Midlife Crisis

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From: Paul D <S3BZ@MUSIC.TRANSY.EDU>

Subject: TAB: "Midlife Crisis" by Faith No More

Here's for all you die-hard FNM fans who want to be able to play a FNM

song whether or not it has guitar in it, DAMMIT!

It's really not a difficult song. It's mostly keyboard-based, so the

majority of what I have here is the keyboard parts arranged for guitar.

Here's the fingering for the keyboard chords that are played under the

verses. If you've got a guitar synth or some nifty FX processor that'll

produce a cool "stringy" sound for these chords, it might sound pretty

close to the record...

E-|----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
B-|----|-----|-----|-10--|-12--|
G-|-9--|-12--|-11--|-9---|-11--|
D-|-9--|-12--|-9---|-7---|-9---|
A-|-7--|-10--|-9---|-----|-----|
E-|----|-----|-----|-----|-----|

E G B/F# A B

Here's the lyrics to the verse and when to play the above chords:

E

Go on and ring my neck

G

Like when a rag gets wet

B/F#

A little discipline

A

For my pet genius

E

My head is like lettuce

G

Go on, dig your thumbs in.

B

I cannot stop giving

(B)

I'm thirtysomething.

E

Sense of security

G

Like pockets jingling

B/F# A

Midlife crisis

E

Suck ingenuity

G

Down through the family

B (B)

Tree...

Here's the rest of the verse lyrics:

What an inheritance

The salt and the kleenex

Morbid self-attention

Bending my pinky back

A little discipline

A donor by habit

A little discipline

Rent an opinion.

Sense of security

Holding blunt instrument

Midlife crisis.

I'm a perfectionist

And perfect is a skinned knee.

Okay, here's what I guess you'd call the "chorus", just use any old form of

the chords shown (whatever suits ya'):

E5 D5

You're perfect yes it's true

A5 E5 D5 A5

But without me you're only you (you're only you)

E5 D5

Your menstruating heart

A5 E (palm mute)

It ain't bleeding enough for two.

Then, for the part that goes "It's a midlife...crisis____" just play the

progression from the verse (way above).

Then after that weird, descending synth effects part (there's really no

way to tab that out OR play it on a guitar...so skip it), play the

following (this is also keyboard arranged for guitar) and sing the "It's a

midlife...crisis_____" three times.

E-|----------------|--------------|-----------------|-----|----||
B-|----------------|--------------|-----------------|-----|-16-||
G-|-14-13-17-16-14-|-16--16-14-16-|-16-14-17--16-14-|-16--|-16-||
D-|----------------|--------------|-----------------|-----|-16-||
A-|----------------|--------------|-----------------|-----|----||
E-|----------------|--------------|-----------------|-----|----||

After that, it's back to the chorus (with the first verse sung in the

background) until the fade-out. I'm pretty sure about all this stuff.

I'm trying to do it as best as I can from memory. I may have flubbed a

little as far as "sequence of events", so if there seems to be some part

missing, email me.

But like I said above, if you're looking for a cool "guitar-y" song, this

ain't it...(it still manages to be a kickass song, though!)

Good luck!

Paul D. s3bz@music.transy.edu