Goo Goo Dolls - Superstar Carwash Chords & Tabs

 

Superstar Carwash Chords & Tabs

Goo Goo Dolls Chords & Tabs

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Superstar Carwash Tab

   
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
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Superstar CarWash album by the Goo Goo Dolls
(compiled by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
 
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Fallin Down
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by the Goo Goo Dolls
(solo by John O'shaugnessy)

Intro w/ distortion

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--6---9---4----4---6---9-9---4--2---------------------------------------
--6---9---4----4---6---9-9---4--2---------------------------------------
--4---7---2----2---4---7-7---2--0---------------------------------------
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--6---9---4---6---2-----2-2-2---4--4------------------------------------
--6---9---4---6---2-----2-2-2---4--4------------------------------------
--4---7---2---4---0-----0-0-0---2--2------------------------------------
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--6---9---4----4---6---9-9---4--2---------------------------------------
--6---9---4----4---6---9-9---4--2---------------------------------------
--4---7---2----2---4---7-7---2--0---------------------------------------
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--6---9---4---6---------------------------------------------------------
--6---9---4---6---2-----------------------------------------------------
--4---7---2---4---2-----------------------------------------------------
------------------0-----------------------------------------------------

B5              C#5
Do you know  Where you want to go

G#5             A5
I ain't got time for you now

B5              C#5
Do you think  That'll ever be


Pre Chorus:
  
E5    D#5    C#5     B5     A5 ( or some sorta slide like that)
Cuz all I ever want is so far gone

E5    D#5    C#5     B5     A5 
And if I had my chance I'd go along


Chorus:

(Just play the intro through the chorus)
You're making me fall down
I'm fallin' down again
I wish you could fall down
Can you catch me darlin


Do you see  What you do for me
You make time for me now
Do you think that'll ever be

Pre Chorus

Chorus

--------------------------     ----------------------------------
---------4--4h5p4-0-4-5---     ---5-4---7--5--5------------------
--6-6---------------------     ----------------------------------
--6-6---------------------x3   ----------------------------------
--4-4---------------------     ----------------------------------
--------------------------     ----------------------------------

e -------------------------------------------------------------------------
B --------9-9-------9-9--------9--9-------9--9-----------------------------
G --11b13-----11b13-----11b13--------11b13-------11b13r11---9-----9\8------
D ----------------------------------------------------------------------9--
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------

e ------------------------------------------------------------12---14p12---
B ---------------------------12h14p12---14p12---12----/14------------------
G -8-8-9--11--9--8h999---/13-----------------------------------------------
D -------------------------------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                                (vib.)
e --14b16r14p12-----------------12----14fb&r(14)p12--------12---12---------
B ----------------14-------/14------------------------14-------------------
G -------------------------------------------------------------------------
D -------------------------------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------

pre chorus

Chorus

 
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Lucky Star -- by the Goo Goo Dolls
transcribed by: goo@soong.heinous.net
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html

Intro:
C B A G F E G
C	           B
If I could walk a straight mile
A			  G		
I could write it down in shorthand
	F  	E
I could show you
G
If you want me to

C		B
And if I had an hourglass
A			  G
I'd save the grains of time I spent with you
F	  E
And that's what I'd do
G
But I remember

F	   E		    G
You always said it could be great
And I knew it could be

Well there's a way you look at things
That no one needs to know but you
And you shout em with me

Like every time the leaves would fall
You'd promise me that they'd be back again
And I believed in you
 
F	   E	   	    G
You always said it could be great
But I hadn't time to waste
F	   E   	 	    D
Now it seems that I've gone too far

C		G
As bright as you are
A#	   	     F
Don't get burned by your lucky star
C		G
Bright as you are
A#		     F
Don't get burned by your lucky star

Written down in hard-bound books
The way things used to be (?)
I'd swear they're all for you

(?)
Mama said shit I don't know what you'll do
As if it's up to you

You always said it could be great
But I hadn't time to waste
Now it seems that I've gone too far

(The rest till the end is C-G-A#-F)

As bright as you are
Don't get burned by your lucky star
Bright as you are
Don't get burned by your lucky star

Your lucky star will burn out
Your lucky star can turn you around
Your lucky star will burn out
Your lucky star can turn you around

Turn you around
Turn you around
Turn you around
Turn you around
F	     G 		C	
They're gonna turn you around
v
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Cuz You're Gone by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
Solo tabbed by Johnny O

E5(VII) - x799xx
F#5(IX) - x9(11)(11)xx
A5(VII) - xx79(10)xx
Intro:
(riff 1)

