Goo Goo Dolls is an alternative rock band formed in 1985 in Buffalo, New York, USA by guitarist/vocalist John Rzeznik and bassist/vocalist Robby Takac initially under the name the Sex Maggots (the new name was chosen from an ad in True Detective magazine at the behest of a local club owner). They are most famous for the hit "Iris", featured on the soundtrack to the 1998 film City of Angels. Currently, the band consists of John Rzeznik (guitar, vocals) and Robby Takac (vocals, bass).
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Jed album by the Goo Goo Dolls (compiled by [email protected]) Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
Note: I did not bother tabbing out "Em Elbmuh"
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Out of Sight by the Goo Goo Dolls (tabbed by [email protected]) Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
Chords: F#5(IX) - x9(11)(11)xx E5(VII) - x799xx
Riff: e ---------------------| B ---------------------| G ---------------------| D ---------------------| A --5--4h5p4h5p4-------| E ---------------------|
Verse: E5(VII) Outta my face D5B5 I don't know your name F#5(IX)E5(VII) As time goes by, D5B5 You're the same
Pre-Chorus: A5E5(VII) The last time that you saw me A5 (riff) I didn't even care A5E5(VII) The next time that I saw you A5 (riff) It was me who stood and stared
Chorus: A5B5D5 I'm out of sight A5B5D5 You're out of mind A5B5D5 I'm out of sight A5B5D5 You're out of mind B5C5 Miiiiiind, iiiind D5
(verse) Hang at the bar Loud rockin' noise You have a Chevy I guess it's a choice
(pre-chorus) You really thought you had me Thought you put me in my place You were so cool in high school But now I'm in your face!
(chorus) I'm out of sight You're out of mind I'm out of sight You're out of mind Miiiiiind, iiiind
(verse) You tell me you got a wife Well I suspect You got a kid And I got a cat You really thought you had me Thought you put me in my place You were so cool in high school But now I'm in your face!
(chorus) I'm out of sight You're out of mind I'm out of sight You're out of mind Miiiiiind, iiiind D5E5 iiiiind B5-C5-D5-E5
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-------------------------------- Up Yours by the Goo Goo Dolls (tabbed by Heidi - [email protected]) Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
Verse: G5C5 Up yours stop your whinin' G5C5 Feeling swell I'm doing fine
Chorus: D5C5D5C5 Fuck your suicide its all bull shit cuz I tried BmCD (slide down) And it really dont impress me all that much
(verse) Up yours what d'you find Sit right down I got time
(chorus) And you say there comes the end and you haven't got a friend And I'm standing here just screamin at the wall
(slide down)
(verse) Up yours stop your whinin' What have you got I got mine
(verse) And you shake your stupid head and you wish that you were dead But I swear sometimes your happier then me
(bridge) EmD5C5 And you know its hard to be EmD5C5 All the things you want me to be EmD5C5 And then you go and make it hard on me EmD5 But I swear that C5 Anything you could be I could be can't you see
--solo-- G5 C5 G5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 Bm C5 D5
(verse) Up yours got no mind That's too bad, you got time
(chorus) Yeah, fuck your silly game cuz its driving me insane And it really doesn't matter much to me
-------------------------------- No Way Out by the Goo Goo Dolls (tabbed by [email protected]) Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
(Robby's vocals in left, Johnny's on the right. Tough to figure out!) F5(IX) - x9(11)(11)xx E5(VII) - X799xx Bb5/A - x033xx
Intro: F#5-C5-D5-C5 (2x)
Verse: (play intro chords) I've been around...And I realize it's always the same All the time...And I realize it's all been unchanged What I find...Before you realize there's no one home There's no way out...When you realize you're all alone
Pre-Chorus 1: F5A5F5(IX)-E5(VII)-D5-E5(VII) Some say, there's no way out F5A5F5(IX)-E5(VII)-D5-E5(VII) Here today, there's no way out
Pre-Chorus 2: D5Bb5F5C5 Every time I'm walking down by Delaware Park D5Bb5F5C5 You rarely hold my hand when it's after dark D5Bb5F5C5 And all of the places that we go and the things that we have seen D5-Bb5-F5-C5 ????????
