The Old Apartment Barenaked Ladies
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 13:08:06 -0500
From: McCollister
Subject: CRD: 'The Old Apartment' by the Barenaked Ladies
"The Old Apartment"
BNL
from "Barenaked Ladies Rock Spectacle"
This song isn't much trouble, with the help of a piano playing
aquaintance we worked it up, and pretty much by ear and memory, here's
the extent of it.
capo 3rd fret
[G]broke in[D]to the old [C]apartment[G]
[G]this is [D]where we used to [C]live
[G]broken glass, [D]broke and [C]hungry, broken hearts and broken bones[G]
[G]this is [D]where we used to [C]live
[Em]why [D]did you paint the [C]walls?
[Em]why [D]did you clean the [C]floor?
[Em]why [D]did you plaster [C]over, the [D]hole I punched in the [G]door?
[G]this is [D]where we used to [C]live
[Em]why [D]did you keep the [C]mousetrap?
[C]why [D]did you keep the [G]dish rack?
[G]*mute*[D] [C] [D]
these things used to be mine, I guess they still are I want 'em back
[G]broke [D]into the old [C]apartment[G]
[G]forty-[D]two stairs from the [C]street[G]
[G]crooked [D]landing, crooked [C]landlord, narrow [D]landway filled with [G]crooks
[G]this is [D]where we used to [C]live
[Em]why [D]did they pave the [C]lawn?
[Em]why [D]did they change the [C]locks?
[G]why [D]did I have to [C]break in? [D]I only came here to [G]talk
[G]this is [D]where we used to [C]live
[G]how is the [D]neighbor [C]downstairs?
[C]how [D]is her temper [G]this year?
[G]I turned [D]up your TV and [C]stomped on the floor just for [D]fun
(softly here, getting louder slowly after 2nd phrase, ending with hard
strums on "I'm happy there"
[Em]I k[D]now we don't [G]live here [C]anymore
[Em]we [D]bought an old [G]house on the [C]danforth
[Em]she [D]loves me and her [G]body [D]keeps me [C]warm
[C]I'm [D]happy [G]there
(normal volume now)
[G]but this is [D]where we used to [C]live
[G]broke in[D]to the old [C]apartment
[G]tore the [D]phone out of the [C]wall
[G]only [D]memories, faded [C]memories blending into dull tab[G]leaux
[G]i [D]want them [C]back.. this is [D]where we used to [G]live
[G]i [D]want them [C]back.. this is [D]where we used to [G]live
[G]i [D]want them [C]back..
[G]
[C]
[D]
[Em]
This is my first tab put into here, I hope it works, and I hope you
enjoy it. On that last C chord, Ed does this thing going up a step kinda,
and I'm assuming he's putting 2 extra light strums in to put a voicing
with the 3rd fret on the 2nd string... I dunno, mess with it a little,
and you'll get it with little trouble. Also all of the first chords on
each phrase are hit a beat before the lyric comes in, not right on it. :)
any questions, comments, critiques, not raging powetripping
complaints.... can be sent to djmccoll@catskill.net
thanx again, Ben (Squeege)
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