(Guitar 1)
e ---------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------
B ---------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------
G --6--7-7p6h7p6h7--7--|-9--9-7p6h7p6--|--6--7-7p6h7p6h7p6h7p6------
D --7--7-7-7-7-7-7--7--|-7--7-7-7-7-7--|-------------------|---9-7--
A ---------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------
E ---------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------

(Play 4 times)

(Guitar 2, in on third repeat)
F#5-E5(VI)-D5
F#5-D5-A5
(Play 2 times)

(verse)
F#5
You whispered in my mouth 
               E5(VII)
And I spit your words right back 
F#5
How good do you think I'll look 
                       A5(VII)   E5(VII)
When the words start to break and crack

(bridge)
e ----------------|---------------|-------------------------------
B ----------------|---------------|-------------------------------
G -------11-------|------9--------|-----6-7p6---6-7p6---6-7p6---6-
D ----11----------|----9----------|---7-------7-------7-------7---
A --9-------------|--7------------|-5-----------------------------
E ----------------|---------------|-------------------------------
You beat your head upon your wall 
You disconnect yourself from it all 
'Cause you know that you're so beautiful and so untouchable 
And I want to get in so bad, and I don't know how 
    F#5(IX)    E5(VII)
No I don't know how

(chorus)
(play intro 2 times)
'Cause you're gone, and you ain't coming back 
Yeah you're gone, and you ain't coming back 

(verse)
You held your hand so close 
And I just can't push you away 
I wished you could be my girl 
But you're stuck in your a grown-up world 

(bridge)
You beat your head upon your wall 
You disconnect yourself from it all 
'Cause you know that you're so beautiful and so untouchable 
And I want to get in so bad, and I don't know how 
No I don't know how

(chorus)
'Cause you're gone, and you ain't coming back 
Yeah you're gone, and you ain't coming back 

(solo)
Guitar1:

e ----------------------------------------------------------------------
B ------------17-17fb&r-17--15-14-15-14-----------14-15-14--------------
G -16p14-14-14--------------------------16-14--16----------16-14--16-14-
D ----------------------------------------------------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------

e ----------------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------------------
G 14-14--16fb&r(16)p14---14------------13--14p13-13--14-13--16-13-14-13-
D --------------------16---16-16--14-14--14-----------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------

e ----------------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------------------
G 16---13---14---13----13---14hold\\9hold\2-----------------------------
D ----------------------------------------------------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------9\\\\\\\\\\\\\\(2)------
                                                strike hard & slide

  Palm Mute                                               End P.M.
e ----------------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------------------
G -------------------------------------------------14-14-16p14-16p14----
D -----2-2-/4-4-/6-6-/7-7-/9-9-/11-11-/14-14-/16-16---------------------
A -4-4------------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------

e ----------------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------------------
G 16fb---16fb-----16pb&r(16)p14--------14-------------------------------
D ----------------------------------------16----------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar 2:
F#5-E5(VII)-D5
F#5-E5(VII)-D5
A5(VII)-E5(VII)-A5
F#5-E5(VII)-D5

(bridge)
You beat your head upon your wall 
You disconnect yourself from it all 
'Cause you know that you're so beautiful and so untouchable 
And I want to get in so bad, and I don't know how 
And I don't know how

(chorus)
'Cause you're gone, and you ain't coming back 
Yeah you're gone, and you ain't coming back 

e ---------------------|---------------|----------
B ---------------------|---------------|--10------
G --6h7p6h7p6----------|-9-------------|--9-------
D --7-7-7-7-7----------|-7-------------|--7-------
A ---------------------|---------------|----------
E ---------------------|---------------|----------

Yeah you're gone, and I wish you'd come back 

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free to use it for your personal or educational use, but permission must 
be granted to post this transcription. Thank you. 
 
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Don't Worry by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html

E5: x799xx
F#5: x9(11)(11)xx
E5/Eb: x699xx

(verse)
B5            E5              F#5
I called you up all night til mornin' 
B5      E5             C#5         E5  D#5  C#5  D#5
Left my house by noon today, and I saw you standing there 
B5     E5                 F#5
No one spoke, but we both listened 
B5          E5             C#5     E5  D#5  C#5  D#5
Heard every word you didn't say

(verse)
And the sun shines all around us 
Smells like summer's on the way, and I saw you standing there 
Tell the story of a lifetime 
Tomorrow brings a brand new day

(chorus)
                  F#5            E5         E5/Eb    C#5 
Don't worry 'bout today, and the words that you said 
                  F#5              E5         E5/Eb    
Don't worry 'bout today, shake the world from your head 
C#5           B5
  Least for a while

