:: Sometimes Jacks Rule the Realm ::
Artist: 311
Album: Evolver
Tabbed by Kiki : 7/24/04
~!!~ Ok I borrowed most of this song from a plethora of other tabsites, and I
noticed they were all pretty much identical, only they were missing the *sweet*
ending that comes on about a minute after the actual song ends. I'm not sure if
most people are aware of it but you probably are. I won't take credit for tabbing
all the hard stuff like the solo, I just did the ending, but i figured since this
song wasn't posted yet that it deserved to be cuz it is AMAZIng. So good luck,
it's not too hard! :)
Intro:
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---4------4------4------4------4------4------4------4------4-------||
D|-2---2-2----2-2----2-2----2-0----0-0----0-0----0-0----0------0-----||
A|--------------------------------------------------------3------3---||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
Sometimes jacks rule the realm...
A chalkboard scratching...
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-4------4------4---------------------------------------------------||
D|---0------0------0----0------0------0------0-----------------------||
A|-----3------3-----------4------4------4------4---------------------||
E|-------------------2------2------2------1------0-------------------||
The swimmers drowned...
Never be exposed...
First Verse/First Instrumental Break:
Em D C F# F
E|-0------------------------2----0----2----1--------------||
B|-0------------------------3----1----2----1--------------||
G|-0------------------------2----0----3----2--------------||
D|-2------------------------0----2----4----3--------------||
A|-2-----------------------------3----4----3--------------||
E|-0-----------------------------2----1-------------------||
I took it as a compliment...
Mandolin Over First Instrumental Break
E|-----------0---------0----------0----------0----------0---------------||
A|---0--2------0--2------0--2------0--2------0--2------0----------------||
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|---------0--2----------0--2----------0--2----------0--2----------0--2---||
A|--0--2---------0--2----------0--2----------0--2----------0--2-----------||
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|----------0--3----------0--3----------0--3----------0--3----------0--3--||
A|--0--2----------0--2----------0--2----------0--2----------0--2----------||
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|----------0--2----------0--2----------0--1-----0--1--0------------------||
A|--0--2----------0--2----------0--2-----------------------2--------------||
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|----------0--2----------0--2----------0--1-----0--1--0------------------||
A|--0--2----------0--2----------0--2-----------------------2--------------||
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Second Verse:
Em D A F# Bm A F# Bm F#
E|-0----2----0----2----2----0----2----2----2--------||
B|-0----3----2----2----3----2----2----3----2--------||
G|-0----2----2----3----4----2----3----4----3--------||
D|-2----0----2----4----4----2----4----4----4--------||
A|-2---------0----4----2----0----4----2----4--------||
E|-0--------------2--------------2---------2--------||
Bridge Riff 1:
E|----0--------0--------0-----0---------------------||
B|------3--------3--------2-----2-------------------||
G|-/5-----5--3-----3--2-----2-----2-----------------||
D|--------------------------------------------------||
A|--------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------||
Bridge Riff 2:
E|--------------------------------------------------||
B|-----0--------0--------0-------0------------------||
G|---0---0----0---0----6---6---6---6----------------||
D|-3--------5--------7-------7----------------------||
A|--------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------||
Bridge Riff 3:
E|--------------------------------------------------||
B|-----0--------0--------0--------0----0~-----------||
G|---6---6----6---6----6---6----6---6--6~-----------||
D|-7--------7--------7--------7--------7~-----------||
A|--------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------||
Bridge Riff 4/Chorus (Guitar 2):
E|--------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------||
D|-----0h2---0h2---0h2-------0h2---0h2---0h2--------||
A|-3-3-----3-----3----------------------------------||
E|-----------------------1-1-----1-----1------------||
Chorus (Guitar 1):
C F
E|-0----1-----------||
B|-1----1-----------||
G|-0----2-----------||
D|-2----3-----------||
A|-3----3-----------||
E|------1-----------||
Solo (Guitar 2):
