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1/17

Tempo 80 BPMVol

Sound:

Position

Step 1 / 17Position: 6

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Okay, this is obviously very basic and sloppy, but I find it does the job simplistically
beginners, (such as me, a perpetual beginner) looking to just sing and play this song
fun. Besides, I did not see a tab for this song on this site, so I decided it was time
me to post my first ever tab to any website, since this is a great song.
Standard E: tuning
(Bar Chords)
Chords:
D# G# C#
Intro/Verse (Listen to song for rhythm and tempo, again this is just a rough guide 
for familiarization.)
E|---------------------xx-----------------------------|
B|---------------------xx-----------------------------|
G|------8----5---6---6-xx----6-6----------------------|
D|-8-8--8-6--6-6-6-6-6-xx6-6-6-6----------------------|
A|-6-6-6--6-6--6-4-4-4-xx4-4-4-4----------------------|
E|---------------------xx-----------------------------|
1st Verse (Riff)
How old are you she called to us
Fresh off the bus
to Washington DC
Blond hair and her friend's was black
With a blue backpack
and a plaid skirt to her knees
Chorus ( D#   G#   C#same tempo, just strum'em) **Chords are the same for all choruses
She seemed so confident back then
French kissing boys into men
Vacation came to an end
Hey now Holly where you been?
2nd Verse (Riff)
You know we come here every year
How long you here
in Washington DC?
Just three days, I made her smile
and her girlfriend too
That was my best friends blues
and the tragedy of me
2nd Chorus
She seemed so confident back then
French kissing boys into men
Vacation came to an end
Hey now Michelle where you been?
Interlude (Chords  G#   D#  C#/ D#  C#/ D#   G#7  C#)
'cause when I was thirG#teen it seemed to D#me
That there would C#always be another D#girl to meet
There was C#no rush and I would D#always blush
And it G#7felt so good to take it seriousC#ly
Interlude 2nd time through (Chords  G#   D#  C#/ D#  C#/ D#  G#7  
'cause when I was thirteen G#I saw it on the screeD#n
The way that C#I should be, another D#girl to meet
We were C#cleaner then and more D#innocent
There's G#7nothing so unlucky about C#being,D#  
about being thirtC#een
3rd Verse
The day would always come
When we would have to say goodbye
Sometimes she would cry
and I would ached from all the pride
The last night we'd stay out late,
hold hands and curse fate,
We would try to slow down time
3rd Chorus
She seemed so confident back then
French kissing boys into men
Vacation came to an end
Hey now Christa where you been?
Outro Chorus
She seemed so confident back then
French kissing boys into men
I wish my vacation never had to end
Hey now baby where you been?
Final Outro
(She's so fine.) (She was mine)
Back then the girls were the shit

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Thirteen

by Stephen Kellogg and The Sixers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G#7

Okay, this is obviously very basic and sloppy, but I find it does the job simplistically

beginners, (such as me, a perpetual beginner) looking to just sing and play this song

fun. Besides, I did not see a tab for this song on this site, so I decided it was time

me to post my first ever tab to any website, since this is a great song.

Standard E: tuning

(Bar Chords)

Chords:

D# G# C#

Intro/Verse (Listen to song for rhythm and tempo, again this is just a rough guide

for familiarization.)

E|---------------------xx-----------------------------|

B|---------------------xx-----------------------------|

G|------8----5---6---6-xx----6-6----------------------|

D|-8-8--8-6--6-6-6-6-6-xx6-6-6-6----------------------|

A|-6-6-6--6-6--6-4-4-4-xx4-4-4-4----------------------|

E|---------------------xx-----------------------------|

1st Verse (Riff)

How old are you she called to us

Fresh off the bus

to Washington DC

Blond hair and her friend's was black

With a blue backpack

and a plaid skirt to her knees

D# G# C#

Chorus ( same tempo, just strum'em) **Chords are the same for all choruses

She seemed so confident back then

French kissing boys into men

Vacation came to an end

Hey now Holly where you been?

2nd Verse (Riff)

You know we come here every year

How long you here

in Washington DC?

Just three days, I made her smile

and her girlfriend too

That was my best friends blues

and the tragedy of me

2nd Chorus

She seemed so confident back then

French kissing boys into men

Vacation came to an end

Hey now Michelle where you been?

G# D# C# D# C# D# G#7 C#

Interlude (Chords / / )

G# D#

'cause when I was thirteen it seemed to me

C# D#

That there would always be another girl to meet

C# D#

There was no rush and I would always blush

G#7 C#

And it felt so good to take it seriously

G# D# C# D# C# D# G#7

Interlude 2nd time through (Chords / /

G# D#

'cause when I was thirteen I saw it on the screen

C# D#

The way that I should be, another girl to meet

C# D#

We were cleaner then and more innocent

G#7 C# D#

There's nothing so unlucky about being,

about being thirteen

3rd Verse

The day would always come

When we would have to say goodbye

Sometimes she would cry

and I would ached from all the pride

The last night we'd stay out late,

hold hands and curse fate,

We would try to slow down time

3rd Chorus

She seemed so confident back then

French kissing boys into men

Vacation came to an end

Hey now Christa where you been?

Outro Chorus

She seemed so confident back then

French kissing boys into men

I wish my vacation never had to end

Hey now baby where you been?

Final Outro

(She's so fine.) (She was mine)

Back then the girls were the shit

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