Barenaked Ladies - The Old Apartment guitar tab
Cc: mmucklo@East.Sun.COM
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# This is a bit different than the versions already in olga (for
# starters, it's in ChordPro format so it can be printed in that nice
# postscript format).
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# I've also interpreted the Refrain and the Bridge a bit differently,
# and I think more accurately. Check the 'Notes' section at the end of
# the song for more info.
#
# I used the live version off of 'Rock Spectacle' as a reference, but I
# don't think it and the original differ at all.
#
# feedback: mmucklo@east.sun.com
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{title:The Old Apartment}
{subtitle:Barenaked Ladies}
{define: G base-fret 1 frets 3 2 0 0 3 3}
{define: Cadd9 base-fret 1 frets - 3 2 0 3 3}
{comment_italic:Capo on 3rd fret}
[G]Broke int[D]o the old apar[Cadd9]tment. [Cadd9]
[G]This is whe[D]re we used to live[Cadd9]. [Cadd9]
[G]Broken glas[D]s, broke and hun[Cadd9]gry, broken hea[Cadd9]rts and
broken bones.
[G]This is whe[D]re we used to live[Cadd9]. [Cadd9]
{comment:refrain}
{soc}
[Em]Why d[D]id you paint the wa[C]lls?
[Em]Why d[D]id you clean the flo[C]or?
[Em]Why d[D]id you plaster ov[C]er the h[D]ole I punched in the
do[G]or? This is whe[D]re we used to live[Cadd9]. [Cadd9]
[G]Why d[D]id you keep the [Cadd9]mousetrap, why did yo[D]u keep the
di[G]shrack? These things use[D]d to be mine, I gu[Cadd9]ess they still
are, I want 'm ba[D]ck.
{eoc}
[G]Broke int[D]o the old apar[Cadd9]tment. [Cadd9]
[G]Forty-tw[D]o stairs from the stree[Cadd9]t. [Cadd9]
[G]Crooked la[D]nding, crooked la[Cadd9]ndlord, narrow landw[Cadd9]ay
filled with
[G]crooks. This is whe[D]re we used to live[Cadd9]. [Cadd9]
{c:refrain}
{soc}
[Em]Why d[D]id they pave the la[C]wn?
[Em]Why d[D]id they change the lo[C]cks?
[Em]Why d[D]id I have to br[C]eak it, I on[D]ly came here to
ta[G]lk. This is whe[D]re we used to live[Cadd9]. [Cadd9]
[G]How i[D]s the neighbor do[Cadd9]wnstairs? How i[D]s her temper
th[G]is year? I turned u[D]p your tv and sto[Cadd9]mped on the floor
just for f[D]un.
{eoc}
{comment:bridge}
[Em]I kn[D]ow we don't [G]live here anymo[C]re.
[C]We b[D]ought an old ho[G]use on the dan[C]forth.
[Em]She lo[D]ves me and her b[G]ody keeps me [C]warm;
[C](and) I'm ha[D]ppy
h[G]ere. But this is whe[D]re we used to live[Cadd9]. [Cadd9]
[G]Broke int[D]o the old apar[Cadd9]tment. [Cadd9]
[G]Tore the p[D]hone out of the wal[Cadd9]l. [Cadd9]
[G]Only me[D]mories, fading mem[Cadd9]ories blending in[Cadd9]to dull
tab[G]leaux. I w[D]ant them ba[Cadd9]ck. (This is wh[Cadd9]ere we
used to live)
[G]I w[D]ant them ba[Cadd9]ck. (This is wh[Cadd9]ere we used to live)
[G]I w[D]ant them ba[Cadd9]ck. (This is wh[Cadd9]ere we used to live)
[G]I w[D]ant them ba[Cadd9]ck.
{sot}
NOTES
Verse:
The verse chords are downstrokes on the first two beats of each
measure.
Refrain:
The first 10 measures are picked (through the third D chord), then
it starts strumming leading up to the G which is played like the
verse. The G D Cadd9 D sequence is then strummed.
Also in the refrain: on the CD I have, they almost seem to let the
Em chord ring out over the D, so you could probably just play the
Em chord for the first measure and let it ring until the C chord
of actually playing the D.
Bridge:
The bridge is picked like the refrain, one chord per measure. Note
that it is only 14 measures long, however.
Ending:
The 'I want them back' section is picked
{eot}