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------/17-17-15--||
G|-/17-17-17-14--17-17-14--17-17-14--/17-17-17-14------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------||
A|-----------------------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------17-15-15\-------------||
B|-13-15-17-17\-----------------------------------------------||
G|---------------/17-17-17-14--17-17-14-----------------------||
D|------------------------------------------------------------||
A|------------------------------------------------------------||
E|------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-----------12-15-13-12-----------||
B|--------13-------------13\\\-----||
G|-/12-14--------------------------||
D|---------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------||
Interlude (Palm Muted)(Guitar 1):
C5 F5/C
E|--------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------6-6-6-6-X-6-6-X-6-------------||
G|-5-5-5-5-X-5-5-X-5--5-5-5-5-X-5-5-X-5-------------||
D|-5-5-5-5-X-5-5-X-5--3-3-3-3-X-3-3-X-3-------------||
A|-3-3-3-3-X-3-3-X-3--3-3-3-3-X-3-3-X-3-------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------||
Interlude (Palm Muted)(Guitar 2):
C5 F5/C
E|--------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------5-5-5-5-X-5-5-X-5-------------||
D|-5-5-5-5-X-5-5-X-5--3-3-3-3-X-3-3-X-3-------------||
A|-3-3-3-3-X-3-3-X-3--3-3-3-3-X-3-3-X-3-------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------||
*Gradually let the palm mute off of the final F5/C
Final Chorus (Guitar 2):
C5 F5/C
E|----------------||
B|----------------||
G|-5----5---------||
D|-5----3---------||
A|-3----3---------||
E|----------------||
End On (Guitar 2):
C5
E|----------------||
B|----------------||
G|-5--------------||
D|-5--------------||
A|-3--------------||
E|----------------||
*~** ENDING **~* this can be heard about a minute after the song ends
Ok this part is finger plucked, and after playing Riff 1 and 2 repeat them , as noted.
Riff 1
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------1-------1-------------------------1-------1---------------||
G|-----------------------0-0h2p0---------------------------0---2--||
D|---2-------0---------2---------2-----2-------0---------2---2----||
A|-3-------2------0------------------3-------2-------0------------||
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
Riff 2
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |
B|------1-3-1—1p0--------------------------------------------------|.|
G|----------------2p0-----------2-0--------------------------------| |
D|---2----------------2-2/3-----------0-2-2p3-3-2-2----------------|.|
A|-3------------------------\3------0----------------0-2-3---------| |
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |
(*note* play the A and D strings real quickly here with a lot of emphasis on the -1-3-1 on the B string)
Riff 3
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------1-------1------------1---------1---------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------2-0------------------||
D|---2-------0------------2---------0-------------0-2-2/3-3--------||
A|-3-------2-------0----3---------2-------0------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------1--------1---------1----------0----------------------------||
G|-------------------------------0----0----------------------------||
D|---2--------0----------------------------------------------------||
A|-3--------2--------0-----3-----3---------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
order to play:
Riff 1
Riff 2
Riff 1
Riff 2
Riff 3
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Super Average |
#1 by Super Unknown at Sep 26, 2007 at 12:47 AM EST |
| im not sure what the song is talking about but jacks, as in sometimes jacks rule the realm, are fake people in hip hop culture and possibly other genres | |
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MikE Average |
#2 by MikE SurfacE at Sep 26, 2007 at 7:51 AM EST |
| Raining down idiots Always flapping in the Flapping in the wind Yeah there are plenty of those in this world | |
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Tavo Wanna Be |
#3 by Tavo at Sep 27, 2007 at 12:56 AM EST |
| Are you kidding me? No one has commented on this of all of their songs. This is one of the best. Its about how sometimes in life nice guys finish last and the jerks win. | |
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Tommy Wanna Be |
#4 by Tommy Déry at Sep 27, 2007 at 4:13 AM EST |
| I agree with both, great song about life. basically stating, you never know what can happen. Sometimes being the nicest wont get you the furthest. | |
