Fountains of Wayne – Bowling Shoes (Guitar)

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This is an older song of FoW's. They recycled some of the lyrics to make "The Girl I Can't Forget" on the album Out-of-State Plates. [Verse 1]
A             Bm
Hey now baby, don't be shy

G     D        A
I saw you with another guy

A                    Bm
He was short but his hair was long

D           A
He had your sunglasses on
[Pre-Chorus]
E
Ba bada ba ba ba, whoa-whoa

E                            D
Ba bada ba ba ba, whoa-whoa
[Verse 2]
   A                  Bm
He picked you up in a German car

D                        A
Took you out to an Irish bar

A                            Bm
Where you drank beer from a plastic cup

    D                        A
Til you were barely standing up
[Pre-Chorus]
E
Ba bada ba ba ba, oh-whoa

E
Ba bada ba ba ba, oh-whoa
[Chorus]
               D
And now you've got some explaining to do

           A
So come on baby won't you tell me the news

             D
I don't know who you think you're trying to fool

      A
But I know where you've been going

         E                       A
so don't bother with the bowling shoes
[Verse 3]
A                      Bm
Tuesday night you were out again

       D                    A
With a bunch of your stoner high school friends

A                            Bm
Called me up, said you might be late

     D                       A
Then you ended up in another state
[Pre-Chorus]
E
Ba bada ba ba ba, oh-whoa

E
Ba bada ba ba ba, oh-whoa
[Chorus]
               D
And now you've got some explaining to do

           A
So come on baby won't you tell me the news

             D
I don't know who you think you're trying to fool

      A
But I know where you've been going

         E                       A
so don't bother with the bowling shoes
[Bridge]
         C#           D
I want a love that'll last forever

       F#m                E                   D
But it seems like you and me just can't quite get it together

         C#          D
I want a lover I can take for granted

    F#m             Bm                D
But you give me the blues each time I caught you red-handed
[Interlude] G A G A G A [Verse 4]
A             Bm
Hey now baby, don't you lie

G     D        A
I saw you with another guy

A                     Bm
He looked dumb but it sure did smart

D                             A
When you held his hand and it broke my heart
[Pre-Chorus]
E
Ba bada ba ba ba, oh-whoa

E
Ba bada ba ba ba, oh-whoa
[Chorus]
               D
And now you've got some explaining to do

           A
So come on baby won't you tell me the news

             D
I don't know who you think you're trying to fool

      A
But I know where you've been going

         E                A
so don't bother with your bowling--

F#m               E
Know where you're going

         D
so don't bother with your bowling--

A
Know where you're going

         G                        D
so don't bother with your bowling shoes
[Outro] A