Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm - Crash Test Dummies
Capo: Fret 3
Tuning: Cm, E A D G B E
Song: Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Artist: Crash Test Dummies
Composer: Brad Roberts
Album: God shuffled his feet
Tabbed by DJ 14th May 2014
'Late night' performance May 4, 1994:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkxlAIcq54E
Acoustic session duet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kELcwHKl2MY
Arsenio Hall May 19, 1994 (with different Verse 3):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TguPpcNPwGw
See bottom of tab for this unique verse.
CAPO: 3rd fret
(Will then sound in the recorded key of Cm)
VERY IMPORTANT:
The dissonant chord in the last line of the verses is
(in relation to the capo) an Fsus2(#11) chord,
comprising F, C, G and B (with the capo on 3rd fret,
those then sound as Ab, Eb, Bb and D). Unfortunately,
the site's automatic chord recognition software does
not recognise this chord. I also tried naming it
simply as G11/F, but the database didn't have that
chord name either. Therefore, for those not playing
this song with a capo as below, the site's transpose
function won't automatically show any transposition
of the Fsus2(#11) chord.
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IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers.
Em7 = 022030 Am = x22100 Dm = xx0231
Bm7 = x24232 C = x32013 Dm/A = x00231
Fadd9 = xx3213 F = xx3211 C4 = x33010
G4 = 320013 Ab = 466544 Csus2 = x30010
G = 320003 Fsus2(#11) = 13300x
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[Intro]
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/ / / / |
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/ / / |
[Verse 1]
Once, ...the
re was this ki
d who...
Got into an ac
cident and cou
ldn't come to
school,
But, when he f
inally came ba
ck,
His...hair...h
ad turned from
black into br
ight white,
He said it was
from when...
The cars had s
mashed so-----
--- hard
[Chorus]
Mmm - mmm, mmm
- mmm, mmm -
mmm, mmm - mmm
!
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/ / / / |
Mmm - mmm, mmm
- mmm, mmm -
mmm, mmm - mmm
!
| / / / / |
/ / / / |
[Verse 2]
Once, ...the
re was this gi
rl who...
Wouldn't go an
d change...
With the girls
in the change
room,
But, when ...t
hey finally ma
de her,
They...saw ..
.birth marks a
ll over her bo
dy,
She couldn't q
uite ex - plai
n it,
They'd always
just been-----
)
there
[Chorus]
Mmm - mmm, mmm
- mmm, mmm -
mmm, mmm - mmm
!
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/ / / / |
Mmm - mmm, mmm
- mmm, mmm -
mmm, mmm - mmm
!
| / / / / |
/ / / / |
[Bridge]
But both
girl and boy w
ere glad...
That one
kid had worse
than that
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/ / |
[Verse 3]
'Cause, then
...there was t
his boy whose.
..
Parents made h
im come direct
ly...
Home right aft
er school,
And when they
went to their
church,
They...shook..
.and lurched a
ll over the ch
urch floor,
He couldn't qu
ite ex - plain
it,
They'd always
just gone-----
)
- there
[Chorus]
Mmm - mmm, mmm
- mmm, mmm -
mmm, mmm - mmm
!
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/ / / / |
Mmm - mmm, mmm
- mmm, mmm -
mmm, mmm - mmm
!
| / / / / |
/ / / / |
[Break]
Ah--- ah---, a
h - ah, ah! A
h--- ah---, ah
- ah, ah!
| / / / / |
/ / /__/
/__/ |
Ah--- ah---, a
h - ah, ah! A
h--- ah---, ah
- ah, ah!
| / / / / |
/ / /__/
/__/ |
[Coda - Repeats]
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/ / /__/
/__/ |
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UNIQUE VERSE from Arsenio Hall 1994 concert:
Copy and paste this link to hear this version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TguPpcNPwGw
[Alternative Verse 3]
'Cause then
...this kid ca
lled Scott Bil
l,
Got to keep hi
s tonsils in a
jar for 'Show
and tell',
But, when ...h
e went to brin
g them,
His ...Mom .
..had thrown t
hem out in the
garbage,
He couldn't qu
ite ex - plain
it,
She wouldn't l
et him keep---
--- them