(transcribed from an acoustic performance from The Fez on 11-21-99)
Standard tuning
Capo: 1
Em: 07x000 (use your pointer finger to mute the third string)
A: 577600
G: 355400
C: X35553 (or X32010 if that's easier for you)
D: X57775 (or XX0232)
This song depends more on keeping a good rhythm than anything
else. Play along with the recording to get a feel for it.
Intro and verse riff (play this through all verses and "lalala"s):
Em Em
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--x---x---x---x---x--x--][--x---x---x---x---x--]
--5--h7---7---7---7--7--][--5--h7---7---7---7--]
--0---0---0---0---0--0--][--0---0---0---0---0--]
He climbed the snowy white mountain
Slid down the snowy white hill
Drank from the water fountain
Water was sweet and chilled
Sunshine on a shiny ocean
Sunshine on a shiny bay
I opened a tiny shutter and
Sunshine blew me away
Em A G
And I don't know a thing
Em A G
Don't know a thing
C D Em (start riff again)
Don't know a thing about, perfect white girls who wear gold
(there is a bridge on some live versions that is played like this)
C D
If you kiss their asses long enough, they might let you kiss their asses
C D
If you kiss their asses long enough, they might let you kiss their asses