Slaughter Beach, Dog – Pretty Ok (Guitar Solo Tab)

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Chords

C [Verse 1]
C
My family left the city in the year 2004

C
The bishop spun my mother round and pushed her out the door

        F/C            Gsus4            D9
And the blindfold was tied a double knot

      F/C                Gsus4              C
She's peeking out in the Goodwill parking lot
[Verse 2]
C
Lewis was the only friend I made for all that year

C
His father'd watch cartoons and construct castles from empty cans of beer

      F           Gsus4 D9
after work for the MDSHA

    F                    Gsus4             C
The sun danced off his reflector vest all day
[Chorus]
    F              G
And everything was fine

C       G/B     Am
Everything was good

F             Fm          C
Everything was pretty O.K.
[Verse 3]
C
Lewis led on skateboard to meet Jay so I could see

C
His darkened room all full of porn and ICP CDs

    F               Gsus4                  D9
The Hewlett-Packard glowed, the double dare

    F            Gsus4                  C
The model in his desktop background bare
[Verse 4]
C
We rode home and climbed the hill to Lewis's double wide

C
His father asked if he had filled that hole in the backyard

         F       Gsus4            D9
He said no and I followed to his room

    F               D9                 Am               G/B
His mother's steady stream of filtered cigarette smoke loomed

   F/C             Gsus4           D9
We sat down on his bed, the sunset gave way to the stars

     F               Gsus4           C
Then Lewis taught me how to play guitar
[Chorus]
    F              G
And everything was fine

C       G/B     Am
Everything was good

F             G          C   Bb5 A5 G5
Everything was pretty O.K.

F              G
Everything was fine

    C        G/D    Em
Oh, everything was good

F             Fm          C
Everything was pretty O.K.
[Verse 5]
C
Lewis failed in algebra and failed in English too

C
He had no middle name and no desire to go to college

        F/C            Gsus4          D9
So he'd sit and wait patiently to leave

   F/C             Gsus4             C
Pretending to be listening carefully
************************************** For the verse chords:
    C   F/C  Gsus4    D9
e|-----------------------|
B|--------------------5--|
G|--5----5-----5------5--|
D|--5----3-----5------4--|
A|--3----3-----5------5--|
E|------------(5)--------|
On guitar, these chords shapes can be kept for every verse — the bass is what changes their quality in verses 2, 3, and 4.