Prefab Sprout – I Never Play Basketball Now (Guitar)

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transcribed from FabSprout's cover on youtube, check out his channel for more prefab sprout guitar tutorials https://www.youtube.com/@fabsprout5301 chords C#7 x46464 A 577655 C#m11 x4x452 F# 244322 C#m7 x46454
F#m7    x-9-11-9-10-9
G 355433 C#m11* x42452 C#m11** x42442 Ddim x5646x E 022100 B7 x24242 Amaj7 x07654 Fdim7 xx3434 F#m9 242224 D#m x68876 G#m 4664xx
Dmaj7   x54333
Em/Bb   x1x000 (then, move bass note)
C#m x46654 Amaj7* 5x665x B/A x0444x E/B x2x454
B*      x2x4xx \
D#*     xx1x4x |- just octaves here
G#* xxx1x4 / F#7b13 242332 B7sus4 x24252 Bm x24432 D/A x04232 D9 x5455x D9/C x3455x D9/A 5x455x Em7 x79787 if i included the intro/break/outro chord names, this list would be twice as long you can just follow the tab for those instrumental parts but if you'd prefer to have the entire song tabbed rather than just chords, message me and i'll send it to you [Intro]
eb|---3---3---5---7-|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|---3-------------|
Bb|---3---3---5---6-|-----------------|---3-----------0-|----------------|---0---0---0---0-|---4---6---6-----|
Gb|---2---2---5---5-|-----------------|---0---2---6---4-|----------------|---9---8---7---5-|---3---5---5-----|
Db|-------3---4---5-|-----------------|-------2---6---4-|----------------|---9---8---7---5-|-------3---3-----|
Ab|-----------------|-----------------|---2---0---4---2-|----------------|---7---6---5---3-|-----------5-----|
Eb|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|---3---5---------|

eb|-0---------------|---2---5---------|     eb|-0---------------|-----------4-----|
Bb|-1---------------|---3---3---3-----|     Bb|-3---------------|---6---5---3-----|
Gb|-0---------------|-----------2-----|     Gb|-2---------------|---4---6---4-----|
Db|-2---------------|-----------0-----| x2  Db|-2---------------|---6---6---0-----| x2
Ab|-----------------|-------0---------|     Ab|-----------------|---5-------------|
Eb|-0---------------|---2-------------|     Eb|-0---------------|-------5---------|

eb|-4-----4---------|---------2---2---2---|-7-----7-----7---|-----------------|
Bb|-6-----6---------|---------4---4---4---|-9-----9-----9---|-----------------|
Gb|-6-----6-----6---|---------4---4---4---|-9-----9-----9---|-----------------|
Db|-6-----6-----7---|---------4---4---4---|-9-----9-----9---|-----------------|
Ab|-4-----4-----4---|---------2---2---2---|-7-----7-----7---|-----------------|
Eb|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

eb|-4-----4-----4---|---------2-----------|-7-----7-----7---|---7-------------|
Bb|-2-----2-----2---|---------2---4---4---|-5-----5-----5---|---4-------------|
Gb|-2-----2-----2---|---------2---2---2---|-4-----4-----4---|---4-------------|
Db|-2-----2-----2---|---------2---4---4---|-4-----4-----4---|---4-------------|
Ab|(4)---(4)---(4)--|--------(4)--3---3---|-----------------|-----------------|
Eb|-2-----2-----2---|---------2-----------|-0-----0-----0---|---0-------------|
[Verse 1]
C#7                        A
   I'm not looking to disturb you

C#m11
   Just a little to unnerve you

F#                                   C#m7          F#m7
   I have no thing about games and always looking back

G                    C#m11* C#m11** C#m11* Ddim
   After that last unholy   row

   A                   C#m11* C#m11** C#m11* C#m11**
I never, ever play basketball now
[Chorus]
E                         B7
   It joins a list of things I'll miss

  Amaj7                  Fdim7        F#m9
Like fencing foils and lovely girls I'll never kiss
[Post-chorus]
F#                                  D#m
Leave it behind on an overcrowded desk

                                     G#m           C#m7 G#m
Where the in-tray's higher than the out ever will be

F#   Dmaj7              Em/Bb  /G   /G# /D   C#m     Amaj7*
   Before the tea rooms filled with flirting couples call

B/A
Remember to call
E/B B* D#* G#* F# F#7b13
      B7sus4 Bm           D/A    D9  D9/C D9/A Em7
And flow, it skips like a river, and it   ro - olls

B7sus4       Bm           D/A     D9    D9/C D9/A Em7
Flow, you'll swear it's a chapel, isn't that so - o?
[Break]
eb|---3---3---5---7-|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|---3-------------|
Bb|---3---3---5---6-|-----------------|---3-----------0-|----------------|---0---0---0---0-|---4---6---6-----|
Gb|---2---2---5---5-|-----------------|---0---2---6---4-|----------------|---9---8---7---5-|---3---5---5-----|
Db|---------------5-|-----------------|-------2---6---4-|----------------|---9---8---7---5-|-------3---3-----|
Ab|---0---2---3-----|-----------------|---2---0---4---2-|----------------|---7---6---5---3-|-----------5-----|
Eb|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|---3---5---------|

eb|-0---------------|---2---5---------|     eb|-0---------------|-----------4-----|
Bb|-1---------------|---3---3---3-----|     Bb|-3---------------|---6---5---3-----|
Gb|-0---------------|-----------2-----|     Gb|-2---------------|---4---6---4-----|
Db|-2---------------|-----------0-----| x2  Db|-2---------------|---6---6---0-----| x2
Ab|-----------------|-------0---------|     Ab|-----------------|---5-------------|
Eb|-0---------------|---2-------------|     Eb|-0---------------|-------5---------|
[Verse 2]
C#7                             A
   Think of all the things that grew here

C#m11
   Long before we moved here

F#                                C#m7        F#m7
   All of it good and strong, and all of it gone

G                    C#m11* C#m11** C#m11* Ddim
   After that last unholy   row

   A                   C#m11* C#m11** C#m11* C#m11**
I never, ever play basketball now
[Chorus]
E                         B7
   It joins a list of things I'll miss

  Amaj7                  Fdim7        F#m9
Like fencing foils and lovely girls I'll never kiss

E                     B7
   You may say I've got plenty

    Amaj7            Fdim7               F#m9
But no one knows how long things stay big, Roger D.
[Outro]
eb|-4-----4---------|---------2---2---2---|-7-----7-----7---|-----------------|
Bb|-6-----6---------|---------4---4---4---|-9-----9-----9---|-----------------|
Gb|-6-----6-----6---|---------4---4---4---|-9-----9-----9---|-----------------|
Db|-6-----6-----7---|---------4---4---4---|-9-----9-----9---|-----------------|
Ab|-4-----4-----4---|---------2---2---2---|-7-----7-----7---|-----------------|
Eb|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

eb|-4-----4-----4---|---------2-----------|-7-----7-----7---|-----------------|
Bb|-2-----2-----2---|---------2---4---4---|-5-----5-----5---|-----------------|
Gb|-2-----2-----2---|---------2---2---2---|-4-----4-----4---|-----------------|
Db|-2-----2-----2---|---------2---4---4---|-4-----4-----4---|-----------------|
Ab|(4)---(4)---(4)--|--------(4)--3---3---|-----------------|-----------------|
Eb|-2-----2-----2---|---------2-----------|-0-----0-----0---|-----------------|