Popstars Guitar Tab

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Popstars - Rooney
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Tabbed by: Jeremie
Email: jimmyeatballs@hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard E


Intro(Lead):
e|--------7-6-------6----|
B|------8---------8------|
G|----8---------8--------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
0:08:
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------8~----8--9--8--9--8--9--8--9--8~----|
G|------8~----8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8~----|
D|------8~----8-----------------------------|
A|------6~----------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|



Verse Chords:
D#      B     C#
e|--------------------------|
B|----(8)----(4)----(6)-----|
G|-----8------4------6------|
D|-----8------4------6------|
A|-----6------2------4------|
E|--------------------------|




Pre-Chorus Lead:
e|---6---6----6------6---6--------------------------|
B|-----7----------7----7------8h9-8-------8h9--11---|
G|----------8----8------------------10-8------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
Toni----ght      Forev----er
e|-------------------------------------|
B|---(3)------(4)-----(3)------(6)-----|
G|----3--------4-------3--------6------|
D|----3--------4-------3--------6------|
A|----1--------2-------1--------4------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Do   you   understand  my  monologue?
e|----------------------------------------|
B|---(4)(4)----(3)(3)-----------(6)-------|
G|----4--4------3--3-------------6--------|
D|----4--4------3--3-------------6--------|
A|----2--2------1--1-------------4--------|
E|----------------------------------------|



Chorus:
These are the words of the popstars
e|---------------------------------------|
B|--(8)-----------(6)--------------------|
G|---8-------------6---------------------|
D|---8-------------6------------6--------|
A|---6-------------4------------6--------|
E|------------------------------4--------|
These are the words of the upsophisticated money-machines
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--(8)-----------(6)------------------------------------------|
G|---8-------------6-------------------------------------------|
D|---8-------------6------------3-------6-------3--------------|
A|---6-------------4------------3-------6-------3--------------|
E|------------------------------1-------4-------1--------------|
For the killers of rock and roll
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------(8)---|
G|-------------------------------8----|
D|-----------6---------8---------8----|
A|-----------6---------8---------6----|
E|-----------4---------6--------------|



Bridge:
B      C#        D#
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------9-8-9-8-8-8~--|
G|-----------------------8-8-8-8-9-8~--|
D|---------------------8---------------|
A|---6-6--6-8--8/9--8------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
B      C#        D#
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------9-8-9-8-8-8~--|
G|-----------------------8-8-8-8-9-8~--|
D|---------------------8---------------|
A|---6-6--6-8--8/9--8------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
B      C#         F#                               Bb
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------8~--|
A|---6-6--6-8--8/9--8--8/9--9-9--9-8-6--8/9--9-9-9-9-9-9-----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Do   you   understand  my  monologue?
e|----------------------------------------|
B|---(4)(4)----(3)(3)-----------(6)-------|
G|----4--4------3--3-------------6--------|
D|----4--4------3--3-------------6--------|
A|----2--2------1--1-------------4--------|
E|----------------------------------------|


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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Source: GuitarMasta.net
http://www.guitarmasta.net/r/rooney/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Zach Wanna Be	#1 by Zach U haft 2 ask 1st at Aug 30, 1971 at 11:21 AM EST
	i think what he means by "you'll be back milking cows before you cash the check" is that a popstars career is so short lived that they are back to being a nobody before they know it

No Picture Lenny Judd (Pap Wanna Be	#2 by Lenny Judd (Papa Smurf) at Aug 14, 1975 at 6:17 PM EST
	fierce spurning against pop culture

No Picture ian Average	#3 by ian mckinly at Jan 18, 1985 at 8:05 AM EST
	brilliant warning to the pop culture of today.

No Picture ♥Chicken Average	#4 by ♥Chicken On Heroine Shots♥ at Mar 2, 1985 at 10:32 PM EST
	awesome song. i only understand the first 'monologue' but for the rest i'm lost. AWESOME SONG!!!

No Picture I BAKE YOU MUFF Average	#5 by I BAKE YOU MUFFIN at Jun 23, 1986 at 5:29 PM EST
	true that bro! the lead singer was micheal moscovitch on the princess diaries movie! i LOVE the lyrics!

No Picture albert Rhythm Player	#6 by albert casualtie at Feb 9, 1993 at 9:49 PM EST
	true that sister

No Picture Aaron Average	#7 by Aaron Doyle at Dec 15, 1996 at 9:49 AM EST
	YOU'LL BE BACK MILKING COWS BEFORE YOU CASH THE CHECK i dont get it

No Picture Jesus Professional	#8 by Jesus at Oct 13, 1997 at 3:20 AM EST
	rooney is just amazing. they are inspired by incredible, timeless music. rooney is like a sound i've never heard before. they rock out. total originality.

