'Testing 123' by Barenaked Ladies - Guitar Tutorial

            Testing 1, 2, 3 
by Barenaked Ladies

Lyrics & Music by: 
Steven Page and Ed Robertson 

Tabbed by: Tom Dusome 

This was done totally by ear so some might not be totally right. but still sounds
pretty alright.  

Chords Used: 

E  B  F#  or  A 

7     2   9
7     2   9
9     3   11
9  9  4   11  7
7  9  4   9   7
7  7  2   9   5 

I used the variation on the F# for the Bridge. 

Intro

E B F# A 

Verse 1
Maybe it would be fun, To get a new opinion, Get a little work done And forget

Verse 2
Maybe it would be cool If I rocked it old school Try to break a gold rule And a sweat

verse 3

Riff # 1 

|7--7----|--2--2--||
|7--7----|--2--2--||
|9--9----|--3--3--||
|9--9-9--|--4--4-7||
|7--7-9--|--4--4-7||
|7--7-7--|--2--2-5||

Better than the first time
Better than the worst time

Riff # 2
                         Let Ring
|7--7----|-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------||
|7--7----|-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------||
|9--9----|-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------||
|9--9-9--|-4-4-4-4-4-|---harm 0n 5-----||
|7--7-9--|-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------||
|7--7-7--|-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------||


If I could just reverse time
I'd be set

Chorus

E       B   F#            A
Testing 1,2,3 Can anybody hear me?

     E        B   F#              A
If I shed the irony Would anybody cheer me?

     E     B         F#                   A    
If I acted less like me Would I be in the clear? 

verse 4 (just like verse 1)
She got a new apartment It's out on the escarpment 
And in her glove compartment Are my songs

verse 5 (just like verse 2)
She hasn't even heard them Since she found out what the words meant
She decided she preferred them All wrong

verse 6 (just like Verse 3)
Riff #1

Kind of like the last time
With a bunch of really fast times

Riff #2
If we're living in the past time
Soon gone

Chorus

E       B   F#            A
Testing 1,2,3 Can anybody hear me?

     E        B   F#              A
If I shed the irony Would anybody cheer me?

     E     B         F#                   A    
If I acted less like me Would I be in the clear?


Bridge

        F#   B   A
We recognize the present

   F#   B  A
Is half as pleasant

   F#  B   A
As our nostalgia for


E              B
The past'll be presented

           E 
Recast and reinvented

           B
Until it's how we meant it


Chorus

let Ring 
on first E
 
E       B   F#            A
Testing 1,2,3 Can anybody hear me?

     E        B   F#              A
If I shed the irony Would anybody cheer me?

     E     B         F#                   A    
If I acted less like me Would I be in the clear?



He's everything that you need
You wiped out on your ten speed

And either he will succeed

end of Riff #2
Or just suck

Chorus

E           F#            A
Testing 1,2,3 Can anybody hear me?

     E        B   F#              A
If I shed the irony Would anybody cheer me?

     E     B         F#                   A    
If I acted less like me Would I be in the clear?

Begin the...

E       B   F#            A
Testing 1,2,3 Can anybody hear me?

     E        B   F#              A
If I shed the irony Would anybody cheer me?

     E     B         F#                   A    
If I acted less like me Would I be in the clear Gee?


Outro


E       B   F#     A
Testing 1,2,3

E       B   F#     A
Testing 1,2,3


Outro is the same as Chorus and Intro Chords. Repeat forever really. If you want
too. its really fun to Play. 

But End On E anyway,

They Called me Eddie...