(verse)
You see, the day keeps getting longer 
But my nights seem longer still, and my TV's off the air 
Watching repeats on my ceiling 
Another hour left to kill

(chorus)
Don't worry 'bout today, and the words that you said 
Don't worry 'bout today, shake the world from your head 
Least for a while

(solo)
B5-F#5-C#5-E5-D#5-C#5-D#5 (4 times)
F#5-E5-E5/Eb-C#5
F#5-E5-E5/Eb-C#5
End on B5

This file is copyright goo@soong.heinous.net, 1997. You are 
free to use it for your personal or educational use, but permission must 
be granted to post this transcription. Thank you.  
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Girl Right Next to Me
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
(with help from Johnny O)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html

Intro:
	B5(VII)-B5(VII)-B5(VII)     <---- (mute the first one)
	F#5(IX)-B5(VII) (3x)
	Eb5(XI)-B5(VII)-F#5(IX)-C#5(IX)-B5(VII)

Verse:
	B5-B5-B5 (mute the first one)
	F#5-C#5-B5-C#5-F#5
	F#5-C#5-Eb5-B5-F#5-C#5-B5

Chorus:
	B5-B5-B5 (mute the first one)
	C#5-F#5-C#5
	F#5-C#5-B5 (2x)

Solo:	F#5(IX)-F#5/F-B5(VII)-C#5(IX)-F#5(IX)

e --11-11-11---11-11-11---11-11--|--11-11-11---11-11-11---11-11-----
B -/11-11-11--/11-11-11--/11-11--|-/11-11-11--/11-11-11--/11-11-----
G -------------------------------|----------------------------------
D -------------------------------|----------------------------------
A -------------------------------|----------------------------------
E -------------------------------|----------------------------------
 
e ---------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------
G -13p11p9-11---11-13-11--13p11p9-11--13p11h13-
D ---------------------------------------------
A ---------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------

e -----------------------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------------------
G -11----------11-----11-------------------------------
D ----13-11-13-----------13-11-13--11h13p11------------      
A ------------------------------------------13-11-9----
E -----------------------------------------------------

e ---------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------
G --------------11-------------11--------------
D ------11--13------13--11--13-----------------
A -9/13----------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------

e ----------------------------------------14--------------------------
B --------------------------------------------------------------------
G -11----------11--11--11-13-11--13-11-13b---r13--13--11----11-13-11--
D ----13-11-13-------13----------------------------------13-----------
A --------------------------------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------

        >                      >
e  ----14p11-------------------------------------------------------
B ------------14p11-----------14p11--------------------------------
G --------------------13p11----------13p11--------13p11------------
D -----------------------------------------13p11-------------------
A -----------------------------------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------------------------------

     >                            >
e  ----------------------------------------------------------------
B --14p11------------------------14p11-----------------------------
G --------13p11--------13p11-----------13p11-------13p11-----------
D --------------13p11-------------------------13p11----------------
A -----------------------------------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------------------------------
 
e ---------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------
G -(13)-13b(14)--(14)----(14)----13fb&r p11------11-13--11-------
D -----------------------------------------13--------------------
A ---------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------

e -17b(18)-(18)-(18)r17p16p14--14---17b(18)p16p14-14---
B -----------------------------------------------------
G -----------------------------------------------------
D -----------------------------------------------------
A -----------------------------------------------------
E -----------------------------------------------------

e -16-17b(18)p16p14--14p11----------------------
B -------------------------14p11----------------
G -------------------------------13--11---------
D ----------------------------------------------
A ----------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------


B5(VII): 7-9-9		F#5(IX): 9-11-11
Eb5(XI): 11-11-13		C#5(IX): 9-11-11
F#5: 2-4-4			F#5/F: 8-11-11
B5: 2-4-4		C#5: 4-6-6		Eb5: 6-8-8

(verse)
You changed my face,
        I think I like it better now.
It doesn't matter anyhow, cuz that's the way it is.
You said hello,
        Well where the hell you been?
I said I feel like I've been off to war, and I may never be the same
 again.

(verse)
I made my bed,
        But now I can't sleep at night.
I'm tossin and turnin you know, you know it ain't right.
I'd love to beg,
        See, but I'm just too proud.
And I don't even know what to say, so I'm thinking out loud.

(chorus)
And when you dream 17,
        I ain't there, so I don't care.
Cuz in all my dreams, I'm 23,
        And she's the girl right next to me.
        See that girl right next to me.

