Verve Pipe - The Freshmen

This isn't exactly like any of the many versions of this song.  I took
pieces from all of them and meshed them into what I think sounds the
best for the acoustic "man without a band".


Intro

       Dsus2             G             Bm              G

E|---------0-------|---------3-|-----------------|-----------|
B|-----3---------3-|-----0-----|---------3-------|---------0-|
G|---2---2-----2---|---0---0---|-----4---------4-|-----0-----|
D|-0---------------|-----------|---4---4-----4---|---0---0---|
A|-----------------|-----------|-2---------------|-----------|
E|-----------------|-3---------|-----------------|-3---------|

         D            G5             D               G5

E|-------3-2-----|-----------|-------3-2-----|---------------|
B|-----3-------3-|---------3-|-----3-------3-|---------3-----|
G|---2-------2---|-----0-----|---2-------2---|-----0-------0-|
D|-0-------------|---0---0---|-0-------------|---0---0---0---|
A|---------------|-----------|---------------|---------------|
E|---------------|-3---------|---------------|-3-------------|

        Bm            G             Bm            G5

E|---------------|-----------|---------------|--------3--|
B|---------3-----|--------0--|---------3-----|-----------|
G|-----4-------4-|-----0-----|-----4-------4-|-----0-----|
D|---4---4---4---|---0---0---|---4---4---4---|---0---0---|
A|-2-------------|-----------|-2-------------|-----------|
E|---------------|-3---------|---------------|-3---------|




Verse

       Dsus2             G             Bm              G

E|---------0-------|---------3-|-----------------|-----------|
B|-----3-------3---|-----0-----|---------3-------|---------0-|
G|---2---2---2---2-|---0---0---|-----4-------4---|-----0-----|
D|-0---------------|-----------|---4---4---4-----|---0---0---|
A|-----------------|-----------|-2-------------0-|-----------|
E|-----------------|-3---------|-----------------|-3---------|

  Dsus2                    G
  When I was young I knew everything....
  Bm                             G
  And she a punk who rarely ever took advice
  Dsus2                                  G
  Now I'm guilt-striken, sobbing with my head on the floor
  Bm                         G
  Stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice, no


Pre-Chorus

     Bm         A          G

E|---------|---------|-----------|
B|---------|---------|---------0-|
G|-----4---|-----2---|-----0-----|
D|---4---4-|---2---2-|---0---0---|
A|-2-------|-0-------|-----------|
E|---------|---------|-3---------|

Bm A G                           Bm A G
     I can't be held responsible,     'cause she was touching her face
Bm A G                           Bm A             G
     I won't be held responsible,     she fell in love in the first place



Chorus

        Dsus2              G                 Bm            G  *=1st time only

E|---------0-------|---------3-------|-----------------|-----------|*-------|
B|-----3-------3---|-----0-------0---|---------3-------|---------0-|*-------|
G|---2---2---2---2-|---0---0---0---0-|-----4-------4---|-----0-----|*---0---|
D|-0---------------|-----------------|---4---4---4-----|---0---0---|*-0---0-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-2-------------0-|-----------|*-------|
E|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------|*-------|

Dsus2               G
For the life of me, I cannot remember
Bm                              G                           Dsus2
What made us think that we were wise and we'de never compro-mise
Dsus2               G
For the life of me, I cannot believe we'd
Bm                       G
ever die for these sins, we were merely freshmen


Break

         D            G5             D               G5

E|-------3-2-----|-----------|-------3-2-----|-----------|
B|-----3-------3-|---------3-|-----3-------3-|---------3-|
G|---2-------2---|-----0-----|---2-------2---|-----0-----|
D|-0-------------|---0---0---|-0-------------|---0---0---|
A|---------------|-----------|---------------|-----------|
E|---------------|-3---------|---------------|-3---------|


Verse 2

My best friend took a week's vacation to forget her
His girl took a week's worth of Valium and slept
And now he's guilt-stricken sobbing with his head on the floor
Thinks about her now and how he never really wept, he says


Pre-Chorus,
Chorus

Verse 3 (played like chorus)

We've tried to wash our hands of all of this
We never talk of our lacking relationships
And how we're guilt-stricken sobbing with our heads on the floor
We fell through the ice when we tried not to slip, we'd say



Pre-chorus
Chorus x2

End
         D            G5             D               G5
 
E|-------3-2-----|-----------|-------3-2-----|---------3-|
B|-----3-------3-|---------3-|-----3-------3-|-----------|
G|---2-------2---|-----0-----|---2-------2---|-----0-----|
D|-0-------------|---0---0---|-0-------------|---0---0---|
A|---------------|-----------|---------------|-----------|
E|---------------|-3---------|---------------|-3---------|




Interpretation by SEVEN