Buggin Tab

The Flaming Lips: Buggin' (The Buzz of Love is Busy Buggin' You)
From the album The Soft Bulletin
 
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe) with a capo on the 2nd fret
 
 
All notes in this tab are relative to the capo.
 
Intro:
   C           Em/B        F/A
e|----8-------|----7-------|----5-------------------|
B|-------8----|-------8----|-------6-----6----------|
G|----------9-|----------9-|----------5-------------| x2
D|------------|------------|------------------------|
A|------------|------------|------------------------|
E|-8----------|-7----------|-5----------------------|
 
 
Verse Part 1:
   C           Em/B        F/A
e|----8-------|----7-------|----5--------------|
B|-------8----|-------8----|-------6-----6-----|
G|----------9-|----------9-|----------5--------|
D|------------|------------|-------------------|
A|------------|------------|-------------------|
E|-8----------|-7----------|-5-----------------|
   ALL          THOSE        BUGS
 
   C           Em/B        F/A
e|----8-------|----7-------|----5--------5--------5--------5--------5-------|
B|-------8----|-------8----|-------6--------6--------6--------6--------6----|
G|----------9-|----------9-|----------5--------5--------5--------5--------5-|
D|------------|------------|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------|------------|------------------------------------------------|
E|-8----------|-7----------|-5----------------------------------------------|
   BUZ-        -ZIN          ROUND           YOUR HEAD
 
Verse Part 2:
           C   Em     F
Well, they fly in the air
       C    Em   F
As you comb your hair
        C     Em        F
And the summertime will make you itch
    D        G
The mosquito bites
 
VERSE 2: Play Verse Parts 1 and 2
 
BRIDGE:
           C                Em
Well, they bite, yeah, they bite
F                               C*
But you can see they're there?
 
 
At C*, play this arpeggio
e|----8--------8--------8--------8--------8-------|
B|-------8--------8--------8--------8--------8----|
G|----------9--------9--------9--------9--------9-|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|-8----------------------------------------------|
 
           C                Em
Well, they bite, yeah, they bite
F
But you can tell they're there?
 
 
VERSE 3: Play Verse Parts 1 and 2
 
Then repeat the chords [C  Em  F] until the end.
 
 
NOTE: When I play this song on my acoustic, I like to play the notes an octave lower to
a fuller sound. I still play the chords (C, Em, F, D, and G) like normal, but these are
bits I change:
 
Acoustic "Intro":
   C           Em/B        F/A
e|------------|------------|------------------------|
B|----1-------|----0-------|------------------------|
G|-------0----|-------0----|----2-------------------| x2
D|----------2-|----------2-|-------3-----3----------|
A|-3----------|-2----------|-0--------3-------------|
E|------------|------------|------------------------|
 
Here’s the "acoustic" version of the verse:
   C           Em/B        F/A
e|------------|------------|------------------------|
B|----1-------|----0-------|------------------------|
G|-------0----|-------0----|----2-------------------|
D|----------2-|----------2-|-------3-----3----------|
A|-3----------|-2----------|-0--------3-------------|
E|------------|------------|------------------------|
   ALL          THOSE        BUGS
 
   C           Em/B        F/A
e|------------|------------|------------------------------------------------|
B|----1-------|----0-------|------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0----|-------0----|----2--------2--------2--------2--------2-------|
D|----------2-|----------2-|-------3--------3--------3--------3--------3----|
A|-3----------|-2----------|-0--------3--------3--------3--------3--------3-|
E|------------|------------|------------------------------------------------|
   BUZ-        -ZIN          ROUND           YOUR HEAD
 
 
At C* (in the bridge), play this arpeggio
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|----1--------1--------1--------1--------1-------|
G|-------0--------0--------0--------0--------0----|
D|----------2--------2--------2--------2--------2-|
A|-3----------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
 
 
Chords:
    C    Em   F    D    G
e|-(0)--(0)--(1)--(2)--(3)--------|
B|--1----0----1----3----3---------|
G|--0----0----2----2----0---------|
D|--2----2----3----0----0---------|
A|--3----2----3----0----2---------|
E|-------0----1---------3---------|
(Notes in parentheses are optional)
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