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Dawsons Geek

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Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

Ab

Intro Riff:

e|-----4-3-1-1--1--1--1h3p1--1-------------|
B|--4-4-----------4------------4-----------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

Verse

Ab |

You think you know it all, I see it in the way you're speaking |

Ab |

The long words that you use, are starting to get irritating |

Ab |

I've got the urge to knock you out, and I can't handle this | Play Intro Riff

Ab |

The ladder outside your bedroom window really takes the piss |

Pre-Chorus

Ab Eb/G F Db Ab Eb/G F

Step back take a look where you're at

Db Eb

You're just a raving Dawson's maniac...

Chorus

Ab Eb/G F Db

You think that you know everything

Ab Eb/G F Db Eb Db

Take one step back and look at yourself

Ab Eb/G F Db

I think you don't know anything

Ab Eb/G F Db Eb Db

All my friends think that you're such a freak

Db

And you're just a Dawson's geek

F Eb Db

Dawson's Dawson's geek

Verse 2

Ab |

Why can't you see that you don't look like him in any way |

Ab |

At least that kid has friends and that's a lot more than you can say |

Ab |

You've lost your mind and I don't think that you know who you are | Play Intro Riff

Ab |

Naming your dog ?Pacey? was taking things a little too far |

Pre-Chorus

Ab Eb/G F Db Ab Eb/G F

Step back take a look where you're at

Db Eb

You're just a raving Dawson's maniac...

Chorus

Ab Eb/G F Db

You think that you know everything

Ab Eb/G F Db Eb Db

Take one step back and look at yourself

Ab Eb/G F Db

I think you don't know anything

Ab Eb/G F Db Eb Db

All my friends think that you're such a freak

Db

And you're just a Dawson's geek

F Eb Db

Dawson's Dawson's geek

Bridge

Ab Bb

I guess I'll have to wait for your life to be over

Db

I guess I'll have to wait

Eb

I guess I'll have to wait...

Solo

Ab Eb/G F Db

Ab Eb/G F Db Eb Db

Solo

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----12--16p13-16p13-16p13----------16p13-16p13-16p13-16p13--------------------------------|
G|---------------------------15h13---------------------------15h13p15--13-15-13-12----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------15-13----|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus

Ab Eb/G F Db

I think you don't know anything

Ab Eb/G F Db Eb Db

All my friends think that you're such a freak

Db

And you're just a Dawson's geek

Ab Eb/G F Db

You think that you know everything

Ab Eb/G F Db Eb Db

Take one step back and look at yourself

Ab Eb/G F Db

I think you don't know anything

Ab Eb/G F Db Eb Db

All my friends think that you're such a freak

Db

And you're just a Dawson's geek

F Eb Db

Dawson's Dawson's geek

Ab

Just a Dawson's geek

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