Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls (tabbed by googoodolls@musicfanclubs.org) Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo http://www.musicfanclubs.org/googoodolls/index.html Tuning: Guitar 1- BADAAD (Low E down to an B!) (or to use a hint someone emailed me, you can tune to AGCGGC and capo on the 2nd fret) (or to be super-slick, tune to BGCGGC and capo only the G's and C's on the 2nd fret) (Johnny plays this tuned BDDDDD) Guitar 2/Mandolin- Standard Tuning (EADGBe) Chords: (these are all D's, so they are just denoted by their root note in the tab) D - 3x0000 D/E - 5x0000 D/G - 8x0000 D/B - 0x0000 or (12)x00000 (listen for the variation) D/A - (10)x0000 D/F# - 7x0000 D/C# - 2x0000 Riff 1 (mandolin, written for guitar 2): e -----10--12- B ---7-------- G -7---------- D ------------ A ------------ E ------------ Intro: B-B-B A-A G-G-F#-E-E B-B-B A-A G-G-F#-E-E Verse: (arpeggiate the chords) D E G And I'd give up forever to touch you B A G 'Cause I know that you feel me somehow D E G You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be B A G *riff 1* And I don't want to go home right now (verse) And all I can taste is this moment And all I can breathe is your life 'Cause sooner or later it's over I just don't want to miss you tonight *riff 1* Chorus: B A G And I don't want the world to see me B A G 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand B A G When everything's made to be broken B A G I just want you to know who I am B-B-B A-A G-G-F#-E-E B-B-B A-A G-G-F# (verse) And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming Or the moment of truth in your lies When everything feels like the movies Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive (chorus) And I don't want the world to see me 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am B-C#-D B-A-G B-C#-D B-A-G Break: B-B-B-B A-A-A-A B-A G-G-G F#-F# G-F#-E (repeat three total times, then:) B-B-B-B A-A-A-A B-A Solo: (guitar 1 plays the chords, guitar 2 the solo with *generous* slide) G F# G B G e ------|---------|-------|----------|---------- B ------|---------|-------|----------|----7----- G -/7---|-6----2/-|-7--/9-|-/11--\2/-|-7----6--- D ------|---------|-------|----------|---------- A ------|---------|-------|----------|---------- E ------|---------|-------|----------|---------- F# B-C#-D-E-F# G F# B e -----|-----------|-------|--------|-9--10--9--------9- B -----|-0/12------|-------|-----10-|----------10------- G -(6)\|-----------|--7--/9|-/11----|--------------11--- D -----|-----------|-------|--------|------------------- A -----|-----------|-------|--------|------------------- E -----|-----------|-------|--------|------------------- B-A-G-F#-E-D-B (rest 2 measures) B-C#-D B-A-G (chorus) And I don't want the world to see me 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am G (chorus) And I don't want the world to see me 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am B A G I just want you to know who I am B A G I just want you to know who I am B A G I just want you to know who I am B-C#-D B-A-G B-C#-D B-A-G (fade out) ---------- (Standard Tuning version) (note: This isn't exactly what Johnny plays, but it is close and sounds fine for playing along with the song or by yourself.) Bm7 - x2023x (or x24232) G/F# - 2x0033 Em7 - 022033 Intro: Bm7-Bm7-A-A-Bm7 G-G-G/F#-G/F#-Em7 Bm7-Bm7-A-A-Bm7 G-G-G/F#-G/F#-Em7 Riff 1 (mandolin, written for guitar 2): e -----10--- B ---7------ G -7-------- D ---------- A ---------- E ---------- ----- Verse: Bm7 A G And I'd give up forever to touch you Bm7 A G 'Cause I know that you feel me somehow Bm7 A G You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be Bm7 A G *riff 1* And I don't want to go home right now (verse) And all I can taste is this moment And all I can breathe is your life 'Cause sooner or later it's over I just don't want to miss you tonight Chorus: (play verse part) And I don't want the world to see me 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am (play intro minus last Em7) (verse) And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming Or the moment of truth in your life When everything feels like the movies Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive (chorus) And I don't want the world to see me 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am Break: Bm7-Bm7-Bm7-Bm7 A-A-A-A Bm7-A G-G-G G/F#-G/F# G-G/F#-Em7 (repeat three total times, then:) Bm7-Bm7-Bm7-Bm7 A-A-A-A Bm7-A and Solo: (with *generous* slide) e ------|---------|----------------|---------- B ------|---------|----------------|----7----- G -/7---|-6----2/-|-7--/9-/11--\2/-|-7----6--- D ------|---------|----------------|---------- A ------|---------|----------------|---------- E ------|---------|----------------|---------- e ------------|---------------|-9--10--9--------9- B ------0/12--|------------10-|----------10------- G -(6)\-------|--7--/9/11-----|--------------11--- D ------------|---------------|------------------- A ------------|---------------|------------------- E ------------|---------------|------------------- (play verse chords) (chorus) And I don't want the world to see me 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am (chorus) And I don't want the world to see me 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am Bm7 A G I just want you to know who I am Bm7 A G I just want you to know who I am Bm7 A G I just want you to know who I am This file is copyright googoodolls@musicfanclubs.org, 1998. 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