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Jet Pack- Eve 6
CD: Horrorscope
Tabber: Mitchell (Mitchell_J@hotmail.com)
Tuning: Standard

Took a while to figure it out, but here's the tab for one of the best tunes
off Horrorscope. If anybody knows more than I do, please send an email!

Intro:
e ------------------------------------------|--3~--
B ------------------------------------------|--3~--
G -----2---------2-----------2--------2-----|--0~--
D ---2---2-----2---2-------2---2----2---2---|--0~--
A -0-----------------0----------------------|--2~--
E -----------4-----------2--------2-------2-|--3~--

Verses: yes much of it is scratches
e -2~---x-x--0~---x-x--2~---x-x-x--2-2-2---x--3~--x-x--2~--x-x--0~--x-x-x--0-0-0--
B -3~---x-x--0~---x-x--3~---x-x-x--3-3-3---x--3~--x-x--3~--x-x--0~--x-x-x--0-0-0--
G -2~---x-x--2~---x-x--4~---x-x-x--2-2-2---x--0~--x-x--2~--x-x--2~--x-x-x--2-2-2--
D -0~--------2~--------4~----------0-0-0------0~-------0~-------2~---------2-2-2--
A -----------0~--------2~---------------------2~----------------0~---------0-0-0--
E --------------------------------------------3~----------------------------------

Chorus:
e ---------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------
G -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------
D -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5--
A -3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5--
E ------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3--

Last part of the chorus:
e -------------------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------------------------
G -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------------
D -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2--7~--
A -3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2--7~--
E ------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0-0--5~--

Bridge:
e --------------------------------------------------------
B --------------------------------------------------------
G -----------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
D -7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
A -7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--
E -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------------

I dunno the solo, so just playing the verse chords can get through that part

Chords: D Asus Bm G E5 F5 G5 G#5 A5 C5 D5
e 2 0 2 3 x x x x x x x
B 3 0 3 3 x x x x x x x
G 2 2 4 0 x x x x x 5 7
D 0 2 4 0 2 3 5 6 7 5 7
A x 0 2 2 2 3 5 6 7 3 5
E x x x 3 0 1 3 4 5 x x

Tab originally from http://diehardtabs.tripod.com

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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J
Rhythm Player
#1 by J Stew at Apr 26, 1970 at 6:36 PM EST
i signed up to this board because of this song. i wondered if the song meant what i thought it meant. i'm gay and i can see something like this happening. it's probably a common situation. i came out in college, but i knew a few guys who could have been the friend of the narrator. i like the song anyway you look at it.
 
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Phil
Wanna Be
#2 by Phil Cifone at Dec 29, 1971 at 11:09 PM EST
Yes, I told my fellow Eve 6 fanatic that I thought this song was about the lyricist's friend questioning his sexuality, and she thought I was crazy! But the based off the line "If it was you and me and nobody else would you want me to want to be ready to go; would you wanna take the lights down low" it really makes sense.
 
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chris
Rhythm Player
#3 by chris benoit at Jul 26, 1973 at 10:10 AM EST
I think the guy singing it (the narrator, if you will) is encouraging his shy mate to loose his virginity, and makes it sound like having this virgin tagging along with him all the time and not attaching himself to all these available girls is holding the narrator back in some way, socially perhaps. Very american high school movie, if you ask me. Or it's about confusion about sexuality, which looking closely at the lyrics, seems more likely! Eve 6 rock anyway, whatever the meaning of their songs is!
 
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hamadi
Wanna Be
#4 by hamadi alameddine at Oct 29, 1977 at 4:07 AM EST
I'm probably wrong, but this song seems like it might be about the narrator of the song trying to help his friend get out there on the dating scene. The problem being, the friend is realizing he has a bit of a crush on the narrator and is beginning to question his sexuality. This is a stretch, and if im wrong, maybe I need to question how I'm looking at other girls. JK
 
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Dan
Wanna Be
#5 by Dan DeSantis at Nov 24, 1979 at 3:53 PM EST
Older song, I know, but still wanted to comment. This album was released about the time I came out to my family and friends. If anything it was a catalyst. The first person I told was a close male friend who I secretly had a crush on. Of course, I didn't tell him this when i told him I was gay, but I mentioned the song... about a year later he admitted he figured it out. Though nothing ever came of it, we're still close friends, and he still teases me with this song and that infamous line. 1
 
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Tyler
Average
#6 by Tyler Hutchison at Feb 11, 1985 at 7:38 AM EST
This song is about this guy who won't let himself get out and date.....he holds himself back....but he really wants to, he just can't. Like its saying "Hey its just me, set yourself free"...talking about himself.
 