(verse)
I lie in my bed,
        You're running through my head.
Going over and over and over, the things that you said.
I'm caught in the trap,
        I'll run like hell right back to you.
Cuz it's over with you and you know it means drinking alone.

(chorus)
And when you dream 17,
        I ain't there, so I don't care.
Cuz in all my dreams, I'm 23,
        And she's the girl right next to me.
        See that girl right next to me.

(solo)

(chorus 2x)

This file is copyright goo@soong.heinous.net, 1997. You are
free to use it for your personal or educational use, but permission must
be granted to post this transcription. Thank you.
 
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Domino by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html

E5(VII): x799xx

Intro:
(r.f. 1)
G#5 / / / E5(VII)-Eb5-B5
G#5 / / / B5-E5-F#5
(Play 2 times)

(verse, r.f. 1)
If you never had it then 
You don't know how bad it is 
There is nothing like it, well 
Needless talk then, I can tell

(chorus, r.f 2)
G#m            B5             F#5
Here comes the day, I sit and wait    (Dominoes are falling still)
        E5
Always, always something               
G#m            B5                    F#5
The bills keep coming, the car ain't running 
        E5
Now I'm coming home again             (As I know they always will) 
G#m     B5           F#5              E5
Another day, oh, the mailman's on his way 
Just sit and wait                     (Dominoes a test of will) 
G#m    B5           F#5      
Always pondering my fate too late     (Dominoes)
E5
And then the day goes 
                                       
(verse, r.f.1)
I borrowed from you yesterday 
Little fuss that you have made 
No one minds I can tell 
Seems I've hit the ones you shall, but 

(chorus)
Here comes the day, I sit and wait    (Dominoes are falling still)
Always, always something               
The bills keep coming, the car ain't running 
Now I'm coming home again             (As I know they always will) 
Another day, oh, the mailman's on his way 
Just sit and wait                     (Dominoes a test of will) 
Always pondering my fate too late     (Dominoes)
And then the day goes 

(solo)
r.F. 1 (4x)
r.F. 2 (2x)

(chorus)
 Dominoes are falling still 
                                       (Oh every day…) 
 As I know they always will 
                                       (I sit and wait) 
 Dominoes a test of will 
                                       (It's while I'm pondering my fate too late) 
 Dominoes 
                                       (And then the day goes) 

G#5 / / / E5(VII)-Eb5-B5
G#5 / / / B5-E5-F#5
G#5 / / / E5(VII)-Eb5-B5
G#5 / / / B5-E5-F#5

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We Are The Normal by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
(viola intro by Johnny O)

Tune your b to c (ala So Far Away)
Chords:
Am - x02200 or 577x00
G4/6 - 355400
F7 - 133200
C - x35500

Intro: viola arranged for guitar
(standard tuning)

Note: Apply generous amounts of vibrato and slide into and out of notes 
as you hear fit


e -------------------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------------------------
G --5---5-5\\4---------------4---5-----6p5----5---6p5----//8---5h6p5-
D --------------7---7--5---7-------7p5-------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------


e -------------------------------------------------------------------
B --8--10--10--8-----------------------------------------------------
G ---------------9//10---9h10---9\\7---9----9//10---9---7\\5---7p5---
D -------------------------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/goo_goo_dolls/superstar_carwash_tab.html ]
e -------------------------------------------------------------------
B ------------------------------6p5----5h6p5---8---6---5h6p5\\-------
G --9\\7\\5----------4---5-------------------------------------7---5-
D ----------7---5-7--------7p5---------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------


e ------------------------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------------------------
G --5p4///7\\5\\4-------------4-----4-------------------
D ---------------------7---5--------------7---5---7-----
A ------------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------------

(intro - under string intro)
Am-Am-G4/6-F7
(Play 8 times)

(verse)
      Am         C           G4/6      F7       
It's a beautiful day I heard everybody say 
    Am         C               G4/6      F7       
The sun shines down for all of us 
Am        C       G4/6            F7       
Just the same you know I like the rain 
Am            C        G4/6      F7       
That ain't so obvious

(verse)
It's a beautiful sight I guess everybody's right 
This day belongs to all of us 
Even still I like with a chill 
That ain't so obvious

(chorus)
Am-C       G4/6-F7       
We are the normal 
Am             C
We live and we die 
     G4/6      F7       
With no reason why 
Am-C       G4/6-F7       
We are the normal 
Am             C
We live and we die 
     G4/6      F7       
With no reason why

(verse)
It's a beautiful life and I've got it in my sights 
And that ain't for all of us 
It's a beautiful sound 
When my life comes crashin down 
That ain't so obvious 

(verse)
It's a beautiful sin and I'm doin' it again 
And that ain't for all of us 
It's a beautiful life and I've got it in my sights 
Ain't that so obvious

(chorus)
We are the normal 
We live and we die 
With no reason why 
We are the normal 
We live and we die 
With no reason why...

