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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 10:45:50 -0500
 From: MATTHEW MUCKLO 
 Cc: mmucklo@East.Sun.COM
 Subject: PRO: 'The Old Apartment' by Barenaked Ladies
 # I've also interpreted the Refrain and the Bridge a bit differently, 
 # and I think more accurately. Check the 'Notes' section at the end of 
 # the song for more info.
 #
 # I used the live version off of 'Rock Spectacle' as a reference, but I 
 # don't think it and the original differ at all.  
 #
 # feedback: mmucklo@east.sun.com
 #####
 {title:The Old Apartment}
 {subtitle:Barenaked Ladies}
 {define: G base-fret 1 frets 3 2 0 0 3 3}
 {define: Cadd9 base-fret 1 frets - 3 2 0 3 3}
 {comment_italic:Capo on 3rd fret}
 
 [G]Broke int[D]o the old apar[Cadd9]tment. [Cadd9]
 [G]This is whe[D]re we used to live[Cadd9].     [Cadd9]
 [G]Broken glas[D]s, broke and hun[Cadd9]gry, broken hea[Cadd9]rts and
 broken bones.
 [G]This is whe[D]re we used to live[Cadd9].     [Cadd9]
 
 {comment:refrain}
 
 {soc}
 [Em]Why d[D]id you paint the wa[C]lls?
 [Em]Why d[D]id you clean the flo[C]or?
 [Em]Why d[D]id you plaster ov[C]er the h[D]ole I punched in the
 do[G]or?   This is whe[D]re we used to live[Cadd9].      [Cadd9]
 [G]Why d[D]id you keep the [Cadd9]mousetrap, why did yo[D]u keep the
 di[G]shrack?  These things use[D]d to be mine, I gu[Cadd9]ess they still
 are, I want 'm ba[D]ck.
 {eoc}
 
 [G]Broke int[D]o the old apar[Cadd9]tment. [Cadd9]
 [G]Forty-tw[D]o stairs from the stree[Cadd9]t.     [Cadd9]
 [G]Crooked la[D]nding, crooked la[Cadd9]ndlord, narrow landw[Cadd9]ay
 filled with
 [G]crooks.   This is whe[D]re we used to live[Cadd9].       [Cadd9]
 
 {c:refrain}
 
 {soc}
 [Em]Why d[D]id they pave the la[C]wn?
 [Em]Why d[D]id they change the lo[C]cks?
 [Em]Why d[D]id I have to br[C]eak it, I on[D]ly came here to
 ta[G]lk.   This is whe[D]re we used to live[Cadd9].      [Cadd9]
 [G]How i[D]s the neighbor do[Cadd9]wnstairs?  How i[D]s her temper
 th[G]is year?  I turned u[D]p your tv and sto[Cadd9]mped on the floor
 just for f[D]un.
 {eoc}
 
 {comment:bridge}
 
 [Em]I kn[D]ow we don't [G]live here anymo[C]re.
 [C]We b[D]ought an old ho[G]use on the dan[C]forth.
 [Em]She lo[D]ves me and her b[G]ody keeps me [C]warm;
 [C](and) I'm ha[D]ppy
 
 h[G]ere.   But this is whe[D]re we used to live[Cadd9].      [Cadd9]
 [G]Broke int[D]o the old apar[Cadd9]tment.  [Cadd9]
 [G]Tore the p[D]hone out of the wal[Cadd9]l.    [Cadd9]
 [G]Only me[D]mories, fading mem[Cadd9]ories blending in[Cadd9]to dull
 
 tab[G]leaux.   I w[D]ant them ba[Cadd9]ck.   (This is wh[Cadd9]ere we
 used to live)
 [G]I w[D]ant them ba[Cadd9]ck.   (This is wh[Cadd9]ere we used to live)
 [G]I w[D]ant them ba[Cadd9]ck.   (This is wh[Cadd9]ere we used to live)
 [G]I w[D]ant them ba[Cadd9]ck.
 
 {sot}
 NOTES
 
  Verse:
  The verse chords are downstrokes on the first two beats of each
  measure.
 
  Refrain:
  The first 10 measures are picked (through the third D chord), then
  it starts strumming leading up to the G which is played like the
  verse.  The G D Cadd9 D sequence is then strummed.
 
  Also in the refrain: on the CD I have, they almost seem to let the
  Em chord ring out over the D, so you could probably just play the
  Em chord for the first measure and let it ring until the C chord
  of actually playing the D.
 
  Bridge:
  The bridge is picked like the refrain, one chord per measure.  Note
  that it is only 14 measures long, however.
 
  Ending:
  The 'I want them back' section is picked
 {eot}