Song: Sick Day Band: Fountains of Wayne Album: Fountains of Wayne (1996) Tabbed by: Justin Bortnicker and John C. Walco **normal tuning ** (All guitars distorted) Intro(Fades in) Intro Riff Am7 Am7(add?) Dsus4 D Dsus2 E|---0-0-3---3-3----3---3-2--0-0-----| B|---1-1-1---1-1--0-3---3-3--3-3-----| G|---0-0-0---0-0--0-2---2-2--2-2-----| D|---2-2-2---2-2--0-0---0-0--0-0-----| A|---0-0-0---0-0---------------------| E|-----------------------------------| Verse 1 (Intro Riff) check out the girl in the harbor tunnel (Intro Riff) crawling to work six feet under C G and the day has barely begun C G D they're all chewing gum and laughing (Intro Riff) at the voice on the crackling radio station (Intro Riff) lead us not into penn station C G cause the best part's just begun C G D we're all becoming one again Chorus Am and she's making the scene Dsus2 Em with the coffee and cream C and the copy machine's not working Am she's a hell of a girl Dsus2 Em she's alone in the world C D and she likes to say hey good lookin Am D she's on her way Am D Bb C she's taking a sick day soon (Play intro Riff 2X) Verse 2 (Intro Riff) and here is the man pushing paper past her (Intro Riff) thinks up ways to make the day go faster C G but the day goes on and on C G D he dreams of his lawn and all about the (Intro Riff) pretty careerist in the next cube over (Intro Riff) the fat secretary, the lunchtime lover C G till the path train finally comes C G D the platform's full of bums again Chorus Am and she's making the scene Dsus2 Em with the coffee and cream C and the copy machine's not working Am she's a hell of a girl Dsus2 Em she's alone in the world C D and she likes to say hey good lookin Am D she's on her way Am D Bb C she's taking a sick day soon Interlude (Play Intro 4x) D|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---| A|------------------------------------| Chorus Am and she's taking her time Dsus2 Em as she's tossing a dime C at the man in the cardboard coffin Am it doesn't have to be fine Dsus2 Em she's ahead of the line C and doesn't have to be here too often Am D she's making a play Am D Bb C she's taking a sick day soon. Outro (Play intro, alot) Chords: Em Am D Dsus2 Dsus4 Bb C G Am7 Am7(add?) -0- -0- -2- -0- -3- -1- -0- -3- -0- -3- -0- -1- -3- -3- -3- -3- -1- -3- -1- -1- -0- -2- -2- -2- -2- -3- -0- -0- -0- -0- -2- -2- -0- -0- -0- -3- -2- -0- -2- -2- -2- -0- --- --- --- -1- -3- -2- -0- -0- -0- --- --- --- --- --- --- -3- --- ---