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"The Shark's Own Private Fuck"-Sunny Day Real Estate
tabbed by Brad Topping
Here's my attempt at tabbing this song. This is just me using my ear and
eyes. Hopefully it sounds right to you.

intro (bassline)
e--------------------------------------------------------------------
b--------------------------------------------------------------------
g----------------------------------------5--4---4-------4----4--------
d---------------7----------------------------------0/-2---2------------
a--------5-----------5----5--5-\-3--3--------------------------------
e---3-----------------------------------------------------------------

e-----------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------
g----------4-----------------0----4--------------0----------
d---2-/-4-----4--5---4-/-5--------5------------------3----2- (repeat)
a-----------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------

Verse- I think this is what jeremy is playing
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------------
g------------0------------------0-----------------0--------------0------
d------4--------4---------4--------5----------2------2--------2-----2---
a---5-----5--------5---5-----5---------4--\--3----3------3---3---3-----3
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------

e--------------------------------------------------------------
b--------------------------------------------------------------
g----------0-----------------0--------------------0------------
d-------------2---------0-------0---------------------0-------and so on
a----2-----------2-------------------------2--------------2-----
e--0----0------------2-----2-------2----3------3-------------3--

chorus-
"the way you were............."
e---------------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------------------
g---2--2--2--2--2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----
d---2--2--2--2--2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----
a---0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0----3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---
e--------------------------------------------------------------------

this is what jeremy plays live to make up for not having a string
section. I'm pretty certain that this is right.
e---------------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------------------
g-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7-11-111111-14\-12-12-12\111111\9-9-9\-7-7-7
d---------------------------------------------------------------------
a-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5--9-9-9-9-12\-10-10-10\-9-9-9\-7-7-7\-5-5-5
e---------------------------------------------------------------------
*ends on and A chord
"Try to smile" part chords are: E F# A