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Portions for Foxes
Rilo Kiley
From the Album "More Adventurous" (2004)

Tabbed by Matthew Taylor (mrt577@hotmail.com or mrtaylor@ucsd.edu)

Please email me if you have any comments or suggestions...


I heard this song on the radio earlier today and had it stuck in my head
all day. It's three seperate guitar parts I think, so I've tried to
simplify it to one so you can play and sing along on an acoustic.

STANDARD TUNING

CHORDS - I don't know what you actually call some of these chords, so I
made up names where appropriate...

    D5 A5  G5   D   A   G   B5  Db5  E5  F#5*  G5*  A5*
e   0  0   0    2   0   3   0    0   0    0    0    0
B   0  0   0    3   2   3   0    0   0    0    0    0
G   7  0   0    2   2   0   4    6   9    11   12   14
D   7  7   5    0   2   0   4    6   9    11   12   14
A   5  7   5    0   0   2   2    4   7    9    10   12
E   0  5   3    0   0   3   0    0   0    0    0    0


INTRO

e---2-------------2-----------|B-----3---3---3-----3---3---3-|G-------2---2---------2---2---|D-0-------------0-------------|A-----------------------------|E-----------------------------|
e---2-----2h3--2------2----2------------3---------------(2)------|B-----3----------3------2----2------3-----3---------3----3---3---|G-------2-----------------2----2------0-----0---------2----2---2-|D-0----------------0--------------------------0------------------|A-------------------------------------------------0--------------|E---------------------------------3------------------------------|
second guitar comes in...
e--5555-7777----------5555-7777----------|B------------77777777-----------55555555-|G----------------------------------------|D----------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------|E----------------------------------------|
e-5555-7777-10101010-121212-14-1010101010101010--------------------------|B------------------------------------------------------------------------|G------------------------------------------------7777-9999-11111111-9999-|D------------------------------------------------------------------------|A------------------------------------------------------------------------|E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE D5 A5 There's blood in my mouth 'cause I've been biting my tongue all week G5 D5 I keep on talkin' trash but I never say anything And the talkin' leads to touchin' A5 and the touchin' leads to sex G5 D5 and then there is no mystery left CHORUS D And it's bad news A Baby I'm bad news G D I'm just bad news, bad news, bad news THEN THIS AGAIN
e--5555-7777----------5555-7777----------|B------------77777777-----------55555555-|G----------------------------------------|D----------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------|E----------------------------------------|
e-5555-7777-10101010-121212-14-1010101010101010-|B-----------------------------------------------|G-----------------------------------------------|D-----------------------------------------------|A-----------------------------------------------|E-----------------------------------------------|
VERSE D5 A5 I know I'm alone if I'm with or without you G5 D5 but just bein' around you offers me another form of relief When the lonliness leads to bad dreams A5 and the bad dreams lead me to callin' you G5 D5 and I call you and say "C'MERE!" CHORUS D And it's bad news A Baby I'm bad news G D I'm just bad news, bad news, bad news And it's bad news A Baby it's bad news G D It's just bad news, bad news, bad news BRIDGE B5 Db5 D5 A5 'Cause you're just damage con-trol (Palm mute this part) B5 Db5 D5 A5 D5 for a walking corpse like me - like you INTERLUDE D5 E5 D5 Db5 B5 Db5 D5 E5 BACK TO BRIDGE A5 Db5 D5 'Cause we'll all be E5 F#5* E5 D5 Portions for foxes D5 Db5 Yeah we'll all be G5* F#5* E5 A5* F#5* E5 Db5 Portions for foxes BACK To 1ST PART OF INTRO
e---2-------------2--------------|B-----3---3---3-----3---3---3----|G-------2---2---------2---2------|D-0-------------0----------------|A--------------------------------|E--------------------------------|
VERSE D5 There's a pretty young thing in front of you (Play this part softly) A5 and she's real pretty and she's real into you G5 D5 and then she's sleepin' inside of you and the talkin' leads to touchin' A5 and the touchin' leads to sex G5 D5 and then there is no mystery left CHORUS D And it's bad news A I don't blame you G D I do the same thing I get lonely too And you're bad news A My friends tell me to leave you G D That you're bad news, bad news, bad news OUTRO You're bad news G Baby you're bad news D and you're bad news G Baby you're bad news D and you're bad news G I don't care I like you D and you're bad news G I don't care I like you A D I like you
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