Biography:
The Boo Radleys were a British guitar band of the 1990's who made experimental indie music, and were briefly associated with the Britpop movement. They took their name from the reclusive character of Boo Radley from Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill A Mockingbird.
They were formed in Wallasey, England in 1988, with singer/guitarist Sice aka Simon Rowebottom, guitarist/songwriter Martin Carr, bassist Timothy Brown and original drummer Steve Hewitt.
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- Barney And Me
- Cmon Kids
- Does This Hurt
- Eurostar
- Fairfax Scene
- Find The Answer Within
- From The Bench At Belvidere
- I Hang Suspended
- Lazarus
- Leaves And Sand
- Peachy Keen Acoustic
- Put Your Arms Around Me And Tell Me Everythings Going To Be Ok
- Stuck On Amber
- Upon 9Th And Fairchild
- Wake Up Boo
- Whats In The Box
- Wilder
- Wish I Was Skinny
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E A D G B E
C 0 3 2 0 1 0
Cadd9 0 3 0 0 1 0
Csus 1 3 3 0 1 x
Fmaj7 1 3 3 2 1 0
Em 0 2 2 0 0 0
E 0 2 2 1 0 0
E7 0 2 2 1 3 0
Am x 0 2 2 1 0
_____ INTRO
C Cadd9 C
Csus Csus Fmaj7
_____THEN...
C Em Fmaj7
Wishing I was skinny
C
Wishing that the whole world knew my name
Em Fmaj7
Wishing I was thrilling
C
That I would never be the blame
Em Fmaj7
Wishing I was kissing
C
A girl with lips as smooth as pearl
Em Fmaj7
Wishing I was pretty
Wish that I could wrap
C E Fmaj7 E E7
The world round my finger
C Em Fmaj7
Wishing I had money
C
Wishing for the time to spend it all
Em Fmaj7
Wishing I was pretty
Wish that I could twist
C E Fmaj7 E E7
The world round my finger
Am Em Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Csus
But I would always love you
Am Em Fmaj7 Csus
I guess that would never change...
The end solo can be played like this :
Fmaj7
e----------------------------0--------------------------|
B----------------------------1--------------------------|
G----------------------------2--- --------|
D----0--2----0--2--3--2---0--3--- Repeat & Fade --------|
A----3--3----3--3--3--3---3--3--- --------|
E----------------------------1--------------------------|
E A D G B E
C 0 3 2 0 1 0
Cadd9 0 3 0 0 1 0
Csus 1 3 3 0 1 x
Fmaj7 1 3 3 2 1 0
Em 0 2 2 0 0 0
E 0 2 2 1 0 0
E7 0 2 2 1 3 0
Am x 0 2 2 1 0
_____ INTRO
C Cadd9 C
Csus Csus Fmaj7
_____THEN...
C Em Fmaj7
Wishing I was skinny
C
Wishing that the whole world knew my name
Em Fmaj7
Wishing I was thrilling
C
That I would never be the blame
Em Fmaj7
Wishing I was kissing
C
A girl with lips as smooth as pearl
Em Fmaj7
Wishing I was pretty
Wish that I could wrap
C E Fmaj7 E E7
The world round my finger
C Em Fmaj7
Wishing I had money
C
Wishing for the time to spend it all
Em Fmaj7
Wishing I was pretty
Wish that I could twist
C E Fmaj7 E E7
The world round my finger
Am Em Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Csus
But I would always love you
Am Em Fmaj7 Csus
I guess that would never change...
The end solo can be played like this :
Fmaj7
e----------------------------0--------------------------|
B----------------------------1--------------------------|
G----------------------------2--- --------|
D----0--2----0--2--3--2---0--3--- Repeat & Fade --------|
A----3--3----3--3--3--3---3--3--- --------|
E----------------------------1--------------------------|
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