Chorus: C5Bb5Bb5/ABb5 There's no way out C5Bb5Bb5/ABb5 There's no way out
(verse) Some say...And you realized that time goes by ??????...And you realized you're still alive Alive today...Before you realize you're not gonna die ??????...And you realize the sun goes by
(pre-chorus 1) Some say, there's no way out Here today, there's no way out
(pre-chorus 2) Every time I come a knockin' at your door You tell me to turn away, pal you're to poor I ain't a rich boy, I've heard about all that All the places I go it's, ching ching ching
(chorus) There's no way out There's no way out
(verse - this time Robby screams indecipherably) And I realize it's always the same And I realize it's all been unchanged And you realize there's no one home When you realize you're all alone
(pre-chorus 1) Some say, there's no way out Here today, there's no way out
(pre-chorus 2) Every time I'm waiting for you in the rain My mom says our love is sunk in like a God damn vein I stand around and I think it's gonna work But you look at me like what I'm a jerk, oh!
(chorus) There's no way out There's no way out
(chorus) There's no way out There's no way out
End on F#5
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-------------------------------- 7th of Last Month (or Iggy the Cat Gets a Bath) by the Goo Goo Dolls (tabbed by Heidi - [email protected]) (additions by [email protected]) Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
Intro: (guitar 1) e --3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3------3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--| B --3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3------3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--| G --0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0------0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--| D --0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0------0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--| A --2-------X-------3-----------2-------X-------3-------| E --3-------1-------X-----------3-------1-------X-------| | |(guitar two) e ------------------------------------------------------| B ------------------------------------------------------| G ----0-0-----0-0-----0-0---------0-0-----0-0-----0-0---| D ---0---0---0---0---0---0-------0---0---0---0---0---0--| A ------------------3-----3-3-0-----------------3-------| E --3-----3-1-----1-------------3-----3-1-----1---------|
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-------------------------------- Love Dolls by the Goo Goo Dolls (tabbed by [email protected]) Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
Chords: E5(VII) - x799xx
Riff:
e --------------------------------------| B -----0--------0--------0--------0-----| G --------------------------------------| D ---4---4----7---7----5---5----9---9---| A -2--------5--------3--------7---------| E --------------------------------------| Intro: B5G5-D5 (4x) (bass and drums in after 4th time) B5G5-D5 (4x)
Verse: B5G5D5B5G5D5 I don't wanna lie around with this feeling anymore B5G5D5B5G5D5 Every time you push me you just push me out the door B5G5D5B5G5D5 And I don't wanna stand up, when I'm by your side B5G5D5B5G5D5 For you to make your silly mind, 1, 2, 3, 4
Chorus (with riff on first three lines): B5D5C5E5 Laughing love doll B5D5C5E5 Boy, you're so proud B5D5C5E5 Love is sold out B5D5C5D5E5-E5-E5E5-E5-E5
B5G5-D5 (4x)
(verse) Every time I look into your sad, pathetic face I don't even wanna restore your faith in the human race And I don't wanna stand up, around no more For you to walk right out, walk right out, walk out the door
(chorus) Laughing love doll Boy, you're so proud Love is sold out
Solo: B5G5-D5 (12x)
(chorus) Laughing love doll Boy, you're so proud Love is sold out
B5D5C5D5E5-E5-E5E5-E5-E5E5E5-E5-E5
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-------------------------------- Sex Maggot by the Goo Goo Dolls (tabbed by [email protected]) Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
Chords: G5(V) - xx578x
Intro: G5(V)-D5-C5-G5 (4x)
Verse: G5(V)D5C5G5 Well I was hangin' around the railway station G5(V)-D5-C5-G5 G5(V)D5C5G5 My mind went insane from total degradation G5(V)-D5-C5-G5 G5(V)D5C5G5 Little boy blue was a tootin' his horn now G5(V)-D5-C5-G5 G5(V)D5C5G5 Scared those cows right out of the door now
Chorus: A5C5G5 I hear you screaming but you can't come in A5C5D5 Cause I know, that you're just a sex maggot!
