Key: A
Introduction:
A2/F#chºrd
verses without. I dare you. Also, and this is handy to
know, get a strong capo. Not these elastic band pieces
E
in the ride-out. For the intro and verses, make it
clean. Listen to the recording to get the idea.
Dchºrd,
toward the low E string. You're not going for total
accuracy here, so don't worry if you overshoot. BTW,
E
q q Q q h. q q h q q h (q)
E
q q Q q h. q q h q q h.
My sister...
E A2/F#
I hate my sister
C A
She's such a bitch
E A2/F#
She acts as though she doesn't even
C A
Know that I exist
E A2/F#
But I would do anything
C A
To let her know I care
E A2/F# C
But I am only talking to myself
A
'Cause she isn't
E
q q Q q h. q q h q q h (q)
There
E
q q Q q h. q q h q q h.
My sister...
E A2/F#
I love my sister
C A
She's the best
E A2/F#
She's cooler than any other girl
C A
That I have ever met
E A2/F#
She had the greatest man
C A
She had the greatest guy
E A2/F#
She's good at everything
C A
And doesn't even try
(distorted)
E
q q q (q) h q (q)
E A2/F#
She's got a wall around her
C A
Nobody can climb
E A2/F#
She lets a ladder down
C A
For those who really shine
E A2/F#
I tried to scale it
C A
But to me she's blind
E A2/F#
So I lit a firecracker
C A
Went off in my eye
(distorted)
E Dchºrd)
q q q (q) h q (q)
E A2/F#
I miss my sister
C A
Why'd she go?
E A2/F#
She's the one who would have taken me
C A
To my first all-ages show
E A2/F#
It was the Violent Femmes
C A
And the Del Fuegos
E A2/F#
Before they had a record out
C A
Before they went gold, it start to go
(distorted)
E
q q q (q) h q (q)
E F# G A2
I miss my sister
E F# G A2
I miss my sister
E F# G A2
I miss my sister
E F# G A2
I really miss her
E
--
Marc Hirsh ( *)