Complicated

by Avril Lavigne · posted by chibluesteve

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

C Tenor - Low C

 -6    5  <-3 -3  <-3  -3  -2
Chill out whatcha yelling' for?
 -6   5    -3  <-3  -3  <-3  -3 -2 
Laid back it's all been done before
-6  5  <-3  -3   <-3 <-3 4  4  -6 -6
And if you could only----- let it be
 4   -7  -9 -7
you will see--
-6  4   <-3 -3  <-3 -3  -2 
I- like you the way you are
 -6    4   <-3 -3  <-3  -3  -2 
When we're drivin' in- your car
-6    4    <-3 -3 <-3 4
and you're talking to me
 4  -6 -6   5   5  -7 <-7 -7  
one on one but you become---

 -7 7 -6  -6    5   -6 7 -6   -6 
Somebody else round everyone else
   5    -7  7    -6   -6   5    -7   7   -6 -6 -5
You're watching your back like you can't relax---
   5    -7    7  -6  -6   5   -7   7  -6  -6  -5 7 -5 5     
You're tryin' to be cool you look like a fool to me----
<-7 -7 -7
Tell-- me
  -7   7   -7  7  -7  7   -7    -7   -7 -7 -7 -7 -7  
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?
 8  <-7 -7    7    -7  7   -7     7   -7  7 -7 7 -7  -7  -7  8 -7 7  7   
See the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
  8    <-7   -7   7
Life's like this you
-6   8   -6  -6    8   -6  -6    8
you fall and you crawl and you break
-6  -6   8    -6  -6   8  -6  -6   8  <-7 -7 7 -7 7 -7 
and you take what you get and you turn it into honesty
 7   -7  7  -7  7  -7 7  -7 7   -7   8  -7 7 7 
and promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
<-7 -7 -6
no- no no

-6   5   <-3 -3 <-3  -3  -2
You come over-- unannounced
  -6    5 -3 <-3    -3   <-3  -3    -2
dressed up-- like you're somethin' else
 -6    5  <-3  -3    <-3  <-3 4 4  -6  -6
where you are ain't where it's- at you see
   4    4  -7 -9 -7
you're making me---
 -6    4  <-3  -3    <-3   -3   -2
laugh out when you strike your pose
 -6   4  <-3  -3  <-3 -3   -2
take off all your preppy clothes
-6   4    <-3   -3   <-3 4  4 -6 -6   5   5  -7 <-7 -7
you know you're not fooling anyone
 5     5    -7 <-7 -7
when you've become---

 -7 7 -6  -6    5   -6 7 -6   -6 
Somebody else round everyone else
   5    -7  7    -6   -6   5    -7   7   -6 -6 -5
You're watching your back like you can't relax---
   5    -7    7  -6  -6   5   -7   7  -6  -6  -5 7 -5 5     
You're tryin' to be cool you look like a fool to me----
<-7 -7 -7
Tell-- me
  -7   7   -7  7  -7  7   -7    -7   -7 -7 -7 -7 -7  
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?
 8  <-7 -7    7    -7  7   -7     7   -7  7 -7 7 -7  -7  -7  8 -7 7  7   
See the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
  8    <-7   -7   7
Life's like this you
-6   8   -6  -6    8   -6  -6    8
you fall and you crawl and you break
-6  -6   8    -6  -6   8  -6  -6   8  <-7 -7 7 -7 7 -7 
and you take what you get and you turn it into honesty
 7   -7  7  -7  7  -7 7  -7 7   -7   8  -7 7 7 
and promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
<-7 -7 -6 -7 <-7 -7 -6 -7 <-7 -7 -6 -7 <-7 -7 -6 -7 
no- no no no no- no no no no- no no no no- no no no  
-7 -6
no no
 -6    5  <-5 -3  <-5 -3  -2
Chill out whatcha yelling for?
-6   4      4  <-3  -3  <-3  -3  -2
Lay back, it's all been done before
-6  4  <-3   -3  <-3 4  4  -6 -6   5  -7 <-7 -7
And if you could only- let it be
 5   -7  <-7 -7
You will see---

 -7 7 -6  -6    5   -6 7 -6   -6 
Somebody else round everyone else
   5    -7  7    -6   -6   5    -7   7   -6 -6 -5
You're watching your back like you can't relax---
   5    -7    7  -6  -6   5   -7   7  -6  -6  -5 7 -5 5     
You're tryin' to be cool you look like a fool to me----
<-7 -7 -7
Tell-- me
  -7   7   -7  7  -7  7   -7    -7   -7 -7 -7 -7 -7  
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?
 8  <-7 -7    7    -7  7   -7     7   -7  7 -7 7 -7  -7  -7  8 -7 7  7   
See the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
  8    <-7   -7   7
Life's like this you
-6   8   -6  -6    8   -6  -6    8
you fall and you crawl and you break
-6  -6   8    -6  -6   8  -6  -6   8  <-7 -7 7 -7 7 -7 
and you take what you get and you turn it into honesty
 7   -7  7  -7  7  -7 7  -7 7   -7   8  -7 7 7 
and promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
<-7 -7 -6
no- no no

  -7   7   -7  7  -7  7   -7    -7   -7 -7 -7 -7 -7  
Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?
 8  <-7 -7    7    -7  7   -7     7   -7  7 -7 7 -7  -7  -7  8 -7 7  7   
See the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
  8    <-7   -7   7
Life's like this you
-6   8   -6  -6    8   -6  -6    8
you fall and you crawl and you break
-6  -6   8    -6  -6   8  -6  -6   8  <-7 -7 7 -7 7 -7 
and you take what you get and you turn it into honesty 
 -7  7  -7  7  -7 7  -7 7   -7   8  -7 7 7 
promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
<-7 -7 -6
no- no no

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