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Forty Or Fifty

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4.7(3)

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

Song

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From: dennis.westlind@svet.lu.se (Dennis Westlind)

Forty or Fifty: Spin Doctors

Intro x3

|----------------|----------------|
|-----7-------5--|-------5-5------|
|---------6---4--|-----------4----|
|----------------|-------------3--|
|-0--------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|

x1

|-------------5--|----------------|
|-----7-------5--|----------------|
|---------6---4--|----------------|
|----------------|--------------3-|
|-0--------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|

(Verse 1:)

A7 Ab7 G7 C

For - ty or fif - ty hors - es ly - ing in a lot

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------9-------8-|----------8-----|-------7-----7--|---5---5-5------|
|----9-----9---8-|------------8---|----------7--7--|---5-------5----|
|-7----------7---|-------7------7-|-5--------------|-------------5--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

F#7 F7 Emb7 A

Red raincoats and rifles and epi - dem - ic has been stopped

|----------------|---5------------|-3--3----3------|----------------|
|-----5----------|---5------------|-3--3----3---2--|------3-2-------|
|---------5------|---5------------|-3--3----3---2--|----------0-----|
|-4-----------3--|----------------|-2--2----2---2--|------------2---|
|----------------|----------------|-------------0--|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

A7 Ab7 G7 C

Sci-en-tist speaks what are you wondering about?

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|------9-------8-|----------8-----|-------7-----7--|---5------------|
|----9-----9---8-|------------8---|----------7--7--|---5--7-7--5-0--|
|-7----------7---|-------7------7-|-5--------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

F#7 F7 Emb7 A

Got where he is by turn - ing lab mice in-side out

|----------------|---5------------|-3--3-3/5-5\3---|----------------|
|-----5----------|---5------------|-3--3-3/5-5\3-2-|-(2)--3-2-------|
|---------5------|---5------------|-3--3---------2-|-(2)------0-----|
|-4-----------3--|----------------|-2--2---------2-|-(2)------------|
|----------------|----------------|--------------0-|-(0)--------0-1-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

(Chorus)

G A7 G A7 G

The things we do and have to do

A7 G A7 G A7

And the things I do for you and what you do for me too

G A7 G

the Òyeah but I...Ó and any other excuse

A7 G A6

And if you take it for given, then whatÕs the use?

(repeat intro riff)

And at the same time as the chorus, another guitar plays this riff over

and over, 6 1/2 times:

|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----3-2--------|
|----------------|---0-----0------|
|---0------------|-2--------------|
|-2-------0-2-0--|-----------0-1--|
|-----3-3--------|----------------|

(Verse 2:)

All his posessions around him in his house

Lying beside him his companion and spouse

And in the morning he dress and go to hell

all activated by a little timer bell

(Chorus)

There is a solo but I am too lazy to type it all out here, so youÕll

have to figure that out on your own.

Dennis Westlind

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