I Will Buy You A New Life
So Much For The Afterglow
Words By Art Alexakis
Music By Everclear

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a-5-5-5-5555-------------5-5-5-5555--------5-5-5-5555
e-3-3-3-3333-------------3-3-3-3333--------3-3-3-3333

hmmmmmmmm ahh

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yeah

Here is the money that I owe you
Yes You can pay the bills
I will give you some more when i can pay it again
I hate those people who’d love to tell you
money is the root of all the kill
they have never been poor they have never known the joy
R E S T G
of a welfare christmas
Yeah I know we will never look back Yeah

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You say you wake up crying
Yes and you dont know why
You get up and you go lay down inside my babys room
ooh yeah guess I’m doing ok
I moved in with the strangest guy
Can you beleive he actually thinks that i am really alive

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CHORUS
I will buy you a garden
where your flowers can bloom
I will buy you a new car
perfect shiny and new
I will buy you that big house way up in the west hills
I will buy you a new life
Yes I will

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Yes I know all about that other guy
The handsome man with athletic thighs
i know all about the time before
yeah with that obsessive little rich boy
They might make you think you’re happy
yeah maybe for a mineute or two
they can’t make you life

no they can’t make you feel the way that i do

GO TO CHORUS

Then Play “I know we will never look back” then play chorus 3X

This tab is the correct way to play and may seem difficult
s slide p pull off
Intro- light distortion, guitar 1

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------8--8-----------------7---7----------------7---7---------------7---7-
G----------9--9-----------------8---8----------------8---8---------------8---8-
D--10-10--10-10--10-10-9-10-10--10-10--10-10-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-10-10-10-10-
A--10-10---------10-10-9-10-10---------10-10-9-10-10-------10-10-9-10-10-------
E--8---8----------8--8-7--8--8---------8--8--7--8--8--------8--8-7-8---8-------

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------9---9-----------------4-4----------------4-4---------------
G-------------------10-10-----------------5-5----------------5-5---------------
D--10-10--9-11-11---11-11--11-11-11-6-6---6-6---6-6-5-6-6----6-6-10-10-11-11---
A--10-10--9-11-11----------11-11-11-6-6---------6-6-5-6-6--------10-10-11-11---
E--8---8--7--9---9---------9---9-9--4-4---------4-4-3-4-4--------8---8--9'-9---

This is guitar part two of the intro that starts at the C5 chord I marked above.
Tremolo Pick

E---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-s---19---
B---xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx------x--- Continue the trem. pick right until
G---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-s---16--- the words then slide to open strings
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Verse 1-light distortion and palm muted

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B------------8----8-----8--------------------9----9-------9------------4--4-----
G------------9----9-----9-------------------10---10-------10-----------5--5-----
D---10---10---------10-------10----11---11-------------11-------11s--6-------6--
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
B---4----------------------4-----4-------------4----------- Repeat once more
G---5----------5----5------5-----5-----5-------5-----5------
D--------6-----6----6------------------6-------------6------
A-----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------

Right before the chorus, before it says ‘Take your medication everyday’ play a C5 power chord (8th fret) for a measure, then a C#5 (9th fret) for a measure, and then a G#5 (4th fret) for 2 measures.

Chorus- slight distortion

Play D, C9, G (bar chord), and then a D, C9, G5, A5, B5, and wrap it up on a C5.

Verse 2 is the same as above

The guitar solo has three parts- one is easy

Part one is a simple strum of B5, C5, and G5 chords. Part two and three are octaves and are difficult to put together correctly. This solo lasts through the bridge until the third chorus so that’s why it looks long.
Part 1

E--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--12--12-12-12-12--12-12-12---7--7--7-7-7--7-7--7---
B--x--x--x--x---x--x--x-x---x---x---x--x--x---x--x--x---x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x----
G--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---9---9---9--9--9--9---9--9---4--4--4-4-4--4-4--4---
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---11-11-11-11-11--11-11-11--11------------------------------
B---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x---x--x---x---x---x---x---x--12-12-12--12-12-12-12-12--12
G---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---8---8--8---8---8---8---8---8--x---x---x---x---x--x---x---x
D---------------------------------------------------9---9---9---9---9--9---9---9
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The next five measures are a strum of this octave
E—19-19 The six measure is a huge

B---x---x slide of that chord back 

G—16-16 to the chorus.

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Part 2- Starts in at the point where I marked part one with an A.

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B------------------------------------------------------------12s10----10s--8---8
G---5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--4s2--2p0-0--2s4---4s2---2p0--2s4---x-sx------x-s-x---x
D------------------------------------------------------------9-s7------7-s-5---5
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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B---10s12----12s-10----10-s-8----8-s-10--10s-12---This lasts the same amount of
G---x-s-x-----x-s-x------x-s-x---x-s-x----x-s-x---measures as above before the
D---7-s-9-----9-s-7-----7-s-5----5-s-7----7-s-9-----repeating part.
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The next six measures are all this which match the six repeating like above.

E---19-s-17----17-s-15-----15-s-17-----17-s-19-------
B---x--s-x------x--s-x------x--s-x------x--s-x-------
G---16-s-14----14-s-12-----12-s-14-----14-s-16-------
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Third chorus is like above
This is the picking pattern when Art sings- I can be normal too

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B----------8-----8-------8----------8----8-----------8-----8------------
G-------9------------------------9-----------9-----9-----------9--------
D---10-----------------------10-----------------------------------10s--
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And this is the little thing Art does right at the end

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G------9----9---------9--------4-----
D---10-------------------------5-----
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Have Fun