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VALEDICTORIAN by Matt the Electrician
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Tabbed by: Paul Harder
Tuning: Standard
Capo 2 for studio album
Capo 3 for "Matt the Electrician is Alive" album (a great recording!)
Chords:
G 320033
A7sus4 x02033
D xx0232
Dsus4 xx0233
Cadd9 x32033
Am x02210
C 332010
Intro:
[G] [A7sus4] [G] [A7sus4] [G]
e|-----3--3-3-3-----------3--3-3-3-----------3--3-3-3-----------3--3-3-3-----------|
B|-----3--3-3-3-----------3--3-3-3-----------3--3-3-3-----------3--3-3-3-----------|
G|-----0--0-0-0-----------0--0-0-0-----------0--0-0-0-----------0--0-0-0-----------|
D|-----0--0-0-0-----------2--2-2-2-----------0--0-0-0-----------2--2-2-2-----------|
A|-----2--2-2-2-3--0h2--0-0--0-0-0-3--0h2----2--2-2-2-3--0h2--0-0--0-0-0-3--0h2----|
E|---3-3--3-3-3-----------x--x-x-x---------3-3--3-3-3-----------x--x-x-x---------3-|
Chords (continue using the G - A7sus4 - G transitions shown above):
[G]Football player in the second [A7sus4]row
Never knew that she was [G]beautiful[A7sus4]
[G]Momma's crying with her head down [A7sus4]low
Daddy with the [D]video[Dsus4]
[G] [A7sus4] [G] [A7sus4]
[G]Drummers drum and the horns all [A7sus4]blow
Marching band's circling [G]tight[A7sus4]
[G]Everyone is moving in[A7sus4] slow-mo
She's at the speed [D]of light[Dsus4]
[Cadd9]And the valedictorian[G]
Sheds her [Cadd9]clothes in the midday between [G]spring and summer [D]sun
She [Am]says, "This is [C]who I [G]am.
And I'[Am]ll never see [C]any of you [D]ever again."
[G] [A7sus4] [G] [A7sus4] [G] [A7sus4]
[G]Oh, the principal and counselors close [A7sus4]in
Trying to avert a [G]scene[A7sus4]
[G]She just keeps on sticking to her [A7sus4]speech
Feeling like a pr[D]om queen[Dsus4]
[G] [A7sus4] [G] [A7sus4]
[G]Somebody shuts off the micro[A7sus4]phone
Pandemonium[G] ensues[A7sus4]
[G]She turns and runs across the football [A7sus4]field
In nothing but her soc[D]ks and shoes[Dsus4]
[Cadd9]And the valedictorian[G]
Sheds her [Cadd9]clothes in the midday between [G]spring and summer [D]sun
She [Am]says, "This is [C]who I [G]am.
And I'[Am]ll never see [C]any of you [D]ever again."
[G] [A7sus4] o[G]oooo[A7sus4]ooooh[G][A7sus4][G]
Key
H hammer-on
My first tab - enjoy!
