The Greeting Committee

Birthday Song

The Greeting Committee


Tom: Em

[Verse]
  G                               C
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|0---3---0---3---0---3---0---3-0-0---3---0---3---0---3---0---3-0-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0--(0)--0---0---0---0---0---0---0--(0)|
A|--------------------------------3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--/|
E|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-----------------------------------|

  Em              D               C
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|0---3---0---3---0---3---0---3-0-0---3---0---3---0---3---0---3-0-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0--(0)--0---0---0---0---0---0---0--(0)|
A|7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|


[Chorus]
  C               Bm              D               Em
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---7---7---7---7---8---8---8---8---|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| x2
D|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A|3---3---3---3---2---2---2---2---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7---|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|


[Post Chorus]
  G               Em              D               C
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|12--12--12--12--8---8---8---8---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| x2
D|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A|10--10--10--10--7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|


[Outro]
  C              Bm               D                Em
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|5=============-3===============-7===============-8==============|  x3
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|3=============-2===============-5===============-7==============|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|


[Verse 1]
G
Eight years old to the day
C
You blew your candles off the cake
Em            D
Wishing too hard for them to stay
C
You burnt the house down


[Verse 2]
G
She held the match, he held her face
C
You learned to hate your birthday
Em             D
Calling her bitch, despite your wish
C
They had to separate


[Chorus]
C          Bm
And the room sings
D          Em
And it sounds like leaving home
C          Bm      D
And the room sings
  Em
"We know something you don't"


[Post Chorus]
G  Em  D  C   (x2)


[Verse 3]
G
Now he’s quite the stand-up guy
C
He's stood you up 'least twelve times
Em              D
And when he finally does arrive
C
He brings his new wife


[Verse 4]
G
The family shrink from second floor
G
The one he claimed he couldn’t afford
Em             D
Your mother cries, clings to the floor
C
You knock his lights out


[Chorus]
C         Bm
And the room sings
D         Em
And it sounds like leaving home
C         Bm       D
And the room sings
  Em
"We know something you don't"


[Post Chorus]
G  Em  D  C   (x2)


[Outro]
C         Bm
And the room sings
D         Em
And it sounds like leaving home
C         Bm   D
The room sings
   Em                 C
"We know something you don't"
      Bm        D
The room sings
       Em
And it sounds like there's no love


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| (n)  Ghost note
| /    Slide up
| =    Sustain

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