Liz Phair – Why Cant I (Guitar Tab)

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I'm learning this song by request. This song is relatively simple. Listen to the song for timing and strumming patterns. As performed on "Liz Phair" Written by Liz Phair Standard tuning
Intro  (Keyboard arranged for guitar, x3)
You can use a pick here, but you'd have to be kind of quick, so I'd recommend finger-picking
e[----------14-------12-------11---------------------------
B[----12-------12-------12-------12------------------------
G[-11----11-------11-------11-------11---------------------
D[---------------------------------------------------------
A[---------------------------------------------------------
E[---------------------------------------------------------

End intro on this
e[-9-------11--------9------------------------------------
B[---12-------12-------12------12-------------------------
G[------11-------11-------11------------------------------
D[--------------------------------------------------------
A[--------------------------------------------------------
E[--------------------------------------------------------

Verse (x2)
An acoustic guitar the verse
e[---------------------------------------------------------
B[---------------------------------------------------------
G[-4-------------------------------------------------------
D[-4--------4--------6--------2----------------------------
A[-2--------4--------6--------2----------------------------
E[----------2--------4--------0----------------------------

Pre-chorus
Just strum this a bunch of times
e[---------------------------------------------------------
B[---------------------------------------------------------
G[---------------------------------------------------------
D[-2--------------4-----------------------------------------
A[-2--------------4-----------------------------------------
E[-0--------------2-----------------------------------------

Chorus (x2)
Distorted electric                     Only play this after 1st chorus
e[------------------------------------]---------------------
B[------------------------------------]---------------------
G[------------9----------4------------]---------------------
D[-6----------9----------4----------4-]-2--------------4----
A[-6----------7----------2----------4-]-2--------------4----
E[-4----------0---------------------2-]-0--------------2----
Play whole intro Verse Pre-chorus Chorus
Bridge (x2)              End Bridge on this
e[---------------------]----------------------------------
B[---------------------]----------------------------------
G[------------8--7-----]----------------------------------
D[-6---8-9----8--7-----]-2------------2-------------------
A[-6---8-9----6--9-----]-2------------2-------------------
E[-4---6-7-------------]-0------------0-------------------
Play the first half of the chorus clean, then play the whole thing one more time with distortion
Outro                            End on this     Strum once
e[------------------------------]---------------------------
B[------------------------------]---------------------------
G[-4----------------------------]-4-------------------------
D[-4--------2--------6--------2-]-4-------------------------
A[-2--------2--------6--------2-]-2-------------------------
E[----------0--------4--------0-]---------------------------
That's it Song Structure Intro (x3) End intro Verse (x2) Pre-chorus Chorus (x2) Intro (x3) Verse (x2) Pre-chorus Chorus (x2) Bridge (x2) End bridge Clean chorus Just plain chorus (x2) Outro End Enjoy.