Song: The Freshmen
Band: The Verve Pipe
Album: Villians
Timing: 4/4
Tempo: 100
Note: The drums start on the album version of this song at 1:17 (Interlude 1).
This song is most likely played with Hot Rods (sounds great with my band).
Intro [0:00] Verse 1 [0:19] Pre-Chorus 1 [0:39] Chorus 1 [0:58]
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H |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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Interlude 1 (Drums start) [1:17]
C |x---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
H |-xx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|
S |---g--------o---|---g--------o---|---g--------o---|---g--------o---|
B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-----o-|o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-----o-|
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Verse 2 ("My best friend took a week's vacation…") [1:27]
|=============== 4x ==============|
H |xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|
S |---g--------o---|---g--------o---|
B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-----o-|
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Pre-Chorus 2 ("I can't be held responsible…") [1:46]
|====== 6x ======|
C |x---------------|----------------|----------------|
H |-xxxxxxxxxxx-xxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx-xxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx-x--|
S |------------o---|------------o---|------------o-oo|
B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|
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Chorus 2 ("For the life of me, I can not remember…") [2:05]
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|====== 2x ======|1. |2. |
C |x---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
H |-xx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxx-xx-----|
S |---g--------o---|---g--------o---|---g--------o---|---g----o--oo-oo|
B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|o-----o---------|
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Interlude 2 ("Hey, yeah, yeah…") [2:24]
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/v/verve-pipe/245786.html ]
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|====== 2x ======|1. |2. |
C |x---------------|----------------|----------------|------x-------------|
H |-xx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xx--------------|
S |---g--------o---|---g--------o---|---g--------o---|---g----------------|
B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|o-----o-------------|
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H |----------------|
S |----------------|
B |----------------|
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Verse 3 ("We've tried to wash our hands of all of this…") [2:46]
|=============== 4x ==============|
H |xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|
S |---g--------o---|---g--------o---|
B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-----o-|
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Pre-Chorus 3 ("I can't be held responsible…",) [3:02]
|====== 6x ======|
C |x---------------|----------------|----------------|
H |-xxxxxxxxxxx-xxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx-xxx|xxxxxxxxxxx-----|
S |------------o---|------------o---|-----------oo-oo|
B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|
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Chorus 3 ("For the life of me…", crescendo with vocals) [3:24]
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|====== 2x ======|1. |2. |
C |x---------------|----------------|----------------|--------------xx|
H |-xx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-x--|
S |---g--------o---|---g--------o---|---g--------o---|---g--------o---|
B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|
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Chorus 4 ("For the life of me…", decrescendo with vocals) [3:43]
|====== 6x ======|
C |X---------------|----------------|----------------|
H |-xx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-x--|
S |---g--------o---|---g--------o---|---g--------o-oo|
B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|
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Outro ("We were merely freshmen…") [4:02]
|=============== 2x ==============|
C |x---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
H |-xx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|
S |---g--------o---|---g--------o---|---g--------o---|---g--------o---|
B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o------o|o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-----o-|
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C |----------------|------x-x-------|
H |xxx-xxxxxxxx-xxx|xxx-xx----------|
S |---g--------o---|---g------------|
B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|
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Drums end at 4:20
END [4:27]
