Biography:
Goo Goo Dolls is an alternative rock band formed in 1985 in Buffalo, New York, USA by guitarist/vocalist John Rzeznik and bassist/vocalist Robby Takac initially under the name the Sex Maggots (the new name was chosen from an ad in True Detective magazine at the behest of a local club owner). They are most famous for the hit "Iris", featured on the soundtrack to the 1998 film City of Angels. Currently, the band consists of John Rzeznik (guitar, vocals) and Robby Takac (vocals, bass).
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Other songs:
- Accoustic #3
- Become
- Before It's Too Late
- Black Balloon
- Iris
- Name
- Slide
- Sympathy
- Well Be Here When You're Gone
- Without You Here
- 2 Days In February
- 22 Seconds
- A Million Miles Away
- Acoustic 3
- All Eyes On Me
- All That You Are
- Another Second Time Around
- As I Am
- Beat Me
- Before Its Too Late
- Better Days
- Big Machine
- Boxes
- Broadway
- Bulletproofangel
- Burning Up
- Cant Let It Go
- Caught In The Storm
- Close Your Eyes
- Come To Me
- Dizzy
- Domino
- Dont Change
- Dont Fear The Reaper
- Dont Worry
- Feel The Silence
- Flood
- Full Forever
- Gimme Shelter
- Girl Right Next To Me
- Give A Little Bit
- Hardsores
- Here Is Gone
- Hey Ya
- Home
- I Cant Let It Go
- Ill Be
- Im Addicted
- Im Awake Now
- Its Over
- James Dean
- Jed
- Just The Way You Are
- Keep The Car Running
- Know My Name
- Last Hot Night
- Laughing
- Let Love In
- Listen
- Livin In A Hut
- Long Way Home
- Lucky Star
- Messed Up
- Misfortune
- More Of You
- No Way Out
- Notbroken
- Nothing Is Real
- On Your Side
- One Night
- Out Of The Red
- Over And Over
- Postcards From Paradise
- Real
- Rebel Beat
- Road To Salinas
- Scream
- Sex Maggot
- Slow It Down
- Smash
- So Alive
- So Long
- Soldier
- Something For The Rest Of Us
- Stay With You
- Still Your Song
- Strange Love
- Sweetest Lie
- Tattered Edge You Should Be Happy
- The Best Of Me
- The Pin
- The Sweetest Lie
- Think About Me
- Torn Apart
- Tucked Away
- Two Days In February
- Up Up Up
- Up Yours
- Use Me
- Walk Away
- Walkin With My Monkey
- We Are The Normal
- Well Be Here When Youre Gone
- What A Scene
- What Do You Need
- When The World Breaks Your Heart
- You Never Know
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Here is a Fantastically easy way of playing this ridiculously Awesome song. Acoustic version.
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Tuning : Standard
EADGBe
654321
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Capo : 2nd Fret
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Chords Used : Am7 - x02213
A7sus2 - x02203
Fadd9 - xx3213
C - x32013
Csus4/F - xx3013
C/E - xx2013
Csus2/D - xx0013
Csus2 - x30013
Gadd11 - 320013
Your 1st and 4th fingers will remain on the 2nd and 1st strings for the majority of the song.
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Picking the verses : Pick the bass note of each chord (except on Csus2 you must pick the open D not C),
then the 2nd string, then the 1st string, then the 2nd string again.
Do this pattern twice on each Fadd9 chord.
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Am7 A7sus2 Fadd9 C Csus4/F C/E Csus2/D
^ ^ ^
(1 down strum) (1 up strum) (1 down strum)
C Csus2 Fadd9
And I'd give up forever to touch you
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
Cause I know that you feel me somehow
C Csus2 Fadd9
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
And I don't wanna go home right now
C Csus2 Fadd9
And all I can taste is this moment
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
And all I can breathe is your life
C Csus2 Fadd9
Cause sooner or later it's over
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
I just don't wanna miss you tonight
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
And I don't want the world to see me
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
When everything's made to be broken
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
I just want you to know who I am
Intro (But go straight from the C to the next verse this time)
C Csus2 Fadd9
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
Or the moment of truth in your lies
C Csus2 Fadd9
When everything feels like the movies
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
Yeah you bleed just to know your alive
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
And I don't want the world to see me
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
When everything's made to be broken
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
I just want you to know who I am
Then Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
^ ^ ^
1st time: Pick A on 5th string Pick B on 5th string Pick C on 5th string
2nd time: Pick A on 5th string Pick G on 6th string Pick F on 6th string using thumb
Instrumental: Part 1 : Am7 A7sus2 Fadd9 C Csus4/F C/E Csus2/D (same as intro but muted)
Part 2 : Am7 A7sus2 Fadd9 C Am7
Part 3 : Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9 C Fadd9 C (1 strum each)
Then Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9 (same picking pattern before instrumental)
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
And I don't want the world to see me
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
When everything's made to be broken
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
I just want you to know who I am
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
I just want you to know who I am
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
I just want you to know who I am
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Tuning : Standard
EADGBe
654321
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Capo : 2nd Fret
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Chords Used : Am7 - x02213
A7sus2 - x02203
Fadd9 - xx3213
C - x32013
Csus4/F - xx3013
C/E - xx2013
Csus2/D - xx0013
Csus2 - x30013
Gadd11 - 320013
Your 1st and 4th fingers will remain on the 2nd and 1st strings for the majority of the song.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Picking the verses : Pick the bass note of each chord (except on Csus2 you must pick the open D not C),
then the 2nd string, then the 1st string, then the 2nd string again.
Do this pattern twice on each Fadd9 chord.
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Am7 A7sus2 Fadd9 C Csus4/F C/E Csus2/D
^ ^ ^
(1 down strum) (1 up strum) (1 down strum)
C Csus2 Fadd9
And I'd give up forever to touch you
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
Cause I know that you feel me somehow
C Csus2 Fadd9
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
And I don't wanna go home right now
C Csus2 Fadd9
And all I can taste is this moment
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
And all I can breathe is your life
C Csus2 Fadd9
Cause sooner or later it's over
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
I just don't wanna miss you tonight
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
And I don't want the world to see me
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
When everything's made to be broken
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
I just want you to know who I am
Intro (But go straight from the C to the next verse this time)
C Csus2 Fadd9
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
Or the moment of truth in your lies
C Csus2 Fadd9
When everything feels like the movies
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
Yeah you bleed just to know your alive
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
And I don't want the world to see me
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
When everything's made to be broken
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
I just want you to know who I am
Then Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
^ ^ ^
1st time: Pick A on 5th string Pick B on 5th string Pick C on 5th string
2nd time: Pick A on 5th string Pick G on 6th string Pick F on 6th string using thumb
Instrumental: Part 1 : Am7 A7sus2 Fadd9 C Csus4/F C/E Csus2/D (same as intro but muted)
Part 2 : Am7 A7sus2 Fadd9 C Am7
Part 3 : Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9 C Fadd9 C (1 strum each)
Then Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9 (same picking pattern before instrumental)
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
And I don't want the world to see me
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
When everything's made to be broken
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
I just want you to know who I am
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
I just want you to know who I am
Am7 Gadd11 Fadd9
I just want you to know who I am
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