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
e----------------------------------------|----------------------------------
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---
E------------------------------3-----2---|------------------------------3---
                               T     T