The Freshmen

	  		The Freshmen - Jay Brannan (Cover of The Verve Pipe 
Tabbed by:  Tim Hoekstra 
Tuning: Standard 


This tab is pretty close to the piano part. 

CAPO: put it on 2, but don't cover the bottom E string.  It seems weird, but work with  
it until you can play the E string un-capo-ed and the top 5 strings (ADGBe) with  
  
at the same time. 

*note: if you can't get the 5 string capo thing to work for you, just play the "OPEN" in  
the Chorus as a 0 on the third (D) string.  I suppose you could use a DADGBe tuning,  
but I don't like retuning my guitar all the time if I don't have to. 

All fretting is numbered from the capo. 

Have Fun! 



Intro and Verse Riff 
  Dsus2              G           Bm                G 
E|---------0-----0-|---------2-|---------0-----0--|------------| 
B|-----3-------3---|-----3-----|-----3-------3----|------------| 
G|---2---2---2-----|---2---2---|---2---2---2------|-----3---0--| 
D|-0---------------|-----------|------------------|---2---2----| 
A|-----------------|-----------|-2----------------|------------| 
E|-----------------|-3---------|------------------|-3----------| 



Pre-Chorus Riff 
   Bm        A         G 
E|----------|----------|------------| 
B|-----3----|-----2----|-----3---0--| 
G|---2---2--|---2---2--|---2---2----| 
D|----------|----------|------------| 
A|-2--------|-0--------|------------| 
E|----------|----------|-3----------| 


Here's where the 5-string capo arrangement comes into play: it gives you the low note he  
plays on the piano.  In this tab, it's written as "OPEN", just don't fret anything when  
you play it. 

Chorus Riff 
   Dsus2                    G                 Bm                G 
E|-------------0-----0-|---------2-|-------------0-----0---|--------------| 
B|---------3-------3---|-----3-----|---------3-------3-----|------3----0--| 
G|-------2---2---2-----|---2---2---|-------2---2---2-------|----2---2-----| 
D|---------------------|-----------|-----------------------|--------------| 
A|---------------------|-----------|-----------------------|--------------| 
E|-OPEN----------------|-3---------|(3)-2------------------|-3------------| 



Second Pre-Chorus Riff 
   Bm        A         G 
E|----------|-----------|---------0-------| 
B|----3-2-3-|----3-2-3--|---3-2-3---3-2-3-| 
G|----------|-----------|-----------------| 
D|----------|-----------|-----------------| 
A|-2--------|-0---------|-----------------| 
E|----------|-----------|-3---------------| 


Intro: (Verse Riff) 

verse 1: (Verse Riff) 
When I was young I knew everything 
And she a punk who rarely ever took advice 
Now I'm guilt-stricken, sobbing with my head on the floor 
Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice, no 

Pre-Chorus: (Pre-Chorus Riff) 
I can't be held responsible, 'cause she was touching her face 
I won't be held responsible, she fell in love in the first place 

Chorus: (Chorus Riff) 
For the life of me I can not remember 
What made us think that we were wise, and we'd never compromise 
For the life of me I can not believe 
We'd ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen (Fill 1.) 

verse 2: (Verse Riff) 
My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her 
His girl took a week's worth of Valium and slept 
And now he's guilt-stricken sobbing with his head on the floor 
Thinks about her now and how he never really wept, he says 

Pre-Chorus (Second Pre-Chorus) 

Chorus (Chorus Riff) 

verse 3: (Verse Riff) 
We've tried to wash our hands of all of this 
We never talk of our lacking relationships 
And how we're guilt-stricken sobbing with our heads on the floor 
We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we'd say 



Chorus 2X (Chorus Riff 2X) 

Outro (Intro Riff 2X w/ Fill 1., then Outro Riff)