Guitar Tab: "Midlife Crisis"

Transcribed by: Paul D



Here's for all you die-hard FNM fans who want to be able to play a FNM

song whether or not it has guitar in it, DAMMIT!

It's really not a difficult song.  It's mostly keyboard-based, so the

majority of what I have here is the keyboard parts arranged for guitar.





Here's the fingering for the keyboard chords that are played under the

verses.  If you've got a guitar synth or some nifty FX processor that'll

produce a cool "stringy" sound for these chords, it might sound pretty

close to the record...

E-|----|-----|-----|-----|-----|

B-|----|-----|-----|-10--|-12--|

G-|-9--|-12--|-11--|-9---|-11--|

D-|-9--|-12--|-9---|-7---|-9---|

A-|-7--|-10--|-9---|-----|-----|

E-|----|-----|-----|-----|-----|

    E    G    B/F#   A     B



Here's the lyrics to the verse and when to play the above chords:



E

Go on and ring my neck

G

Like when a rag gets wet

B/F#

A little discipline

A

For my pet genius

E

My head is like lettuce

G

Go on, dig your thumbs in.

B

I cannot stop giving

(B)

I'm thirtysomething.

E

Sense of security

G

Like pockets jingling

B/F#       A

Midlife crisis

E

Suck ingenuity

G

Down through the family

B      (B)

Tree...



Here's the rest of the verse lyrics:



What an inheritance

The salt and the kleenex

Morbid self-attention

Bending my pinky back

A little discipline

A donor by habit

A little discipline

Rent an opinion.

Sense of security

Holding blunt instrument

Midlife crisis.

I'm a perfectionist

And perfect is a skinned knee.





Okay, here's what I guess you'd call the "chorus", just use any old form of

the chords shown (whatever suits ya'):



E5                              D5

You're perfect yes it's true

        A5    E5               D5      A5

But without me you're only you (you're only you)

     E5                   D5

Your menstruating heart

A5         E (palm mute)

It ain't bleeding enough for two.





Then, for the part that goes "It's a midlife...crisis____" just play the

progression from the verse (way above).





Then after that weird, descending synth effects part (there's really no

way to tab that out OR play it on a guitar...so skip it), play the

following (this is also keyboard arranged for guitar) and sing the "It's a

midlife...crisis_____" three times.

E-|----------------|--------------|-----------------|-----|----||

B-|----------------|--------------|-----------------|-----|-16-||

G-|-14-13-17-16-14-|-16--16-14-16-|-16-14-17--16-14-|-16--|-16-||

D-|----------------|--------------|-----------------|-----|-16-||

A-|----------------|--------------|-----------------|-----|----||

E-|----------------|--------------|-----------------|-----|----||





After that, it's back to the chorus (with the first verse sung in the

background) until the fade-out.  I'm pretty sure about all this stuff.

I'm trying to do it as best as I can from memory.  I may have flubbed a

little as far as "sequence of events", so if there seems to be some part

missing, email me.



But like I said above, if you're looking for a cool "guitar-y" song, this

ain't it...(it still manages to be a kickass song, though!)



Good luck!


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