Faith No More — Midlife Crisis Tab

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From: Paul D 
Subject: TAB: "Midlife Crisis" by Faith No More

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!
Paul D. s3bz@music.transy.edu