From: [email protected] (BeauR)
How Could You Want Him
(When You know you could have me)
By Spin Doctors
Transcribed by Beau Roberts
Notes:
This transcription, although not perfect or totally complete, should be
pretty accurate for all of the main parts of the song and should get you
up and running on this song pretty quickly.
The rhythm and timing of the chorus and verse parts are very tricky so
you’ll have to practice along with the CD to get it.
Also I have transcribed the verse rhythm guitar using the chord positions
that Eric Shenkman uses but there are other positions that you can play it
at. Try playing the G barr chord at the 10th fret. If you then lift up the
barr and fret the 12th fret at the D string and the 11th fret at the G
string you’ll have the D chord. Then if you throw your pinky onto the 13th
fret of the B string while playing the G barr chord you’ll get the Gsus4.
The guitar solo is based on a Gstring drone pattern. So for each note in
the melody you fret the note and then pulloff to the open G string and
then play the open G one more time.
Like this: 2(P)0-0.
In the outro pattern you simply let the G chord ring then play the little
melody , then finish with the end part of the verse guitar part. This
repeats a bunch of times.
(Intro Riff:Repeat as necessary)
G
|—-3————-3——3-|—-3————3——3—|
|——-3——3——-3—|——3——3——3——|
|-0———4——-2——|-0——4———2———|
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I’m quite contented to take my chances
Against the Gildensterns and Rosencrantzes
It’s a matter of Cain and Able
And I can feel your knee, underneath the table
Chorus:
He doesn’t tangle by the seraphim
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|——-10——/10-8—|——8——/10-8————-|
|—-10—10———10-|—6—6———10————|
|-8———-8————|-7——7———————|
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He only wants a pretty face by him so
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|——-10——/10-8—|——8——/10-8————-|
|—-10—10———10-|—6—6———10————|
|-8———-8————|-7——7———————|
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How could you want him when you know you could have me
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|——-10——/10-8—|——————————|
|—-10—10———10-|———8——-9————-|
|-8———-8————|——9——-10—————|
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|————————|—7——-8——————-|
(Play Intro Riff 4 Times)
Verse Rhythm Guitar-repeat as necessary
See the pigeons peck and peck to pay the dues
G D G D G
D
|-7—7-7—7———7—7-7—7——7—7-7—7———|
|-8—8-8—8-7——8—8-8—8-7—-8—8-8—8-7——|
|-7—7-7—7-7——7—7-7—7-7—-7—7-7—7-7——|
|————-7——————7—————-7——|
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G Gsus4 D
|—7—7-7—8—7-7—————————————|
|—8—8-8—8—8-8—7-7-7-7——————————|
|—7—7-7—7—7-7—7-7-7-7——————————|
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Well, they’ll peck a little extra to resole their shoes
He’s with the pigeons, peckin’ crumbs
I’m on my deathbead bleedin with the cherubim’s
(2nd Chorus)
He doesn’t tangle by the seraphim
He only wants a pretty face by him so
How could you want him when you know you could have me
Bridge:
D Am G
Ferrocious angels send me falling stars
D Am F
But I know just how dangerous wishes are
D Am G
Ferrocious angels watch me come and go
D Am F
But I’m not too smart to go barging off a rooftop though, no
(Guitar solo:)
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|-2(P)0-0—4(P)0-0—5(P)0-0—7(P)0-0—5(P)0-0—4(P)0-0—|
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|-2(P)0-0—9(P)0-0—7—|-2(P)0-0—4(P)0-0—5(P)0-0——|
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|-7(P)0-0—5(P)0-0—4(P)0-0—2(P)0-0—5(P)0-0—4———|
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|-2(P)0-0—4(P)0-0—5(P)0-0—7(P)0-0—9(P)0-0-10(P)0-0—|
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|-12(P)0-0—10(P)0-0—9(P)0-0—7(P)0-0-|—————-|
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|-12(P)0-0—10(P)0-0—9(P)0-0—7(P)0-0—5(P)0-0———|
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|—4(P)0-0—2(P)0-0—4(P)0-0—5(P)0-0—4(P)0-0—2(P)0-0-|
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(With Intro Riff:)
Sit out September on a window sill
Cause you can’t drink wine with no two dollar bill
(With Verse Rhythm Guitar:)
St. Christopher lives on the end of a quill
Leave him a diamond in your last will
3rd Chorus
Outro-Repeat to fade:
How could you want him when you know you could have me
|-7——————7-7-7-8—7-7————————|
|-8—-8-7—8-7-8—8-8-8-8—8-8—7-7-7-7————-|
|-7——————7-7-7-7—7-7—7-7-7-7————-|
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