Slide by the Goo Goo Dolls
(tabbed by goo@soong.heinous.net and Rudy Misurec)
Goo Goo Dolls Web Site: The World of Goo
http://www.musicfanclubs.org/googoodolls/index.html

Tuning:
D#-A#-D#-G#-G#-D#
E-D#, A-A#, D-D#, G-G#, B-G#, e-D#,

Chords:
"F" - 220000
"D#" - x57000 or 000000
"C#" - x35000
"G#" - 550000
"C" - x20000

Riff 1:             (let ring)
D#--------0-------0----------
G#------0---0-----0----------
G#------0---0-----0----------
D#------------0---5----------
A# --3/5----------3----------
D# --------------------------

Intro:
D# --------0----------0-----------0----------0----0--
G# ------0---0------0---0-------0---0------0---------
G# ------0---0------0---0-------0---0------0---------
D# -----------------------0--------------------------
A# ----7---------5------------3----------------------
D# --------------------------------------5-----4-----

D# --------0----------0-----------0----------0----0--
G# ------0---0------0---0-------0---0------0---------
G# ------0---0------0---0-------0---0------0---------
D# -----------------------0--------------------------
A# ----7---------5------------3----------------------
D# --------------------------------------5-----4-----

Verse:
F                       D#
Could you whisper in my ear
                     C#
The things you wanna feel
               C#
I'd give ya anythin'
To feel it comin'
F                      D#
Do you wake up on your own
                   C#
And wonder where you are
You live with all your faults

Pre-Chorus:
Riff 1
I wanna wake up where you are
Riff 1
I won't say anything at all

Chorus:
   D#            C#    G# C# G# C# G# D#
So why don't you slide
                       C#    G# C# G# C# G# D#
Yeah I'm gonna let it slide

(verse)
Don't you love the life you killed
The priest is on the phone
Your father hit the wall
Your ma disowned you
Don't suppose I'll ever know
What it means to be a man
Somethin' I can't change
I'll live around it

(pre chorus)
I wanna wake up where you are
I won't say anything at all

(chorus)
So why don't you slide
Mmm Slide

Bridge:
[at places marked (**) add D# -4-4-4-5-5 on to the chord]

    C#         G#             C#               G#
And I'll do anythin' you ever dreamed to be complete
       C#            G#           D#
Little pieces of the nothin' that fall
   F(**)
Oh may
               D#(**)
Put your arms around me
         C#               C                C#     D#
What you feel is what you are and what you are is beautiful
   F(**)
Oh may
                 D#(**)          C#
Do you wanna get married, or runaway?

Break:
C#  G# C# G# C# G# D#

(bridge)
And I'll do anythin' you ever dreamed to be complete
Little pieces of the nothin' that fall
Oh may
Put your arms around me
What you feel is what you are and what you are is beautiful
Oh may
Do you wanna get married, or runaway?

(pre-chorus)
I wanna wake up where you are
I won't say anything at all

Fade out:
(yeah slide)
And I'll do anythin' you ever dreamed to be complete (yeah slide)
Little pieces of the nothin' that fall
(yeah slide)
And I'll do anythin' you ever dreamed to be complete (yeah slide)
Little pieces of the nothin' that fall

(Yeah slide)
Oh Oh Oh, slide between the sheets of all the beds you never knew
(Yeah slide)
Why don't you slide into my room
Just slide into my room
Oh, we'll run away, run away, run away...

Outro:
D# --------0----------0-----------0----------0----0--
G# ------0---0------0---0-------0---0------0---------
G# ------0---0------0---0-------0---0------0---------
D# -----------------------0--------------------------
A# ----7---------5------------3----------------------
D# --------------------------------------5-----4-----

                   * Lead 2 starts here
eb --------0-----------0-----------0------0-----
Ab ------0---0-------0---0-------0---0----0-----
Ab ------0---0-------0---0-------0---0----0-----
Db ------------------------0-----------0--0-----
Ab ----7-----------5-----------3----------5-----
Db ---------------------------------------5-----

Lead 2:
eb --(16b)17r16--14--12-----

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