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"Etcetera Whatever" by Over The Rhine
From the album "Good Dog Bad Dog"
Words and Music By Linford Detweiler
Copyright © 1996 Over The Rhine/Scampering Songs Publishing (ASCAP)
http://www.overtherhine.com
Transcribed by t-rev@ccws.net http://ccws.net/t-rev


The entire song is this finger-picking pattern:
E-|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|
B-|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|
G-|----0-------0--|----0-------0--|
D-|--4---4---4---4|--4---4---4---4|
A-|2-------2------|0-------0------|

Etc. :)  Also, a second guitar strums the chorus/refrain with a pick.
The outro is flat-picked (by the second guitar) something like this:
E-|----2-------2--|----4-------4--|
B-|----3-------3--|----5-------5--|
G-|--2---2---2---2|--4---4---4---4|
D-|0-------0------|0-------0------|


INTRO/VERSE:
2X4000    F#?  (these are "not-sure-what-to-call-it" chords)
2XXXXX    * (single sustained F# half-note)
X24000    B?
X04000    A?
3X4000    G?

CHORUS/REFRAIN:
X00232    D/A
X02200    Aadd9
0X2000    Em
2XXXXX    * (F# eighth-note on upbeat of 4 between Em and G chords)
3X0033    Gno3
2X0232    D/F#

OUTRO:
XX0232    D
XX0454    E7/D
XX0453    Em7/D


INTRO:
|F#?  .   |F#?  *   |  

VERSE 1:
|B?   .   |A?   .   |B?   .   |A?   .   |
|B?   .   |A?   .   |B?   .   |G?   .   |F#?  *   |

VERSE 2

CHORUS:
|D/A  .   |Aadd9.   |Em   .  *|Gno3 .   |D/A  .   |
|D/A  .   |Aadd9.   |Em   .  *|Gno3 .   |D/A  .   |D/A  .   |

REFRAIN:
|Gno3 D/F#|Em   .  *|Gno3 D/F#|Em    .  *|
|Gno3 D/F#|Em   .  *|Gno3 D/F#|Em    .   |

REPEAT INTRO

VERSE 3:
|B?   .   |F#?  .   |B?   .   |A?   .   |
|B?   .   |A?   .   |B?   .   |G?   .   |F#?  *   |

REPEAT CHORUS
|D/A  .   |Aadd9.   |Em   .  *|Gno3 .   |D/A  .   |
|D/A  .   |Aadd9.   |Em   .  *|Gno3 .   |D/F# .   |D/F# .   |

REPEAT REFRAIN

REPEAT INTRO

OUTRO:
|D    .   |E7/D .   |Em7/D.   |D    .   |
|D    .   |E7/D .   |Em7/D.   |D    .   |D    .   |


Transcribed 11/29/1999 by t-rev@ccws.net
More tab available at http://ccws.net/t-rev

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VERSE 1:
Don't speak. Words come out your eyes.
You're wet with this nightmare.
Like thorns you hold these secrets to your breast,
Your slender fingers closing into fists.

VERSE 2:
Trace your bruise like a guilty streak.
Hold the pain. You're a connoisseur.
You think you have no other gift to give,
But we have so much left to live.

CHORUS:
We don't need a lot of money.
We'll be sleeping on the beach,
Keeping oceans within reach.
(Whatever private oceans we can conjure up for free.)
I will stumble there with you 
And you'll be laughing close with me,
Trying not to make a scene,
Etcetera whatever, I guess all I really mean

REFRAIN:
Is we're gonna be alright.
Yeah, we're gonna be alright.
You can close your eyes tonight,
'Cause we're gonna be alright.

VERSE 3:
So come on now, I can almost see
That place on a distant shore.
And courage is a weapon we must use
To find some life you can't refuse.

OUTRO:
I still see your eyes. Close your eyes. Close your eyes.
All that I can see is your eyes. Close your eyes. Close your eyes.

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