Song: Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Artist: Crash Test Dummies
Composer: Brad Roberts
Album: God shuffled his feet
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar.com)
14th May 2014
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kELcwHKl2MY
CAPO: 3rd fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of Cm)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Em7 = 022030 Am = x22100 Dm = xx0231
Bm7 = x24232 C = x32013 Dm/A = x00231
Fadd9 = xx3213 F = xx3211 C4 = x33010
G4 = 320013 Ab = 466544 C2 = x30010
G = 320003 Cmaj11 = x32001
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[Intro]
Em7 Bm7 Em7 Bm7 Fadd9 G4 G Fadd9 G4 G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
Am G4 C
Once, ...there was this kid who ...
F C G C
...Got into an accident, and couldn't come to school,
F G C G C
But, when he finally came back, his ...hair ..
F C G
...Had turned from black into bright white,
Ab C Ab Cmaj11 F
He said it was from when the cars had smashed so hard!
[Chorus]
Em7 Bm7 Em7 Bm7 Fadd9 G4 G Fadd9 G4 G
Mmm -mmm, mmm -mmm, mmm -mmm, mmm -mmm! | / / / / | / / / / |
Em7 Bm7 Em7 Bm7 Fadd9 G4 G Fadd9 G4 G
Mmm -mmm, mmm -mmm, mmm -mmm, mmm -mmm! | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 2]
Am G4 C
Once, ...there was this girl who ...
F C G C
...Wouldn't go and change with the girls in the change room,
F G C G C
But, when they finally made her, they ...saw...
F C G
...Birth marks all over her body,
Ab C Ab Cmaj11 F
She couldn't quite ex - plain it, they'd always just been there!
[Chorus]
Em7 Bm7 Em7 Bm7 Fadd9 G4 G Fadd9 G4 G
Mmm -mmm, mmm -mmm, mmm -mmm, mmm -mmm! | / / / / | / / / / |
Em7 Bm7 Em7 Bm7 Fadd9 G4 G Fadd9 G4 G
Mmm -mmm, mmm -mmm, mmm -mmm, mmm -mmm! | / / / / | / / / / |
[Bridge]
Dm Dm/A C G
But both girl and boy were glad...
Dm Dm/A C G F Fadd9
...That one kid had worse than that! | / / / / | / / |
[Verse 3]
Am G4 C
'Cause, then ...there was this boy whose ...
F C G C
...Parents made him come directly home right after school,
F G C G C
And, when they went to their church, they ...shook...
F C G
...And lurched all over the church floor,
Ab C Ab Cmaj11 F
He couldn't quite ex - plain it, they'd always just gone there!
[Chorus]
Em7 Bm7 Em7 Bm7 Fadd9 G4 G Fadd9 G4 G
Mmm -mmm, mmm -mmm, mmm -mmm, mmm -mmm! | / / / / | / / / / |
Em7 Bm7 Em7 Bm7 Fadd9 G4 G Fadd9 G4 G
Mmm -mmm, mmm -mmm, mmm -mmm, mmm -mmm! | / / / / | / / / / |
[Coda]
Dm Dm/A C G
Ah---,ah---, ah--- ah, ah!
Dm Dm/A C G Fadd9 C C4 C C2 C
Ah ---ah---, ah--- ah, ah! | / / / / | / / /__/ /__/ |
Dm Dm/A C G
Ah---,ah---, ah--- ah, ah!
Dm Dm/A C G Fadd9 C C4 C C2 C
Ah ---ah---, ah--- ah, ah! | / / / / | / / /__/ /__/ |
Dm Dm/A C G Dm Dm/A C G
||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Fadd9 C C4 C C2 C C
| / / / / | / / /__/ /__/ :|| [Repeat] | / ||
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[Alternative Verse 3 from Arsenio Hall 1994 concert]
Am G4 C
'Cause then ...this kid called Scott Bill,
F C G C
...Got to keep his tonsils in a jar for 'Show and tell',
F G C G C
But, when ...he went to bring them, his ...Mom ..
F C G
...Had thrown them out in the garbage,
Ab C Ab Cmaj11 F
He couldn't quite ex - plain it, she wouldn't let him keep them!