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eric Wanna Be |
#5 by eric stevens at Sep 27, 2007 at 10:52 AM EST |
| i love how this song picks up in the end | |
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Chris Rhythm Player |
#6 by Chris Hall at Sep 27, 2007 at 11:23 AM EST |
| yea i like when it switches beat around three minutes into the song | |
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bob Average |
#7 by bob polein at Sep 27, 2007 at 2:16 PM EST |
| i agree with sk8nfool13, its how life isnt always fair "swimmers drown without a sound, a chalkboard scratching sound could craze the town" somthing small like the sound of a chalkboard could anger you, or displease you, but in this day and age swimmers drown without a sound | |
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M.Fett Wanna Be |
#8 by M.Fett B.Fett at Sep 29, 2007 at 7:22 AM EST |
| definitely a good think-about-it song, and great lyrics. my favorite part though is the hidden extra piece right after this....... just awesome. | |
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Zack Average |
#9 by Zack Tredway at Sep 29, 2007 at 10:54 AM EST |
| Maybe Nick is talking about politics and how stuff is F'ed up and there is not much you can do about it and people (politicians) just turn their shoulder when they know something is wrong (an emperors clothes, never be exposed). Maybe he is observing the world and seeing all the peoples f'ed up actions and words and wondering why they are like that and how he is like he is. Some people dont even notice. But he is also saying look at positives instead of negatives (took it as a compliment, no matter what they meant). Awesome song, songs like this is why 311 is my favorite band. 1 | |
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M.Fett Wanna Be |
#10 by M.Fett B.Fett at Sep 30, 2007 at 7:55 AM EST |
| This song to me illustrates a vague emotion of helplessness that occurs when you feel that things aren't going your way mentally and causes you to feel that things aren't working in your favor. The fact that Nick Hexum creates this mood through his lyrics is beautiful, and is enough to uplift you in the sense that you aren't alone in feeling such a way. After expressing the emotions in a more solemn way, the song turns completely around and illustrates the same ideas, but with a more positive beat. This signifies that you can easily change your perception of these ideas into something positive. At the same time, other lyrics such as "What makes me act the way I do? Why Am I asking you" describes how you should mold the positivity into what suits you the best, as no one is the same, no one has the exact same thought process. So it isnt clear cut, but its possible. | |
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jake Wanna Be |
#11 by jake fugate at Sep 30, 2007 at 9:06 AM EST |
| Nice song... reminds me a lot of RHCP. | |
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Slayer Average |
#12 by Slayer Slayer Slayer at Oct 1, 2007 at 8:19 AM EST |
| this song is epic...i love it | |
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†§ean† Average |
#13 by †§ean† at Oct 1, 2007 at 11:48 AM EST |
| I'm really feeling this song right now. Not sure why. I'm going to learn this song on my guitar. It's absolutely beautiful. Long Live 311! | |
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Matt Wanna Be |
#14 by Matt at Oct 1, 2007 at 10:38 PM EST |
| shouldn't* | |
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Mr. Shen Average |
#15 by Mr. Shen at Oct 3, 2007 at 11:42 AM EST |
| The Hidden track is called "Coda" it was written by P-Nut, again another amazing track. | |
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Jay Average |
#16 by Jay Lavasseia at Oct 4, 2007 at 9:45 AM EST |
| You guys missed a big part of the song I think. I think what he's trying to say is that you should judge things that aren't black and white to you. Like when you call a girl and she doesn't call you back right away or you hear something about a friend talking bad about you but you haven't heard it from him. YOU CAN'T BEGIN TO DISPEL WHEN YOU CAN NOT EVEN TELL He's saying just relax and enjoy life and don't let negative people bother you. | |
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Kaden Wanna Be |
#17 by Kaden at Oct 4, 2007 at 12:58 PM EST |
| its weird how this song changes its feel 3 times in 6 minutes but somehow it works. the first parts my favorite but it is an awesome song altogether | |
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