Barenaked Ladies - Testing 123

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Testing 1, 2, 3
by Barenaked Ladies
 
Lyrics & Music by:
Steven Page and Ed Robertson
 
Tabbed by: Tom Dusome
 
This was done totally by ear so some might not be totally right. but still sounds
pretty alright.
 
Chords Used:
 
E B F# or A
 
7 2 9
7 2 9
9 3 11
9 9 4 11 7
7 9 4 9 7
7 7 2 9 5
 
I used the variation on the F# for the Bridge.
 
Intro
 
E B F# A
 
Verse 1
Maybe it would be fun, To get a new opinion, Get a little work done And forget
 
Verse 2
Maybe it would be cool If I rocked it old school Try to break a gold rule And a sweat
 
verse 3
 
Riff # 1
 
|7--7----|--2--2--||
|7--7----|--2--2--||
|9--9----|--3--3--||
|9--9-9--|--4--4-7||
|7--7-9--|--4--4-7||
|7--7-7--|--2--2-5||
 
Better than the first time
Better than the worst time
 
Riff # 2
Let Ring
|7--7----|-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------||
|7--7----|-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------||
|9--9----|-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------||
|9--9-9--|-4-4-4-4-4-|---harm 0n 5-----||
|7--7-9--|-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------||
|7--7-7--|-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------||
 
 
If I could just reverse time
I'd be set
 
Chorus
 
E B F# ATesting 1,2,3 Can anybody hear me?
 
E B F# AIf I shed the irony Would anybody cheer me?
 
E B F# AIf I acted less like me Would I be in the clear?
 
verse 4 (just like verse 1)
She got a new apartment It's out on the escarpment
And in her glove compartment Are my songs
 
verse 5 (just like verse 2)
She hasn't even heard them Since she found out what the words meant
She decided she preferred them All wrong
 
verse 6 (just like Verse 3)
Riff #1
 
Kind of like the last time
With a bunch of really fast times
 
Riff #2
If we're living in the past time
Soon gone
 
Chorus
 
E B F# ATesting 1,2,3 Can anybody hear me?
 
E B F# AIf I shed the irony Would anybody cheer me?
 
E B F# AIf I acted less like me Would I be in the clear?
 
 
Bridge
 
F# B AWe recognize the present
 
F# B AIs half as pleasant
 
F# B AAs our nostalgia for
 
 
E BThe past'll be presented
 
ERecast and reinvented
 
BUntil it's how we meant it
 
 
Chorus
 
let Ring
on first E
 
E B F# ATesting 1,2,3 Can anybody hear me?
 
E B F# AIf I shed the irony Would anybody cheer me?
 
E B F# AIf I acted less like me Would I be in the clear?
 
 
 
Be's everything that you need
You wiped out on your ten speed
 
And either he will succeed
 
end of Riff #2
Or just suck
 
Chorus
 
E F# ATesting 1,2,3 Can anybody hear me?
 
E B F# AIf I shed the irony Would anybody cheer me?
 
E B F# AIf I acted less like me Would I be in the clear?
 
Begin the...
 
E B F# ATesting 1,2,3 Can anybody hear me?
 
E B F# AIf I shed the irony Would anybody cheer me?
 
E B F# AIf I acted less like me Would I be in the clear Gee?
 
 
Outro
 
 
E B F# ATesting 1,2,3
 
E B F# ATesting 1,2,3
 
 
Outro is the same as Chorus and Intro Chords. Repeat forever really. If you want
too. its really fun to Play.
 
But End On E anyway,
 
They Called me Eddie...
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