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Basement Apartment

Sarah Harmer

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-------------------------------------- Artist: Sarah Harmer Song Title: Basement Apartment Submitted by: Tim Lawson (user turinbrakes) Email: timlawson100@hotmail.com -------------------------------------- This is a great song but i couldn't find any tabs for this so i just tabbed it out myself and i'm pretty sure this is 100% accurate so check it out. -------------------------------------- Standard Tuning: EADGBe Capo: 3th Fret Chords: (written as used without capo) Cadd9 G D C e|-3----|--3---|--2---|--0---| B|-3----|--3---|--3---|--1---| G|-0----|--0---|--2---|--0---| D|-2----|--0---|--0---|--2---| A|-3----|--2---|--0---|--3---| E|-x----|--3---|--0(2)|--3---| Okay, so the most 'tricky' part (as far as you wanna call it tricky) is the rhytm of the Cadd9 and the G chords.. The rhytm of these two particular chords is used troughout the whole song except for the chorus.. Cadd9 G e|-------3----3--333-- B|-------3----0--000-- G|-------0----0--000-- D|-----2-2----0--000-- A|---3---3----2--222-- E|-------x----3--333-- (repeated) ---------------------- [Intro:] (guitar kicks in just before the laughing part) Cadd9, G, Cadd9, G, Cadd9, G, D, C (repeat 2x times) [Verse:] Cadd9 G Cadd9 G You live out where the street ends Cadd9 G D C in a basement apt. with one of your friends Cadd9 G and the tap drips all night Cadd9 G water torture in the sink Cadd9 G The furnace is burning D C Cadd9 G but it's still cold i think ___ Cadd9, G, Cadd9, G, D, C Cadd9 G I can smell the bleach Cadd9 G that they use in the hall Cadd9 G D C but it can't clean the dirt off of me Cadd9 G It's seeping under the door Cadd9 G in across the floor Cadd9 G it's starting to hurt [Chorus:] (D) (C) Cadd9 G Cadd9 Everytime I breatthe__| G Cadd9 G D C Everytime I try to leave__| Cadd9 G D C Everytime I breathe_____| [Verse:] Cadd9 G Now the toaster sticks Cadd9 G and the empties are piled Cadd9 G D C I haven't been up the stairs in awhile now Cadd9 G I gotta wash the sheets on my bed Cadd9 G gotta watch the things that go unsaid Cadd9 G D C God I wish we'd leave it at this____| [Repeat Chorus] (except the beginning D & C chords wich are already played at the end of verse) [Verse] D And every evening you open the door C You come down D C There's nothing like watching tv all night on the ground D C and no one is watching me slide D below street level C (pump up this chord, get ready for the chorus) barely alive [Instrumental] (chords from the chorus) [Last verse] Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Now we live out where the street ends Cadd9 G Cadd9 G in a basement apt. just like our friends Cadd9 G We always said that we were different Cadd0 G but you know now that we weren't Cadd9 G 'cause there's holes in all the bottles D C and my lungs hurt___| [Repeat Chorus] ---------------- 03/05/02 That�s it, a very nice song. You can easilly perform this with just an accoustic, that�s how i first played it. Do you have any comment, suggestions, deaththreaths or marriage proposels? Email me at timlawson100@hotmail.com.
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