Guitar Tab:Boss Of Me

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Boss Of Me
By: They Might Be Giants
Key: G Major
Year: 2000
Transcribed by Mark Baseman
Retranscribed by chadd maythis, overhauled on 25 July 2003

1st prechorus

Cmaj7  Am7 D7/G Am/F#
Yes, no, maybe, 
Em7     Cmaj7         C          Em
I don't know, can you repeat the question?



1st chorus:
|: G 
   You're not the boss of me now
Am9
You're not the boss of me now
Cmaj7 
You're not the boss of me now and you're 
D          :|
Not so big
G


Verse (one arpeggiated strum for each chord):
          Em              C7
Life is un-fair, so i just stare at the 
D                        G
stain on the wall where 
        Em             C7
The TV'd been, but ever since we moved 
D 
in it's been empty 


Why I, why I'm in this room
There is no point explaining


2nd chorus:
G
You're not the boss of me now and you're
C      D
Not so big

You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now and you're 
Not so big


2nd verse

Chorus (like 1st chorus)

Solo over chorus chords

Chorus


end:
G
   Life is unfair!



Tabbed by Dale Morris 

Ska intro:

    C               D               Cadd9           C

e---8---8---8---8--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10---8---8------
b---8---8---8---8---7---7---7---7---8---8---8---8---8---8---7..
g---9---9---9---9---7---7---7---7---9---9---9---9---9---9---7..
d--10--10--10--10---7---7---7---7--10--10--10--10--10--10---7..
a-----------------------------------------------------------5..
E--------------------------------------------------------------
   yes no       maybe         i dont know       can you repeat the question

Main Chorus (distorted power chords):
   
   G   Am  C   D
e----------------
b----------5---7-
g--4---5---5---7-
d--5---7---5---7-
a--5---7---3---5-
E--3---5---------

   you're not the boss..etc

Bridge

   G   Em  C   D
e--3---0---------
b--3---0---5---7-
g--4---0---5---7-
d--5---2---5---7-
a--5---2---3---5-
E--3---0---------

   life is unfair..  

   The short version ends on the first G chord, but the real song continues with the other 4 chords, strummed clean.  Thats pretty much it except for the solo.