Tablature the prize - Semisonic

          



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  From: Chapmanjm@aol.com

  Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 15:14:28 -0500

  Subject: CRD: The Prize by Semisonic

  

  

  THE PRIZE by SEMISONIC from the EP PLEASURE on MCA.  

  Transcribed by John Chapman (Chapmanjm@aol.com)

  

  Any corrections/edits welcome.  Words in brackets mean 

  I'm probably wrong.  Check out Semisonic, consisting of 

  Dan Wilson and John Munson from Trip Shakespeare, and 

  Jake Slichter ("a percussionist").  First full-length 

  CD due out in April.  Email to Semisonic@aol.com

  

  Intro:	Strumming on D (6 bars or so)-see note below

  Verse1:	D

  		Night of a thousand verses

  		D                                  Am

  		One thousand friends said have you heard

  		G          D

  		What we expected

  		D

  		We are all working late and

  		D                                     Am

  		Waiting to win a prize that we dont deserve

  		G           D

  		And live to collect it

  

  Chorus:	                F#m G

  		Cant you see Im weary

  		Em         C        D

  		Maybe this news can wait

  Verse2:	

  		Night of a thousand verses

  		One thousand strivers strain to hear

  		The voice thats left us

  		Magazines still have to sell us

  		Twelve master geniuses a year

  		Its all so shameless

  

  Chorus:	Repeat 2x, second time "Worried" not "Weary"

  Bridge:	B                 C              G

  		Maybe there was a message in it

  		        Em

  		(I dont know where you hid it)

  		B                 C                   G

  		Maybe there was a [P stamp] with it

  		        Em

  		(I dont know where to fit it)

  		B                    C                 G

  		Tell me what kind of prize can you get

  		          Em

  		(When you dont want to win it)

  

  

  Then back to D for a few bars.

  Then once through verse and chorus, with no words, and 

  with distorted guitar on top.

  

  Then back to bridge exactly as above

  Then chorus 2x.

  

  When strumming on D, there is a little riff that is

  D/E/F#/F#/G/F# (notes, not chords).  If you're playing 

  D in the second fret, you can try to pick it while 

  holding the chord, like this:

  

  E---2------0---2---2---4h--2p

  B---3---3--------------------

  G---1------------------------

  D----------------------------

  A----------------------------

  E----------------------------

  

  Try to keep the G and B strings from getting muted so 

  the chord continues to sound.  You may find easier 

  places to play up the neck if you're on an electric.

  

  

   


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