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Selective Memory tab
by We are Scientists
From the EP ‘In Action’
This is one damn catchy song, I’d recommend any We Are Scientists albums =D
Standard Tuning
intro
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|--5--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-5-5-5-5-55---------------------|
G|--5--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-5-5-5-5-55---------------------|
D|--5--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-5-5-5-5-55---------------------|
A|--3--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-3-3-3-3-33---------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
x2
1st verse
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-5-5-5-5-555--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-5-5-5-5-55-|
G|--5--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-5-5-5-5-555--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-5-5-5-5-55-|
D|--5--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-5-5-5-5-557--x-7-7--x-7-7--x-7-7-7-7-77-|
A|--3--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-3-3-3-3-337--x-7-7--x-7-7--x-7-7-7-7-77-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
x2
Chorus
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------7-7-7-7---------------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-5-----------|
A|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-5-----------|
E|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5---------1-1-1-1-3-----------|
intro x2
2nd verse (With distortion)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
Pre-Bridge
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-5-6-6-6-555--x-5-5--x-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------|
G|--5--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-5-5-5-5-555--x-5-5--x-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------|
D|--5--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-5-5-5-5-555--x-5-5--x-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------|
A|--3--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-3-3-3-3-333--x-3-3--x-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------3-----3---3-----3-----3---3----|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3---3-3---3---3-3---3-3---3------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------------------------| x2
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-|
Intro
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-5-5-5-5-55--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-5---------|
G|--5--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-5-5-5-5-55--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-5-9-9-7-7-|
D|--5--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-5-5-5-5-55--x-5-5--x-5-5--x-5---------|
A|--3--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-3-3-3-3-33--x-3-3--x-3-3--x-3-7-7-5-5-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Solo
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------12121212-13-13-13-13-----|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-----|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------|
B|-15-15-15-15-17-17-17-17--|
G|--------------------------|
D|-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14--|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
Chorus Variation
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------7-7-7-7----------------------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
A|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
E|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5---------1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------|
E|--------------------------------------|
Chorus
Intro x4
End on
e|---|
B|---|
G|-5-|
D|-5-|
A|-3-|
E|---|
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture brock Average	#1 by brock someone at Oct 4, 2007 at 8:59 AM EST
	I think this song is about missing out on chances to succeed and to fall in love, etc. and this song is the person who has missed all these good chances lamenting their bad decisions, but trying to reassure themselves that nothing too bad really happened.

No Picture Indy Lead Player	#2 by Indy Windrose at Oct 6, 2007 at 11:46 AM EST
	Well my friends recently been in a car accident and she loved this song...she was going through a bad time and felt quite lonely, so i think this song is about been lonely and always wanting to be better in what you do and if you do something you never do it right or someone does it better or beats you to it. I love this song and my dear friend meghan!

No Picture nathan Average	#3 by nathan skidmore at Oct 9, 2007 at 8:12 AM EST
	jt103 is spot on on what i think its about... i dont think its about girls friends or anything and the line "I’ll bet you forget about me" is that this person feels they havent done anything with themselves and the world or whoever will forget about them...

No Picture Cicely aka Icic Badass	#4 by Cicely aka Icicles and CSkank Shankle (if u stalk me i will shoot you.) at Oct 10, 2007 at 12:06 AM EST
	I think this is about this guy's ex-girlfriend. About her having a "selective memory", meaning he thinks she's gonna forget about him. I think the opportunities are missed chances to make her stay with him, or to make her fall in love with him. "I’m tired of all the things I should have done instead of staying home." is about the things that they should have done together, to keep the relationship going. Well, that's my opinion, but please don't flame me for it. ^_^

No Picture Peter Wanna Be	#5 by Peter Lambden at Oct 10, 2007 at 3:29 AM EST
	Well my friends recently been in a car accident and she loved this song...she was going through a bad time and felt quite lonely, so i think this song is about been lonely and always wanting to be better in what you do and if you do something you never do it right or someone does it better or beats you to it. I love this song and my dear friend meghan!

No Picture i wud give da w Wanna Be	#6 by i wud give da world 2 frankie if it was mine! at Oct 11, 2007 at 2:28 PM EST
	I agree with Gjorgie_Asha this is just a guy whos had a pretty sweet life and is now living on his own but totaly ruining his life p.s. its catch!

No Picture Dylan Average	#7 by Dylan Donovan at Oct 12, 2007 at 12:03 AM EST
	i think basically this song is about ideally keith loving somebody, but they dont like him back. he wishes he was somebody else becuase he has no chance of this girl liking him. the notable quote 'selective memory' suggests keith maybe has selective memory thinking of nothing else but opportunities and being 'buried underneath'. and story of one loves and one doesnt without adherance of noticing.

No Picture Trey Average	#8 by Trey smith at Oct 18, 2007 at 10:21 AM EST
	this is about having a shit life, being bored out of your mind, and missing someone you have broken up with so badly everything just seems so worse at times... thats what I think anyway :)

No Picture sebastian Professional	#9 by sebastian at Oct 19, 2007 at 7:59 AM EST
	this song proves that the scientists rock. I’d not only have my cake and eat it too but lately something tells me I’ve been fooled well, ah, that you’ll forget about me. that sums up my life atm. ah love love love and camels all round

No Picture Pasquale Average	#10 by Pasquale at Oct 20, 2007 at 1:57 PM EST
	aka I can relate lol ^