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Verve Pipe - The Freshmen This isn't exactly like any of the many versions of this song. I took pieces from all of them and meshed them into what I think sounds the best for the acoustic "man without a band". Intro Dsus2 G Bm G E|---------0-------|---------3-|-----------------|-----------| B|-----3---------3-|-----0-----|---------3-------|---------0-| G|---2---2-----2---|---0---0---|-----4---------4-|-----0-----| D|-0---------------|-----------|---4---4-----4---|---0---0---| A|-----------------|-----------|-2---------------|-----------| E|-----------------|-3---------|-----------------|-3---------| D G5 D G5 E|-------3-2-----|-----------|-------3-2-----|---------------| B|-----3-------3-|---------3-|-----3-------3-|---------3-----| G|---2-------2---|-----0-----|---2-------2---|-----0-------0-| D|-0-------------|---0---0---|-0-------------|---0---0---0---| A|---------------|-----------|---------------|---------------| E|---------------|-3---------|---------------|-3-------------| Bm G Bm G5 E|---------------|-----------|---------------|--------3--| B|---------3-----|--------0--|---------3-----|-----------| G|-----4-------4-|-----0-----|-----4-------4-|-----0-----| D|---4---4---4---|---0---0---|---4---4---4---|---0---0---| A|-2-------------|-----------|-2-------------|-----------| E|---------------|-3---------|---------------|-3---------| Verse Dsus2 G Bm G E|---------0-------|---------3-|-----------------|-----------| B|-----3-------3---|-----0-----|---------3-------|---------0-| G|---2---2---2---2-|---0---0---|-----4-------4---|-----0-----| D|-0---------------|-----------|---4---4---4-----|---0---0---| A|-----------------|-----------|-2-------------0-|-----------| E|-----------------|-3---------|-----------------|-3---------|

^Dsus2When I was young I knew e^Gverything.... ^BmAnd she a punk who rarely ever ^Gtook advice ^Dsus2Now I'm guilt-striken, sobbing with my ^Ghead on the floor ^BmStop a baby's breath and a ^Gshoe full of rice, no

Pre-Chorus Bm A G E|---------|---------|-----------| B|---------|---------|---------0-| G|-----4---|-----2---|-----0-----| D|---4---4-|---2---2-|---0---0---| A|-2-------|-0-------|-----------| E|---------|---------|-3---------|

^Bm ^A ^GI can't be held responsible,^Bm ^A ^G'cause she was touching her face ^Bm ^A ^GI won't be held responsible,^Bm ^A she fell in ^Glove in the first place

Chorus Dsus2 G Bm G *=1st time only E|---------0-------|---------3-------|-----------------|-----------|*-------| B|-----3-------3---|-----0-------0---|---------3-------|---------0-|*-------| G|---2---2---2---2-|---0---0---0---0-|-----4-------4---|-----0-----|*---0---| D|-0---------------|-----------------|---4---4---4-----|---0---0---|*-0---0-| A|-----------------|-----------------|-2-------------0-|-----------|*-------| E|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------|*-------|

^Dsus2For the life of me, ^GI cannot remember ^BmWhat made us think that we were ^Gwise and we'de never compro-^Dsus2mise ^Dsus2For the life of me, ^GI cannot believe we'd ^Bmever die for these sins, ^Gwe were merely freshmen

Break D G5 D G5 E|-------3-2-----|-----------|-------3-2-----|-----------| B|-----3-------3-|---------3-|-----3-------3-|---------3-| G|---2-------2---|-----0-----|---2-------2---|-----0-----| D|-0-------------|---0---0---|-0-------------|---0---0---| A|---------------|-----------|---------------|-----------| E|---------------|-3---------|---------------|-3---------| Verse 2 My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her His girl took a week's worth of Valium and slept And now he's guilt-stricken sobbing with his head on the floor Thinks about her now and how he never really wept, he says Pre-Chorus, Chorus Verse 3 (played like chorus) We've tried to wash our hands of all of this We never talk of our lacking relationships And how we're guilt-stricken sobbing with our heads on the floor We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we'd say Pre-chorus Chorus x2 End D G5 D G5 E|-------3-2-----|-----------|-------3-2-----|---------3-| B|-----3-------3-|---------3-|-----3-------3-|-----------| G|---2-------2---|-----0-----|---2-------2---|-----0-----| D|-0-------------|---0---0---|-0-------------|---0---0---| A|---------------|-----------|---------------|-----------| E|---------------|-3---------|---------------|-3---------| Interpretation by SEVEN

Verve Pipe - The freshmen