Guitar Tab:If I Wasn't Shy

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If I Wasn't Shy

By: They Might Be Giants

Key: E Major

Year: 1992

Tabbed By: polivier@jrv.interax.net; Fixed by Zondry

Intro and outro riff: B|------5---------------------------------| G|--------1-------------------------------| D|--2--------1----0-----------------------| A|------------------4---------------------| E|--------------------3----4--5--7--------| Refrain: E7 E7/B A7 B7 E7 E7/B A7 B7 If I, wasn't Shy E7 E7/D A7/C# B7 E7 E7/B A7 Cdim/F# If I, wasn't Shy Verses (For the "I'd burn/steal..." verses, play it twice. For the "I'd ask you..." verse, play it once): E7 Eb7 A7 B7 D7 C#7 B7 Here's the pattern: Intro/Outro Riff -> Refrain -> Verse (2x) -> Refrain -> Verse (2x) -> Refrain -> Verse (1x) - Refrain -> Intro/Outro Riff Last chord!: E7#9 Clarinet notes during verses: During "I'd burn...": E Eb A B D C# B B (2x) During "I'd steal...": Lead: E Eb A B | D C# B B (upper register) Harmony: D Eb G A | F# F F# F# During "I'd ask...": Lead: E Eb A B D C# B B (Same octave as first verse) Harmony: D Eb G A | F# F F# F# (lower octave from the second verse) Clarinet notes during chorus (clarinet, accordion, woodwind, or anything with reeds of the likeness preferred): No clarinet on the first refrain E note on the second refrain E and D together on the upper register for the last 2 refrains