INTRO (and successive vamps/fills--listen to it for the strum pattern):
D A G A D G A D (beginning of repeat)
E|--2--0--3----0--2--3--0-------------------2---|
B|--3--2--0----2--3--0--2-------------------3---|
G|--2--2--0----2--2--0--2-----------------0-2---|
D|--0--2--0----2--0--0--2-----------0-2-4---0---|
A|-----0--2----0-----2--0-----0-2-4-------------|
E|--------3----------3--------------------------|
VERSE:
DAGA
I leave from softball practice every night
DGAGD
It's getting dark, but the "Golden Arches" light up the way
AGA
I turn the corner at the traffic light
DGAGBm
I count my money and then I rehearse what I'm going to say
BmBm
"I'd like an order of fries, a Quarter Pounder with cheese,
GA
I love the light in your eyes, will you go out with me please?"
[Dan's Note: Stephen had noted an Em in the pre-chorus above, but it ain't
there--the bass that does a descending line which makes it sound like the
guitar is moving too, but Ed stays on Bm the whole time.]
CHORUS:
DAGA
I am in love with a McDonald's girl
DGAG
She has a smile of innocence so tender and warm
DAGA
I am in love with a McDonald's girl
DGAGDGA
She is an angel in a polyester uniform
("Can I get you some fries with that?")
She doesn't try to impress anyone
She doesn't act real tough like all the other girls that I know
She don't treat me like a simpleton
She's not ashamed to be the only other virgin I know
When my hamburger's cold, I get up ready to go,
She's only fifteen years old, and I'm in love with her soul
(Steve Page Rap Solo)
She's got a gold tooth, you know she's hardcore
She'll show you a good time, then she'll show you the door...BOY!
CHORUS
There she stands behind the register
She's taking orders from the Saddle River Little League
If they knew how much I wanted her
Their home-room teachers would have to send them home for a week
As I head through the door, the movement catches her eye,
My heart begins to soar, she smiles, she waves good-bye, good-bye
Good-bye, good byeeeeeeeeeeeeee
CHORUS
Uno, dos, tres, quatro
Big Mac, Filet-o-Fish, Quarter Pounder, French Fries
Icey Coke, Thick Shakes, Sundaes and Apple Pies
Sing that song of taste (yeah, sing that song of taste, G!)
You can only find at one place: McDonald's!
CHORUS and end
** BASS **
The recording is muffled so this may not be exact, but it will get you through.
This is just the basics--no grace notes, no precise rhythms--but I will try to
get the spacing right so you know when each note is played.
INTRO:
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|---5------------5------------------------------------------|
E|-----5-3--3-5-----3-5--------------------------------------|
VERSE:
"I leave from softball practice every night,"
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|---5-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------5--------3--------------3----5------------| "It's getting dark, but the "Golden Arches" light up the way"
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5------------------------------------------------------5--|
E|-------------3--------------5--------------3---------------| "I'd like an order of fries, a Quarter Pounder with cheese,"
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--2--------------2-----2--0----------------0-------0----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------4----------| "I love the light in your eyes, will you go out with me please?"
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------7----------7------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------7-----------------|
E|------------4-------4-----3-------------------------------7-5-------|
very unsure about
this but it sounds