Opening Band

Hey everyone, I've made another lesson for a Paul and Storm song. I put a lot of work into this one plus there's some extra special stuff in this one. You'll have to watch the video to find out. The tab follows below. Sorry for the lack of updates, times have been very busy as anyone who knows me can attest to. Special thanks to Paul and Storm for writing this song and being so supportive. Also thanks to Stephen Poon for filming and editing this lesson on his camera from the future. Next week I'll be getting back to the JoCo tabs, so don't you folks worry.

If Dave Taught Guitar: Opening Band

Capo on second fret, all chords are relative to the capo.

Chords

E       022100
A       x02220
C#m     x46654
Am      x02210
B       x2444x
G#      466544
G7      353433
F#7     242322
B7      797877
F#11/E  044300
G6/E    055400
Aadd9/E 077600
Aadd9   x07657
Am11    x0109810

Chord figure that ends each bridge

F#7          B7
2-2-2-2-2-2--7-7--7-7-7-7-
2-4-5-4-2-4--7-9-10-9-7-9-
2-2-2-2-2-2--8-8--8-8-8-8-
3-3-3-3-3-3--7-7--7-7-7-7-
4-4-4-4-4-4--9-9--9-9-9-9-
2-2-2-2-2-2--7-7--7-7-7-7-

Intro |E  | 4x

A Section

E(let ring)            A
We are the opening band
E                      C#m       A
We are here to do five or six or seven songs
       Am               B                         A B
“Don’t go too long, and get the hell off the stage”
E                      A
We are the opening band
      E                     C#m         A
We’re probably not the band you came to see tonight
    Am                   B          A  E
But it’s alright, ’cause soon we’ll go away

B Section

          A               Am                   E       G#
And we’re wondering, just where the hell’s the sound guy?
   A                Am           E     G#
He disappeared just after we got up here
     A          Am                E            G7         
He’s probably behind the building rolling up a fattie
             F#7(chord figure)   B7
And he’ll be gone until our last song

A Section

E              A
We got a VW van
  E                      C#m          A
I had to sell every Star Wars™ figure that I had
    Am            B                 A B
And ask my Dad to co-sign for the loan
E                               A
We don’t got a whole lot of fans
E                      C#m
Nobody asks for our autograph
     A              Am           B       A               E
And, sad to say, as of today, no panties have been thrown

B Section

          A            Am                 E        G#
And we’re wondering if this was worth the drive here
   A                  Am             E     G#
We spent six hours in traffic on the highway
    A                Am                E
For fifty bucks, and half price on the cheese fries
         G7              F#7(chord figure)
And free Miller® Lite on tap
                   B7
Who can drink that crap?

Bridge
   E                                  F#11/E
My cousin lives in town, and we’ll be crashing at his place
           G6/E                                     Aadd9/E
Unless his girlfriend’s home from college and she’s staying for the weekend
    Aadd9                           Am11
And if she is, then we will have to go and park the van
           E
Behind the IHOP by the Turnpike
                               E(breaK)
And we’ll sleep in the back seat

Bridge 3
          A              Am                 E     G#
And we’re wondering just where the headline act is
        A               Am            E        G#
They’re prob’ly getting wasted in the green room
    A                 Am               E
And they don’t give a rat’s ass who we are
             G7               F#7(chord figure)
So when they start to play up here
                            B7
We’re gonna drink all their beer

A Section

E                      A
We are the opening band
   E                         C#m       A     
We hope that all of you sign up on our mailing list
    Am               B                      A  B
And buy our disc and t-shirts (in black and gray)
E                      A
We are the opening band
    E                  C#m    A
And we only got about 25 more minutes left
       Am            B         A       E
That’s all we get to blow your ass away

Ending
E                      A
We are the opening band
E                     
We are the opening band
A
Hello
Am
Hello
E
Hello

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