There's a simple lead riff that repeats throughout the song.
Note that the Ab played on the 4th fret of the E string is usually bent;
The ~ notation isn't very clear.
Guitar tab:
e|----------6-5--------------4~--4~4~--|----------6-5-------------4~~~~~~~--|
b|-6-5---6--------5--6-5---6-----------|-6-5---6--------5--6----------------|
G|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Bouzouki/Octave Mandolin tab (if you're so inclined;
regular mandolin should probably go down an octave):
e|----------6-5--------------4~--4~4~--|----------6-5-------------4~~~~~~~--|
A|-8-7---8--------7--8-7---8-----------|-8-7---8--------7--8----------------|
D|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Intro/Fill chords (repeat twice for intro, once for fill):
F / Dm / Bb / A
F / Dm / A / C
F Dm Bb C (barre)
I believe everything I read
F Dm Bb C
And I read indiscriminately
F Dm Bb C
I've been watching so much TV
F Dm Bb C (open)
I've got a laugh track in my dreams
Am Bb
Don't know why I'm so listless
Am Bb
But I've got myself convinced
Am Bb
Yeah, I've got myself convinced
C (hold)
It's got nothing to do with the drinking
(Fill: F / Dm / Bb / A / F / Dm / A / C)
F Dm Bb C (barre)
No, I don't think you're funny: I'm just hung over and laughing
F Dm Bb C
About something that happened yesterday
F Dm Bb C
I don't find you too attractive, but that's all right
F Dm Bb C
I don't like my friends to be that way
Am Bb
Don't know why I'm so listless
Am Bb
But I've got myself convinced
Am Bb
Yeah, I've got myself convinced
C (hold)
It's got nothing to do with the drinking
(Fill: F / Dm / Bb / A / F / Dm / A / C)
F Dm Bb C
Did I ever tell you about the time
F Dm Bb C
I dived downstairs twice in one night?
F Dm Bb C
Or about the occasion when I got a concussion
F Dm Bb C
Walking home in broad daylight?
Am Bb
Don't know why I'm so listless
Am Bb
But I've got myself convinced
Am Bb
Yeah, I've got myself convinced
C (hold)
It's got nothing to do with the drinking
(End on an arpeggiated and slow-strummed F.)