This song from the album Deface the Music borrows (of course) elements from the Beatles. In this case, it borrows heavily from: Getting Better - the insistant, repetitive octave figure, the general rhythm and tempo. Fixing a Hole - Besides the obvious theft of the guitar riff, the alternation in Feel Too Good between Bm7 and B7 reminds me of the key shifts between major and minor in Fixing. The middle-class bourgois setting (bills, bus rides, bank payments) and escape from responsibility themes remind me of any number of Beatle songs. Kasim has a good feel for those upper-register McCartney bass fills. Besides being a Beatles pastiche, this is a good song in it's own right, and damn catchy - I just can't brush it off my mind. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Feel Too Good (*1: verse) F#m7 Ahhh... Feel too good to go to work today G#m7 C#7 I need a little more time so I can stay this way Bm7 B7 Let's go for a ride on the Circle Line Bm7 B/E Couldn't you use a day in the sunshine Bm7 B7 Mustn't let your bank payments get behind Bm7 B/E D#m7 G#m7 The bills may pile up, I just brush them off my mind... (*2: chorus) Feel too good B/E D#m7 C#/F# B/E I can't let debt collectors bother me G#m7 Because I feel too good B/E D#m7 C#/F# B/E F#m7 I feel so good that you just can't bring me down Ahh... I can't remember when I felt so high My mind is on vacation and I don't know why Wouldn't you like to go for a country drive Doesn't it make you feel good to be alive Luncheon by the roadside will do just fine I left the water running, it just must have slipped my mind... Feel too good Can't let the little things bother me Because I feel too good B/E F#/E C#/F# B/F# Bm7 B7 I feel so good that you just can't bring me down Bm7 B7 Someone's bound to bring you down Bm7 B7 (There's a strange speaking man on the front lawn making rude noises and gestures!) B/E D#m7 C#/F# B/E G#m7 It's just the neighbor's got something on his mind Feel too good I can't let Frenchie start to bother me Because I feel too good I feel so good that you just can't bring me down ------------------------------------------------------------------ (*1) Ahhh... feel too good... Let's go for a ride... F#m G#m7 C#7 Bm7 B7 B/E ______ x x_____ x_____ o |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| 111111 4111111 4|11111 |11111 |11111 7|11111 |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||2| |||||| |||2|| |2|||| |3|||| ||2|3| ||3||| ||3|4| ||3||| I just brush them off my mind... B/E D#m7 G#m7 o x x |||||| 6|11111 |||||| 7|11111 ||||2| 4111111 |||2|| ||3||| |||||| ||3||| |||||| |3|||| (*2: Chorus) I can't let debt collectors bother me B/E D#m7 C#/F# B/E o x x o |||||| 6|11111 |||||| |||||| 7|11111 ||||2| 9|11111 7|11111 |||2|| ||3||| |||2|| |||2|| ||3||| |||||| ||3||| ||3||| Here's the borrowed Fixing-A-Hole riff. Throw it in wherever you can manage it. E--|5-------|--------|- B--|7-7-----|--------|- G--|--6-6-4-|2-------|- D--|----7-6-|4-------|- A--|--------|--------|- E--|--------|--------|- ------------------------------------------------------------------ notes: While Todd plays the F#m7 during the verse, Roger plays the variation A/F# E/F#. If you want to play Roger's part instead of Todd's, try this (I haven't decided which works best, so I do a little of both!): E--|2--0----|2--0----|- B--|2--0----|2--0----|- G--|2--1----|2--1----|- D--|2--2----|2--2----|- A--|--------|--------|- E--|2--2----|2--2----|- --- The harmony in my arrangement during the "I can't let debt collectors..." line of the chorus is not strictly correct, compared to the recorded version. Here, the guitar chords are as Todd plays them on the record, but there, the bass line is such that the harmony should more properly be notated as: B/E F#/E C#/F# B/F#. My arrangement is geared more for solo guitar, so I've changed it a bit to make it easier to play and smoother sounding. I think the end effect is close enough to the record that the bass line is not missed too much. ------------------------------------------------------------------ About my tab style: This message should be displayed in a mono-spaced font, or the chord diagrams and tablatures will look unaligned. The letter to the left of the slash in chord names like "A/D" refers to a triad, and the letter to the right refers to the bass note only. The number directly to the left of the chord diagram is the position on the guitar neck (or closest fret). "x" along the top means mute or deaden that string, "o" means let it ring open. The horizontal dashes in the tablature diagram usually correspond to 8th notes unless otherwise indicated. The song remains in 4/4 time throughout. If you see any mistakes, or have any corrections or alternate ways of playing any of my tabs, I'd love to hear from you. Please email me at lsprague@channel1.com or l.sprague@bull.com Last revised 12:00pm Monday, October 20, 1997 -- ...Lin Sprague... lsprague@channel1.com -OR- lsprague@cass.ma02.bull.com