Nervous and Weird
By Everclear

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You know I want to be the way you want me to

Big hearted and tall enough to cover you

I would break in half if you said it out

Loud splinter out of myself just like mercury

I think it’s better now than how it used to be

You were lying in bed and I would levitate

I think it’s better here than where we used to be

I wish I could go out into the Oregon sun

Chorus:

To be alive in the day

I’d smile at everyone

I remeber you back in ’83
You were dressing insane you were my everything
You were so different from all those other girls
A bling electra in drag so cool and casually lame
I think I’m better now than how I used to be
Always nervous and weird scared most of the time
I think it’s better now than how it used to be
always up in the night afraid to live in the day

Chorus:

Afraid to live in the day yeah
Afraid of being afraid

Solo:

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1/2 and hold release 1/2 1/2 and hold

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Now I sit alone when you’re not around
I relize its just another friendly noise
See your scary dolls down-looking me
You know I want to be the way you want me to
Big hearted and tall enough to cover you
You know I want to be the way you want me to
I wish I could go out to be allowed in the day

Chorus:

To be allowed in the day
Just be allowed in the day
To be allowed in the day

Questions and comments welcome

Everclear, Fire Maple Song.
Song Written by: Art Alexakis
Albulm: World Of Noise (1993)
tab written By Thomas Fleming
in the fall of 2000 9-19

(hey it is our first tab so giv us a break 🙂

Standard EADGBE tuning

h Hammer on

e------------------
B------------------
G-------1----------
D-1-h-2---2-0------ 
A------------------
E------------------

This is the main riff played throughout most of the
song w/ varations we got the varations tho :)… 2 an
a half times through this riff is when Art starts to
sing……”Turn Away from the pain you dont want”
[Verse 1]

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B----------------999999-----------------------------
G---------9-h-11----------------9-h-11--999999------
D--9-h-11----------------9-h-11--------------------- 
A---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------

NOW I CANT SMILE 🙂

e---0------4------2------0---------
B---0------4------2------0---------
G---1------4------2------1---------
D---2------6------4------2---------
A---2------6------4------2---------
E---0------4------2------X---------

[Verse 2] Lying in the grass with the wind round
us as we smile an talk……(again start to sing
after two an a half times through)

e---------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------
D--------------666666-------------------------
A--------7-h-9---------------7-h-9--777777----
E--7-h-9---------------7-h-9------------------

I CANT SMILE

e---x-x-----x-x-----x-x------x---------
B---x-x-----x-x-----x-x------x---------
G---x-x-----6-6-----x-x------x---------
D---6-6-----6-6-----7-7------2---------
A---6-6-----4-4-----7-7------2---------
E---4-4-----x-x-----5-5------0---------

(W/ Distortion)

BRIDGE (DISTORTION)
Now….far away Yeah..around the holidays

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D--6--/-/-/-/------------7--/-/-/-/------
A--6-/-/-/-/-------------7-/-/-/-/-------
E--4/-/-/-/--------------5/-/-/-/--------

I still..night Lying above me….

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B----------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------
D-11--/-/-/-/------------2--/-/-/-/------
A-11-/-/-/-/-------------2-/-/-/-/-------
E--8/-/-/-/--------------0/-/-/-/--------

I CANT SMILE

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G---x-x-----6-6-----x-x------x---------
D---6-6-----6-6-----7-7------2---------
A---6-6-----4-4-----7-7------2---------
E---4-4-----x-x-----5-5------0---------

(W/ Distortion)

[Verse 3]
same thing 2 an a half times into riff is when
Art starts to sing “turn away from the pain you
dont want” (DISTORTION)

e---------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------
D--------------666666-------------------------
A--------7-h-9---------------7-h-9--777777----
E--7-h-9---------------7-h-9------------------

I CANT SMILE

e---x-x-----x-x-----x-x------x---------
B---x-x-----x-x-----x-x------x---------
G---x-x-----6-6-----x-x------x---------
D---6-6-----6-6-----7-7------2---------
A---6-6-----4-4-----7-7------2---------
E---4-4-----x-x-----5-5------0---------

(W/ Distortion)

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B---------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------
D--------------666666-------------------------
A--------7-h-9---------------7-h-9--777777----(let last note ring)
E--7-h-9---------------7-h-9------------------

Thats it…..
take a deep braeth and smile
simple enough rrrrrriiiighht.

Lyrics(taken from inside of World of Noise Booklet)
Turn away from the pain you don’t want
Turning down to avoid them when they call
Strange words I heard
A long long time ago
I wish I could go back to a summer time
I knew more than twenty years ago
Can’t lay between the sheets
We lie underneath the maple tree
Now I can’t smile

Lying in the grass with the wind around us as we smile and talk
Listen to your Grandma sing those country songs
She’d tell us how the maple turns to fire
Every four years
We’d sit in the grass all summer just to watch the autumn come around…
I can’t smile

Now I live alone
And you’re so far away
I call you once a year
Just around the holidays
I still see you in the night
Lying above me in the grass…
I can’t smile

Turn away from the pain you don’t want
Turning down to avoid them when they call
I can’t believe this letter that says you died
I think I’m gonna go back to the house in North Carolina
And lay in the backyard
Get drunk and let the leaves just bury me
Bury me…
I can’t smile

while you’re at it (plug)

Sick and Tired
As recorded by Everclear on “World of Noise” LP

(Bass Intro (and continuing under verse))

