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Artist: Weezer
Song: Devotion
Album: El Scorcho (Single/Ep)
Tuning: half step down
Intro Riff:
E F# B E
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Verse 1:
Em F# B Em
Suddenly our shortcomings don't seem to matter that much
Em F# B
Your IQ is 20 points low and I'm no Six Foot Hot Look
Em
All American Man
Pre Chorus 1:
C# A
Sad to say I pushed you away
B Em
waiting for "Mrs. Right"
Chorus:
highE B
You never gave up
Em F# B Em
Devotion, waiting for me, you'll always be my girlfriend
Em F# B Em
I too am waiting for you, I'll always be your friend
Interlude:
E F# B E
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Verse 2:
I commend your stubborness
without it we'd never got this far
I am done with perfection
Chasing her leaves me with nothing but pain
Pre Chorus 2:
Unlike you, she isn't true
She's got her own concerns
Chorus:
You never gave up
Devotion, waiting for me,
you'll always be my girlfriend
I toowaiting for you,
I'll always be your friend
Solo:
Em Am B E
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Chrous;
Devotion waiting for me
you'll always be my girlfriend
I too, waiting for you
I'll always be your friend
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Daron Average |
#1 by Daron Malakian at Jul 28, 1971 at 3:02 AM EST |
| This strikes me as really sad. You suck, so I rejected you, and looked for someone better. But everyone else turned me down, so I'm going to come back to you. It's a huge insult really. | |
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aleXeXeX Rhythm Player |
#2 by aleXeXeX at Dec 15, 1974 at 5:45 AM EST |
| I think it's pretty much self explanitory, he rejected this girl but she stayed his friend through all of his troubles. And finnaly he realives it. | |
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adrian Average |
#3 by adrian zamora at Nov 21, 1976 at 5:07 AM EST |
| It's about realizing that no one can possibly live up to the impossible standards you've set, and apologizing for hurting the other person. | |
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Garland Rhythm Player |
#4 by Garland Cross at Jun 13, 1977 at 2:09 PM EST |
| this is a pretty confusing song, lyrically, too. how is it that he has this girlfriend and isn't the boyfriend? | |
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Josh Average |
#5 by Josh Sanchez at Feb 12, 1978 at 5:39 PM EST |
| This is my favorite Weezer song. | |
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Mikel Average |
#6 by Mikel A. at Aug 4, 1978 at 8:00 AM EST |
| sorry about that last one, i was typing too fast, and i didn't know my prevous post had been posted | |
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Brandon Average |
#7 by Brandon Weathers at Aug 23, 1979 at 8:34 PM EST |
| geez. my grammar sucks.. | |
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BeN-bEn Lead Player |
#8 by BeN-bEn Lesniewski at Aug 16, 1983 at 8:34 AM EST |
| geez. my grammar sucks.. | |
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SLIPKNOT FUCING Rhythm Player |
#9 by SLIPKNOT FUCING RULES!!!! v at Dec 17, 1984 at 10:16 PM EST |
| this one always made me felt like i'm on a carousel. | |
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PJVILL Professional Badass |
#10 by PJVILL at Jan 31, 1987 at 7:12 AM EST |
| this song is so good. it's about how he dumped a girl who loved him to go chase his dream girl, but his dream girl rejected him so he's going back to his ex because she'll take him back because of her strong feelings. she is like his safety net, and this is summed up in the whole "you'll always be my girlfriend...i'll always be your friend". he knows that she will always be there for him, both as a friend and a lover, where he can only guarantee friendship, as he is likely to go after the next lushgirl he sees, leaving her behind again, drowning in her devotion to him. anyways, that's what i think... | |
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Sara Average |
#11 by Sara Sunshine at May 11, 1987 at 12:27 AM EST |
| i think this song is about him havin this chick and then him leavin her and realizing what he left behind after all the other girls couldnt take her place... i dont know, im dumb... lol | |
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Brad Lead Player |
#12 by Brad Vincent at Jun 14, 1991 at 2:15 AM EST |
| It's about a guy who has a really close friend. She likes him as more than a friend but he doesn't feel the same way. He outlines the reasoning (she's not smart like his type, and he's not big like her type). The pushing her away is when he was going out with other girls. The take home point is that even when he wasn't giving her the attention he should've (as a friend), she was still there. He also says that she'll always be his girlfriend, like she should know she means a lot to him even if they're not a romantic couple. I think the point of saying he'll be her "friend" is just to make it clear he just wants to be friends. | |
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kewl Wanna Be |
#13 by kewl dude at Nov 30, 1991 at 4:01 AM EST |
| it's kinnda like he's just realiving she's been there the whole time, even though he's been a jerk. | |
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wrath Average |
#14 by wrath child at Nov 30, 1992 at 9:43 AM EST |
| true , but the way they sing it makes it sound so nice and pure. but hey thats one devoted girl | |
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GonnaKill Average |
#15 by GonnaKill YOU at Sep 27, 1996 at 7:56 AM EST |
| in that one verse he says "i commend" not "i can mend" | |
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Lucas Average |
#16 by Lucas Lawrey at Jan 4, 2005 at 6:50 AM EST |
| this song was on the first tracklist for "songs from the black hole" (weezer's lost space opera)...it probably had something to do with jonas and the two girls (lisa and maria) | |
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HIYA Wanna Be |
#17 by HIYA at Oct 18, 2006 at 12:06 PM EST |
| I think it's more of a sweet song. I mean it's one of those "to know what you have you have to let it go" sort of things. He didn't realize what he had in front of him. He went to go find what he wanted, and he came back because it was in front of him the whole time. | |
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