They Settled For Less Than They Wanted

by R I McNabb

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INTRO

D / / / |D / / / |F#m/ / / |F#m/ / /

G / / / |G / / / |D / / / |D / A /

D / / / |D / / / |F#m/ / / |F#m/ / /

G / / / |G / / / |D / / / |D / A /

VERSE

D / / / |D / / / |F#m/ / / |F#m/ / /

G / / / |G / / / |D / / / |D / A /

(Repeat when required)

CHORUS

G / / / |A / / / |F#m/ / / |Bm / / /

E / F#m/ |G / G#m/ |A / / / |A / / /

VERSE 1

They were doing great they were young and keen, And they sip root beer on the mezzanine

Coz they settled for less than they wanted

It was looking good, moving right along, They were their own people singing their own song

But they settled for less than they wanted

CHORUS 1

How many people are making plans, no-one else can understand

How many times can a joker beat an ace

How does it happen, where does it go, You fire it up, then the engine blows, it's like

Someone turned a light off, I suppose...

VERSE 2

Picking the numbers, making the plans

The future was held in their very hands

But they settled for less than they wanted

VERSE 3

He was gonna be big, gonna be a star, But he married a pig cos she had a car

And they settled for less than they wanted

He promised her kids and a bigger house, But soon the man became a mouse

And they settled for less than they wanted

CHORUS 2

Up in the morning and off to work, Lifting the load for any jerk

What ever happened to all the plans you had?

Where's the view, where's the dream, You say you got tired, but what you mean

Is you got too lazy to stand up straight and scream

VERSE 4

He had an affair, with the au-pair

They couldn't be happy, they didn't care

So they settled for less than they wanted (Oh yeah...)

CHORUS 1

How many people are making plans, no-one else can understand

How many times can a joker beat an ace

How does it happen, where does it go, You fire it up, then the engine blows, it's like

Someone turned a light off, I suppose...

VERSE 5

What happened to Billy, what happened to Jane

Will I ever hang out with the gang again

Coz they settled for less than they wanted

They were doing great, they were young and keen

And they sip root beer on the mezzanine

Coz they settled for less than they wanted (Oh yeah...)

TABLATURE

Quick key: H16 means hammer on at the sixteenth fret

16H means hammer off at the 16th fret (to the next note shown)

H16H means hammer on and off at the 16th fret

S16 means slide up to the sixteenth fret

/16 means bend up 2 semitones from the sixteenth fret

\16 means pre-bend 2 semitones from sixteenth fret, and bend down to 16th

Intro (16 bars)

  D........D..................F#m..F#m............G....G.......................D..................Am
e|---------------------------------------------------------------10-------------------------------X-X--X-
B|7-7-8-10-12----10-8-7---7-5-7-------------------------------12---12---12-10---------------------5-5--5-
G|--------------------------------7-2-----2---4-2-4--7-7---S11-------11-------11-11---11---11-----5-5--5-
D|--------------------------------------5-------------------------------------12------12----------7-7--7-
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------12---12-12----------7-7--7-
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-5--5-

  D............D....................F#m.........F#m..............G....G................D............Am
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------15---15--15-----------------X-X-X
B|19--19-17----17-19--19-19--17-----22---19-19------17----------------15-------15------15-15-15-15--5-5-5
G|----------19------------------19--------------16/----/16-14--16--S16-----16-------16-15-15-15-15--5-5-5
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15-15-15-15--7-7-7
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17-17-17-17--7-7-7
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-5-5

  D..........D..........F#m.........F#m.................G...........G..............D.............Am
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|7-7-8-10-12--15-15-17-H19-H19-H19--H19--17-15-14-15-14-14-15-14-----------------------15---15------14--
G|----------------------------------------------------------------16----14-16-16-14----------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------S16-----------16-S16--16---14-14--14
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Solo 2 (16 bars)

  D.............D.............F#m...F#m.......G.........G...............................D..........Am
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|S7--7-7--5-------------------------------------------------12-15-12-H15H-12----------------------------
G|-----------7-7---2-2-2---0-2-4-2----0-2-0---2-0---0-----s11----------------------14--11-11-11----------
D|-----------------------4----------4-------4-----4------------------------------------12-12-12----7--7--
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-12----7--7--
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5--5--

  D.............D...................F#m..F#m...................G..G...................D..............Am
e|-----------------------------------17H-15-------------------------19-19-19-19-17-17-17-15-14-14-15H-14-
B|15-15-17-19-19-17-H19H-17-H17-15-------15-------------------15-S15-----------------------------------17
G|--------------------------------16-------14-14-14-16-14-14-14------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Solo 3 (16 bars)

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|7-H8-7-H8-7H-5---5-5-H7--7/-7/-7/-7-H8-10--15-15-15-17-15-15-10-H12-10-H12------15----15----15-----14--
G|---------------7---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------S16----16----16----16--14--
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

e|19--17-17-17-17-15-14-14-15-14-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------17-15-14----------------------------------------------------------------
G|----------------------------------------14-------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------14-H16-----....to be continued....--------------------------
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Chord picking for G-A-F#m-Bm section of choruses

  G.......A.......F#m.....Bm.......G.......A.......F#m....Bm......

e|----------------------------------------------------------------
B|----3-------5-------2-------7--------3-------5-------2-------7--
G|--4---4---6---6---2---2---7--9-7---4---4---6---6---2---2---7----
D|5-------7-------4-------9--------5-------7-------4-------9------
A|----------------------------------------------------------------
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