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Bad Priestess

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Emajor

90BPM

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 5Position: 4

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

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Intro/riff:
E chord strummed a few times followed by something like:
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---4/6--4--2--4------|
D|---4/6--4--2--4------|
A|---0----0--0--0------|
E|---0----0--0--0------|
when i Asee you in your new blue jBeans
i know you're lEying, and i knoAw what it means
when i see you take your place among the Bpoor
Ei know you're a Afraud for sure
bEad priestessB, bad priestEess
so the Asunlight plays its games along your Beyes
and it has the Esame effect on a thoAusand other guys
and i'd be lying if i said i didn't fBeel the pull, too
but the sEunlight makes me strong and i knAow about you
Ebad priestess
*play the riff from the start once more*
bad pAriestess, on a tBhursday as the sun goes down
bEad priestess, with a super-Aspecial eyelash trick
bad pEriestesBs, bad pEriestess
*then end with the same riff again a few times*

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Bad Priestess

by The Mountain Goats

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Intro/riff:

E chord strummed a few times followed by something like:

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

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

G|---4/6--4--2--4------|

D|---4/6--4--2--4------|

A|---0----0--0--0------|

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

A B

when i see you in your new blue jeans

E A

i know you're lying, and i know what it means

when i see you take your place among the poor

E A

i know you're a fraud for sure

E B E

bad priestess, bad priestess

A B

so the sunlight plays its games along your eyes

E A

and it has the same effect on a thousand other guys

and i'd be lying if i said i didn't feel the pull, too

E A

but the sunlight makes me strong and i know about you

bad priestess

*play the riff from the start once more*

A B

bad priestess, on a thursday as the sun goes down

E A

bad priestess, with a super-special eyelash trick

E B E

bad priestess, bad priestess

*then end with the same riff again a few times*

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