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intro: guitar 1
/e-----3-3-------3-3-------3-3-------3-3-------3-3-------3-3---->\
|B--------3---------3---------3---------3---------3---------3--->|
|G--5-5-----5-5-5-----5-5-5-----5-5-5-----5-5-5-----5-5-5-----5->|
|D---5---------5---------5---------5---------5---------5-------->|
|A-3---------3---------3---------0------------------------------>|
|D-----------------------------------------3---------5---------->|
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|intro: guitar 2                                                 |
|e-------------------------------------------------------------->|
|B-------------------------------------------------------------->|
|G---------------------5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2---------------------->|
|D---------------------5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-->|
|A---------------------3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-->|
\D-----------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-->/
verse 1: guitar 1
/e----------------------------------------------------------------->\
|B----------------------------------------------------------------->|
|G-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------------------------->|
|D-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5->|
|A-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5->|
|D-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5->|
|  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  |
|verse 1: guitar 2                                                  |
|e----------------------------------------------------------------->|
|B-3~-------------------------------------------------------------->|
|G-5~-------------------------------------------------------------->|
|D-5~-------------------------------------------------------------->|
|A-3~-------------------------------------------------------------->|
\D----------------------------------------------------------------->/
I walk the line leave it all behind I’ve been waiting forever
verse 1: guitar 2
e------------------------------------------------------------------>
B---------33--------------33--------------33--------------33------->
G-----33------33------33------33------33------33------33------33--->
D---55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55->
A-33--------------------------------------------------------------->
D-----------------33--------------00--------------55--------------->
****  **  **  ******  **  **  ******  **  **  ******  **  **  **
lets go back in time when I could read your mind still I’ve been waiting
pre-chorus: guitar 1
e----------------------------------------------------------------->
B----------------------------------------------------------------->
G----------------------------------------------------------------->
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5->
A-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3->
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3->
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
it took the seasons going by to know it’s not my fault
chorus: guitar 2
e---------------------------------------------------------------------->
B-----------------------------------------------------------------3~--->
G-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-----------------5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-----------------5~--->
D-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5~--->
A-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-3~--->
D-----------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-----------------3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5------>
I tried to be perfect tried to be honest tried to be anything that you ever
wanted I tried to be stronger tried to be smarter tried to be everything
but you
verse 2: bass
its been so long since you’ve been home I used to wait up forever
verse 2: guitar 1
e----------------------------------------------------------------->
B----------------------------------------------------------------->
G-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------------------------->
D-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5->
A-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5->
D-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5->
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
I used to say a prayer wishing you were there I’m still waiting
verse 2: guitar 2
e------------------------------------------------------------------>
B---------33--------------33--------------33--------------33------->
G-----33------33------33------33------33------33------33------33--->
D---55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55->
A-33--------------------------------------------------------------->
D-----------------33--------------00--------------55--------------->
****  **  **  ******  **  **  ******  **  **  ******  **  **  **
you told me once you’d show up but I fell for that before I fell to pieces
verse 2: guitar 2
e------------------------------------------------------------------>
B---------33--------------33--------------33--------------33------->
G-----33------33------33------33------33------33------33------33--->
D---55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55--55->
A-33--------------------------------------------------------------->
D-----------------33--------------00--------------55--------------->
****  **  **  ******  **  **  ******  **  **  ******  **  **  **
when I woke up to no one just a picture of Jesus and a house left in pieces
---REPEAT PRE-CHORUS
---REPEAT CHORUS
bridge: guitar 1
/e---------3-3-------------3-3-------------3-3--------------------->\
|B------------5-5-------------5-5-------------5-5-3---3/5\3--1----->|
|G-------5---------------5---------------5------------------------->|
|D----------------------------------------------------------------->|
|A----------------------------------------------------------------->|
|D----------------------------------------------------------------->|
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|bridge: guitar 2                                                   |
|e----------------------------------------------------------------->|
|B----------------------------------------------------------------->|
|G----------------------------------------------------------------->|
|D-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5->|
|A-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5->|
\D-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5->/
I want you I need you I want to believe you
bridge: guitar 1
/e---------3-3-------------3-3-------------3-3--------------------->\
|B------------5-5-------------5b5-------------5-5-3---3/5\1~------->|
|G-------5---------------5---------------5------------------------->|
|D----------------------------------------------------------------->|
|A----------------------------------------------------------------->|
|D----------------------------------------------------------------->|
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|bridge: guitar 2                                                   |
|e----------------------------------------------------------------->|
|B----------------------------------------------------------------->|
|G----------------------------------------------------------------->|
|D-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5->|
|A-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5->|
\D-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5->/
I want you I need you I want to believe you
chorus 2: guitar 1
e------------------------------------------------------------------>
B------------------------------------------------------------------>
G-5~---------------5~--------------5~--------------7~-------------->
D-5~---------------5~--------------5~--------------7~-------------->
A-3~---------------0~--------------3~--------------5~-------------->
D----------------------------------3~--------------5~-------------->
I tried to be perfect tried to be honest tried to be anything but you
---REPEAT CHORUS 2x

Everything You Ever Wanted Tab

Send "Everything You Ever Wanted " Ringtone to your Cell Phone

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Magna Wanna Be	#1 by Magna at Sep 27, 2007 at 8:14 PM EST
	I'm not sure about this part: "Its so(?) the seasons going by" If anyone could clarify what the real words are, or if any other mistakes are made, that would be awesome. I waited ages for this to appear on the radio over at faithrock.org, and when it came, I recorded it on my comp. I just absolutely love this song. It's about the topic of abandonment and not living up to someones standards.

