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Mosquito Repellent

-tabbed by mike

Pretty sure this is the right tuning. For the freak out part, Kaki is just playing the same chords as the chorus but with the first 2 strings open.

Tuning:

1-A
2-G
3-D#
4-C
5-G
6-C

Chords:

A----------------------------------
G----------------------------------
D#---------------------------------
C---2------------------------------
G---0---3---4---3---2--0-----------
C-------3---2---0---2--0-----------
    A   F   F#  F2  E  D

A-------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------
D#--4---6---7---11---9----9----1------------------------
C---3---5---7---10---9----9----0------------------------
G---3---5---7---10---9----9----0------------------------
C---3---5---7---10---9----8----0------------------------
    G  A2   B   D   C#1  C#2   D2

A           F        A              F
All day, all day, sweeping out the shards
F#               F2   E             D 
Do what I have to do, try to start anew
      A                F
But I thought of you twice
A                  F 
Couldn’t help myself
F#                   F2
I don’t know what I need
E                             D
Clutching and fingering the rosary beads
123
      G    A2    B   D      C#1 C#2    x3
But I try, try, try, but I know     (try, try, try, but I know)
I can’t let go
Try, try, try, but I know (try, try, try, but I know)
I can’t let go
      G    A2    B   D      C#1 C#2   
      G   A2   D2   C#1   x4

TV upstairs, leave it on all night
Do what I have to do
Add, subtract, and divide by 2
But my eyes light up, at cops and robbers time
I hope the bad guys win
I hope the good guys get their skulls bashed in

And I try, try, try, but I know (try, try, try, but I know)
I can’t let go
I can’t let go