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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 21Position: 9

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Couldn't find any videos of them playing this song, so I tabbed from the
album track.  The chords are all barre chords played at the following frets:
A=5th, Bm=7th, C#m=9th, D=5th, E=7th.  Listen to the song to get the right
rhythm.
Intro:
e|-12-9----------7-7-7s9-9----------------7-7-7s9-9--------------------------|
B|------10-9-----7-7-7s9-9----------------7-7-7s9-9--------------------------|
G|-----------11--7-7-7s9-9--(6)-9-6-------7-7-7s9-9--------------------------|
D|----------------------------------7-6--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------9------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse:
  AI've been Bmdrinking
BmWith wolves C#mdressed up as sheep
  AThey've been Bmkilling
BmInjured creatC#mures in their sleep
  AGet some Bmfeelings
BmThat truC#mly bothers me
  AI can Bmsave them
BmI know C#mI can
Chorus:
BmThat's what you get
For C#msticking out your neck
And Bmthat's what you get
For C#msticking out your neck   (x2)
Verse:
  AI've been Bmlonely
BmI've been tryC#ming not to show
  AThe pain you Bmcaused me
BmYou realC#mly shut me down
  ALike a Bmbutterfly
BmBeing stung C#mto death by bees
  AThat's an Bmimage
Bmno oC#mne Wants to see
Chorus x2
Verse (played differently):
  AIt's just anoDther sunny Eday where I'm Dat
  AMy head is in the Dclouds 'cause I'm Estretching out my Dneck
I Awake up in the Dmorning to a Eprotein Dshake
Do Atwenty minutes Dcalisthenics Ethen I'm off inDto the day
Chorus x4 
End on A  

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Giraffe

by Miniature Tigers

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C#m

Couldn't find any videos of them playing this song, so I tabbed from the

album track. The chords are all barre chords played at the following frets:

A=5th, Bm=7th, C#m=9th, D=5th, E=7th. Listen to the song to get the right

rhythm.

Intro:

e|-12-9----------7-7-7s9-9----------------7-7-7s9-9--------------------------|

B|------10-9-----7-7-7s9-9----------------7-7-7s9-9--------------------------|

G|-----------11--7-7-7s9-9--(6)-9-6-------7-7-7s9-9--------------------------|

D|----------------------------------7-6--------------------------------------|

A|--------------------------------------9------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:

A Bm

I've been drinking

Bm C#m

With wolves dressed up as sheep

A Bm

They've been killing

Bm C#m

Injured creatures in their sleep

A Bm

Get some feelings

Bm C#m

That truly bothers me

A Bm

I can save them

Bm C#m

I know I can

Chorus:

That's what you get

C#m

For sticking out your neck

And that's what you get

C#m

For sticking out your neck (x2)

Verse:

A Bm

I've been lonely

Bm C#m

I've been trying not to show

A Bm

The pain you caused me

Bm C#m

You really shut me down

A Bm

Like a butterfly

Bm C#m

Being stung to death by bees

A Bm

That's an image

Bm C#m

no one Wants to see

Chorus x2

Verse (played differently):

A D E D

It's just another sunny day where I'm at

A D E D

My head is in the clouds 'cause I'm stretching out my neck

A D E D

I wake up in the morning to a protein shake

A D E D

Do twenty minutes calisthenics then I'm off into the day

Chorus x4

End on

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