Skinny Genes tab

Skinny Genes

Hey guys we played this song by ear and came up with these tabs..it has a slightly more 
upbeat tune to it. Hope you enjoy. If you wanna listen to how it sounds or figure out 
the strumming, here's our cover on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUOrTloxFGY

Skinny Genes Acoustic Cover

Key: G major
Standard EADGBE Tuning

Basic Chords Used-
Gmaj9  Am7  Am9   D9   D7
--5----5----7-----5----x-|
--3----5----5-----5----3-|
--4----5----5-----5----5-|
--4----5----5-----4----4-|
--x----x----x-----5----5-|
--3----5----5-----x----x-|

VERSE
Standard rythym with a slap or "chuck" on 2 and 4
I added a sweep right before the "chuck" as embelishment but you can just strum the same 
chord again instead of doing the slap

 Gmaj9   /--/     Am7    /----------------------------------|              Gmaj9
---x-*-x-5---*-----x-*-x-5---*------x-*-x-5---x------x-*-5--|
---3-*-3--3--*-----5-*-5--5--*------5-*-5--5--x------3-*-3--|
---4-*-4---4-*-----5-*-5---5-*------5-*-5---5-x------4-*-4--|
---4-*-4----4*-(0)-5-*-5----5*-(5)--5-*-5----5x-(0)--4-*-4--|
---x-*-x-----*-----x-*-x-----*------x-*-x-----x-----x--*-x--|
--3--*-3-----*----5--*-5-----*----5---*-5-----x----3---*-3--|


CHORUS
The chorus is a basic strumming pattern with alternating Am7 and Am9 chords.
  Am7         Am9         Gmaj9
--5-5-*-5-5-*-7-7-*-5-5-*--5-5-*-5-5-*-5-5-*-5-5-*
--5-5-*-5-5-*-5-5-*-5-5-*--3-3-*-3-3-*-3-3-*-3-3-*
--5-5-*-5-5-*-5-5-*-5-5-*--4-4-*-4-4-*-4-4-*-4-4-*
--5-5-*-5-5-*-5-5-*-5-5-*--4-4-*-4-4-*-4-4-*-4-4-*
--x-x-*-x-x-*-x-x-*-x-x-*--x-x-*-x-x-*-x-x-*-x-x-*
--5-5-*-5-5-*-5-5-*-5-5-*--3-3-*-3-3-*-3-3-*-3-3-*

                                     You can alternate between the D9 and D7 to resolve
  Am7         Am9         Gmaj9      D7< < <  Bass lead-in to repeat
--5-5-*-5-5-*-7-7-*-5-5-*--5-5-*-5-5-*-x-x-x------|
--5-5-*-5-5-*-5-5-*-5-5-*--3-3-*-3-3-*-3-3-3------|
--5-5-*-5-5-*-5-5-*-5-5-*--4-4-*-4-4-*-5-5-4------|
--5-5-*-5-5-*-5-5-*-5-5-*--4-4-*-4-4-*-4-4-4------|
--x-x-*-x-x-*-x-x-*-x-x-*--x-x-*-x-x-*-5-5-5------|
--5-5-*-5-5-*-5-5-*-5-5-*--3-3-*-3-3-*-x-x-x--3-4-|



BRIDGE

Gmaj9 and Am7, repeat to the verse
--5-5-5-5-5--|
--3-5-5-3-3--|
--4-5-5-4-4--|
--4-5-5-4-4--|
--x-x-x-x-x--|
--3-5-5-3-3--|

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