The Lemonheads are an American alternative rock band, originally from Boston, Massachusetts, but now based in New York City. The primary (and only consistent) member is Evan Dando.
The band formed in 1986 as an underground punk rock act. Their popularity grew during the following decade with the 1992 album It's A Shame About Ray, which was produced, engineered, and mixed by The Robb Brothers (Bruce Robb, Dee, and Joe), followed by a cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs.
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I've seen a lot of tabs for this song, but none sounded quite right. So, I worked it out. It may be slightly different (also that riff over the verse I didn't know), but this is pretty much it.
Intro: EC#mABEC#mAB
The intro lick is something like this (There might be some dual note stuff going on too):
EC#mABEC#m You and I travel to the beat of a different drum ABEC#m oh can't you tell by the way I run ABEC#mAB Every time you make eyes at me wo oh EC#mABEC#m You cry and moan and say it will work out ABE but honey child I've got my doubts AB you can't see the forest for the Trees
A5 Oh! Don't get me wrong it's not that I'm knockin' B5 it's just that I'm not in the market A5B5E5 for a girl who wants to love only me A5B5 Yes And I ain't saying you ain't pretty EC#mAB All I'm sayin's I'm not ready F#7 for any person, place or thing F#m7B7 To try and pull the reins in on me
EC#mABE So Goodbye I'll be leavin' I see no sense AB in this cry-in' and grievin' EC#mAB7E We'll both live a lot longer If you live without me
EC#mABEAB
(Throw in some wild bends for the first bit of this, use the E major pentatonic scale) A5 Oh! Don't get me wrong it's not that I'm knockin' B5 it's just that I'm not in the market A5B5E5 for a girl who wants to love only me A5B5 Yes And I ain't saying you ain't pretty EC#mAB All I'm sayin's I'm not ready F#7 for any person, place or thing F#m7B7 To try and pull the reins in on me
EC#mABE So Goodbye I'll be leavin' I see no sense AB in this cry-in' and grievin' EC#mAB7E We'll both live a lot longer If you live without me