Testing 1, 2, 3
by Barenaked Ladies
Lyrics & Music by:
Steven Page and Ed Robertson
Tabbed by: Tom Dusome
This was done totally by ear so some might not be totally right. but still sounds
pretty alright.
Chords Used:
or
7 2 9
7 2 9
9 3 11
9 9 4 11 7
7 9 4 9 7
7 7 2 9 5
I used the variation on the for the Bridge.
Intro
Verse 1
Maybe it would be fun, To get a new opinion, Get a little work done And forget
Verse 2
Maybe it would be cool If I rocked it old school Try to break a gold rule And a sweat
verse 3
Riff # 1
|7--7----|--2--2--||
|7--7----|--2--2--||
|9--9----|--3--3--||
|9--9-9--|--4--4-7||
|7--7-9--|--4--4-7||
|7--7-7--|--2--2-5||
Better than the first time
Better than the worst time
Riff # 2
Let Ring
|7--7----|-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------||
|7--7----|-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------||
|9--9----|-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------||
|9--9-9--|-4-4-4-4-4-|---harm 0n 5-----||
|7--7-9--|-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------||
|7--7-7--|-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------||
If I could just reverse time
I'd be set
Chorus
Testing 1,2,3 Can anybody hear me?
If I shed the irony Would anybody cheer me?
If I acted less like me Would I be in the clear?
verse 4 (just like verse 1)
She got a new apartment It's out on the escarpment
And in her glove compartment Are my songs
verse 5 (just like verse 2)
She hasn't even heard them Since she found out what the words meant
She decided she preferred them All wrong
verse 6 (just like Verse 3)
Riff #1
Kind of like the last time
With a bunch of really fast times
Riff #2
If we're living in the past time
Soon gone
Chorus
Testing 1,2,3 Can anybody hear me?
If I shed the irony Would anybody cheer me?
If I acted less like me Would I be in the clear?
Bridge
We recognize the present
Is half as pleasant
As our nostalgia for
The past'll be presented
Recast and reinvented
Until it's how we meant it
Chorus
let Ring
on first
Testing 1,2,3 Can anybody hear me?
If I shed the irony Would anybody cheer me?
If I acted less like me Would I be in the clear?
He's everything that you need
You wiped out on your ten speed
And either he will succeed
end of Riff #2
Or just suck
Chorus
Testing 1,2,3 Can anybody hear me?
If I shed the irony Would anybody cheer me?
If I acted less like me Would I be in the clear?
Begin the...
Testing 1,2,3 Can anybody hear me?
If I shed the irony Would anybody cheer me?
If I acted less like me Would I be in the clear Gee?
Outro
Testing 1,2,3
Testing 1,2,3
Outro is the same as Chorus and Intro Chords. Repeat forever really. If you want
too. its really fun to Play.
But End On anyway,
They Called me Eddie...