Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 20:02:57 EST
From: Brian F Mojica
ROCKET BOY
by Liz Phair
from the «Stealing Beauty» soundtrack
tabbed by Brian Mojica
(Sorry about the lyrics. I did my best. Feel free to correct them
yourself.)
h = hammer on
p = pull off
/ = slide up
= slide down
~ = vibrato
^ = bend (half-, full-, two-steps etc. specified)
rb=release bend
Chords I^Тm not familiar with (low E to high E):
E* 042XXX
F#* 264XXX
Riff 1:
A D Db E
|———————————————————0—|
|———————————————————0—|
|-2—2————7—7———————————-1—|
|-2—2————7—7—————————2———|
|-0—0————5—5-4-4-2-2-0-4—4-2-2-0-0—2———|
|——-3-3-2-2-0——————————-3-0———|
Play Riff 1 twice
(Rocket boy….rocket boy….rocket boy…)
A D Dbm E
Didn^Тt see, I had no idea, never heard it before
A D
And I said ^Уwhy don^Тt I, yeah, why don^Тt I?^Ф
Dbm E
s^Тthe question of the year
Bm A E
You used to be my favorite toy
Bm A E* E
But what happened to my
A D
Rocket boy rocket boy
Dbm E
Where are you gonna land?
A D
I said ^Уgo-don^Тt stop it, go-don^Тt stop it^Ф
Dbm E
How we all understand
Bm A E
You used to be my pride and joy
Bm A E* E
Now you^Тre just my ro—cket
Riff 1 once
Rocket boy
A D Dbm E
They don^Тt know my friends
A D Dbm E
We got off again
Bm A E
How am I gonna get myself to sleep
Bm A E* E
I got stains on my sheets and my nails are……….?
Dbm F#
Wouldn^Тt it be nice to have an
B A Abm
Ordinary girlfriend
Dbm F#
Laughin^Т ^Сbout it makes it real
B A
Makes it happen to be but I can reach you
B E Ebm F#
Didn^Тt see, I had no idea, never heard it before
B E
And I said ^Уwhy don^Тt I, yeah, why don^Тt I?^Ф
Ebm F#
There^Тs no sense being here
Dbm Bbm F#
You used to be my favorite toy
Dbm Bbm F#* F#
But what happened to my ro—cket
(now you^Тre just my)
D Dbm B
My ro—cket boy
E
Rocket boy
Ebm F#
When are you gonna land?
B E
I said ^Уgo-don^Тt stop it, go-don^Тt stop it^Ф
Ebm F#
Now we all understand
B E
Rocket boy
Ebm F#
Where are you gonna land?
B E
Rocket boy
Ebm F#
They just don^Тt understand
Dbm B E
You used to be my pride and joy
A B F#
My boy you have me