(string break - play intro 6 times)

(chorus)
We are the normal 
We live and we die 
With no reason why 
We are the normal 
We live and we die 
G4/6
With no reason why 
F7
There's no reason why...

F7-F7-F7-F7-F7-F7-F7-F7

We are the normal 
We live and we die 
With no reason why 
We are the normal 
We live and we die 
  G4/6-G4/6-G4/6-F7
With no reason why

-----
Thanks to Rich Krissel
-----

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free to use it for your personal or educational use, but permission must 
be granted to post this transcription. Thank you. 
 
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String of Lies by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html

E5(VII) - x799xx

Intro: (riff 1)
e -------|---------------|--------------|--------------|-----------
B -------|---------------|--------------|--------------|-----------
G -------|--5------------|--------------|--5-----------|-----------
D ---4-5-|--5-------4-5--|--2-------4-5-|--5-------4-5-|-2---------
A --5----|--3------5-----|--2------5----|--3------5----|-2---------
E -------|---------------|--0-----------|--------------|-0---------

(verse)
E5          G5           D5              E5(VII)  C5
I've got no politics, no influential friend or two 
E5         G5            D5                E5(VII)  C5
I've got ideas, but it's nothing I picked up at school 
E5         G5               D5              E5(VII)  C5
I might be running, but I'm never running back to you

(bridge - riff 1)
And here's a letter from the real world, I don't expect you'll reply 
And anything you're gonna tell me, it's just another lie

(verse)
I had to wait so long that weeks and months that passed me by 
You've got no power and my situation don't apply 
You ask me how I am, I lie and say I'm doing fine

(bridge)
And with your sugar-sweetened alibi, there was a truth I never knew 
And all the attitude you gave me, it's coming back to you

(chorus)
G                           D5       E5(VII) C5
String of lies, it's always compromise with you 
G                                D5         E5(VII) C5
String of lies, you know there's nothing better to do 
G                           D5             E5(VII) C5
String of lies, it's been a string of lies with you

(bridge)
And here's a letter from the real world, I don't expect you'll reply 
And anything you're gonna tell me, it's just another lie

(solo)
E5-G5-D5-E5(VII)-C5
(4 times)

(chorus)
String of lies, we always compromise for you 
String of lies, you know there's nothing better to do 
String of lies, it's been a string of lies with you 
String of lies, we always compromise for you 

e -------|---------------------
B -------|---------------------
G -------|--5------------------
D ---4-5-|--5------------------
A --5----|--3------------------
E -------|---------------------
              And here's a letter from the real world

   (rit.)
e -------|---------------------
B -------|---------------------
G -------|---------------------
D ---4-5-|--2------------------
A --5----|--2------------------
E -------|--0------------------

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be granted to post this transcription. Thank you.  
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Another Second Time Around
by the Goo Goo Dolls
(off Superstar CarWash)

(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html


G	 D		     E7		 C(add9)
Happy, smilin', cryin' upwards to my past,
G	 	  D		        E7		      C(add9)
I guess those stormy gray skies simply couldn't last.
G	    D		    E7		    C(add9)
And now I find myself a-tugging at your dress.
G	     D		       E7		    C(add9)
The funnel holding me down, oh see the cloud, it's never gonna pass.

Break: G-D-E7-C(add9) (2x)
(bass in here, see my bass tab for the cool riff)

G5	    D5		    E5		C5
Somewhere there's a place a soul can never go,
G5	    D5		 E5			C5
Gray-like stormy skies I hoped you didn't know.
G5	  D5			  E5			 C5
All our postcards full of things I won't forget.
G	       D		       E7		       C(add9)
And now it's coming down, that laughing clown is all I ever get.

G	  D		  E7			  C(add9)
Another second time around, I've been runnin' from ya
G	  D		    E7	C(add9)
Another second time around.
G	  D			 E7			C(add9)
Another second, one more second time, I waited for ya,
G	  D		    E7	C(add9)
Another second time around.

D5	   C5
Couldn't help myself,
  D5			C5		   D5
I felt like everything was gonna pass.
 		C5
It was an awkward time,
  D5				C5
I hoped it wouldn't, hoped it couldn't last.

(Solo like only Johnny Rzeznik does...)

