SLIDE by THE GOO GOO DOLLS

Guitar transcription by Nathan Gilera Hayag, RRT

Comments, suggestions, corrections & violent reactions...
E-mail me at nathanhayag_rrt@yahoo.com

STANDARD TUNING ( E A D G B d )

CHORDS: Em: 022030    D: xx0230    C9: x32030    G: 320030    G/B: x20030

***We all know that the Goo Goo Dolls used D# A# D# G# G# D# tuning (instead of the usual E A D G B e ) 
for this song, which is hard & very time-consuming. You might also break a couple of strings in 
the process (In short, is a headache to play!), so i came up with this to make our lives a whole lot 
easier. You just got to tune the 1st (E) string down to D. Simple. But of course, nothing beats the 
original... but then again, if you're too lazy to dabble with them tuning pegs then i guess you 
should opt for this.

INTRO:                                    2x
e||-----------------------------------------||
B||*-----3--------3----------3-------3---3-*||
G||----0---0----0---0------0---0---0--------||
D||--2--------0-------0---------------------||
A||*---------------------3-----------------*||
E||------------------------------3-----2----||
                                *T     T    *thumb

VERSE 1:
Em                        D
  Could you whisper in my ear
                       C9
  The things you wanna feel?
                  (C9)
  I'll give you anythin'

  To feel it coming'
Em                       D                       
  Do you wake up on your own
                       C9
  And wonder where you are?
                        (C9)              
  You live with all your faults.

PRE-CHORUS 1:                                          Riff 1:         let ring  
*Riff 1                                                e-----------------------
  I wanna wake up where you are,                       B--------3------(3)-----
*Riff 1                                                G------0---0-----0------
  I won't say anything at all.                         D--0H2-----------2------
                                                       A------------2---3------
CHORUS 1:                                              E-----------------------
     D             C9   G   C9   G   C9   G    D
  So why don't you slide.
       (D)               C9   G   C9   G   C9  G   D          
  Yeah, I'm gonna let it slide.

VERSE 2:
Em                            D
  Don't you love the life you killed?
                        C9
  The priest is on the phone,
                     (C9)
  Your father hit the wall,

  Your ma disowned you.
Em                        D
  Don't suppose I'll ever know
                        C9
  What it means to be a man.
                              C9
  It's somethin' that i can't change,

  I'll live around it.

PRE-CHORUS 2:
C9 (pause)
  I wanna wake up where you are.
*Riff 1
  I won't say anything at all.

CHORUS 2:
     D             C9   G   C9   G   C9   G   D
  So why don't you slide.
   (D)  C9   G   C9   G   C9   G   D
  Mmmm, slide.

BRIDGE:
      C9         G              C9               G
  And I'll do anythin' you ever dreamed to be complete,
         C9        G            D
  Little pieces of nothin' that fall.
     Em                  D
  Oh May, put your arms around me.
           C9               G/B
  What you feel is what you are,
      C9                    G/B
  And what you are is beautiful.
     Em                    D               C9
  Oh May, do you wanna get married or run away?

INSTRUMENTAL:
     C9- G- C9- G- C9- G- D--
  
      C9         G              C9               G
  And I'll do anythin' you ever dreamed to be complete,
         C9        G            D
  Little pieces of nothin' that fall.
     Em                  D
  Oh May, put your arms around me.
           C9               G/B
  What you feel is what you are,
      C9                    G/B
  And what you are is beautiful.
     Em                    D               C9
  Oh May, do you wanna get married or run away?

PRE-CHORUS 3:
*Riff 1
  I wanna wake up where you are.
*Riff 1
  I won't say anything at all.

D (break)

      C9         G              C9               G
  And I'll do anythin' you ever dreamed to be complete,
         C9        G            D
  Little pieces of nothin' that fall.
      C9         G              C9               G
  And I'll do anythin' you ever dreamed to be complete,
         C9                     D
  Little pieces of nothing that fall.
            C9                G                 C9              G
  Oh oh oh, slide between the sheets of all the beds you never knew.
                C9            G
  Why don't you slide into my room.
       D
  Just slide into my room.
                                        *OUTRO
  Oh, we'll run away, run away, run away.___

OUTRO:                                                                 let ring
e----------------------------------------|-----------------------------(0)---
B------3--------3----------3-------3---3-|-----3--------3----------3---(3)--
G----0---0----0---0------0---0---0-------|---0---0----0---0------0---0--0---
D--2--------0-------0--------------------|-2--------0-------0-----------0---
A----------------------3-----------------|---------------------3--------2---
E------------------------------3-----2---|------------------------------3---
                               T     T    

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