SLIDE by THE GOO GOO DOLLS
Guitar transcription by Nathan Gilera Hayag, RRT
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STANDARD TUNING ( E A D G B d )
CHORDS: Em: 022030 D: xx0230 C9: x32030 G: 320030 G/B: x20030
***We all know that the Goo Goo Dolls used D# A# D# G# G# D# tuning (instead of
INTRO: 2x
e||-----------------------------------------||
B||*-----3--------3----------3-------3---3-*||
G||----0---0----0---0------0---0---0--------||
D||--2--------0-------0---------------------||
A||*---------------------3-----------------*||
E||------------------------------3-----2----||
*T T *thumb
VERSE 1:
Em D
Could you whisper in my ear
C9
The things you wanna feel?
(C9)
I'll give you anythin'
To feel it coming'
Em D
Do you wake up on your own
C9
And wonder where you are?
(C9)
You live with all your faults.
PRE-CHORUS 1: Riff 1: let ring
*Riff 1 e-----------------------
I wanna wake up where you are, B--------3------(3)-----
*Riff 1 G------0---0-----0------
I won't say anything at all. D--0H2-----------2------
A------------2---3------
CHORUS 1: E-----------------------
D C9 G C9 G C9 G D
So why don't you slide.
(D) C9 G C9 G C9 G D
Yeah, I'm gonna let it slide.
VERSE 2:
Em D
Don't you love the life you killed?
C9
The priest is on the phone,
(C9)
Your father hit the wall,
Your ma disowned you.
Em D
Don't suppose I'll ever know
C9
What it means to be a man.
C9
It's somethin' that i can't change,
I'll live around it.
PRE-CHORUS 2:
C9 (pause)
I wanna wake up where you are.
*Riff 1
I won't say anything at all.
CHORUS 2:
D C9 G C9 G C9 G D
So why don't you slide.
(D) C9 G C9 G C9 G D
Mmmm, slide.
BRIDGE:
C9 G C9 G
And I'll do anythin' you ever dreamed to be complete,
C9 G D
Little pieces of nothin' that fall.
Em D
Oh May, put your arms around me.
C9 G/B
What you feel is what you are,
C9 G/B
And what you are is beautiful.
Em D C9
Oh May, do you wanna get married or run away?
INSTRUMENTAL:
C9- G- C9- G- C9- G- D--
C9 G C9 G
And I'll do anythin' you ever dreamed to be complete,
C9 G D
Little pieces of nothin' that fall.
Em D
Oh May, put your arms around me.
C9 G/B
What you feel is what you are,
C9 G/B
And what you are is beautiful.
Em D C9
Oh May, do you wanna get married or run away?
PRE-CHORUS 3:
*Riff 1
I wanna wake up where you are.
*Riff 1
I won't say anything at all.
D (break)
C9 G C9 G
And I'll do anythin' you ever dreamed to be complete,
C9 G D
Little pieces of nothin' that fall.
C9 G C9 G
And I'll do anythin' you ever dreamed to be complete,
C9 D
Little pieces of nothing that fall.
C9 G C9 G
Oh oh oh, slide between the sheets of all the beds you never knew.
C9 G
Why don't you slide into my room.
D
Just slide into my room.
*OUTRO
Oh, we'll run away, run away, run away.___
OUTRO: let ring
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B------3--------3----------3-------3---3-|-----3--------3----------3---(3)--
G----0---0----0---0------0---0---0-------|---0---0----0---0------0---0--0---
D--2--------0-------0--------------------|-2--------0-------0-----------0---
A----------------------3-----------------|---------------------3--------2---
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