G5(V)-D5-C5-G5 (4x)
(verse) Mommy and daddy used to play this game now Told me boys and girls are really all the same now I don't know the difference at the age of 21 Who's telling me, I don't like anyone, hah!
(chorus) I hear you screaming but you can't come in Cause I know, that you're just a sex maggot!
Solo: G5(V)-D5-C5-G5 (4x)
(chorus - lead over top) I hear you screaming but you can't be found Cause I know, that you're just a sex maggot!
G5(V)-D5-C5-G5 (4x) (w/ screaming)
End on G5
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-------------------------------- Down on the Corner by the Goo Goo Dolls w/Vocals by the incredible Lance Diamond (orignally by CCR) (tabbed by Heidi - [email protected]) Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
Intro: D5A5D5 D5A5D5 G5D5 D5A5D5
Verse: (palm mute) D5A5D5 Early in the evening just about suppertime D5A5D5 Over by the courthouse they're starting to unwind G5D5 Poor kids on the corner trying to break it up D5A5D5 Willy picks a tune out he knows they're gonna start
Chorus: G5D5A5D5 Down on the Corner out in the street G5D5 Willy and the poor boys are playing A5D5 bring a nickel tap your feet
D5A5D5 D5A5D5
(verse) Johnny hits the washboard people just gotta smile Robby thumbs a gut bass and solos for awhile Poor boy playing rhythm on his Kalamazoo Willy goes into a dance a doubles on Kazoo Hey!
(chorus) Down on the Corner out in the street Willy and the poor boys are playing bring a nickel tap your feet
Solo: (play verse)
(chorus) Down on the Corner out in the street Willy and the poor boys are playing bring a nickel tap your feet
(chorus) Down on the Corner out in the street Willy and the poor boys are playing bring a nickel tap your feet
D5A5D5 D5A5D5
(verse - guitar out for bass mini-solo) You dont need a penny just to hang around But if you got a nickel won't you lay your money down (guitar enters) Over on the corner there's a happy noise People come from all around to watch the magic boys
(chorus) Down on the Corner out in the street Willy and the poor boys are playing bring a nickel tap your feet
(chorus) Down on the Corner out in the street Willy and the poor boys are playing bring a nickel tap your feet
(chorus - no guitar/bass) Down on the Corner out in the street Willy and the poor boys are playing bring a nickel tap your feet
(chorus - no guitar/bass) Down on the Corner out in the street Willy and the poor boys are playing bring a nickel tap your feet
(chorus) Down on the Corner out in the street Willy and the poor boys are playing bring a nickel tap your feet (repeat and fade out)
-------------------------------- Had Enough by the Goo Goo Dolls (tabbed by Heidi - [email protected]) Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
Intro: e ------3----------3----------3----------3-------| B ----3---3------3---3------3---3------3---3-----| G ----------0----------0----------0----------0---| D -------------0---------------------------------| A --3---------------------2----------3-----------| E -----------------------------------------------|
Verse: C5D5BmC5 If I leave today, don't know where to go that I can stay C5D5BmC5 I know what I need, but I won't follow, I can lead G5C5EmD5C5 And when I stood there and I felt November chill G5C5EmD5C5 You crushed my heart and I nearly lost my will
Bridge: D5C5D5C5 You think you understand the way you make me feel D5C5D5C5 I started to choke on you cause I know what you fear
Chorus: e -----------------------------------------------| B -----------------------------------------------| G -----------------------------------------------| D -------2-----2---------------------------------| A -------2-----2---------------------------------| E -------0-----0----0--2--3---3--3----2---3------| Cuz I had enough and I dont really need it
e -----------------------------------------------| B -----------------------------------------------| G --2------2-------------------------------------| D --2------2-------------------------------------| A --0------0----0--2--3---3--3---2----0----------| E -----------------------------------------------| Had enough and I dont really feel it
