Eating Paper

Standard tuning Couldn't find a tab for this fantastic song so I made it myself. Thought I'd share. I never used power tab before so the measures aren't quite divided up right, but hey it sounds right. Verse 4/4 Gtr I Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E ||-------------------|----------------------------------------||----| ||o------------------|---------------------------------------o||----| ||-------12-12-------|---14-14-----------12-12---------9-9----||----| ||--9----12-12-12-12-|---14-14-14-14-----12-12-12-12---9-9-9--||----| ||o-9----10-10-12-12-|---12-12-14-14-----10-10-12-12---7-7-9-o||----| ||--7----------10-10-|---------12-12-----------10-10-------7--||----| Chorus 1 Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E ||----------------------------||----| ||o--------------------------o||----| ||-------------5-5------------||----| ||--8----5-5---5-5---7-7---8--||----| ||o-8----5-5---3-3---7-7---8-o||----| ||--6----3-3---------5-5---6--||----| Chorus 2 Q E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------| |--------9-11---12--|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12----| |-9--9---9-11---12--|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12----| |-9--9---7--9---10--|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10----| |-7--7--------------|-------------------------|----------------------| e E E E E Q Q E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E e E E E |----------------------|---------------------|------------------------| |----------------------|---------------------|------------------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9----------|-9-11---12--12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-9----| |-9-9-9-9-9-9--9--9-9--|-9-11---12--12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-9----| |-7-7-7-7-7-7--9--9-9--|-7--9---10--10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7----| |--------------7--7-7--|---------------------|------------------------| e E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----| |-9-9-9-9-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----| |-7-7-7-7-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----| |------------------------------------------------------------| Verse By now you probably have noticed And I'm so relieved To see while you have been leaving me be That my younger sisters and brothers Have all grown to be Stronger and smarter than you would believe Chorus 1 But like all good things, it did not last Your appetite returns so fast And just in time for supper Verse Why would would you sweat my confession What I claim to be When you see the fruit as is hangs on the tree Chorus 2 While this may be the rare occasion Where high tide lifts all boats I'm keeping my head down under the water 'Cause man, I've gotta get there on my own Verse I've done all you have required Still you feel the need To quiz me on books I did not claim to read Well alright, John Henry dies in a tunnel Hammer in his hand Steam drill lives on to make fools of every man Chorus 1 When I lived alone I did as I please Eating paper I swung from the trees But like all good things it did not last Your appetite returns so fast And just in time for supper Verse Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths