Barenaked Ladies

Barenaked Ladies - Brian Wilson guitar tab

Brian Wilson (CAPO ON 3RD FRET)

G D Am7 G

Drove downtown in the rain, 9:30 on a Tuesday night

D Bm7 Am7

Just to check out the late night record shop

G D Am7

Call it impulsive, call it compulsive, call it insane

G D Bm7 Am7

But when I'm surrounded I just can't stah-op

(This progression continues throughout the slow intro)

It's a matter of instinct, it's a matter of conditioning, a matter of fact

You can call me Pavlov's dog

Ring a bell and I'll salivate, well how'd you like that

Dr. Landy tell me you're not just a pedagogue, 'cause right now I'm

CHORUS:

G D Am7

Lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did

G D Em Em/C Em/C# Em/C

Well I'm, lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did

(Progression for the verse is the same as intro. Just listen to the song

to get the proper rythym and tempo)

Well I'm lying here, just staring at the ceiling tiles

And I'm thinking about, whoa what to think about

Just listening and relistening to smiley smile

And I'm wondering if this is some kind of creative doubt, because I'm

CHORUS

Am7 D F Em

And if you wanna find me I'll be out in the sandbox

Am7 D G F Am7

Just wondering where the hell all the love has gah-ah-ahn

D F Em Am7

Playing my guitar and building castles in the sun, whoa-whoa-oh-oh

D G

And singing fun, fun, fun

CHORUS

Am E7 Am E7 Am

I had a dream that I was three hundred pounds

E7 Am E7 Am

And though I was very heavy I floated 'til I couldn't see the ground

(Pick up the rythym at this point)

E7 Am E7

I floated 'til I couldn't see the ground

Am E7

Somebody help me (I couldn't see the ground)

Am E7

Somebody help me (I couldn't see the ground)

Am E7

Somebody help meeeeee, because I'm

CHORUS

(With lots of angst, repeat intro)

G D Am7 G

Drove downtown in the ray-ee-ain, 9:30 on a Tuesday night

D Bm7 Am7 G

Just to check out the late night record shop (late night record shop)

D Am7

Call it impulsive, call it compulsive, or call it insane (whoa-oh)

G D Bm7 Cmaj7

'Cause when I'm surrounded I just can't stah-ah-ah-p

The outro is a Secret Agent Man sort of thingy based in Em that goes as

follows:

Em Em/C Em/C# Em/C

Do this a few times, then just go wild on the Em.

If you've got a bongo playing comrade, this can really sound great.

Reformatted by Burton Posey

(song retransposed for a non-zipped chord version(i.e. CrdZ files)

**this file was originally done by Liz Myers**

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