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Copycat

The Cranberries
Tab

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Song

Song Title: Copycat

Artist/Band: The Cranberries

Album: Bury the Hatchet, 1999.

Tab by JC Rea(jcrp_21@hotmail.com)--<The best tabs ever made>

Symbols:

h=hammer-on

/=slide-up

\=slide-down

CHORDS:

-Gm=355333

-Cm=x35343

-CMaj=335553

INTRO:

e|---3---|
B|---4---|
G|---3---|
D|---5---|
A|---3---|
E|---x---|...Repeat many times, rapidly.
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-4-4-1h4-4-4--3-3--|-4-4-1h4-4-4--3-3--|
G|-------------------|-------------------|(x2 times)
e|--------------------------|----------------|
B|--------------------------|-4-4-1h4-4-4-3--|
G|-0--0-0--2-2h3-3-3--3-3h5-|----------------|
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-4-4-1h4-4-4--3-3--|-4-4-1h4-4-4--3-3--|
G|-------------------|-------------------|

1st VERSE:

Gm Cm

"They had an accident and they never noticed anyway

Gm Cm

A lack of originality coundn't focus on the day

Gm Cm

So much for the radio everybody sounds the same

Gm Cm

Everybody wears the same clothes now and everybody plays the game

CHORUS:

Gm

"Copycat, copycat, copycat

CMaj Cm

copy copy copy copy yourself

Gm

copycat, copycat, copycat

CMaj Cm

copy copy copy everyone else (x 2 times)

And then:

e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-4-4-1h4-4-4--3-3--|-4-4-1h4-4-4--3-3--|
G|-------------------|-------------------|(x2 times)
e|--------------------------|----------------|
B|--------------------------|-4-4-1h4-4-4-3--|
G|-0--0-0--2-2h3-3-3--3-3h5-|----------------|
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-4-4-1h4-4-4--3-3--|-4-4-1h4-4-4--3-3--|
G|-------------------|-------------------|

2nd VERSE(the same as 1st one):

"I've got a great idea I will change things on my own

I see my vision very clear, woudn't want to be another clone

So much for the radio, the radio is sad

Sad, sad, sad".

After this, play CHORUS part again.

SOLO:

e|----------------|----------3/6--|
B|----------------|---------------|
G|--------------7-|---------------|
D|-5/8-5--5-5/8---|-5/8-5--5-5/8--|
A|----------------|---------------|
E|----------------|---------------|

"Copy everyone else..."

e|----------------------------|
B|-------------6--------------|
G|-7-7\3-----7----7-7\3-------|
D|-------5/8------------5-5\3-|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

"Copy everyone else..."

3rd VERSE:

"They had an accident and they never noticed anyway,

e|--3---3-3-3--|
B|--3---3-3-3--|
G|--3---3-3-3--|
D|--5---5-5-5--|
A|--5---5-5-5--|
E|--3---3-3-3--|

A lack of originality coundn't focus on the day,

e|--3---3-3-3--|
B|--3---3-3-3--|
G|--3---3-3-3--|
D|--5---5-5-5--|
A|--5---5-5-5--|
E|--3---3-3-3--|

So much for the radio everybody sounds the same,

e|--3---3-3-3--|
B|--3---3-3-3--|
G|--3---3-3-3--|
D|--5---5-5-5--|
A|--5---5-5-5--|
E|--3---3-3-3--|

Everybody wears the same clothes now and

Everybody plays the game".

e|---3---|
B|---4---|
G|---3---|
D|---5---|
A|---3---|
E|---x---|...Repeat many times, rapidly.

Repeat CHORUS

"Copy everyone else"... (x4 times)

During that, play this:

e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-4-4-1h4-4-4--3-3--|-4-4-1h4-4-4--3-3--|
G|-------------------|-------------------|(x2 times)
e|--------------------------|----------------|
B|--------------------------|-4-4-1h4-4-4-3--|
G|-0--0-0--2-2h3-3-3--3-3h5-|----------------|
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-4-4-1h4-4-4--3-3--|-4-4-1h4-4-4--3-3--|
G|-------------------|-------------------|

That's all.

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