No Picture Chuck Average	#9 by Chuck Norris at Aug 5, 1998 at 11:18 PM EST
	I totally agree! I saw them last night, at the Weezer show, and talked to Louie for a little bit. I went to see Rooney and Dashboard, and I was soooo impressed with Rooney. Frigging awesome song.

No Picture ben Average	#10 by ben doherty at Feb 28, 2000 at 3:53 AM EST
	These guys rock live. Major good-o. I like the lyrics to this a lot...HooRah for telling it like it is. Silly pop stars...

No Picture R.I.P Dimebag D Professional	#11 by R.I.P Dimebag Darrell at May 4, 2002 at 12:38 PM EST
	yeah, /r/ooney freaking kicks my arse! they're amazing! been a fan for awhile now, and i'm glad to see them getting some play! whoohoo for them! find me on AIM, wimpyemokid.

No Picture That One Guy Musical Genius	#12 by That One Guy at Jul 23, 2004 at 6:36 PM EST
	you can say that again. rooney is so great. totally original.

No Picture Colleen Average	#13 by Colleen Shmeltin at May 24, 2005 at 4:29 AM EST
	this song takes lyrics from everyone from britney to n*sync... but to the person who didn't understand about the milking cows thing... it means these small town people are getting big in the music biz, but fading away before they really ever amount to anything...

No Picture Mauro Wanna Be	#14 by Mauro Leon at Nov 20, 2005 at 3:47 AM EST
	"Well I don't want to be with you tonight, forever" does anyone know where that one came from? Along with the "Hey digital" line?

No Picture Zack Wanna Be	#15 by Zack Volm at Aug 16, 2006 at 11:53 PM EST
	Robert Carmine's chracter in thr movie Princess Diaries is Micheal thursdayisthecure. sorry. anyways i love teh message of this song and im really glad that dreamworks put rooney on tour with weezer this past summer. best move they could have ever made.

No Picture David Average	#16 by David Eldridge at Sep 29, 2007 at 1:10 PM EST
	::sigh:: rooney is fucking greatness. no doubt. great song. ::gives high five to micheal:: hes quite the attractice one.

No Picture Jay the Hellrac Average	#17 by Jay the Hellracer... at Sep 29, 2007 at 11:17 PM EST
	MTV IS THE REAL KILLER OF ROCK AND ROLL!!!!!!!!!!!

No Picture Jesse Professional	#18 by Jesse Garcia at Oct 3, 2007 at 10:07 PM EST
	i really like rooney a whole lot. does anyone know where i can find tabs for rooney songs? cheers

No Picture sean Wanna Be	#19 by sean bradly at Oct 5, 2007 at 8:18 PM EST
	THEY ARE SO SWEET i got to meet them... some of the nicest guys ever...w/o the whole "im a rockstar, worship me" attitude!

No Picture danielle Lead Player	#20 by danielle woodley at Oct 5, 2007 at 8:37 PM EST
	true true

No Picture Dylan Average	#21 by Dylan Donovan at Oct 6, 2007 at 3:16 PM EST
	this song sounds like a direct attack on pop stars of yesterday... "you've hit me again one more time" refers to britney's spears' "hit me baby one more time." the "bye bye bye" is from Nsync. "you're nothing but a bitch on strings." nsync had that thing with the marionettes... and the "you'll be back milking cows" is referring to Britney Spears, who is from the southern US, making fun of her like she is a hillbilly. anyway, sounds like they hate them. :D

No Picture Tyler Wanna Be	#22 by Tyler Swagar at Oct 13, 2007 at 8:46 AM EST
	"Along with the "Hey digital" line? " Well, Deathcab4Chrissy(great name, DCfC rules), this is just a wild guess but Nsync has a song called Digital Getdown, but I might just be reaching, lol.

No Picture Nic Rhythm Player	#23 by Nic F at Oct 14, 2007 at 4:15 AM EST
	Emo music is gay. Emo lyrics are gay. Emo is gay.

No Picture Dustin Wanna Be	#24 by Dustin Cogburn at Oct 15, 2007 at 7:31 PM EST
	email me if you went or are going to a rooney/weezer concet!! correy@barone-design-group.com

No Picture metalis4ever Average	#25 by metalis4ever at Oct 16, 2007 at 2:17 AM EST
	the "hey digital" line I think is a reference to the fact that music these days is inundated by digital modifications, that there is less and less real talent involved. Mass manipulation of music to market. And the milking cows thing, a reference to the idea that a lot of the popstars are small town kids with no real training or real experience, they just got a lucky break that's going to go fast...