#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # Title: "Semi-Charmed Life" CD: Third Eye Blind (Elektra) Artist: Third Eye Blind Transcription by: Michael Sabell Andrew Fontaine The basic chord progression is G, D(with a Dsus4 thrown it at the end of the strum), then a Cadd9: Chords Used: G D Dsus4 Cadd9 E|-3-|-2-|--3--|--3--| B|-3-|-3-|--3--|--3--| G|-0-|-2-|--2--|--0--| D|-0-|-0-|--0--|--2--| A|-2-|---|-----|--3--| E|-3-|---|-----|-----| The quick strumming method: G D D Dsus4 1---------3---3---------- ----2--2------2--2------2--3---- 2--------3-----3--------- ---3-----3--3-----3---3------3-- 3-------0--------0------- x2 --2-------2---------2-----------2 4------0----------0------ ---------------------------------- 5-----2------------2----- ---------------------------------- 6----3--------------3---- ---------------------------------- Cadd9 Cadd9 1---------3---3---------------3--3------------ 2--------3------3-----------3------3---------- then 3------ 0---------0-------0-----------0------- x2 (in chorus 2nd time 4-----2-------------2---2---------------2----- play *Fill* below afterward) 5---3-----------------3--------------------3-- 6---------------------------------------------- as an added bonus, here's the fill i figured out- in the song it comes immediately after my above tab. Here's how it is: this fill is played after the second time you play the above tab in the chorus, as well as sometimes during the verse. It's a second guitar that comes in and plays it. As i said before: play out the little fill first on your guitar, then listen to the song. it should be obvious as to how it fits into the song: *Fill* 1------------------------------------- 2--------3----3--------1-------0---- 3------------------------------------- 4------------------------------------- 5------------------------------------- 6------------------------------------- I'm packed and I'm holdin, I'm smiling She's livin, she's golden, She lives for me, says she lives for me Ovation, her own motivation She comes round and she goes down on me And I make her smile, like a drug for you Do ever what you wanna do, comin over you Keep on smiling what we go through, One stop to the rhythm that divides you G And I speak to you like the chorus to the verse Chop another line like a coda with a curse Come on like a freak show takes the stage We give em the games we play, she said CHORUS: G D Dsus4 Cadd9 G "I want something else, to get me through this D Dsus4 Cadd9 Semi charmed kinda life, baby, baby G D Dsus4 Cadd9 G D Dsus4 I want something else, I'm not listenin when you say Cadd9 Good bye." G D Dsus4 Cadd9 (x2) The sky it was gold, it was rose I was takin sips of it through my nose And I wish I could get back there, someplace back there Smilin in the pictures you would take Doin crystal meth will lift you up until you break G It won't stop, I won't come down, I keep stock With a tick tock rhythm and a bump for the drop And I then I bumped up, I took a hit I was given Then I bumped again, and then I bumped again, and said D Cadd9 D Cadd9 How do I get back there to, the place where I fell asleep inside you D Cadd9 D D D D DD How do I get myself back to, the place where, you said Repeat CHORUS I believe in the sand beneath my toes The beach gives a feeling, an earthy feeling I believe in the faith that grows G D Dsus4 And the four right chords can make me cry Cadd9 G D Dsus4 When I'm with you I feel like I could die and that would be alright Cadd9 Alright *(see below) I want, somethin else To get me through this, life Baby, I want, somethin else Not listenin when you say.... goodbye Goodbye Goodbye G D Dsus4 Cadd9 Goodbye... G D Dsus4 Cadd9 The sky was gold, it was rose I was takin sips of it through my nose And I wish I could get back there, someplace back there In the place we used to star, aah, aah, aah, ahh! I want somethin else... *Outro* 1------------------------------------------------------- 2------------------------------------------------------- 3---------0---------0---------------------------------- 4------2--------0-------------------------------------- 5---3-------2---------0-------------------------------- 6------------------------------------------------------- * (I think the notes played here are just arpeggiated G, D and Cadd9 chords with some sort of delay effect...??)