G|---------------------------------| x4
D|-----0-2-0-----------0-2-0-------|
A|---2-------2-0-2---2-------2-0---|
E|-0---------------0-------------3-|

e|----------------------------------|
B|-9~------8-8-8-/9-----------------|
G|-9~------8-8-8-/9-------pick slide----|
D|-9~------8-8-8-/9-----------------|
A|-7~------6-6-6-/7-----------------|
E|----------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------| x6
B|----9-9-9-7-7-------------5-5-----|
G|----9-9-9-7-7-------4-4-4-5-5-----|
D|----9-9-9-7-7-------5-5-5-5-5-----|
A|-7--7-7-7-5-5-------5-5-5-3-3-----|
E|-----------------3--3-3-3---------|

(no lyrics first two times)
I break every day, stressed out in every kind of way
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired
All I need and crave, is a loud life with the power to fade
I am living because I keep it all inside

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B|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5---------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5----------|
G|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2--|
D|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3--|
A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E|--------------------------3-3-3-3-------------------------1-1-1-1--|

pm ……………. ……………
Yeah, I keep it all, keep it all inside.
Yeah, I keep it all, I keep it on the inside

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G|----9-9-9-7-7-------4-4-4-5-5-----|
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A|-7--7-7-7-5-5-------5-5-5-3-3-----|
E|-----------------3--3-3-3---------|

Heeeey
Hey
Love don’t work for me. I want women who are out of my reach
I am sick and tired of living all alone
All I need for sure, big love with the power to make more
I am living because I keep it all inside

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B|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5---------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5----------|
G|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4--|
D|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--|
E|--------------------------3-3-3-3-------------------------3-3-3-3--|

pm ……………. ……………
Yeah, I keep it all, keep it all inside.
Yeah, I keep it all, I keep it on the inside

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G|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-x---4-4-x---5-5-x---4-4-4---3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2--|
D|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-x---5-5-x---5-5-x---5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-x---5-5-x---3-3-x---5-5-5---1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--|
E|--------------------------3-3-x-----------3-3-3-----------1-1-1-1--|

pm ……………. …. ….
I know I’m close to the fall. I know I’m dangerous. I’m afraid I’m going down

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E|-0---------------0-------------3-|

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G|----9-9-9-7-7-------4-4-4-5-5-----|
D|----9-9-9-7-7-------5-5-5-5-5-----|
A|-7--7-7-7-5-5-------5-5-5-3-3-----|
E|-----------------3--3-3-3---------|

Hey
Hey
I blame my family. Their damage is living in me
I am sick inside and tired of my life
All I need I swear is to go out with the power of a nightmare
I am living because I keep it all inside

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G|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4--|
D|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--|
E|--------------------------3-3-3-3-------------------------3-3-3-3--|

pm ……………. ……………
Yeah, I keep it all, keep it all inside.
Yeah, I keep it all, I keep it on the inside

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G|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-x---4-4-x---5-5-x---4-4-4---3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2--|
D|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-x---5-5-x---5-5-x---5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-x---5-5-x---3-3-x---5-5-5---1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--|
E|--------------------------3-3-x-----------3-3-3-----------1-1-1-1--|

|pm ………….. …. …. |

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G|----------------------------12-11-----------12-11------------------|
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E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

I know I’m going to fall. I know I’m dangerous. I know I’m not going down alone

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A|---2-------1-0-----2-------1-0---|
E|-0-------------3-0-------------3-|

Yeah
Hey Hey

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A|---2-------1-0-----2-------1-0---|
E|-0-------------3-0-------------3-|

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B|-----3-5-------------3-5-3-------|
G|---4-------3-2-0---4-------3-2-0-|
D|-2---------------2---------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

(Solo is played over the verse Riff (E D G C))

e|----------------9b----------------------12-14-14-15-15-17b19-|
B|-10b-8-10b-8-10-------11-10---12-10--------------------------|
G|----------------------------9-------11-----------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5---------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5----------|
G|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4--|
D|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--|
E|--------------------------3-3-3-3-------------------------3-3-3-3--|

|pm…………… …………… |

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A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Yeah, I keep it all, keep it all inside.
Yeah, I keep it all, I keep it on the inside

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G|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-x---4-4-x---5-5-x---4-4-4---3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2--|
D|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-x---5-5-x---5-5-x---5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-x---5-5-x---3-3-x---5-5-5---1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--|
E|--------------------------3-3-x-----------3-3-3-----------1-1-1-1--|

|pm ………….. …. …. |

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G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

I know I’m close to the fall. I know I’m dangerous. I know I’m not going down alone

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D|-----0-2-------------0-2-0-------|
A|---2-------1-0-----2-------1-0---|
E|-0-------------3-0-------------3-|

I’m not going down alone
I know, I’m not going down alone
I know, I’m not going down alone
I know,

(Bass coda)

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D|-----0-2-0-----------0-2-0-------|
A|---2-------2-0-2---2-------2-0---|
E|-0---------------0-------------3-|

G|---------------------------------|
D|-----0-2-0-----------0-2-0-------|
A|---2-------2-0-2---2-------2-0---|
E|-0---------------0-------------3-|

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D|-2-------------------------------|
A|-2-------------------------------|
E|-0-------------------------------|
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D|-----0-2-0-----------0-2-0-------|
A|---2-------2-0-2---2-------2-0---|
E|-0---------------0-------------3-|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-----0-2-0------------0-2--0---------------|
A|---2-------2-0-2---2----------2---0--------|
E|-0---------------0-------------------3--0~-|

End with another E chord

The beginning of sick and tired “(I THINK)” is a little off…
try and play this tab that i wrote and tell me if it sounds any better…
just a suggestion..

(Bass Intro (and continuing under verse))

G|----------------------------------------| x4
D|------0-2-0---------------0-2-0---------|
A|-------------2-0-2-----2---------1-0----|
E|-0--3--------------3------------------3-|

-bill