Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 13:38:38 -0400
From: "Laura Lynn McWilliams" 
Subject: n/no_doubt/ex_girlfriend.crd

"Ex-Girlfriend"
by No Doubt
written by Gwen Stefani, Tom Dumont and Tony Kanal
from the album RETURN OF SATURN, 2000

transcribed Feb 14, 2001
updated May 15, 2001
thank you to jon for noticing my tab mistake in the pre-chorus :-)

NOTE: all 5 chords played in lowest position, unless otherwise noted.
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Pre-Chorus/ Main Riff

e:--8----7---5---3--|--2---0-------------|
B:--10---8---7---5--|--4---1--[-4---1-]--| (last time you play it,
G:------------------|---------[-4---2-]--|  leave off the part in
D:------------------|--------------------|  the [brackets])
A:------------------|--------------------|
E:------------------|--------------------|

CHORUS:
(palm-mute the chords except the last time)
E5      B5      C5      C5
F#5     C5      B5      B5

he also throws in some kind of funky-sounding distorted chords,
more or less at the end of each line, but I don't know how to
play those. If anyone does and can explain it in email, please
let me know.

VERSE:
i think the chords are played on a keyboard

NOTE: although I think it could be played by a keyboard, one
part you can play (only) during the second verse:

e:---12po0------12-12-12po0----|
B:-----------------------------| play it twice or something
G:-----------------------------| over the background chords
D:-----------------------------|
A:-----------------------------|
E:-----------------------------|

Post-Chorus (kind of distorted)
  "and i'm
   another ex-g/f..."                                      (repeat)
e:------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B:---5-----0------5-----0-------|----4----0---[-4----0--]---------|
G:*-----------------------------|--------------------------------*|
D:*-----------------------------|--------------------------------*|
A:------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E:------------------------------|---------------------------------|
                           (leave off bracket part, very last time)

BRIDGE:
I'm not positive on this part, but something like this:
E5, hard a bunch of times on the 6th string,
then play E5 on the 5th string for a few measures

the post-chorus played after the bridge sounds a little different,
like maybe he is sort of picking notes out of Em played on the
5th string
E A D G B e
7 7 9 8 8 7

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email comments/questions/corrections to
~Laura McWilliams
spoongirl@earthling.net