"FRESHMEN" ---- Verve Pipe The following riff opens the song and is used throughout the whole song. MAIN RIFF: -----------------------2-------------------------- ----------5------------------5-------5---------- -----4----------------------------4-------------- -2-----------2----------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------5--------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------2----------------------------------- -------2---------------------------------------- -0----------------0---------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------5----------------- ---------------6-------------------------------- ---------6-------------------------------------- ---4-----------------4-----------------2------ ------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- -------------------------2------------------- -------------2------------------------------- -------2-------------------------------------- -0---------------0--------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- -OR- you could play it like: ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------7-------------5--------2----------------------------------- ----9--------6----6--------2------------------------------------- ---9-------7-----6--------2-------------------------------------- --7--7----7-----4--4--2--0--0------------------------------------ ---------5--5---------------------------------------------------- This comes in before the second verse: Guitar2 1-------------------------------------------------------------- 2-------------5--7--5------------------5-/sl.-4------------ 3-----4--6-----------------------4--6------------------------ 4--------------------------------------------------------------- 5--------------------------------------------------------------- 6--------------------------------------------------------------- The chords during this entire intro/verse/chorus part are E- A- C#m- A PRE-CHORUS: ("Can't be held responsible. . ") part: 4x: C# B A E|--------------|--------------|-----------------| B|--------------|--------------|--------------2--| G|--------6-----|-------4------|--------2--------| D|-----6----6---|----4-----4---|-----2----2------| A|--4-----------|--2-----------|--0--------------| E|--------------|--------------|-----------------| In verse two and three, for that part, play the following riff 4 times. Bend the first note of each phrase up a bit, and keep the string bent until the next little phrase. Riff: E|----------------|--------------|------------------------------| B|----------------|--------------|------------------------------| G|----9^--8--9----|--9^--8--9----|--9^--8--9--11--9--8--9-------| D|----------------|--------------|------------------------------| A|----------------|--------------|------------------------------| E|----------------|--------------|------------------------------| Chorus: Emaj Amaj For the life of me I can not remember C#5 B5 Amaj What made us think that we were wise Amaj Emaj And we'd never compromise Emaj Amaj For the life of me I can not believe we'd e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------| G|----------6--------------4-------------------------------| D|-------6-----------4-------------------7------7-let-ring-| A|-----4---------2------------------7--------7-------------| E|-------------------------------5-------------------------| ever die for these sins we were merely freshmen This next part comes in near the end of the song.It's sort of a spin off of the main riff heard throught the whole song. Guitar 1 or 2 1----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3------(9)----------(9)---(7)--------(7)--------------------6----- 4-------9-------9----------7------7----------6-----4-------7-------------7---- 5-------7---7--------------7---7-------------4-----2-------7---------7-------- 6---------------------------5----------------------------------5-----5-------- Outro: E2 C#m E C#m E E|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|--7--| B|-----------7--|---------5/4--|-----------10/9--|--------5/4--|--9--| G|--------9-----|--------------|--------9--------|-------------|--9--| D|-----9--------|-----6--------|-----9-----------|-----6-------|--9--| A|--7-----------|--4-----------|--7--------------|--4----------|--7--| E|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|--x--| THE FRESHMAN LYRICS: when i was young I knew everything and she a punk who rarely ever took advice now i'm guilt stricken, soobing with my head on the floor stop a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice Chorus: i can't be held responsible cause she was touching her face i won't be held responsible she fell in love in the first place for the life of me i cannot remember what made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise for the life of me i cannot believe we'd ever die for these sins we were merely freshmen my best friend took a week's vacation to forget her his girl took a week's worth of valium and slept now he's guilt stricken sobbing with hi head on the floor thinks about her now and how he never really wept he says Chorus we've tried to wash our hands of all of this we never talk of our lacking relationships and how we're guilt stricken sobbing with our heads on the floor we feel through the ice when we tried not to slip, we'd say Chorus