From: sports2@genie.geis.com
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 95 15:22:00 UTC

SONG: Alternative Girlfriend
ARTIST: Barenaked Ladies
ALBUM: Maybe You Should Drive (1994 Sire Records, Warner Music)
 
Here's the intro riff to "Alternative Girlfriend" by Barenaked
Ladies. I came across this totally by accident while I was
messing around with something else. Can someone figure out the
chords?
 
e-----------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------
A----7-7-7--9--7--5--7-------5--4---2-----
E-----------------------7-7---------------
 
Does this sound right? Comments?
 
Duncan
sports2@genie.com
 

Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 02:08:40 -0400
From: bills@epix.net (The Gorgar Group)
Subject: TAB: Alternative Girlfriend by Barenaked Ladies

SONG: Alternative Girlfriend
ARTIST: Barenaked Ladies
ALBUM: Maybe You Should Drive

Here's the main riff:

e-----------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------
A----7-7-7--9--7--5--7-------5--4---2-----
E-----------------------7-7---------------

This riff repeats through each phrase on an E chord and then
          uses the fills:   Bm   A9  at the end of each phrase.

        E
You're in an all-girl band...

  Bm      A9

Through to :

Chorus:

   E        Bm          A9                  B
You're    my     alternative girlfriend

   E        Bm           A9                 B
I love    you now  you can not pretend

 C#m                                                        F#
There's nothing in life that won't cross over...

(<That should suffice>)


David F. Bills  (Gorgar)
dfbills@mailbox.syr.edu

Get those Barenaked tabs out there!
I can't do them all myself!