"So Sad About Me" by Cowboy Mouth
>From the MCA album "Are You With Me?"
Written/sung by Fred LeBlanc
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F#=244322 B=x24442 A=x02220
tab: s=slide (2s4 =play 2nd fret note, slide on string to 4th fret)
h=hammer-on (0h2 =play open string, hammer on at 2nd fret)
Opening riff (played twice):
e|---------------------|-----------------
B|---------------------|-----------------
G|---------------------|-----------------
D|---------------------|-----------------
A|-------0---0-0-0-2s4-|-------0---0-----
E|-0h2-2---2-----------|-0h2-2---2-------
The verses are played over a F#(hammer note)-B-A-A riff as below:
F#= hammer-on the open E string at the 2nd fret (E|--0h2----)
then play B chord once and let ring, then an A chord twice.
F#(h.o.) B(let ring) A A
There's a window by the bedroom door
F#(h.o.) B(let ring) A A
That never will be opened
etc...
CHORUS:
B A
So sad about me, so sad about me
B A B-A-F#
So sad about me--e--ee, I'm sad about you
Middle riff:
e|--------------------|------------------
B|--------------------|------------------
G|--------------------|------------------
D|--------------------|------------------
A|-----2s4--2-2-0-2-0-|-----2s4-2-2-0-2--
E|-2-2----------------|-2-2--------------
e|--------------------|--------------
B|--------------------|--------------
G|--------------------|--------------
D|--------------------|--------------
A|-----2s4--2-2-0-2-0-|--2-0---------
E|-2-2----------------|-------2------
After this riff, chords F#-A are repeated under Griff's solo
BRIDGE:
F# F# F# A A A A A
But I really must admit that I am
F# F# F# A A A A
Glad that I am living
(repeat F#-A through bridge, end on F#)
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