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Extreme - When+im+president

From: BMHALL@acs.harding.edu (Brian Hall)

Well, here's a couple of my favorite.  They're a blast to play!

          
Tab Key:
/ or \ -- slide up or down
(*)    -- hold
 h     -- hammer on
 p     -- pull off
 X     -- Play the string muted
(?X)   -- Repeat ? number of times



                                    EXTREME
                                   ---------
  
                               When I'm President
                               ==================

The intro for this song goes something like this:


E-----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B-----------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G-----------------|--2-------------------------|--2-------------------------|
D-----------------|--2-----------------4-4-----|--2-----------------5-5-----|
A-----------------|--0---3---4---0-3-4---------|--0---3---4---0-3-4---------|
E----------3/12\3-|----------------------------|----------------------------|



E----------------------------|----------------------------|
B----------------------------|----------------------------|
G--2-------------------------|--2-------------------------|
D--2-----------------4-4-----|--2-----------------5-5-5-5-|
A--0---3---4---0-3-4---------|--0---3---4---0-3-4---------|
E----------------------------|----------------------------|



E----------------------------|----------------------------|
B----------------------------|----------------------------|
G--2-------------------------|--2-------------------------|
D--2-----------------4-4-----|--2------------------5------|
A--0---3---4---0-3-4-----3-4-|--0---3---4---0-3-4---------|
E----------------------------|-----------------------3----|



E---------------------------|----------------------------|-----------|
B---------------------------|----------------------------|-----------|
G--2------------------------|--2-------------------------|--2--------|
D--2-----------------4-4----|--2-----------4--4--4-2-----|--2--------|
A--0---3---4---0-3-4--------|--0---3---4-------------3-4-|--0--------|
E---------------------------|----------------------------|-----------|

                                                I'm much  older now...


The A5 is held for four measures while Gary sings, then Nuno plays: 

E--------------------------|----------------------------|------------|
B--------------------------|----------------------------|------------|
G--------------------------|----------------------------|--2---------|
D--2-----------------------|--2-------------------------|--2---------|
A--2-----------------4-4---|--2-----------------5-5-----|--0---------|
E--0---3---4---0-3-4-------|--0---3---4---0-3-4-----3-4-|------------|

                                                You can  be anything...


A5 again held for four measures, then:

Bridge: (play 2X)
E-------------------|---------------------|
B--0----------------|--3------------------|
G--0----------------|--2--2---2-2--2--2--.|
D--0--2---2-2--2--2-|--0--2---2-2--2--2--.|
A-----2---2-2--2--2-|-----0---0-0--0--0---|
E--3--0---0-0--0--0-|---------------------|


I think the chorus is something like:

Chorus:
E-------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
B-------------------------|---------------------------|--5---5---5------------|
G--2---2---2-----14---14--|--2------------------------|--4---4---4-----2---2--|
D--2---2---2-----14---14--|--2-----------------4-4----|--6---6---6-----2---2--|
A--0---0---0-----12---12--|--0---3---4---0-3-4--------|----------------0---0--|
E-------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|



E--------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
B--------------------------|----------3------------|--------------------------|
G--2-----------------------|--2---2---2------------|--2-----------------------|
D--2-----------------4-4---|--2---2---4------------|--2-----------------4-4---|
A--0---3---4---0-3-4-------|--0---0---2------------|--0---3---4---0-3-4-------|
E--------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|



E-----3-----3----------0h1h0---|---------------------------|------------------|
B-------------------3--------3-|---------------------------|------------------|
G------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
D------------------------------|--2---2--------2-2-----2---|--2---2--------2--|
A------------------------------|--2---2--------2-2-----2---|--2---2--------2--|
E--3-----2-----1---------------|--0---0--0-3-4-0-0-3-4-0---|--0---0--0-3-4-0--|


Anyway, that's the basic theme of the song.