Great Provider
Recorded by Barenaked Ladies
Music by Jim Creeggan, Steven Page and Ed Robertson
Words by Steven Page And Ed Robertson
From the Album Maybe You Should Drive
Tabbed By John Argentiero (jargent@wam.umd.edu)

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This song is actually fairly easy to play, two riffs, mostly 
just arpeggiated chords.   But its a nice little groove song.  
The riffs tabbed out are basically just their first occurances.  
They're just frameworks around which the rest of the song is jammed.

Intro
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These are all natural harmonics.

e-----<7>------------|------------------|
B-----<7>-----<7>----|------------------|
G-----<7>-----<7>----|--------------<5>-|
D-----<7>-----<7>----|------<7>-----<5>-|
A-------------<7>----|-<9>----------<5>-|
E--------------------|------------------|

e----------------------------------------|
B---<5>----------------------------------|
G-------<7>---<5>------------------------|
D-----------------<7>---<5>--------------|
A----------------------------<5>---------|
E-----------------------------------<7>--|


Riff 1 
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Verses, Choruses, 1st half of song

 Am			Gsus4		    
e---------------------|---------------------|
B---0h1---------------|---------1-----------|
G-------2-2----2--2---|------------0-----0--|
D---------2----2--2---|---------------0-----|
A-----------0--0--0---|---------------------|
E---------------------|--3-3-3--------------|

D/F#
e-----------------|--0h2---------------|
B--------3--------|------3-3-----------|
G-----------2-----|-----------2-----2--|
D-----------------|--------------------|
A-----------------|--------------------|
E-2-2-2--------2--|--------------2-----|

Play the above riff with the lower 3 or 4 strings pretty 
heavily palm muted. Repeat this a few dozen times before the 2nd riff

Riff 2
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Bridge, last half of song

    C         D11                 C  D11  C	   C         D11
e------------------------|------|----------------------------------|
B----------1---------3---|------|--5---3---1------------1---sl-3---|
G-------0---------0------|------|--0---0---0---------0---------0---|
D---0h2------sl-4--------|------|--5---4---2-----0h2------2-sl-4---|
A------------------------|------|----------------------------------|
E------------------------|------|----------------------------------|

The last part of the song is heavily jam oriented.  
Listen to what's going on if you want to replicate the album, 
or just play around with these chords in a pattern close to that.   
Sounds cool either way.

If you can get a keyboard or drum set in the background, 
this'll sound a lot cooler.
Use a lot of percussive picking to get the same type of feel.

Any problems, comments, cash, email me @  jargent@wam.umd.edu