It's All Been Done

by Barenaked Ladies · posted by KidGryphon

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

-=Verse One=-
6 7   -6  6  -6  6   -5   5  6
I met you before the fall of Rome

5   6 7      -6  6  -6  6  -5   5   6
And I begged you to let me take you home

5   -5   6      5 6   -6
You were wrong, I was right

5   -4   4   -6   -6-6   7   8
You said goodbye, I said goodnight

-=Refrain=-
(8  8   9   -10 )  8    -8  7    -6
(A-whoo-hoo-hoo!)  It's all been done

(8  8   9   -10 )  8    -8  7    6
(A-whoo-hoo-hoo!)  It's all been done

(8  8   9   -10 )  8    -8  7    -10  8  -8
(A-whoo-hoo-hoo!)  It's all been done before

-=Verse Two=-
6 7    -6  6   -6 6   -5   5   6
I knew you before the west was won

5   6 7     -6  6   -6  -6   6   -5   5    6
And I heard you say the past was much more fun

5   -5 6    5    5 6  -6
You go your way, I go mine

5   -44  -6  -6  7    8
But I'll see you next time

-=Refrain=-
(8  8   9   -10 )  8    -8  7    -6
(A-whoo-hoo-hoo!)  It's all been done

(8  8   9   -10 )  8    -8  7    6
(A-whoo-hoo-hoo!)  It's all been done

(8  8   9   -10 )  8    -8  7    -10  8  -8
(A-whoo-hoo-hoo!)  It's all been done before

-=Interlude=-
5   6  6 6   6  -6 -6   -6    6   -6 -6-6
And if I put my fingers here, and if I say

 -88    -8   7
"I love you, dear"

-7  -6 -6-6   7   -7    -7   -7
And if I play the same three chords,

-7   7   7    7    7   7
Will you just yawn and say

-=Refrain=-
(8  8   9   -10 )  8   -8   7    -6
(A-whoo-hoo-hoo!)  It's all been done

(8  8   9   -10 )  8    -8  7    6
(A-whoo-hoo-hoo!)  It's all been done

(8  8   9   -10 )  8    -8  7    -10  8  -8
(A-whoo-hoo-hoo!)  It's all been done before

-=Verse Three=-
66    7   -6    6  6 -6  -66   -5 5 5  6
Alone and bored on a thirtieth-century night

5    6 7   -66 -6 6   -5    5  6
Will I see you on The Price Is Right?

5    -56    5    6 -6
Will I cry? Will I smile?

5  -44 -6  -6   7   8
As you run down the aisle?

-=Refrain=-
(8  8   9   -10 )  8    -8  7    -6
(A-whoo-hoo-hoo!)  It's all been done

(8  8   9   -10 )  8    -8  7    6
(A-whoo-hoo-hoo!)  It's all been done

(8  8   9   -10 )  8    -8  7    -10  8  -8
(A-whoo-hoo-hoo!)  It's all been done before

(Repeat Final refrain a few times to finish the song, then use this altered final line of the refrain at the finish)

(8  8   9   -10 )  8    -8  7    -8   8-8 7
(A-whoo-hoo-hoo!)  It's all been done be -fore

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound