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The Freshman Tab

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THE FRESHMAN - Mustard Plug

By: Matt "Carl" Young

Intro pt.1
e|-------------------|-------6------|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|---------6----|--------10-------|----------6--------|
G|-10--10--10--------|--------------|-----------10----|------------6------|
D|-10--10--10--10----|-8-8--------8-|--12-12-------12-|-10--8-8-----------|
A|--8---8----------8-|-8-8----------|--12-12----------|-10--8-8------8----|
E|-------------------|-6-6----------|--10-10----------|--8--6-6-----------|

Intro pt.2
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-10----------------------------------------------------------(4x)---------|
D|-10-(8-TIMES)-8-------------12-----------10---8---------------------------|
A|--8-----------8-(8-TIMES)---12-(6-TIMES)--6---8-(8 TIMES)-----------------|
E|--------------6-------------10------------6---6---------------------------|

VERSE/ PRE-CHORUS (CAN'T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE...)
e|-X-5-X-5-X-5-X-5-X-6-X-6-X-6-X-6------------------------------------------|
B|-X-6-X-6-X-6-X-6-X-6-X-6-X-6-X-6------------------------------------------|
G|-X-5-X-5-X-5-X-5-X-5-X-5-X-5-X-5------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

CHORUS (FOR THE LIFE OF ME...)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-10----------------------------------------------------------(4x)---------|
D|-10-(8-TIMES)-8-------------12-----------10---8---------------------------|
A|--8-----------8-(8-TIMES)---12-(5-TIMES)-10---8-(8 TIMES)-----------------|
E|--------------6-------------10------------8---6---------------------------|

OUTRO #1 (OH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH...)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-3--------------------------------------------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-(LET-LAST-NOTE-RING)----(3x)---------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-1--------------------------------------------------|
E|-1-1-1-1------------------------------------------------------------------|

LITTLE DIDDLY
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------15/3p0---------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-8-6-8-6-8-6--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

OUTRO #2 (SLOW- FOR THE LIFE OF ME...)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--10----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--10-(RING)--8---------12---------10-8----------(2x)----------------------|
A|---8---------8-(RING)--12-(RING)--10-8-(RING)-----------------------------|
E|-------------6---------10----------8-6------------------------------------|

INTRO pt.1       (1x)
INTRO pt.2       (3x)
VERSE/PRE-CHORUS (9x)
CHORUS           (4x)
VERSE/PRE-CHORUS (9x)
OUTRO #1         (3X)
VERSE/PRE-CHORUS (9x)
CHORUS           (8x)
LITTLE DIDDLY    (1x)
OUTRO #2         (2x)
CHORUS           (8x)

(PRE-CHORUS)

(CHORUS) (2x)

(LITTLE DIDDLY)

(CHORUS) (2X)

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Sam Average	#1 by Sam at Aug 24, 1981 at 6:49 AM EST
	when ppl get married, as they are leaving the church or wherever, usually there are ppl throwing rice on them as they leave. so thats where i think the "shoe full of rice" line comes in.

No Picture (DDD Bass Gu Rhythm Player	#2 by (DDD Bass Guitar/Backup Vocals) Jeff Fritts at Apr 13, 1984 at 12:22 PM EST
	The original was one of my favorite songs ever and I used to play it all the time on my radio show back in college. *WARNING: What follows is the lead singers description of the song summed up from a 2001 posting on the bands web-site (vervepipings.com since defunct) !! ** Brian Vander Ark (the singer/song writer) said that the song was about his relationship at a young age with his very serious at the time girlfriend who became pregnant. Instead of getting married they opted for an abortion, and the song talks about dealing with that pain. HE STATES THAT THE GIRLS SUICIDE WAS POETIC LICENSE for the song, but that the relationship and abortion were real. The name of the song actually comes from a reference to their youth, as well as having been the name of a movie (w/ Marlon Brando) that he had watched the night before. He claims after writing the lyrics "I realised we were all kinda freshmen." Brian goes on to conclude the post saying that the song has a life of its own, and it is important that it means whatever it has to for whoever needs it. The above meaning being only his as the writer, not the total summation of the song. If I can find a stable url for the original post I'll try and put it up. Great song though!

No Picture Joe Average	#3 by Joe Montana at Sep 26, 1986 at 4:06 AM EST
	thats right finch, and i beleive this is my favorite cover out of every little ska or punk or any cover by far

No Picture Jesus Professional	#4 by Jesus at Feb 16, 1990 at 11:23 AM EST
	this is a fabulous cover - one of my favorites, for sure! okay, now as the meaning for the song, which was originally by the verve pipe: writer's girlfriend gets pregnant, and he has her abort the baby, so they won't have to get married. they're both guilty about it. then, the writer goes away to get away from everything, and while he's gone, his girlfriend commits suicide. part of this is actually true.. well, the abortion part is. however, the girl didn't really kill herself. so, there you go!

No Picture Sam Wanna Be	#5 by Sam Payne at Apr 22, 1998 at 8:00 PM EST
	You have to go to the 42 ETERANL STREET TEAM Myspace and hear thier cover.

No Picture TOm Wanna Be	#6 by TOm HIrsch at Jun 10, 2003 at 7:05 AM EST
	for one, much more brass.