Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm - Crash Test Dummies

Capo: Fret 3
Tuning: Cm, E A D G B E

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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

Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of
the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks
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[Intro]
        
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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

!

      
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[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

!

      
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[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

!

      
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[Break]
       
Ah--- ah---, a

            
h - ah, ah!  A

        
h--- ah---, ah

       
 - ah, ah!

         
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Ah--- ah---, a

            
h - ah, ah!  A

        
h--- ah---, ah

       
 - ah, ah!

         
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[Coda - Repeats]
        
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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

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