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Whatever Happened to Anarchy? Guitar Tablature
Fancy Pants and the Cellphones
"Whatever happened to anarchy?"
from the  Shut Up That's Why EP (2002)

Tabbed by Pat The Bunny (A) "The friendly Fancy Pants stalker"

Chrous:

"They used to carve desks with pocket knives"
g|-7-7-------------|
d|-7-7-7-7-9-9-7-7-|
a|-5-5-7-7-9-9-7-7-|
e|-----5-5-7-7-5-5-|

"They used to carve chests with rasor blades"
g|-7-7-------------|
d|-7-7-7-7-9-9-7-7-|
a|-5-5-7-7-9-9-7-7-|
e|-----5-5-7-7-5-5-|

"They used to drugs, that didn't work"
g|-7-7-------------|
d|-7-7-7-7-9-9-7-7-|
a|-5-5-7-7-9-9-7-7-|
e|-----5-5-7-7-5-5-|

"They used to do drugs and then go to work"
g|-7-7-------------|
d|-7-7-7-7-9-9-7-7-|
a|-5-5-7-7-9-9-7-7-|
e|-----5-5-7-7-5-5-|

Verse (muffle the guitar strings with your palm):

"...Chad did H...Matt did girls...Jason did it cuz he hates the world...Alex did it just to dread his 
hair...Then he took too much acid"
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
a|-5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5-------------------------|
e|---------5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-3-3-5-5-|

"...I pissed of Leyla pretty badly...then we drank wine and listened to Blondie...last time I saw her, she 
had a camera...I deserve to get my ass kicked"
g|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
a|-5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5-------------------------|
e|---------5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-3-3-5-5-|

[chorus]

[verse 2; see music above]
"...Forgot his name, but he taught me to tailslide...Shaved his head, but he was a nice guy...Told me 
what it was to be a SHARPy...We both knew our enemies"
"...It was all over Springfield, inside and out...Inside the desks that I just talked about...Big red spray 
paint on the side of the road...Whatever happened to anarchy?"

Bridge:

"...I saw Matt the other day...but it just didn't feel the same"
g|-7--------------------------------|
d|-7-------7-------9-------77777777-|
a|-5-------7-------9-------77777777-|
e|---------5-------7-------55555555-|

"...Sure he had a girl, tattooed and hot...but it wasn't in the parking lot"
g|-7--------------------------------|
d|-7-------7-------9-------77777777-|
a|-5-------7-------9-------77777777-|
e|---------5-------7-------55555555-|

"...I'll miss those bastards more than they'll know...no one sits by the side of the road"
g|-7--------------------------------|
d|-7-------7-------9-------77777777-|
a|-5-------7-------9-------77777777-|
e|---------5-------7-------55555555-|

"Anymore, someone please tell me...Whatever happened to anarchy?"
g|-7--------------------------------|
d|-7-------7-------9-------77777777-|
a|-5-------7-------9-------77777777-|
e|---------5-------7-------55555555-|

[chorus]
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