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Andrea
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#7 by Andrea Lauria at Feb 24, 1990 at 6:24 PM EST
I agree with ALYMAC, this song is about a "confused" guy friend of max's that isn't really into girls, and jets outta the scene when a girl starts to dig him. "Sweat bullets, spill the drink" the friend's awkward around girls, and always hangs around max, admires him even, hides his feelings behind the friendship. "what the hell are you talkin about, is that what you would say if i were to wonder aloud.." if you were gay.. "would it make you run away" would you freak it if i suggested it.
 
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Brian
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#8 by Brian Dempsey at Nov 19, 1993 at 3:45 AM EST
i think there is a little homosexuality in this song. in the begining its describing someone who sees a girl across the room who is "so ready" to go with the person the song is about. but later in the song, max says "if it was you and me and no body else would you want me to want to be ready to go? would you wanna take the lights down low?" so if the subject person of this song is a girl, then she is probably at least bisexual, because she's interested in a girl at the party. if the person is a guy, then the scenario that max describes to him ("if it was you and me and nobody else...") would involve two guys. However, he could just be saying "ok pretend i'm her. if it was just the two of us..." so alymac, i think you might be on to something.
 
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Jerry
Lead Player
#9 by Jerry Harris at Mar 3, 1998 at 7:50 AM EST
The song is, as people mentioned, about homosexuality. Only the subject isn't questioning it, he simply isn't revealing it. Max Collins, the writer, has stated that it's about a friend of his who was really popular with women, but always preferred his company instead, and the song was written just as a way to say how obvious it was to him that his friend is in love with him. (The title also apparently came first. "What inspires you?" "Transport backpacks.")
 
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Adam
Average
#10 by Adam Kerrison at Oct 25, 2002 at 4:59 AM EST
When I bought this album and brought it home, I sat down and listened to it. This song came on, and about halfway through I was looking at the liner and giggling madly. It's obviously about the narrator's friend questioning his sexuality. The friend has plenty of opportunities to get with girls, and the narrator is confused by his apparent reluctance "So the way you act, is it just an act or some strange courtship ritual/A habitual nervous reaction/Hey it's just me, set yourself free, why don't you let me know what's going on". The narrator notices that the friend is always hanging around him "You're the one stepping on the back of my shoes", and eventually realises that the friend has a crush on him "If it was you and me and nobody else would you want me to want to be ready to go/Would you want to take the lights down low" I love this song.
 
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Andy
Average
#11 by Andy Benson at Apr 17, 2003 at 12:06 PM EST
I've really enjoyed this song. Up until today I felt that it was a song about a handsome/ studly dude who was to nervous to ever hook up with any chicks. This song is one that I can relate to bcuz it describes myself as a male kid in high school through community college. i.e. Always apprehensive around chicks. Looking for my buddies to hang with at social gatherings. I can not tell you how much p***y I missed out on bcuz I was always awkward & uncomfortable around girls that would be prospects for hookin up with. Chicks literally throwing themselves at me. Older, younger, I could of been getting laid quite a lot. Most chicks said I look like Nick Cater, and mind you that this was back in the late 90's. Back when the" Back-door Boys" were at their peak. After reading that lyric that has a homosexual interpretation by those on this board, it finally dawned on me after listening to this song for 7 years that this guy is queer. All in all I think it is about a possible bisexual guy with several layers to himself. It leads to his nervousness around chicks. Just to clarify...... I'm a str8 24 yr old dude. Also, I don't think anyone, not even my closest friends, were aware of how I had virtually no success with chicks. So even if a friend of mine was a song writer or poet that wouldn't have wrote a piece like "Jet Pack" about me. Mainly bcuz I would simply lie and tell people, " O ya, I got with that girl". When in fact I never did. And lying like that did get me into a few sticky situations.
 
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Josh
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#12 by Josh at Sep 16, 2004 at 11:14 AM EST
I think this song is about this girl who really likes him still but wont admit it, and she tries to go out and see other people but it doesnt work and he likes her and is waiting for her to let him know she's ready. Cause he wants to move on but he cant because the thought of ehr is holding him back "your the one stepping on the backs of my shoes", and it sounds like she might be playing some headgames with him and he's just confused abotu what she wants from him. I dunno, thats what i got out of it. Good song.