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Blister In The Sun-Violent Femmes

Song: Blister In The Sun
Artist: Violent Femmes
Album: Violent Femmes
Tabbed by: satogata@hazel.fnal.gov (Todd Satogata)
with additions and correction by Wesley Torres

Intro: (guitar and bass play same part)
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------| 4 times
D|---------------------------------------------------| (Figure A)
A|----2----3-2-----2----3-2-----2---3-2-0-----|
E|-3----3-------3-----3-------3----3---------3--|

Verse 1: (repeat figure A throughout)
When I'm out walking I strut my stuff
And I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite and I just might
Stop to check you out

Chorus: (bass tab shown, guitar plays chords shown)
Em
Let me go on
C
Like a blister in the sun
Em
Let me go on
C D
Big hands I know you're the one

Em C Em
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---|
D|---0^2----0^2-0^2------------------------------------0^2----0^2-0^2--|
A|-----------------------3-2-0--2-3-3-2-0----------------------------------|
E|-0------0-----------------------------------3--0-----0----------------------
|

C D
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------3^4---3^4---4------------------|
A|-3-2-3-4-5------5------5---5-4-3-2-1-0-|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

Verse 2: (same as verse 1)
Body and beats I stain my sheets
I don't even know why
My girlfriend she's at the end
She is starting to cry

Repeat Chorus
Bridge
Figure A
Drums
Figure A
Bass Riff (shown below)
G|-4^2^0--------------|
D|----------3^2--------|
A|----------------3^2--|
E|-----------------------|
Figure A
Drums
Figure A
Harmonic
repeat Verse 1
repeat Verse 1
repeat Verse 2
repeat Verse 1
repeat Chorus
Figure A
Figure A