e -----------------------------------------------| B -----------------------------------------------| G -----------------------------------------------| D -------2-----2---------------------------------| A -------2-----2---------------------------------| E -------0-----0-----0---2---3---3--3----2---3---| Had enough but you really dont see it
A5B5C5 But you'll see it for the first time in your life
(verse) If you had a brain you'd be smart enough to change Watch yourself, the thoughts of you plague no one else And when I stood there and I felt November chill You broke my heart, and I really lost my will
(bridge) You try to understand the way you make me feel I started to choke on you, cause I know what you fear
(chorus) Cause I've had enough, and I don't really need it Had enough, and I don't really feel it Had enough, but you really can't see it But you'll see it for the first time in your life
(solo type thing over verse/bridge)
(chorus) Cause I've had enough, and I don't really need it Had enough, and I don't really feel it Had enough, but you really can't see it But you'll see it for the first time in your life
(solo 2)
(chorus) Cause I've had enough, and I don't really need it Had enough, and I don't really feel it Had enough, but you really can't see it But you'll see it for the first time in your life
-------------------------------- Road to Salinas by the Goo Goo Dolls (tabbed by Heidi - [email protected]) Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
Intro:
E5(VII)-B5-F#5--|E5 E5(VII)-B5-F#5--|E5
Verse: E5(VII)B5F#5E5 Do you think it'd be okay if your willing to let things go E5(VII)B5F#5E5 Would you lay me to die and try to learn what you don't know
Bridge: C#5A5B5E5 I don't know why I got behind the wheel C#5A5 Sun's in the sky and I was
Chorus: B5A5 on the road to Salinas B5A5 down the road i thought could free us B5A5G#5A5 Ordinary dreams would go, and I would always get back home
(verse) Take the time and try to find the boy inside my brain Someone waited out on him and he's trying to get away
(bridge) I dont know why I feel the way I feel Suns in the sky and I was
(chorus) on the road to salinas down the road I thought could free us Ordinary dreams would go, and I would always get back home
(Verse) See myself with someone else and I just dont know why When i lay my head to sleep I lay awake and cry
(bridge) I dont know why I got behind the wheel Suns in the sky and I was
(chorus) on the road to salinas down he road I thought could free us Ordinary dreams would go, and I would always get back home
(solo - vocal ad lib) G#5E5F#5E5 (4X)
Ending B5A5G5F#5 (fade out)
-------------------------------- Misfortune by the Goo Goo Dolls (tabbed by [email protected]) Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
Intro: B5D5-C#5-B5-A5G5A5 (4x)
Verse: G5A5D5A5 One too many times I've seen you in a frown G5A5D5 You hold your head down in despair G5A5D5A5 Oh, but, now it's time you wear that frown G5A5 Cause you'll never see me again
B5-B5-B5-B5B5B5
Chorus: A5G5F#5G5 Fortune, misfortune A5G5F#5G5 Such a distortion A5G5F#5G5 Fortune, misfortune A5G5F#5G5 Such a distortion
B5D5-C#5-B5-A5G5A5 (4x)
(verse) You keep on reaching for those things you just can't keep You keep on searching for some more But I know, what you stole you are so greedy You bet your stealin' like before
A5G5B5-B5-B5-B5 Fortune, misfortune
(chorus) Fortune, misfortune Such a distortion Fortune, misfortune Such a distortion
Solo: B5 D5-C#5-B5--|A5 G5 A5 (4x) G5-A5-D5--------|A5 G5-A5-D5 G5-A5-D5-A5 G5-A5 B5-B5 End on B5
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-------------------------------- Artie by the Goo Goo Dolls (tabbed by [email protected]) Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
Riff: e ----------------| B ----------------| G ----------------| D ----------------| A ---2--4--2--5---| E ----------------|
