Tom: Bb
From the Album "Get Behind Me Satan" 2005
Tabbed by Matthew Taylor ( or )
Please email me if you have any comments or suggestions...
DROPPED D TUNING
(note - I think this song is actually either in dropped C tuning or
White uses a whammy bar for the fills during the chorus. He only plays
the low C twice during the entire song though, so I've omitted one
which isn't really necessary and changed the other to keep it
dropped D.)
CHORDS -
C Eb Bb Bb G
e 0 0 0 0 0
B 0 0 0 0 0
G 0 0 0 0 0
D 5 8 0 3 0
A 3 6 8 1 5
D 0 0 8 0 5
FILL
e-----
B-----
G-----
D-----
A-1h3-
D-----
VERSE
C Eb
If you think that a kiss is all in the lips
Bb C
cmon, you got it all wrong man
C Eb
and if you think that our dance was all in the hips
Bb FILL
oh well, then do the twist
C Eb
If you think holdng hands is all in the fingers
Bb C C C Bb C
grab hold of the soul where memory lingers and
Eb
make sure to never do it with them fingers
Bb C C C Bb
cause I'll tell everyone in the world, but he was
PRECHORUS
Eb Bb C C C
thinking about the girl
Eb Bb C C C Bb C
ya but he's thinking about the girl, oh
VERSE
Eb
a lot of people get confused and they bruise
Bb C C C Bb C
real easy when it comes to love
Eb
they start puttin on their shoes and walkin out
Bb C C C Bb C
and singing boy I think I had enough
Eb
just because she makes you feel wrong
Bb C C C Bb C
she don't mean to be mean or hurt you on purpose boy
Eb
take a tip and do yourself a little service
Bb C C C Bb
take a mountain turn it into a mole, just by
PRECHORUS
Eb Bb C C C
playin a different role
Eb Bb C C C Bb
ya by playin a different role, oh
CHORUS
G
the boat ya you know she's rockin it
Bb
and the truth well ya know there's no stoppin it
G
the boat ya you know she's still rockin it
Bb
the truth well you know there's no stoppin it
VERS
E
C Eb
So, so what, somebody left you in a rut
Bb C
and wants to be the one who's in control
C Eb
but the feeling that you're under can really make you wonder
Bb FILL
how the hell she can be so cold
C Eb
So now you're mad, denying the truth
Bb C C C Bb C
and it's gettin in the wisdom in the back of your tooth, ya need ta
Eb
spit it out, in a telephone booth
Bb C C C Bb
while ya call everyone that you know, and ask 'em
PRECHORUS
Eb Bb C C C
where do you think she goes
Eb Bb C C C Bb
oh ya, where d'ya suppose she goes, oh
CHORUS
G
the truth well you know there's no stoppin it
Bb
and the boat well ya know she's still rockin it
C C C C C C Bb
G
the boat ya you know she's still rockin it
Bb
and the truth ya you know there's no stoppin it
VERS
E
C Eb
you recognize with your back in the back?
Bb C C C Bb
that it's colder when she rocks the boat, but it's the
C Eb
cause hittin on the Cardinal Laws?
Bb C C C Bb
'bout the proper place to hang her coat,
C Eb
So to you, the truth is still hidden
Bb C C C Bb C
and the soul plays the role of a lost little kitten but
Eb
you should know that the dark is one kitten?
Bb C C C Bb
she's been singing it all along, but you were
OUTRO
Eb Bb C C C
hearin a different song
Eb Bb C C C Bb
ya you were hearin a different song
Eb Bb C
but you were hearin a different song