Faith No More - Midlife Crisis

      

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 Transcribed by: Paul D
 
 Here's for all you die-hard FNM fans who want to be able to play a FNM
 song whether or not it has guitar in it, DAMMIT!
 It's really not a difficult song. It's mostly keyboard-based, so the
 majority of what I have here is the keyboard parts arranged for guitar.
 
 Here's the fingering for the keyboard chords that are played under the
 verses. If you've got a guitar synth or some nifty FX processor that'll
 produce a cool "stringy" sound for these chords, it might sound pretty
 close to the record...

 E-|----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
 B-|----|-----|-----|-10--|-12--|
 G-|-9--|-12--|-11--|-9---|-11--|
 D-|-9--|-12--|-9---|-7---|-9---|
 A-|-7--|-10--|-9---|-----|-----|
 E-|----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
 

 E G B/F# A B 
      
 Here's the lyrics to the verse and when to play the above chords:
 
 E                     
 Go on and ring my neck
 G                       
 Like when a rag gets wet
 B/F#               
 A little discipline
 A                
 For my pet genius
 E                      
 My head is like lettuce
 G                         
 Go on, dig your thumbs in.
 B                   
 I cannot stop giving
 (B)                 
 I'm thirtysomething.
 E                
 Sense of security
 G                    
 Like pockets jingling
 B/F#       A  
 Midlife crisis
 E             
 Suck ingenuity
 G                      
 Down through the family
 B      (B) 
 Tree...
 
 Here's the rest of the verse lyrics:
 
 What an inheritance
 The salt and the kleenex
 Morbid self-attention
 Bending my pinky back
 A little discipline
 A donor by habit
 A little discipline
 Rent an opinion.
 Sense of security
 Holding blunt instrument
 Midlife crisis.
 I'm a perfectionist
 And perfect is a skinned knee.
 
 Okay, here's what I guess you'd call the "chorus", just use any old form of
 the chords shown (whatever suits ya'):
 
 E5                          D5 
 You're perfect yes it's true
         A5    E5               D5      A5       
 But without me you're only you (you're only you)
      E5                D5 
 Your menstruating heart
 A5 E (palm mute)
 It ain't bleeding enough for two.
 
 Then, for the part that goes "It's a midlife...crisis____" just play the
 progression from the verse (way above).
 
 Then after that weird, descending synth effects part (there's really no
 way to tab that out OR play it on a guitar...so skip it), play the
 following (this is also keyboard arranged for guitar) and sing the "It's a
 midlife...crisis_____" three times.

 E-|----------------|--------------|-----------------|-----|----||
 B-|----------------|--------------|-----------------|-----|-16-||
 G-|-14-13-17-16-14-|-16--16-14-16-|-16-14-17--16-14-|-16--|-16-||
 D-|----------------|--------------|-----------------|-----|-16-||
 A-|----------------|--------------|-----------------|-----|----||
 E-|----------------|--------------|-----------------|-----|----||
 

 
 After that, it's back to the chorus (with the first verse sung in the
 background) until the fade-out. I'm pretty sure about all this stuff.
 I'm trying to do it as best as I can from memory. I may have flubbed a
 little as far as "sequence of events", so if there seems to be some part
 missing, email me.
 
 But like I said above, if you're looking for a cool "guitar-y" song, this
 ain't it...(it still manages to be a kickass song, though!)
 
 Good luck!