SEMISONIC - "The Prize" Tablature
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From: Chapmanjm@aol.com
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 15:14:28 -0500
Subject: CRD: The Prize by Semisonic
THE PRIZE by SEMISONIC from the EP PLEASURE on MCA.
Transcribed by John Chapman (Chapmanjm@aol.com)
Any corrections/edits welcome. Words in brackets mean
I'm probably wrong. Check out Semisonic, consisting of
Dan Wilson and John Munson from Trip Shakespeare, and
Jake Slichter ("a percussionist"). First full-length
CD due out in April. Email to Semisonic@aol.com
Intro: Strumming on D (6 bars or so)-see note below
Verse1: D
Night of a thousand verses
D Am
One thousand friends said have you heard
G D
What we expected
D
We are all working late and
D Am
Waiting to win a prize that we dont deserve
G D
And live to collect it
Chorus: F#m G
Cant you see Im weary
Em C D
Maybe this news can wait
Verse2:
Night of a thousand verses
One thousand strivers strain to hear
The voice thats left us
Magazines still have to sell us
Twelve master geniuses a year
Its all so shameless
Chorus: Repeat 2x, second time "Worried" not "Weary"
Bridge: B C G
Maybe there was a message in it
Em
(I dont know where you hid it)
B C G
Maybe there was a [P stamp] with it
Em
(I dont know where to fit it)
B C G
Tell me what kind of prize can you get
Em
(When you dont want to win it)
Then back to D for a few bars.
Then once through verse and chorus, with no words, and
with distorted guitar on top.
Then back to bridge exactly as above
Then chorus 2x.
When strumming on D, there is a little riff that is
D/E/F#/F#/G/F# (notes, not chords). If you're playing
D in the second fret, you can try to pick it while
holding the chord, like this:
E---2------0---2---2---4h--2p
B---3---3--------------------
G---1------------------------
D----------------------------
A----------------------------
E----------------------------
Try to keep the G and B strings from getting muted so
the chord continues to sound. You may find easier
places to play up the neck if you're on an electric.
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP,
representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and
The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
Unfortunately, these threats are fueled by greed and being masked by a "copyright infringement." They claim tab sites are
"hurting the songwriters," but it's a known fact that the publishing companies garner most of the
revenue. Instead, they would prefer you to purchase the
official SEMISONIC tablature
which is an option we've always given our users. And due to the highly error-prone nature of tabs on the internet, many choose to go this route.
These companies also do not realize that tablature sites help to promote their artists.
For more information on this onslaught, you can read the
NY Times Article.
We hope one of the larger tablature sites will have the money to fight this. Until then, we urge you all to keep tabbing songs and sharing them in any way you can.
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