The Other Shoe Tab

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo
Author Phycosomatic [a] 31.
1 contributor total, last edit on Jul 5, 2020
Played on an acoustic guitar, couldn’t find this tab anywhere so thought I would make one!
Put capo fifth fret to play at same key as the recorded song.
Standard tuning: E-B-G-D-A-E
 
Intro:
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e |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2------2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--|
D|--2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2------2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--|
A|--0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--|
E |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
 
 
 
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G|--2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2------2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--|
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A|--0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--|
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        (A)
e |------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2------2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--------------|
D|--2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2------2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--------------|
A|--0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------|
 
      “soon they’ll wake up to the... to the stink...       ...of  life passing them by.”
       (C)                         (G)                      (Em)                      (A)
e |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------------------------2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2--|
D|--2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2------0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2------2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2----------|
A|--3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3------2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2------0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----------|
E |-----------------------------3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3----0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----------------------------|
 
 
                “wake up and, smell the stink of their lives.
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e |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0------------------------------2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2--|
D|----2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2------2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2------|
A|----3-3-3---3-3-3-3-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2------0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0------|
E |----------------------------0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0------------------------|
 
For the second and louder part of the song, the guitar part uses the same chords but
the ‘b’ string and sometimes the top ‘e’ string like this:
 
Chords:
     (A2)             (C2)           (G2)         (Em2)
E|--0--------------0-----------(0)-----------(0)---|
B|--0--------------0------------0-------------0----|
G|--2--------------0------------0-------------0----|
D|--2--------------2------------0-------------2----|
A|--0--------------3------------2-------------2----|
E|--------------------------------3-------------0--|
 
Same rhythm is also used.
 
(A2)                                               (C2)
The garbage trucks are coming
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To take your shit to the dump
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You're smelling pretty now
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Such a pretty little lump
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A pretty little lump of flesh
                     (A2)        (C2)
Who's lost your way
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Another night another day
 
 
(A2)                                    (C2)
And when you sleep at night
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Dreaming of the pretty things
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Don't be too surprised
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When the telephone rings
 
(A2)               (C2)         (G2)             (A2)
Woooooooo   wooooo   ooooooo   oooooooooooo
 
 
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Woooooooo   wooooo   ooooooo   oooooooooooo
 
(A2)
I'll be sitting here
(C2)                (G2)              (A2)
Waiting for the other shoe to drop
(A2)
I'll be sitting here
(C2)                (G2)              (A2)
Waiting for the other shoe to drop
 
Outro:
 
   (A2)                             End on (A2)
e |----------------------------------------------------(0)--|
B|--0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0--0-0-0---------0-----------|
G|--2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2------2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2----2------------|
D|--2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2------2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2----2------------|
A|--0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0----0------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------------|
 
There you have it
Pretty simple but a good song from the eels.
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soz bout this tab,, i did it on word and copied n pasted it ... quite a few of the notes and words are now in the wrong palce but if u no the song u should be able to work out when the changes are etc,,cya.