G5	D5		 E5		    C5
And I didn't know exactly what to say,
G5	    D5		    E5	   D5
About the things you saw me do my evil way.
(*** add riff at bottom **)
G5	     D5		 E5			C5
And I know you're lyin', cryin' in your bed.
G	       D		    E7		 C(add9)
Well I'm all tired out, so wired out, it's ringing in my head.

G	  D		  E7			  C(add9)
Another second time around, I've been runnin' from ya
G	  D		    E7	C(add9)
Another second time around.
G	  D			 E7			C(add9)
Another second, one more second time, I waited for ya,
G	  D		    E7	C(add9)
Another second time around.
G	  D		    E7	C(add9)
Another second time around.
G	  D		    E7	C(add9)
Another second time around.
End on G

Riff:
e---3---3---3----2---2---2----3---3---0---3---3---0----
B----3---3--------3---3--------3---3-------3---3-------
G-----0---0--------2---2--------0---0-------0---0------
D-0------------0------------0------------0-------------
A------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------

Chords:
G - 320033
D - xx0232
E7 - 022033
C(add9) - x32033
G5 - 355xxx
D5 - x577xx
E5 - 022xxx
C5 - x355xx

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Stop The World by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html

Tune your high e to F# (ala On The Lie)

Chords:
E5(VII) - x799xx
E5/9 - x79(11)xx
B4 - x24400
C# - x46600
E - x79900

(intro - riff 1)
F# ----------------------------|-------------------------
B  ----------------------------|-------------------------
G  -----4-4h3---3--4-4h3-4h3-4-|----11--11--------11--11-
D  -----4-4-4---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|----9---9---------9---9--
A  ----------------------------|----7---7---------7---7--
E  -4--------------------------|-0-------------0---------
    * - The G# there can be just a bass note
(Play 4 times)

(verse)
F#5/G#5-G#5-G#5
                You need someone to hold you 
E5(VII)                            B5
       You need somethin' that you ain't been getting 
F#5/G#5-G#5-G#5
                Yeah, I could be the one 
   E5(VII)                     B5
To tell you what to do, but it don't mean nothing 
F#5/G#5-G#5-G#5                        E5(VII)
                And you're holding on forever 
F# --------------------------------0-----(0)-----------
B  --------------------------------0-----(0)-----------
G  ------4--------------------6----------(6)-----------
D  ------4--------------------6----------(6)-----------
A  ------2--------------------4----------(4)-----------
E  ----------------------------------------------------                  
But that something just ain't true,       I'm just like 

(bridge - riff 1 starting on the second measure)
You 
And I know 
It's what I'd do 
Here I go

(chorus - riff 2)
F# ------0-------0------0-------0---------
B  ----0-------0-------0------------------
G  -------------------------3h4-----------
D  ---------------------------------------
A  ---------------------------------------
E  --0-----2-------4------4---------------
'Cause I couldn't stop the world, 'cause I loved you 
I couldn't stop the world, and I don't want to 
I couldn't stop the world, and I won't 
         E5(VII)      B5
'Cause it ain't  -  enough

(riff 1 two times)

(verse)
You had another bad day 
You let me know that you just can't take it 
I've given up on you 
You live in truth and I know I can't fake it 
'Cause the stars you see are on a dirty sidewalk 
And they ain't polished and new

(bridge)
They don't come true 
And I know, it's what I'd do 
Here I go

(chorus)
'Cause I couldn't stop the world, 'cause I loved you 
I couldn't stop the world, and I don't want to 
I couldn't stop the world, and I won't 
'Cause it ain't enough

(first measure of riff 1)

(solo)
G#5-E5/9 (4 times)
E5(VII)-Eb5-B5
F#5-G#5

(outro)
B4          C#            E
I'm not too young for the world 
B4          C#            E
I'm not too young for the world 
B4          C#             E
And I can't change for the world 
(simile)
'Cause I don't care for the world 
I don't need to stop the world 
It don't make sense, the world
(fade out)


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Already There by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html

Note: Arpeggiate the verse chords for a cool sound

(intro)
e ---------------------------
B -----0h3---0-3---0---------
G -0h2---------------2-0-----
D ---------------------------
A ---------------------------
E ---------------------------
(play 4 times)

(verse)
D5        G5
I look outside my window 
B5             A5           D5
Everything was blanketed in white 
              G5
The neighbors pushing cars out 
B5             A5              D5
From snow that fell on us last night 
        G5
Started thinking 'bout 
    B5                A5              D5
The things we used to do when we were young 
          G5
Back when things were simple 
    B5             A5
And getting up was fun

