ARTIST: Everclear
TITLE: Heroin Girl
ALBUM: Sparkle & Fade

(taken from Sparkle & Fade guitar book)


Intro:
gtr.1
e-------------------------------------------------------------
b-------------------------------------------------------------
g----11\------------------------------------------------------
d----12\------------------------------------------------------
a----12\----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---
e----10\----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---

gtr.2(comes in after gtr.1)
e------------------------------------------------------
b--------------------10\-------------------------------
g--------------------11\----4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-----
d--------------------12\----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----
a------------------------------------------------------
e------------------------------------------------------

gtrs.1&2
e---------2-----------0-----------------2----------0-------------
b------------2-----------0-----0---2-------2---------------------
g----3----------------------3----------------------------4--4--4-
d----4-----------4-----------------4-----------4---------5--5--5-
a----4---------------------------------------------------5--5--5-
e----------------------------------------------------------------
(repeat 3x)

play this at the end of the third time, segue to verse
e----------0-----------0-------------------
b-------------2----------------------------
g-----------------4-------------4--4--4----
d----4--------------------------5--5--5----
a-------------------------------5--5--5----
e-------------------------------3--3--3----

Verses:
e-------------------------------------------------------  r
b--------------7--7--------6--6---------7--7------------  e
g----4--3--x---7--7--6--6--6--6--3--3---7--7--6--6--4---  p
d----5--4--x---7--7--7--7--6--6--4--4---7--7--7--7--5---  e
a----5--4--x---5--5--7--7--4--4--4--4---5--5--7--7--5---  a
e----3--2--x---5--5--5--5--4--4--2--2---5--5--5--5--3---  t
 
Chorus:
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b----7---7--7--7--7--7/9--9--9---9--9--9---------7--7--------6------------7--7-----------
g----7---7--7--7--7--7/9--9--9---9--9--9---3--3--7--7--6--6--6------3--3--7--7--6--6--6--
d----7---7--7--7--7--7/9--9--9---9--9--9---4--4--7--7--7--7--6------4--4--7--7--7--7--7-
a----5---5--5--5--5--5/7--7--7---7--7--7---4--4--5--5--7--7--4---2--4--4--5--5--7--7--7--
e----5---5--5--5--5--5/7--7--7---7--7--7---2--2--5--5--5--5--4---0--2--2--5--5--5--5--5--
(repeat, then back to verse chords)

Interlude:
(gtrs.1&2) 
e------------------------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------------------7--7--------
g---4--3--3--1--1--3--3-----3--3--1--1--3--3-----6--6--7--7--6--6--
d---5--4--4--2--2--4--4-----4--4--2--2--4--4-----7--7--7--7--7--7--
a---5--4--4--2--2--4--4-----4--4--2--2--4--4-----7--7--5--5--7--7--
e---3--2--2--0--0--2--2-----2--2--0--0--2--2-----5--5--5--5--5--5--

(int. cont.)
e---------------------------
b----7--7--6--6--5--5-------
g----8--8--7--7--6--6-------   repeat interlude
d----9--9--8--8--7--7-------   on 2nd time, gtr. 3 plays the intro lead
a----9--9--8--8--7--7-------
e----7--7--5--5--5--5--0----

play the interlude a 3rd time and end with-  
e------------------------------------
b------------------------------------
g----\4---8--8--7--7--6--6--1--1-----
d----\5---9--9--8--8--7--7--2--2-----
a----\5---9--9--8--8--7--7--2--2-----
e----\3---7--7--6--6--5--5--0--0-----

Solo:
(most of these parts are played a little longer than shown)
e---------------------------------------------------------------------
b----14--14-------14------14--14---------------12--12----------11/14--
g----14--14-------14--14--14--14--14--14--14\--12--12--11--11--11/14--
d-------------16------------------------------------------------------

(solo cont.)
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
b----15--14--14------11--11-----9--------9--9---------14--14--14--------
g----14--14--14\-11--11--11\-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---14--14--14--------
d-----------------------------------------------------------------------

(cont.)
e----------------------------------------14----------14--14--17--17---
b----17--17---17--17-----14--13------14------17--17--16--16--16--16---
g----16--16b--16--16b----14--13/15------------------------------------
d---------------------------------------------------------------------

end:
e-----------------------
b-----------------------
g------4---3--3---------
d------5---4--4---------
a------5---4--4---------
e------3---2--2---------


I used to know a girl 
she had two pierced nipples and a black tatoo
we'd drink that Mexican beer 
we'd live on Mexican food
yes, I wish I could go back
yes, back in time

Esther used to be the kind of girl 
that you would never leave
She'd do anything to give me what I need
for my disease 
She'd do anything
I can hear them talking in the real world
but they don't understand
that I'm happy in hell with my Heroin girl

I am losing myself in a white-trash hell
Lost inside a Heroin girl
They found her out in the fields
about a mile from home
Her face was warm from the sun
but her body was cold
I heard a policeman say
Just another overdose
just another overdose!

Esther used to be the kind of lover 
you would never leave
She'd do anything to give me what I need
for my disease 
She would do anything



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