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Take the Skinheads Bowling Guitar Tablature
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Tabbed by David Bédard-Barrette, McGill University, Canada, September 2003
davidbarrette@videotron.ca

Here is a song I discovered in Michael Moore's movie "Bowling for
Columbine". Like the movie, it is very good ! Please, rate this tab !
Any corrections are welcome! e-mail:davidbarrette@videotron.ca



Song: Take The Skinheads Bowling	
Band: Camper Van Beethoven
Album: Telephone Free Landslide Victory 
Composers: Camper Van Beethoven
Version: Album version


CHORDS

     C   Fmaj7 F    G  

e----0----0----1----3---|
B----1----1----1----3---|
G----0----2----2----4---|
D----2----3----3----5---|
A----3----0----3----5---|
E----x----x----1----3---|


Intro
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[ C, Fmaj7 ] x 4


1st Verse
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C         Fmaj7                 C    Fmaj7
Every day, I get up and pray to Jah
C                              Fmaj7                C  Fmaj7
And he decreases the number of clocks by exactly one 
C                  Fmaj7                C   Fmaj7
Everybody's comin' home for lunch these days 
C                     Fmaj7           C     Fmaj7
Last night there were skinheads on my lawn

Chorus
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G                  F
Take the skinheads bowling 
          C       
Take them bowling 
G                  F
Take the skinheads bowling 
          C
Take them bowling 


2nd Verse
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C                    Fmaj7                  C                   Fmaj7
Some people say that bowling alleys got big lanes (got big lanes, got big lanes) 
C                    Fmaj7                        C                 Fmaj7
Some people say that bowling alleys all look the same (look the same, look the same) 
C                       Fmaj7                         C              Fmaj7
There's not a line that goes here that rhymes with anything (anything, anything) 
C                        Fmaj7                 C               Fmaj7
I had a dream last night, but I forget what it was (what it was, what it was) 


Chorus
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G                  F
Take the skinheads bowling 
          C       
Take them bowling 
G                  F
Take the skinheads bowling 
          C
Take them bowling 


3rd Verse
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C                  Fmaj7               C       Fmaj7
I had a dream last night about you, my friend 
C                  Fmaj7                      C     Fmaj7
I had a dream, I wanted to sleep next to plastic 
C                 Fmaj7                C   Fmaj7
I had a dream, I wanted to lick your knees  
C                Fmaj7            C  Fmaj7
I had a dream, it was about nothing 


Chorus
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G                  F
Take the skinheads bowling 
          C       
Take them bowling 
G                  F
Take the skinheads bowling 
          C
Take them bowling 
G                  F
Take the skinheads bowling 
          C       
Take them bowling 
G                  F
Take the skinheads bowling 
          C
Take them bowling 


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That's it ! Comments are welcome ! --- "CHICKITY CHINA, THE CHINESE CHICKEN" --Bnl--
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