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From: Paul D
Subject: TAB: «Midlife Crisis» by Faith No More
Here’s for all you die-hard FNM fans who want to be able to play a FNM
song whether or not it has guitar in it, DAMMIT!
It’s really not a difficult song. It’s mostly keyboard-based, so the
majority of what I have here is the keyboard parts arranged for guitar.
Here’s the fingering for the keyboard chords that are played under the
verses. If you’ve got a guitar synth or some nifty FX processor that’ll
produce a cool «stringy» sound for these chords, it might sound pretty
close to the record…
E-|—-|——|——|——|——|
B-|—-|——|——|-10—|-12—|
G-|-9—|-12—|-11—|-9—|-11—|
D-|-9—|-12—|-9—|-7—|-9—|
A-|-7—|-10—|-9—|——|——|
E-|—-|——|——|——|——|
E G B/F# A B
Here’s the lyrics to the verse and when to play the above chords:
E
Go on and ring my neck
G
Like when a rag gets wet
B/F#
A little discipline
A
For my pet genius
E
My head is like lettuce
G
Go on, dig your thumbs in.
B
I cannot stop giving
(B)
I’m thirtysomething.
E
Sense of security
G
Like pockets jingling
B/F# A
Midlife crisis
E
Suck ingenuity
G
Down through the family
B (B)
Tree…
Here’s the rest of the verse lyrics:
What an inheritance
The salt and the kleenex
Morbid self-attention
Bending my pinky back
A little discipline
A donor by habit
A little discipline
Rent an opinion.
Sense of security
Holding blunt instrument
Midlife crisis.
I’m a perfectionist
And perfect is a skinned knee.
Okay, here’s what I guess you’d call the «chorus», just use any old form of
the chords shown (whatever suits ya’):
E5 D5
You’re perfect yes it’s true
A5 E5 D5 A5
But without me you’re only you (you’re only you)
E5 D5
Your menstruating heart
A5 E (palm mute)
It ain’t bleeding enough for two.
Then, for the part that goes «It’s a midlife…crisis____» just play the
progression from the verse (way above).
Then after that weird, descending synth effects part (there’s really no
way to tab that out OR play it on a guitar…so skip it), play the
following (this is also keyboard arranged for guitar) and sing the «It’s a
midlife…crisis_____» three times.
E-|—————-|—————|——————|——|—-||
B-|—————-|—————|——————|——|-16-||
G-|-14-13-17-16-14-|-16—16-14-16-|-16-14-17—16-14-|-16—|-16-||
D-|—————-|—————|——————|——|-16-||
A-|—————-|—————|——————|——|—-||
E-|—————-|—————|——————|——|—-||
After that, it’s back to the chorus (with the first verse sung in the
background) until the fade-out. I’m pretty sure about all this stuff.
I’m trying to do it as best as I can from memory. I may have flubbed a
little as far as «sequence of events», so if there seems to be some part
missing, email me.
But like I said above, if you’re looking for a cool «guitar-y» song, this
ain’t it…(it still manages to be a kickass song, though!)
Good luck!
Paul D. [email protected]
