BLAH BLAH BLAH
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written by Peter Svensson and Nina Persson
performed by The Cardigans
from 'Been It' - ep
transcribed by Edmond Hum (ehum@inforamp.net) dec.19.96.
aided and abetted by Hong-Taek Kwon (etc@dartmouth.edu) jan.20.97
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Editors' note: for solo performances, the chord changes have been indicated
in []s along with the riff indications. -Hong
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RIFFS AND CHORDS
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INTRO/CHORUS riff
 e|--------------|----------------|------------|-------------------||
 b|--------------|----------------|------------|-----------------:-||
 g|--------------|------2-----2---|------------|-----4-----4-------||
 d|------------2-|-3h4----3h4---3-|----------7-|---5---5h6---6-----||
 a|---2--4-2-4---|----------------|-4--5-4h5---|-5---------------:-||
 e|--------------|----------------|------------|-------------------||
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A riff
 e|--------------|-----------------||
 b|:-------------|----------------:||
 g|--------------|-----------------||
 d|------------2-|-------------2---||
 a|:--2--4-2-4---|--2--4-4-2-4----:||
 e|--------------|-----------------||
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Bb riff
 e|--------------|-----------------|
 b|--------------|-----------------|
 g|------------7-|-------------7---|
 d|--4--5-4h5----|--4--5-4-4h5-----|
 a|--------------|-----------------|
 e|--------------|-----------------|
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G/E riff
 e|----------------|------------------|
 b|----------------|------------------|
 g|------4------4--|------4-------4---|
 d|----5---5------5|-5h6-----5h6------|
 a|--5-------5-----|------------------|
 e|----------------|------------------|
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VERSE/CHORUS chords (can be played instead of the various riffs)
      A9   D    Bbmaj7  G/B   E7/B
 e|---0----2-----1------3-----0-------|
 b|---0----3-----3------0-----0-------|
 g|---2----2-----2------0-----1-------|
 d|---2----0-----3------0-----0-------|
 a|---0----------1------2-----2-------|
 e|-----------------------------------|
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BLAH BLAH chords
    Cmaj7  Fmaj7  Bbmaj7  G/B
 e|---0-----0-------1-----------------|
 b|---0-----1-------3------3----------|
 g|---0-----2-------2------0----------|
 d|---2-----3-------3------0----------|
 a|---3-------------1------2----------|
 e|-----------------------------------|
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INTRO followed by A riff [A9  D  Bbmaj7  G/B   E/B   A9]
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VERSE 1
	A riff (3x) [A9]
	hi, how are you i'm pretty fine
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	your eyes are red, well i am tired
	Bb riff [Bbmaj7]                         A riff (cut off)
	(please) please stay away from what is mine
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	blah blah blah blah blah blah
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|NTRO riff [A9  D  Bbmaj7   G/B  E/B]
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VERSE 2
	A riff (3x) [A9]
	my, i never thought i've seen you here
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	really glad to meet you darling
	Bb riff [Bbmaj7]                     G/E riff [G/B  E/B]
	(where) where did we lose such pretty ???
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CHORUS (you can play either the chords or the INTRO/CHORUS riff)
	A9          D
	all we ever say
	Bbm  G/B       E/B       A9
	is---blah blah blah blah blah
    	    D
	we feel safe
	Bbm    G/B       E/B       A9
	with-- blah blah blah blah blah
	         D
	no one's hurt
Bbm          G/B   E/B
	no one's weird
	   A9            D
	so all we got to say
	Bbm   G/B       E/B       A riff [A9]
	is--- blah blah blah blah blah
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VERSE 3
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	A riff (3x) [A9]
	don't try to reach me i am numb
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	and i don't want to look inside you
	Bb riff [Bbmaj7]    G/E riff [G/B]
	so let's just talk about the times
    [E/B]
	like normal people do
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truncated CHORUS
	A9          D
	all we ever say
	Bbm  G/B       E/B       A9
	is---blah blah blah blah blah
    	    D
	we feel safe
	Bbm   G/B
	with  blah blah blah blah blah
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BLAH BLAHs
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Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 G/B
			  blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 G/B
			  blah blah blah blah blah blah blah - blah
Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 G/B                      G/E riff [G/B   E/B]
			  blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
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CHORUS to end