Prefab Sprout – I Never Play Basketball Now (Guitar)
Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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Guitar
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1.0x
Chords
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-9-11-9-10-9G 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 hereG#* 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---|-----------------|