Perfect Situation(Tabs)

	        Intro and Chorus chords. Same chords in the verse, only played by piano) 
     F#          C#         G#m 
e|----------|----------|----------| 
B|----------|----------|----------| 
G|----------|-66666666-|----------| Progression is like so: (F# C# G#m C# repeat) 
D|-44444444-|-66666666-|-66666666-| 
A|-44444444-|-44444444-|-66666666-| 
E|-22222222-|----------|-44444444-| 
 
Intro (Lead-In) 
(There is a small gap between the start of the song and the time that the lead 
guitar actually comes in) 
                                                            (0:15) 
e|-------|-----------|-6-------------|-----------|---------------------------| 
B|-7-----|-----------|---------------|-----------|------6-7-7^(full)-6-------| 
G|-------|-----------|-33333-4^(1/2)-|----3-4-6^-|--6-8----------------------| 
D|---444-|-444---444-|---------------|-6---------|---------------------------| 
A|-------|----333----|---------------|-----------|---------------------------| 
E|-------|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------------------| 
 
                                      (0:24) 
e|----------------------------------|-9999-----------|-9999------------------| 
B|-7-9-11-11-11-11^(1/2 r)-11-11-11-|------12-11-12--|------12-11-12p11------| 
G|----------------------------------|----------------|-----------------------| 
D|----------------------------------|----------------|-----------------------| 
A|----------------------------------|----------------|-----------------------| 
E|----------------------------------|----------------|-----------------------| 
 
                            (0:34) 
e|-------------|-------14-----------14---------------------------------------| 
B|-11-12-11-11-|-11h12--------11h12----12-11-11---11-12-11-11--12-11-12------| 
G|-------------|----------11--------------------------------------------11---| 
D|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
Verse 
(0:40) 
 
F# 
What's the deal with my brain? 
C# 
Why am I so obviously insane? 
G#m 
In a perfect situation 
C# 
I let love down the drain. 
F# 
There's the pitch, slow and straight. 
C# 
All I have to do is swing 
            G#m                C# 
and I'm the hero, but I'm the zero. 
 
X2 
 
Second Stanza in Verse 
(1:01) 
e|-6-6-6-6--|-4-4-4-4--|-2-2-2-2--|-4-4-4-4--| 
B|--7-7-7-7-|--6-6-6-6-|--4-4-4-4-|--6-6-6-6-| 
G|----------|----------|----------|----------| X2 
D|----------|----------|----------|----------| 
A|----------|----------|----------|----------| 
E|----------|----------|----------|----------| 
 
Chorus 
(1:21) 
F# C# G#m C# X2 
 
 
Verse 2 
(1:41) 
(Same as Verse 1) 
 
Chorus 
(2:02) 
 
Bridge 
(2:22) 
     D#m         C#         B          C# 
e|-66666666-|-44444444-|-22222222-|-44444444-| 
B|-77777777-|-66666666-|-44444444-|-66666666-| 
G|-88888888-|-66666666-|-44444444-|-66666666-| 
D|-88888888-|-66666666-|-44444444-|-66666666-| 
A|-66666666-|-46666666-|-22222222-|-66666666-| 
E|-66666666-|-46666666-|-22222222-|-66666666-| 
 
Solo 
(2:44) 
e|--------------------|-------------11-14-11-14-11---------------------------------------| 
B|--------------15----|-------11-13----------------14-11----------11---------------------| 
G|-14-14--14h16----14-|-11-13----------------------------13-11-11----13-11---------------| 
D|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------13-11---------| 
A|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------13-11-9-| 
E|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
e|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------| 
G|---11------------11-|-11----13^--13^-13^-11----11~--13-11-13----------| 
D|-----------11-13----|----13-----------------13---------------11-13----| 
A|-7----9/13----------|----------------------------------------------11-| 
E|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------| 
 
Chorus (Only strum chords once, slowly) 
 
Chorus (Normal) 
 
Lead-Out (Same Chords as Chorus) 
 
 
| /  slide up 
| \  slide down 
| h  hammer-on 
| p  pull-off 
| ~  vibrato 
| +  harmonic 
| x  Mute note 
| ^  Bend '(1/2)' denotes half bend, '(full)' denotes full bend 
 

	        

Written by Rivers Cuomo