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-  ---   ---