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Band:Incubus
Song:Shaft
Guitar intro
Intro (pop these notes)
G--7~-|-------------------7~--|
D--5~-|-------------------5~--|
A-----|--5h7-7/8---5h7-77-----|x8
E-----|-----------------------|
Chorus
x3 x1
G-------------------|---------------------------------------------------
D-------------------|---------------------------------------------------
A-------------------|---------------------------------------------------
E--0~-0h1-0h1-0h1---|-0~-0h1/33-/-666----------------------------------- x2
Verse
G---------------------------7~--
D---------------------------5~--
A------------------------------- x4
E-0~-1-1-00--0~-xx-0h1p0-x------
G------------------------|
D------------------------|
A------------------------| x1
E-0~-0h1-0h1-0h1--0h1p0--|
Verse x4
Chorus x2
G---------------------|
D---------------------|
A---------------------|x1
E-000-000-000-000-----|
G-------------|
D-------------|
A-----5h7777--|x4
E-000---------|
G-----------7~-----------7~--------------------------------------------|
D-----------5~-----------5~----------5h7775--------------5h77788-------|
A----5h7777-------5h7777-------5h7777-------57----5h7777--------7-7h8--|x1
E-000----------000----------000----------------------------------------|
G----------------7~-----------------------|
D----------------5~-------------5-5-------|
A--5h7777-5h7777----5h7777-5h777-7-7-5h7--|x1
E-----------------------------------------|
G----------------7~-----------------------|
D----------------5~-----------------------|
A--5h7777-5h77-0----5h7777-5h77-0-8-8-----|x11
E-----------------------------------------|
Chorus x4
End with
G---7~--------|
D---5~--------|
A-------------|
E-------------|
This song is 99% correct. please rate.
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... Badass |
#1 by ... ... at Mar 18, 2006 at 2:52 PM EST |
| Yep, and "shaft" refers to that penis...while at the same time it being very reminiscent of the old funk style used the the Shaft theme tune :oD | |
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Ben Wanna Be |
#2 by Ben Roberts at Apr 29, 2006 at 4:13 AM EST |
| [QUOTE from overdrive] "is lorena a real person?" [/QUOTE] they said it refered to Lorena Bobit (sp?) on a live show. (Breakfast_With_Incubus-(10-26-01-2001) Shes the chick that cut of her husbands wee wee. | |
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bob Average |
#3 by bob whyte at May 6, 2006 at 6:42 AM EST |
| maybe hes losing his mind after he got out the shower thats the fog and hes talking to himself in the mirror 1 | |
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kyle Average |
#4 by kyle davis at Aug 12, 2006 at 12:15 AM EST |
| this song is realy cool maybe best on album. my take on it is that its about him cheating on his girlfriend "Why can't I get it straight?" and then the comment about lorena teh person who chopped off her boyfriends penis for cheating on her but i dunno | |
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roy Wanna Be |
#5 by roy catlin at Oct 18, 2006 at 4:13 AM EST |
| lorena bobbit was the woman from long island who cut off joey buttafucco's penis bc he had an affir with amy fisher. just so people know. | |
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Guitar Man Lead Player |
#6 by Guitar Man at May 24, 2007 at 1:19 PM EST |
| is lorena a real person? i don't know what this song means... | |
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Jesse Average |
#7 by Jesse Neafsey at Aug 11, 2007 at 11:33 PM EST |
| i dont think theres nothing metaphorical about it... his dicks limp... he need that crazy chick to cut it off . iguess. | |