(chorus)
           G5  A5                   G5
I couldn't care, 'cause I'm already there 
A5          G5   A5              G5     A5
I'm already there, and I'm ready there

(verse)
Turn around and face the clock 
I'd sit and watch, as time went hoppin' by 
I'm still growing up 
My friends are growing old before my eyes 
Count the stars above 
Wonder when the heavens will subside 
Knowing our two worlds 
Will someday just collide

(chorus)
I couldn't care, 'cause I'm already there. 
I'm already there, and I'm ready there

(solo)
e -------------------------|----------------------------
B -------------------------|----------------------------
G -------------------------|----------------------------
D -------------------------|----------------------------
A -7---5h7---5h7---5h7--9--|-7---5h7---5h7---5----------
E -------------------------|---------------------5------

e -------------------------|----------------------------
B -------------------------|----------------------------
G -------------------------|----------------------------
D -------------------------|-7-------------4-7-4--------
A -7---5h7---5h7---5h7--9--|---9-7-5---5-7-------7-5----
E -------------------------|----------------------------

e -------------------------|----------------------------
B -------------------------|----------------------------
G -------------------------|----7-9-9---7-7---6-6--6----
D --7--9--7---7-9--7-------|--9-------------------------
A -------------------------|----------------------------
E -------------------------|----------------------------

e ---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|----------------------------
B --3-3-5-7-8-8-7-8-10-----|-(10)-----10/12\10----------
G -------------------------|----------------------------
D -------------------------|----------------------------
A -------------------------|----------------------------
E -------------------------|----------------------------

(verse)
Just a boy who's young at heart 
His smile was a bit like yours today 
Had a wife, a kid, some strife 
Never had to go astray 
Happiness evolved 
Life was in full swing 
At 17, all the things he wanted 
Were things he'd never seen

(chorus)
It don't seem fair, cuz I'm already there 
I'm already there, and I'm ready there

(ending)
Play intro 4 times
End on D5

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On The Lie by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html

(tune your high e to f# - be careful of breakage)

Intro:

(r.f. 1 - guitar 1)
F#-----0------------------|---0---------------------
B -----0------------------|---0---------------------
G --4---------------------|-4-----------------------
D --4--------2------------|-4------2----------------
A --2--------2----------2-|-2------2--------2-------
E -----------0------0-4---|--------0----0-4---------

(riff 1 - guitar 2) w/ r.f.1 (by guitar 1)
F#----------------------------|---------------------------
B ----------------------------|---------------------------
G ----------------------------|---------------------------
D ----------------------------|---------------------------
A --2-----1-------------------|--2-----1------------------
E ---------------4------------|--------------4------------ 

F#----------------------------|---------------------------
B ----------------------------|---------------------------
G ----------------------------|---------------------------
D ----------------------------|---------------------------
A --2-----1-------------------|--2-----1------------------
E ---------------4------------|--------------0------------ 

(verse)
B5                E5
He burnt down the house one night 
B5                       G#5  E5
He had a loaded six-pack gun 
B5                            E5
He said that Jesus Christ was just like a cop 
B5                                   D#5-C#5-B5-C#5*
You know, you never know when they'll come
(* = don't play the root of the chord)

(verse) 
She said every day above ground 
Was another dream come true 
He said I'd hang and swap clichés all night 
But I'm not in love with you

(bridge)
F#5             G#m
And I never got serious 
    B5               E5
'Til everything went black 
F#5           G#5
And I ain't so curious 
        B5          E5
That I'm ever going back

(chorus: Play Intro)
On the lie 
On the lie 
On the lie 
On the lie

(verse)
He said, man, you want to be Elvis 
I said I ain't dying face down 
He said you've got to die facing up in the world 
'Cause there's too many holes around 

(verse)
He asked what was wrong with me 
He said I looked like a Hollywood girl 
I said that Hollywood can fall into the ocean, man 
'Cause it's the ugliest place in the whole wide world

(bridge)
And I never got serious 
'Til everything went black 
And I ain't so curious 
That I'm ever going back

(chorus)
On the lie 
On the lie 
On the lie 
On the lie

(break)
(solo)
E5-G#5-F#5 (3x)
E5-G#5
F#5-G#5-E5

(chorus)
On the lie, he was 
On the lie 
On the lie, she was 
On the lie 
On the lie, he was 
On the lie 

G#5            F#5       E5
It's all been a stinkin' lie

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          --------------------------------
Close Your Eyes by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html

Intro (the riff):

