Buddy Holly - Weezer

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Buddy Holly
as performed by Weezer
Words and Music by Rivers Cuomo

4/4 Time
All strings tuned a half-step down
(All chords relative to standard tuning)


Verse

     F#5      
eb||----------
Bb||----------
F#||----------
C#||-4--4--4--
Ab||-4--4--4--
Eb||-2--2--2--
     What's wi

              
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4--4--4--4--4-
4--4--4--4--4-
2--2--2--2--2-
th these homie

              
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-|-4--4--4--4-
-|-4--4--4--4-
-|-2--2--2--2-
s  dissin' my 

       E/G#
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-4--4--------|
-4--4//7--7--|
-2--2//4--4--|
girl?

    A5
eb|-----------
Bb|-----------
F#|-----------
C#|-7--7--7--7
Ab|-7--7--7--7
Eb|-5--5--5--5
    Why do the

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--7--7--7--7--
--7--7--7--7--
--5--5--5--5--
y got - ta    

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|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
  front?

F#5                              E/G#
What did we ever do to these guys
A5
that made them so violent?


Pre-Chorus

    D5        
eb|----5-----5
Bb|-7-----7---
F#|-----------
C#|-----------
Ab|-----------
Eb|-----------
   (Woo - hoo.

              
-----5-----5--
--7-----7-----
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)   But you kn

  C#m      F#5
|----4-----2--
|-5-----5\----
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------
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ow     I'm you

---2-----2--|
2-----2-----|
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rs.

D5                     C#5    F#5
(Woo - hoo.) And I know you're mine.

    D5        
eb|----5-----5
Bb|-7-----7---
F#|-----------
C#|-----------
Ab|-----------
Eb|-----------
   (Woo - hoo,

              
-----5-----5--
--7-----7-----
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        and th

  Dm
|----5-----5--
|-6-----6-----
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at's for   all

---5-----5--|
6-----6-----|
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         time.


Chorus

    A5        
eb|-----------
Bb|-----------
F#|-----------
C#|-7--7--7--7
Ab|-7--7--7--7
Eb|-5--5--5--5
    Woo - ee  

              
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--7--7--7--7--
--7--7--7--7--
--5--5--5--5--
- oo,   I look

  D5/A        
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|-------------
|-7--7--7--7--
|-7--7--7--7--
|-5--5--5--5--
|-5--5--5--5--
  just like Bu

E5/B
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9--9--9--9--|
9--9--9--9--|
7--7--7--7--|
7--7--7--7--|
ddy Holly.

    A5        
eb|-----------
Bb|-----------
F#|-----------
C#|-7--7--7--7
Ab|-7--7--7--7
Eb|-5--5--5--5
          Oh -

              
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--7--7--7--7--
--7--7--7--7--
--5--5--5--5--
  oh,  and you

  D5/A        
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|-7--7--7--7--
|-7--7--7--7--
|-5--5--5--5--
|-5--5--5--5--
're Mary Tyler

E5/B
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9--9--9--9--|
7--7--7--7--|
7--7--7--7--|
 Moore.

    F#5       
eb|-----------
Bb|-----------
F#|-----------
C#|-4--4--4--4
Ab|-4--4--4--4
Eb|-2--2--2--2
    I     don'

              
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--4--4--4--4-/
--4--4--4--4-/
--2--2--2--2-/
t care  what t

  D5/A  E5/B  
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/-7--7--9--9--
/-5--5--7--7--
/-5--5--7--7--
hey say about 

A5
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7--7--7--7--|
7--7--7--7--|
5--5--5--5--|
us anyway.

    A5    D5/A
eb|-----------
Bb|-----------
F#|-------7--7
C#|-7--7--7--7
Ab|-7--7--5--5
Eb|-5--5--5--5
    I    don't

  E5/B        
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--9--9--9--9--
--9--9--9--9--
--7--7--7--7--
--7--7--7--7--
  care 'bout t

  A5       E5   A5
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-7--7--7-------7-7--7--7--|
|-7--7--7--7-7--7-7--7--7--|
|-5--5--5--0-0--5-5--5--5--|
hat.


Interlude

    F#5       
eb|-------(2)h
Bb|-2--3--2---
F#|-----------
C#|-----------
Ab|-----------
Eb|-----------

              
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|-2--0-----2--
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    A5
eb|----------2
Bb|-2-h3--2---
F#|-----------
C#|-----------
Ab|-----------
Eb|-----------

h4------2-----
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Verse

F#5                            E/G#
Don't you ever fear, I'm alway near.
A5
I know that you need help.
F#5                                        E/G#
Your tongue is twisted, your eyes are slit.
A5
You need a guardian.


