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Buddy Holly

Weezer

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Buddy Holly
as performed by Weezer
Words and Music by Rivers Cuomo

4/4 Time
All strings tuned a half-step down
(All chords relative to standard tuning)


Verse

     F#5                                         E/G#
eb||-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb||-------------------------|-------------------------|
F#||-------------------------|-------------------------|
C#||-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|-4--4--4--4--4--4--------|
Ab||-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|-4--4--4--4--4--4//7--7--|
Eb||-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2--2--2//4--4--|
     What's with these homies  dissin' my girl?

    A5
eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|-------------------------|
F#|-------------------------|-------------------------|
C#|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
Ab|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
Eb|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
    Why do they got - ta      front?

F#5                              E/G#
What did we ever do to these guys
A5
that made them so violent?


Pre-Chorus

    D5                        C#m      F#5
eb|----5-----5-----5-----5--|----4-----2-----2-----2--|
Bb|-7-----7-----7-----7-----|-5-----5\----2-----2-----|
F#|-------------------------|-------------------------|
C#|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|
   (Woo - hoo.)   But you know     I'm yours.

D5                     C#5    F#5
(Woo - hoo.) And I know you're mine.

    D5                        Dm
eb|----5-----5-----5-----5--|----5-----5-----5-----5--|
Bb|-7-----7-----7-----7-----|-6-----6-----6-----6-----|
F#|-------------------------|-------------------------|
C#|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|
   (Woo - hoo,        and that's for   all         time.


Chorus

    A5                        D5/A        E5/B
eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|-------------------------|
F#|-------------------------|-7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--|
C#|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--|
Ab|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|-5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--|
Eb|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--|
    Woo - ee  - oo,   I look  just like Buddy Holly.

    A5                        D5/A        E5/B
eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|-------------------------|
F#|-------------------------|-7--7--7--7--------------|
C#|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--|
Ab|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|-5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--|
Eb|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--|
          Oh -  oh,  and you're Mary Tyler Moore.

    F#5                       D5/A  E5/B  A5
eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|-------------------------|
F#|-------------------------|-------------------------|
C#|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-//-7--7--9--9--7--7--7--7--|
Ab|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-//-5--5--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
Eb|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-//-5--5--7--7--5--5--5--5--|
    I     don't care  what they say about us anyway.

    A5    D5/A  E5/B          A5       E5   A5
eb|-------------------------|--------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|--------------------------|
F#|-------7--7--9--9--9--9--|--------------------------|
C#|-7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--|-7--7--7-------7-7--7--7--|
Ab|-7--7--5--5--7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7-7--7-7--7--7--|
Eb|-5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--|-5--5--5--0-0--5-5--5--5--|
    I    don't  care 'bout that.


Interlude

    F#5                                          E/G#
eb|-------(2)h4-------2-----|--------------------------|
Bb|-2--3--2-----------------|-2--0-----2---------2-----|
F#|-------------------------|-------2------------------|
C#|-------------------------|--------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------|--------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------|--------------------------|

    A5
eb|----------2h4------2-----|--------------------------|
Bb|-2-h3--2-----------------|-2-p-0--------------------|
F#|-------------------------|-------2------------------|
C#|-------------------------|--------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------|--------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------|--------------------------|


Verse

F#5                            E/G#
Don't you ever fear, I'm alway near.
A5
I know that you need help.
F#5                                        E/G#
Your tongue is twisted, your eyes are slit.
A5
You need a guardian.


Pre-Chorus

D5                       C#5  F#5
(Woo - hoo.) And you know I'm yours.
D5                     C#5     F#5
(Woo - hoo.) And I know you're mine.
D5                    Dm
(Woo - hoo, and that's for all time.)


Chorus

A5                    D5/A            E5/B
Woo - ee - oo, I look just like Buddy Holly.
A5                 D5/A       E5/B
Oh - oh and you're Mary Tyler Moore.
F#5                    D5/A E5/B    A5
I don't care what they say about us anyway.
A5 D5/A E5/B             A5  E5 A5
I don't care 'bout that.
A5 D5/A E5/B             A5  E5 A5
I don't care 'bout that.


Bridge

    A5          F#5              A6 B5 C#5B5 
eb|----------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|----------------------|-------------------------|
F#|-2--2--2--------------|-------------------------|
C#|-2--2--2-----4-----4--|-------4--4--6--4--------|
Ab|-0--0--0-----4-----4--|----4--0--2--4--2--0-----|
Eb|----------0--2--0--2--|----2-----------------2--|
    Bang, bang, knock|door|   big|  you're|the floor.
                 on the|'nother| bang|down on|

A5     F#5
Oh no, what do I do?
      F#5  A6   B5    C#5  B5
Don't look now, but I lost my shoe.
A5               F#5
I can't run and I can't kick.
         F#5    A6    B5      C#5 B5
What's a matter babe, are you feelin' sick?
A5                                F#5
What's a matter, what's a matter, what's a matter you?
         F#5    A6    B5      C#5     B5
What's a matter babe, are you feelin' blue?


Guitar Solo

    C#5B5         D5                        C#m    F#5
eb|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
F#|-------9--11-|-11b--------11~~~-9------|-------------------------|
C#|-6--4--------|----------------------12-|-11/12--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
Ab|-4--2-(0)----|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Eb|----------(2)|-------------------------|-------------------------|
   ...blue? Oh,   oh,         oh,  oh, oh,  oh, oh, oh.

    D5                        C#m       F#5
eb|/14-14-16-16-17-17/19-19-|-19-19-x17-17------------|
Bb|-------------------------|------------------1414---|
F#|/11----13-13-14-14/16-16-|-16-16-x14-14-----1414---|
C#|-------------------------|-------------14h16---1614|
Ab|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|

    D5                        Dm
eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|-14b---14----------------|
F#|-16b---16-14~~~~-1414----|----------14~~~------1416|
C#|-------------141614141614|-----------------14h16---|
Ab|-------------------------|-------------1416--------|
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|
                    And that's   for   all        time.
                                              (And that's

    D5/A                      No Chord
eb|-------------------------|-17----17-19-19br-p17----|
Bb|-14h15p14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|----18----------------18-|
F#|-------------------------|-------------------------|
C#|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|
            for all time.)


Outro-Chorus

    A5                        D5/A        E5/B
eb|-------------------------|------------------------|
Bb|-17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\-----|
F#|-------------------------|------------------------|
C#|-------------------------|------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------|------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------|------------------------|
    Woo - ee  - oo,   I look  just like Buddy Holly.

A5                  D5/A       E5/B
Oh - oh, and you're Mary Tyler Moore.
F#5                    D5/A E5/B    A5
I don't care what they say about us anyway.
  D5/A  E5/B
I don't care 'bout that.

    A  A5    E5  A5                  D5/A  E5/B
eb|:|--------------------------|-------------------------|:|
Bb|:|-10-10-10-1010101010-10-10|-10-10-10-10-10-10-9--9--|:|
F#|:|--------------------------|-------------------------|:|
C#|:|-7--7--7--7-7-7-7-7--7--7-|-7--7--7--7--7--7--6--6--|:|
Ab|:|--------------------------|-------------------------|:|
Eb|:|--------------------------|-------------------------|:|(Play Three Times)
                               I     don't care 'bout that.

    A5       E  F#5E  F#5
eb|--------------------------||
Bb|-10-10-10-----------------||
F#|----------9--11-9--11-----||
C#|-7--7--7------------------||
Ab|----------7--9--7--9--9\--||
Eb|--------------------------||

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