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I TOOK YOUR NAME  (Last Updated:  8/14/96)

amp tremelo
Main riff:
e--------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------
G--7--7--7--7-9--9----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12--
D--7--7--7--7-9--9----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-- repeat etc.
A--5--5--5--5-7--7----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10--
E--0-open E is played throughout riff---

there's a fill in there somewhere, over the choruses and ending:
e-------------------------
B--------5--5--3----------
G--0-2-4---------4-2--2-4-4--
D--------------------------

Alternate fill (from David Wagner):

b-------3-3h5-3-3h5-3
g---2-4---------------4-2--2h4

[Riff]
I wore the clothes you wanted
I took your name
If there is some confusion, who's to blame?

[Riff]
I signed your living will
I smiled your face
I'm ready to close the book on NASA in outer space.

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[Riff]
I sequenced your arrival
I sealed your fate
I pushed the button
and erased your master tape

[Riff]
I wrote the sales pitch
I threw the brake switch
I dragged your big ass
daddy roth car out of that ditch

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{Break:}

B-------------------9s7---------------7s5--
G--9-9-9-9s11-11-11-----7-7-7-7s9-9-9------
D--9-9-9-9s11-11-11-----7-7-7-7s9-9-9------  repeat
A--7-7-7-7s9--9--9------5-5-5-5s7-7-7------

C A D E  (repeat)

[Riff]
I crossed your great divide
I stirred your oceans tide
I called your bluff until I blew your circuits mind.


[Riff]
I'll be your albatross,
devil, dog, Jesus, God
I don't wanna be Iggy Pop but if that's what it takes, hey.

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C   A   Main riff 1x
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