ra Riot

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Chords in this song · guitar

Great sounding song and easy to pick up the picking technique used too!

If you want to play it same as in the song the rough picking pattern is below, but it does change in several

places so you'll need to listen to it to pick it all up accurately:

A D

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

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

G|---------------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-||

D|---------------------7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-||

A|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-----------||

E|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------||

(Palm muting when playing root the root notes!)

Alternatively you can just use standard chords, it still sounds good!

...Verse 1...

You got foreign lovers

Five or six, now, don't you?

You got their pictures up on your walls

Just a minute and you're lost

A D

Well, the one in Chicago wasn't there anymore

A D

Because that thing in Berlin wasn't anyone's fault

...Chorus...

I got no idea what's fair

But I knew before

You got foreign lovers

...Verse 2...

But I wanted to tell you

To take the pictures and rip them up

No better feeling to know about

When there's no one to follow home

Well it made no difference then

And no it wasn't that we weren't friends

A D

Anyway, in Berlin, you never had a dumb chance

...Chorus...

I got no idea what's fair

But I knew before

You got foreign lovers

...Interlude...

A D

(X4)

...Chorus...

But everything good will come to an end

You got foreign lovers

...Verse 3...

A D

Well, the picture's only alive for you inside of that frame

Not a lover that leaves you cold

Oh, in the kitchen beside your toaster

...Chorus...

I got no idea what's fair

But I knew before

You got foreign lovers

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