    G        G/C G/B  G/A
e ------3---2-0---2-----------
B --3------------------3------
G --0-------------------------
D --0-------------------------
A ----------------------------
E ----------------------------
(Play 6 times)

(verse - play riff)
I wish I had a saxophone 
I'd play the blues 'til you came home 
                              D5
With a little sadness in your eye 

(verse)
Now that all my time was spent 
In the walk that heaven sent 
Thinking 'bout all the nights you cried

(bridge)
A5     D5
Had a certain passion 
A5       D5
And I had surly dreams 
A5       D5
A look of vicious actions
C5
Don't close your eyes to me 

(chorus - play riff)
Don't close your eyes to me 
Oh don't close your eyes to me 
Don't close your eyes to me

(verse)
I wish I had a camera lens 
To film the things my mind had said 
Before they reached my mouth and got all bad 

(verse)
Looking at the skies of blue 
All day long I think of you 
Even after all the shit we've been through 

(bridge)
Had a certain passion 
And I had surly dreams 
A look of vicious actions 
Don't close your eyes to me 

(chorus)
Don't close your eyes to me 
Please don't close your eyes to me 
Don't close your eyes to me 
Oh don't close your eyes to me 
Close your eyes to me 
Close your eyes to me 
Eyes to me 
Close your eyes to me 
Don't close your eyes to me 
Close your eyes to me 
Close your eyes to me 
Don't close your eyes to me 
Eyes to me


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So Far Away by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html

Tune your b to c

Intro (the riff):
e --------------------|-----------------------
C --6---6-------------|-6---6----6------------
G --6-8-6-8--6--4-----|-6-8-6-8--6------------
D ----6---6--4--2-----|---6---6---------------
A --------------------|-----------------------
E --------------------|-----------------------

e --------------------|----------------------------------
C --6---6-------------|------------6-6-6-6---------------
G --6-8-6-8--6--4-----|-6/8--8-8-8-6-6-6-6-8-8-6-6-4-4---
D ----6---6--4--2-----|-4/6--6-6-6---------6-6-4-4-2-2---
A --------------------|----------------------------------
E --------------------|----------------------------------

(verse - with riff)
Why do you stare me down? 
Am I wrong? 
Should I turn and kiss the ground? 
And I never felt that way 
I ain't the one and you know I don't come from such a place

(bridge)
E5
And I didn't get those things 
F#
Things that you can't grow 
E5
You say that it's all my fault 
F#5
And I don't need to know

E5-F#5

(chorus)
e -------------------------|--------------------------
C -------------------------|--------------------------
G -4--4-3-4--4-4--4--4-3-4-|-4--4-3-4--4-4--4--4-3-4--
D -4--4-4-4--4-4--4--4-4-4-|-4--4-4-4--4-4--4--4-4-4--
A -2--2-2-2--2-2--2--2-2-2-|--------------------------
E -------------------------|-4--4-4-4--4-4--4--4-4-4--
   Tell me        something    I don't know 
F#5                    E5
And I'll find that I'm always looking 'round behind me 

e -------------------------|--------------------------
C -------------------------|--------------------------
G -4--4-3-4--4-4--4--4-3-4-|-4--4-3-4--4-4--4--4-3-4--
D -4--4-4-4--4-4--4--4-4-4-|-4--4-4-4--4-4--4--4-4-4--
A -2--2-2-2--2-2--2--2-2-2-|--------------------------
E -------------------------|-4--4-4-4--4-4--4--4-4-4--
   You said      that it's all been said before 
F#5                     E5
Now I find that there's something I don't know

(verse)
And I hate your attitude 
I ain't scared at all 
'Cause it don't matter what you do 
And I'll turn around to see the truth 
You're tearing it down, yeah, you're bringing it down 
And it's all on you

(bridge)
And I didn't get those things 
Things that you can't grow 
You say that it's all my fault 
And I don't need to know

(chorus)
Tell me something I don't know 
And I'll find that I'm always looking 'round behind me 
You said that it's all been said before 
Now I find that there's something I don't know

(solo)
G#5-B5-F#5-E5 (2x)

E5         F#5
And I know  
        E5
I don't know 
(Rock and roll)  F#5
E5             F#5
And I say that 
E5
If you break enough glass and there's no one to hear 
         F#5
And your heart's full of hate 
'Cause your mind's full of fear 

(riff)
Let it go

(riff)
So far away 
So far away 
So far away 
Oh so far away 
So far away 
So far away

Outro: (repeat and fade)
e ----------------------------
C --11--11----10--------------
G ----------------11----------
D ----------------------------
A ----------------------------
E ----------------------------

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