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Song
Ben Folds - Make Me Mommy
Submitted By: Tom
EMail: tom@roomwithamoose.com
Rockin' The Suburbs B-Side, 2001
Tabbed for two guitars 8.13.02
by Tom@roomwithamoose.com
KEY
pm: palm mute
x: dead string
/: slide up
~: hold note
INTRO
Both Guitars
Distortion
x4
|E --------------------------------| |B --------------------------------| |G --------------------------------| |D ------------5-5-3-3-------------| |A ----5-5-6-6----------5-5-6-6----| |E 3-3-------------------------5-5-|
VERSE
Guitar one
Distortion
"Oh, mommy, she touched me, mommy!"
x4 x2
|E --------------------------------| --------------------------------| |B --------------------------------|---------------------------------| |G --------------------------------|---------------------------------| |D ------------5-5-3-3-------------|-------------5-5-3-3-------------| |A ----5-5-6-6---------5-5-6-6-----|-----5-5-6-6---------5-5-6-6-----| |E 3-3-------------------------5-5-|-3-3-------------------------5-5-|
pm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Guitar two
Distortion
|E --------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|B --------four--------------------|---------------------------------|
|G --------measure-----------------|-xx-12--xx-12--xx-12--xx-12------| |D --------rest--------------------|-xx-12--xx-12--xx-12--xx-12------| |A --------------------------------|-xx-10--xx-10--xx-10--xx-10------| |E --------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Play only three chords, and hold|
| the last on the second time. |
CHORUS
Both Guitars
Distortion
"You go to your room..."
x3
|E ------------------|----------------| |B ------------------|----------------| |G --7-7-8-8-5-5-----|---7-7-8-8-5-5--| |D 5-7-7-8-8-5-5-xx--|-5-7-7-8-8-5-5--| |A 5-5-5-6-6-3-3-xx--|-5-5-5-6-6-3-3--| |E 3-------------xx--|-3--------------|FILL
Guitar one
Distortion
"Yeah."
x4
|E --------------------------------| |B --------------------------------| |G --------------------------------| |D ------------5-5-3-3-------------| |A ----5-5-6-6----------5-5-6-6----| |E 3-3-------------------------5-5-|
Guitar two
Distortion
|E ------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------- -------| |B -----two----------|-----------------|-----------------|---------- -------|
|G -----measure------|12~----------12~~|~~~~-------------|---------- -------|
|D -----rest---------|12~--------12----|-----------------|-/17------ -------| |A ------------------|10~--------------|-----------------|-----17--- -------| |E ------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------- -------|
VERSE
Guitar one
Distortion
"Oh, mommy, I don't want to be a doctor..."
x4 x2
|E --------------------------------| --------------------------------| |B --------------------------------|---------------------------------| |G --------------------------------|---------------------------------| |D ------------5-5-3-3-------------|-------------5-5-3-3-------------| |A ----5-5-6-6---------5-5-6-6-----|-----5-5-6-6---------5-5-6-6-----| |E 3-3-------------------------5-5-|-3-3-------------------------5-5-|
pm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Guitar two
Distortion
|E --------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|B --------four--------------------|---------------------------------|
|G --------measure-----------------|-xx-12--xx-12--xx-12--xx-12------| |D --------rest--------------------|-xx-12--xx-12--xx-12--xx-12------| |A --------------------------------|-xx-10--xx-10--xx-10--xx-10------| |E --------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Play only three chords, and hold|
| the last on the second time. |
CHORUS
Both Guitars
Distortion
"You go to your room..."
x3
|E ------------------|----------------| |B ------------------|----------------| |G --7-7-8-8-5-5-----|---7-7-8-8-5-5--| |D 5-7-7-8-8-5-5-xx--|-5-7-7-8-8-5-5--| |A 5-5-5-6-6-3-3-xx--|-5-5-5-6-6-3-3--| |E 3-------------xx--|-3--------------|PRE-BRIDGE
Guitar one
Distortion
"Whooooaaaaa!"
x2
|E ---------|-------| |B ---------|-------|
|G 8~--888~-|-88888-|
|D 8~--888~-|-88888-|
|A 6~--666~-|-66666-|
|E ---------|-------|
BRIDGE
Guitar one
Clean
"You make me, mommy...
x4 x2
|E --------------------------------| --------------------------------| |B --------------------------------|---------------------------------| |G --------------------------------|---------------------------------| |D ------------5-5-3-3-------------|-------------5-5-3-3-------------| |A ----5-5-6-6---------5-5-6-6-----|-----5-5-6-6---------5-5-6-6-----| |E 3-3-------------------------5-5-|-3-3-------------------------5-5-|
pm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Guitar two
Distortion
|E ----------------|--------------------|-------------------------------- --| |B ----two---------|--------------------|-------------------------------- --| |G ----measure-----|--------------------|-xx-12--xx-12--xx-12-12--xx-12-1 2-| |D ----rest--------|-17~----------------|-xx-12--xx-12--xx-12-12--xx-12-1 2-| |A ----------------|--------------------|-xx-10--xx-10--xx-10-10--xx-10-1 0-|
|E ----------------|--------------------|-------------------------------- --| continued...
|Hold this G for two |
|measures. |
|E --------------------------------------| |B --------------------------------------| |G xx-12--xx-12-12--xx-12-12-12-12-12-12-| |D xx-12--xx-12-12--xx-12-12-12-12-12-12-| |A xx-10--xx-10-10--xx-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|E --------------------------------------|OUTRO
Both guitars
Distortion
"Kill me, mommy!"
x4 x2
|E ------------------|------------------|------| |B ------------------|------------------|------| |G --7-7-8-8-5-5-----|-----7-7-8-8-5-5--|------| |D 5-7-7-8-8-5-5-xx--|-5-5-7-7-8-8-5-5--|-5-5~-| |A 5-5-5-6-6-3-3-xx--|-5-5-5-5-6-6-3-3--|-5-5~-| |E 3-------------xx--|-3-3--------------|-3-3~-|
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