No Picture patrick Average	#2 by patrick wilson at Sep 28, 2007 at 9:34 AM EST
	i think this song is about divorce. his parents split up and he feels like its his fault. ("It took the seasons going by to know its not my fault"). because he felt guilty he tried to be perfect. but he still resented which ever parent that left him. he says "i tried to be everything but you." he didnt want to end up like him/her.

No Picture nick Wanna Be	#3 by nick at Sep 28, 2007 at 9:45 PM EST
	This is a song about a boy and his family and how they cope with the Dad leaving him and he is talking about how he would try and try to get like him so that he would come back and never did and how God helped him through it all.

No Picture Jake Badass	#4 by Jake Calhoun at Sep 30, 2007 at 6:27 AM EST
	I Re read the lyrics. I know its about his father walking out on him. But i feel like this is my sister and i. we use to be really close but then one day i let her down. we are only 14 months apart. My sister and i now live 1200 miles away. And we arent talking... so yeah

No Picture kieron Wanna Be	#5 by kieron prosser at Oct 3, 2007 at 8:32 PM EST
	I heard a song explanation on the CD singles for the station I work at and Jason said it's written from the perspective of a son to his dad after he left. It's inspired by all the cases of divorce and the hurt it causes that fans obviously talk to them about. Very good song and can be taken many ways.

No Picture Greg Wanna Be	#6 by Greg Masta at Oct 3, 2007 at 11:18 PM EST
	A mom leaving her husband and two children, one of them only five, the other only two. The five-year old was close to her, so she was devastated. She waited for weeks for her mom to come back home, wondering what she had done, why hadn't she just been a better daughter? Then when she sees her mom again, the little girl sees a stranger, someone she didn't know, someone she hated. She then blamed herself for her mom changing--as if she had been bad. It took a long time for her to realize that her mom was lieing when she said that she'd come back home, that they'd be a family. Even longer for the little girl to stop blaming herself.The little girl starts growing up, and everytime she sees her mom another part of her dies, every other weekend untill she has had enough and sees her mom hardly at all. You see, back when the little girl found her mom wasn't there one morning she realized that no one--not even family-would be there, only God would. So as she grew up she made a vow to do everything she could to be perfect; to never be like her mom. To never be that weak.To never make her future kids have to wake up one moring to see that their mom has left them and changed into someone they despised. That's my story, that's what the song means to me. For someone who has a different story, the song holds a different meaning. But whatever the story, or the meaning, its a shame that anyone has to relate to those lyrics.

No Picture nick Average	#7 by nick allison at Oct 4, 2007 at 12:39 PM EST
	i love this song! , to me this song is about a girlfriend, that leaves him, at night kinda "then i woke up to no one, just a picture of Jesus", being a christian, and HN being a christain band i think that this means no matter what happens to you in life, Jesus will always be there for you. . also he is just saying how he tried to be her everything and she just up and left him.. so he just wishes he could go back to when they were happy together... .. i got more to say but i cant put it into words lol anyways thats it :-P , nice job w/ the lyrics guys!

No Picture Sam Average	#8 by Sam the man at Oct 5, 2007 at 11:14 AM EST
	Yeah, it's "it took." Also, I'm pretty sure it's not "I had you", but "I need you." Thanks. I walk the line leave it all behind. I've been waiting forever Let's go back in time I could read your mind So I've been waiting It took the seasons going by to know it's not my fault; i tried to be perfect tried to be honest tried to be everything that you ever wanted I tried to be stronger, tried to be smarter tried to be everything that you. You told me once you'd show up but I fell for that before, I fell to pieces Then I woke up to no one Just a picture of Jesus in a house left in pieces It took the seasons going by to know it's not my fault; i tried to be perfect tried to be honest tried to be everything that you ever wanted I tried to be stronger, tried to be smarter tried to be everything but you I want you, I need you, I want to believe you. I want you, I need you, I want to believe you. i tried to be perfect tried to be honest tried to be everything that you ever wanted i tried to be perfect tried to be honest tried to be everything that you ever wanted I tried to be stronger, tried to be smarter tried to be everything but you i tried to be perfect tried to be honest tried to be everything that you ever wanted I tried to be stronger, tried to be smarter tried to be everything but you

No Picture Kash Average	#9 by Kash Jones at Oct 6, 2007 at 1:25 PM EST
	This song really means a son who had lost his father. read it carfully and the father left them and said he was coming back and guy waited but no answer came he has been waiting so long for his father and he everything he can think of to have him come back Hawk nelson told about this song in their interview. Jason went through the same thing with his mom

No Picture Mauro Wanna Be	#10 by Mauro Leon at Oct 6, 2007 at 1:58 PM EST
	hello ! This song for me helps me to realize i could try to be perfect but fail everytime so who better to be than me!

No Picture A.D.D. Wanna Be	#11 by A.D.D. at Oct 6, 2007 at 8:33 PM EST
	I think the words could be: "it took" but I don't know, it's a little hard to understand. The meaning of the song is obvious and a little cliche but it's still sweet.