Pre-Chorus

D5                       C#5  F#5
(Woo - hoo.) And you know I'm yours.
D5                     C#5     F#5
(Woo - hoo.) And I know you're mine.
D5                    Dm
(Woo - hoo, and that's for all time.)


Chorus

A5                    D5/A            E5/B
Woo - ee - oo, I look just like Buddy Holly.
A5                 D5/A       E5/B
Oh - oh and you're Mary Tyler Moore.
F#5                    D5/A E5/B    A5
I don't care what they say about us anyway.
A5 D5/A E5/B             A5  E5 A5
I don't care 'bout that.
A5 D5/A E5/B             A5  E5 A5
I don't care 'bout that.


Bridge

    A5        
eb|-----------
Bb|-----------
F#|-2--2--2---
C#|-2--2--2---
Ab|-0--0--0---
Eb|----------0
    Bang, bang
              

  F#5         
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--4-----4--|--
--4-----4--|--
--2--0--2--|--
, knock|door| 
   on the|'not

     A6 B5 C#5
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-----4--4--6--
--4--0--2--4--
--2-----------
  big|  you're
her| bang|down

B5 
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4--------|
2--0-----|
------2--|
|the floor.
 on|

A5     F#5
Oh no, what do I do?
      F#5  A6   B5    C#5  B5
Don't look now, but I lost my shoe.
A5               F#5
I can't run and I can't kick.
         F#5    A6    B5      C#5 B5
What's a matter babe, are you feelin' sick?
A5                                F#5
What's a matter, what's a matter, what's a matter you?
         F#5    A6    B5      C#5     B5
What's a matter babe, are you feelin' blue?


Guitar Solo

    C#5B5     
eb|-----------
Bb|-----------
F#|-------9--1
C#|-6--4------
Ab|-4--2-(0)--
Eb|----------(
   ...blue? Oh

    D5        
--|-----------
--|-----------
1-|-11b-------
--|-----------
--|-----------
2)|-----------
,   oh,       

              
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-11~~~-9------
-----------12-
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  oh,  oh, oh,

  C#m    F#5
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|-11/12--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
|-------------------------|
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  oh, oh, oh.

    D5        
eb|/14-14-16-1
Bb|-----------
F#|/11----13-1
C#|-----------
Ab|-----------
Eb|-----------

              
6-17-17/19-19-
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3-14-14/16-16-
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  C#m       F#
|-19-19-x17-17
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|-16-16-x14-14
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5
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-----1414---|
-----1414---|
14h16---1614|
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    D5        
eb|-----------
Bb|-----------
F#|-16b---16-1
C#|-----------
Ab|-----------
Eb|-----------
              
              

              
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--141614141614
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      And that
              

  Dm
|-------------
|-14b---14----
|----------14~
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|-------------
's   for   all
              

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----14h16---|
1416--------|
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        time.
    (And that'

s

    D5/A      
eb|-----------
Bb|-14h15p14~~
F#|-----------
C#|-----------
Ab|-----------
Eb|-----------
            fo

                No Chord
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|----18----------------18-|
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r all time.)


Outro-Chorus

    A5        
eb|-----------
Bb|-17~~~~~~~~
F#|-----------
C#|-----------
Ab|-----------
Eb|-----------
    Woo - ee  

              
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- oo,   I look

  D5/A        
|-------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------
  just like Bu

E5/B
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ddy Holly.

A5                  D5/A       E5/B
Oh - oh, and you're Mary Tyler Moore.
F#5                    D5/A E5/B    A5
I don't care what they say about us anyway.
  D5/A  E5/B
I don't care 'bout that.

    A  A5    E
eb|:|---------
Bb|:|-10-10-10
F#|:|---------
C#|:|-7--7--7-
Ab|:|---------
Eb|:|---------
              

5  A5         
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-1010101010-10
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-7-7-7-7-7--7-
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         D5/A 
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-10|-10-10-10-
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-7-|-7--7--7--
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   I     don't

 E5/B
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10-10-10-9--9-
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7--7--7--6--6-
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 care 'bout th

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-|:|(Play Three Times)
at.

    A5       E
eb|-----------
Bb|-10-10-10--
F#|----------9
C#|-7--7--7---
Ab|----------7
Eb|-----------

  F#5E  F#5
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--9--7--9--9\-
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