Want You Gone
Jonathan Coulton
Capo on 2nd Fret
All chords relative to Capo -- Tabs are NOT relative to Capo
Standard Tuning
Intro/verse(Capo NOT accounted for ie: the 2 on the G string is open when capo'd, etc.)
G C
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B----5---5---4--------3---3---6----------|
G--2---2---2--------2---2---2------------|
D----------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------|
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G D
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B----5---5---4--------3---3---6----------|
G--2---2---2--------2---2---2------------|
D----------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------|
Verse with riff
G C
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B----5---5---4--------3---3---6----------|
G--2---2---2--------2---2---2------------|
D----------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------|
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G D
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B----5---5---4--------3---3--------------|
G--2---2---2--------2---2---------------4|
D---------------------------2-2-2-2-4-6--|
A----------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------|
listen to song for strum patterns
Full Song:
G C
(intro)
G D
(intro)
G C
Well here we are again,
G D
It's always such a pleasure,
G C G D(riff)
Remember when you tried to kill me twice?
G C
Oh, how we laughed and laughed,
G D
Except I wasn't laughing,
G C G B
Under the circumstances I've been shockingly nice.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jonathan_coulton/want_you_gone_tab_ver_2.html ]
E A E A
You want your freedom take it,
E A E A
That's what I'm counting on,
E A E A
I used to want you dead but,
C D
Now I only want you gone.
G C
(instrumental)
G D
(instrumental)
G C
She was a lot like you,
G D
(Maybe not quite as heavy),
G C G D(riff)
Now little Caroline is in here too.
G C
One day they woke me up,
G D
So I could live forever,
G C G B
It's such a shame the same will never happen to you.
E A E A
You've got your short, sad life left,
E A E A
That's what I'm counting on,
E A E A
I'll let you get right to it,
C D
Now I only want you gone.
G C
(instrumental)
G D
(instrumental)
G C
Goodbye, my only friend,
x x
Oh, did you think I meant you?
G C G D (riff)
That would be funny if it weren't so sad,
G C
Well you have been replaced,
G D
I don't need anyone now,
G C G B
When I delete you maybe I'll stop feeling so bad.
E A E A
Go make some new disaster,
E A E A
That's what I'm counting on,
E A E A
You're someone else's problem,
C D G Em
Now I only want you gone.
C D G Em
Now, I only want you gone.
C D G~
Now, I only want you gone.
