Eels - Altar Boy (Rickie Lee Jones cover) -------------------------------------------- Tabbed by Jonathan (jgt85@hotmail.com) Any questions? Mail them to me! Any corrections? Mail them to 3speed! I wrote down the lyrics for only the chorus to give you an idea of the timing (of the measures only). -Capo 11- Riff 1: Am e----------------- B----------1----- G----2----------- D-2-----2------- A---------------- E---------------- Intro: riff 1 (4 times) Verse 1: Am Dm e--------------------|---------------------|-------------1------- B------------1------|-------------1-------|------3----------3--- G-----2----------2--|-----2-----------2--|--2------------------- D-2------2----------|-2-------2----------|--0------------------ A--------------------|---------------------|--------------------- E--------------------|---------------------|--------------------- E e------0----------|- B-0-------0------|- G-------------1--|- (2 times) D-------------2--|-- A-----------------|- E-----------------| Riff 1 (2 times) Verse 2: Am Dm e--------------0-----|----------------0-----|-------------1--------- B-----1-----------1-|-----1--------------1-|-----3-----------3------ G-2-------2---------|-2-------2------------|-2-------2-----------2-- D--------------------|----------------------|-0----------------------- A--------------------|----------------------|------------------------- E--------------------|-----------------------|------------------------- E e------0----------|- B-0-------0------|- G-------------1--|- (2 times) D-------------2--|-- A-----------------|- E-----------------| Pre-chorus: Am e-------------0--------|------------0------------ B--------1----------1-|--------1---------------- G-2-------------------|-2----------------------- D---------------------|-------------------------- A---------------------|-------------------------- E----------------------|-------------------------- Chorus: Sometimes I see you in | berries and weeds you're | brushing you teeth with | A Dm C e--------------0---------|-------------1-|-------------0---------- B-----2-----------2-----|-----3---------|-----1-----------1------ G-2-------2-----------2-|---------2-----|-0-------0-----------0-- D-2---------------------|-0-------------|-2----------------------- A------------------------|---------------|------------------------- E------------------------|---------------|------------------------- liquorice seeds | standing too close | pulling your clothes | F Bb e--------------1----|-------------1-----|------------------ B-----1------------|-----1--------------|--------------3-- G---------2--------|-2-------2---------|------3----------- D-3----------------|-3------------------|-3-------3------- A------------------|--------------------|-1---------------- E-------------------|--------------------|------------------ smiling at God and the | meaning of life | E e-----------------|-------------------- B-------------0--|--------------------- G-----1----------|-----1--------------- D---------2------|-2------------------ A-2--------------|-2------------------- E-----------------|--------------------- grows Am e----------------|-------------0-- B-------------1-|-----1---------- G-----2---------|-2-------2----- D-2-------2-----|---------------- A-0-------------|---------------- E----------------|---------------- Verse 3: pretty much the same as the other two. At least the chords are the same. I think the ending chord is Am, but I hear a high string which isn't on my guitar.... to get that high effect you can play instead an Am7 (x02213) AND: If you can't get that damn capo on the 11th fret of your accoustic guitar you can play the song an octave lower with the capo on the 4th fret and the using the following chords: Riff: Em Verses: Em, Am, B Chorus: E, Am, G, C, F, B For the picking: it's pretty much the same, jus go one string lower, for example: Riff: Em e----------------- B----------------- G-------------0-- D-----2---------- A-2-------2------ E----------------- Cya