Crash Test Dummies – When I Go Out With Artists (Guitar)

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Artist: Crash Test Dummies Title: When I Go Out With Artists Tabbed by: Unknown [Intro - 4/4 time, each chord is 1/2 measure] D D A E D A E D D E E [Verses]

         Bm            E
    When I go out with artists,

If I were David Byrne,

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         they talk about the language and the

I'd go to galleries and

         D               A
         cubists and the dadaists and I

not be too con cerned. Well, I would

         Bm                 E
         try to catch their meanings

have a cup of coffee

         D                   E                 A
         and keep up with    all of their mar  tinis.

and I'd find my sur roundings quite a musing. And

         E                   A                      D           F#m  E
         I don't know which  should be my favorite  paintings.

people would ask me which were my favorite paintings. [Chorus - Second time through, goto Bridge]

         D
         If I could see, if I could see, if I could

         A                                     F#m
         see all the symbols, unlock what they mean,

         D
         Maybe I could, maybe I could, maybe I

         A                   
         could meet the artists and get to know them 

         F#m      C   E  A  E
         personal ly --

[Bridge - Play after second Chorus, and then goto Instrumental Bridge]

         C#m         A               B
         What if the artists ran the TV?

         E                        A              B
         All the ads would be for fine scotch or whiskey

         C#m          B
         Glenfiddich, Glenlivet,

         A                     E       A 
         the whole single malt family --

[Instrumental Bridge - 4/4 time, each chord equals 1/2 measure] D D D D A A A F#m D D D D A A (NC) (NC) C C E E B B E [Close - Play after Instrumental Bridge]

          C#m            F#
      The artists of the future

          G#m
          will make up new things and 

          E               B          
          different nomen clatures.  And they'll

          C#m                 F#
          stand amongst their pictures

          E
          and they'll sing and 

          F#                   B
          laugh and quote from scriptures.  And

          F#
          when they go home,

          B                          E           G#m  F#
          They'll dream of brilliant paintings.

          E
          If I could see, if I could see, if I could

          B                                     G#m
          see all the symbols, unlock what they mean,

          E
          maybe I could, maybe I could, maybe I 

          B                                           G#m
          could meet the artists and get to know them personally.

          E
          If I could see, if I could see, if I could

          B                                     G#m
          see all the symbols, unlock what they mean,

          E
          maybe I could, maybe I could, maybe I 

          B
          could meet the artists and 

                                    D  F#m  B G#m D E B
          get to know them personal ly --