Intro: A-A2-A-A4E5D5 (4x)
Verse: A-A2-A-A4E5D5 Walking over the same ole grass A-A2-A-A4E5D5 Trying to stay on the beaten path A-A2-A-A4E5D5 I don't need to apologize A-A2-A-A4E5D5 For the things I don't recognize
Chorus: D5A5D5A5 Artie, take a look at me D5A5F#5D5 And I wanna think about all the little things A5F#5E5 *riff* That piss you off about me
(chorus) Hey there man I'll take and scratch your cat But I'll apologize for all the little things That piss you off about me
(verse) Walking over the same ole grass Trying to stay on the beaten path I don't need to apologize For the things I don't recognize
(verse) Walking over the same ole ground Thinking 'bout all the things we found I ain't gonna let it bring me down Up & out of this dirty town
Artie's part: Don't do anything irrational! What happened?
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-------------------------------- Gimme Shelter by the Goo Goo Dolls (originally by the Rolling Stones) (tabbed by Heidi - [email protected]) Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
E5 - x799xx
Verse: E5 Oh the storm is threatening D5-E5 My very life today D5-E5 If I dont get some shelter D5-E5 I'm gonna fade away
Chorus: E5D5C5D5 War children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away E5D5C5D5E5D5E5 War children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
(verse) See the fire sweeping Our very streets today Burns like red coal carpet Mad bull lost his way
(chorus) War children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away War children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
(break over chorus)
(chorus) Well mother (or murder?) it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away Well mother/murder it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away
(chorus) Brothers sisters, it's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away well mother/murder it's just a kiss away, kiss away, kiss away
(Guitar lead Outro over chorus)
-------------------------------- James Dean by the Goo Goo Dolls (tabbed by Daryl Landcastle and [email protected]) Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo http://soong.heinous.net/~goo/index.html
The major part of the song is D - A - G - G, through the intro and verses and most of the choruses. The pre-chorus and the other part of the choruses ("I wanna be oversexed...") is Em - G - A - A. These are all open chords played on an acoustic.
VERSE 1 Look around outside Ain't nothin' to do but hang around Thinkin' 'bout all the stupid things that I've done I guess I ain't nothin' but a clown
PRE-CHORUS And if I had a wish, I swear I'd wish, I'd wish for just one thing And I don't even think about all the things my wish'd bring, cause...
CHORUS I just wanna be James Dean I just wanna be James Dean I just wanna be James Dean ...For a day
I wanna be oversexed and underworked and look at me, I'm such a jerk
And I just wanna be James Dean ...For a day
VERSE 2 Think about stories of the actors and the movie stars Sittin' here watchin' the old men drinkin' at the bar I think about Dean and all the things he shoulda tried I think about Dean and all the ways he coulda die Yeah, died...
PRE-CHORUS And I wouldn't give a shit about anything cause I'd be such a big movie star But that don't really do me much good just cryin' at the bar
CHORUS I just wanna be James Dean I just wanna be James Dean I just wanna be James Dean ...For a day
See but I'm overworked and undersexed and look at me, I'm such a wreck
And I just wanna be James Dean ...For a day
VERSE 3 I'm goin' crazy cause I'm always all alone I'm goin' crazy, no one calls me on the phone I think about Dean and I know Dean he wouldn't care If I was Dean I know there'd be somebody there Yeah, there'd be somebody there for me
Yeah I think about all the really cool things I could do and say And then you go and tell me that you found out Dean was gay... No...
CHORUS I don't wanna be James Dean I don't wanna be James Dean I don't wanna be James Dean ...Anymore...