Sloan – Penpals (Guitar Tab)
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- From the 1994 album, “Twice Removed”, voted greatest Canadian album of all time
in a 2005 Chart magazine reader poll (ref. Wikipedia)
- Lyrics taken from fan letters to Kurt Cobain (per Jay Ferguson, 2012 interview)
Guitar 1 = Jay Ferguson
Guitar 2 = Patrick Pentland
[Intro]
Guitar 1 Guitar 2
Chords: B B Asus2 E B E E E E B B Strum: d d d u d u d d u d u d u d d e|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| G|---------8----8--p7-----9-------------|------------9--9-9--9------------------| D|---------9----9--p7--x--9--x--x-------|-------9----9--9-9--9--x-x-9--9--------| A|---------9----9--p7--x--7--x--x-------|-------9----7--7-7--7--x-x-9--9--------| E|---------7----7------x--7--x--x-------|-------7----7--7-7--7--x-x-7--7--------|
Intro line 1 – Guitar 1
Intro line 2 – Guitar 1
Intro line 3 – Guitar 1
Intro line 4 – Guitar 1, Shaker
Intro line 5 – Guitar 1, Shaker, Guitar 2, Bass, Drums
Intro line 6 – Guitar 1, Shaker, Guitar 2, Bass, Drums
Intro line 7 – Guitar 1, Shaker, Guitar 2, Bass, Drums
Intro line 8 – Guitar 1, Shaker, Guitar 2, Bass, Drums
[Verse 1]
B E B E B E B E
I write you from a far country, north of Africa
B E B E B E B
It is Algeria and my city is Oran
[Chorus 1]
Guitar 1
e|------------/7--7-7-----------/7--7-7-----------/7--7-7-----------/7--7-7-----|
B|----0--0--0--0--0-0---0--0--0--0--0-0---0--0--0--0--0-0---0--0--0--0--0-0-----|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
Riff 1 E D A B
e|------------7--7-7------------7--7-7---|--------------------------------------|
B|------------7--7-7------------7--7-7---|--------------------------------------|
G|------------8--8-8------------8--8-8---|---9--9-----7--7----------------------|
D|---7-/9--x--9--9-9---7-/9--x--9--9-9---|---9--9-----7--7-----7--7----/9--9----|
A|---7-/9--x--9--9-9---7-/9--x--9--9-9---|---7--7-----5--5-----7--7----/9--9----|
E|---5-/7--x--7--7-7---5-/7--x--7--7-7---|---7--7-----5--5-----5--5----/7--7----|Riff 1 E D A B
I know you'll find this letter strange
Riff 1 E D A B
That is because I am strange
Riff 1
Guitar 1 Guitar 2
Em F# B D Em F# B D
e|------7--------------9-----------------|---------0-----------------2----------|
B|------8---11-9----12---12---10-10------|---------0-----2-----3-----3----------|
G|------9---11-11-------------11-11------|---------0-----3-----3-----2----------|
D|------9--------------------------------|---------2-----4-----3-----0----------|
A|------7--------------------------------|---------2-----------1----------------|
E|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|Em F# B D
My first name is Amal and I'm a girl, I'm a girl, la la la
Em F# B D
My first name is Amal and I'm a girl, I'm a girl, la la la
Em F# B
My first name is Amal, and I'm a girl
[Verse 2]
B E B E B E B E
I am a Norwegian boy, which have some question
B E B E B E B
I have only thirteen years and I am crazy of you
[Chorus 2]
Guitar 1
e|------------/7--7-7-----------/7--7-7-----------/7--7-7-----------/7--7-7-----|
B|----0--0--0--0--0-0---0--0--0--0--0-0---0--0--0--0--0-0---0--0--0--0--0-0-----|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
Riff 1 E D A B
e|------------7--7-7------------7--7-7---|--------------------------------------|
B|------------7--7-7------------7--7-7---|--------------------------------------|
G|------------8--8-8------------8--8-8---|---9--9-----7--7----------------------|
D|---7-/9--x--9--9-9---7-/9--x--9--9-9---|---9--9-----7--7-----7--7----/9--9----|
A|---7-/9--x--9--9-9---7-/9--x--9--9-9---|---7--7-----5--5-----7--7----/9--9----|
E|---5-/7--x--7--7-7---5-/7--x--7--7-7---|---7--7-----5--5-----5--5----/7--7----|Riff 1 E D A B
Can I have a souvenir?
Riff 1 E D A B
And if you can, a wick of hair?
Riff 1
Guitar 1 Guitar 2
G G/F# D E G G/F# D E
e|--------------------------------------|---------3-----------------------------|
B|--------8------7----------------------|---------3------0------3------0--------|
G|----------------------7------9--------|---------0------0------2------1--------|
D|--------------------------------------|---------0------0------0------2--------|
A|--------------------------------------|---------2------2-------------2--------|
E|--------------------------------------|---------3------2-------------0--------|G G/F# D E
Send me docu-ments and a photo of you alone
Guitar 1 e|--------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------| G|---------8----8--p7-----9-------------| D|---------9----9--p7--x--9--x--x-------| x4 A|---------9----9--p7--x--7--x--x-------| E|---------7----7------x--7--x--x-------|
[Bridge]
N.C. = No chord
N.C.
Here's my photo dédicace, one of you would be canon
N.C. B B D
I worship all your handsome words, to me you seem giant
[Chorus 3]
Guitar 1
e|------------/7--7-7-----------/7--7-7-----------/7--7-7-----------/7--7-7-----|
B|----0--0--0--0--0-0---0--0--0--0--0-0---0--0--0--0--0-0---0--0--0--0--0-0-----|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
Riff 1 E D A B
e|------------7--7-7------------7--7-7---|--------------------------------------|
B|------------7--7-7------------7--7-7---|--------------------------------------|
G|------------8--8-8------------8--8-8---|---9--9-----7--7----------------------|
D|---7-/9--x--9--9-9---7-/9--x--9--9-9---|---9--9-----7--7-----7--7----/9--9----|
A|---7-/9--x--9--9-9---7-/9--x--9--9-9---|---7--7-----5--5-----7--7----/9--9----|
E|---5-/7--x--7--7-7---5-/7--x--7--7-7---|---7--7-----5--5-----5--5----/7--7----|Riff 1 E D A B
You're so cool but you know that
Riff 1 E D A B
I hope your letters never stop
Riff 1
Guitar 1 Guitar 2
Em F# B D Em F# B D
e|------7--------------9-----------------|---------0-----------------2----------|
B|------8---11-9----12---12---10-10------|---------0-----2-----3-----3----------|
G|------9---11-11-------------11-11------|---------0-----3-----3-----2----------|
D|------9--------------------------------|---------2-----4-----3-----0----------|
A|------7--------------------------------|---------2-----------1----------------|
E|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|Em F# B D
You are surely special, I like you, I like you, la la la
Em F# B D
You are surely special, I like you, I like you, la la la
Em F# B D
You are surely special, I like you, I like you, I like you
Em F# B
You are surely special, I like you
Guitar 2
B B
e|------------/7--7-7-----------/7--7-7-----------/7--7-7-----------------------|
B|----0--0--0--0--0-0---0--0--0--0--0-0---0--0--0--0--0-0---0----0--------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------8----8\-------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------9----9\-------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------9----9\-------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|