Strawberry Gashes Guitar Tab

		
		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 
	

Clear Hearts Grey Flowers Tabs:

Strawberry Gashes Bass Tab

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Band: Jack Off Jill
Song: Strawberry Gashes
Album: Clear Hearts Grey Flowers
Drop D Tuning (D A D G B e)
Rhythm Figure 1 (Intro):

  Ab5                     E5                      Ab5                     E5
e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
D|6--6-6-6-6-|6--6-6-6-6-|2--2-2-2-2-|2--2-2-2-2-|6--6-6-6-6-|6--6-6-6-6-|2--2-2-2-2-|2--2--2--|
A|6--6-6-6-6-|6--6-6-6-6-|2--2-2-2-2-|2--2-2-2-2-|6--6-6-6-6-|6--6-6-6-6-|2--2-2-2-2-|2--2--2--|
D|6--6-6-6-6-|6--6-6-6-6-|2--2-2-2-2-|2--2-2-2-2-|6--6-6-6-6-|6--6-6-6-6-|2--2-2-2-2-|2--2--2--|


Rhythm Figure 2 (Verses 1 and 2):

   Ab5                  E5        F#5       Ab5                 E5        F#5
e||----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------||
B||----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------||
G||.---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------.|| Repeat 
D||.6--6--6--|6--6--6--|2--2--2--|4--4--4--|6--6--6--|6--6--6--|2--2--2--|4--4--4--.|| 
 Once
A||-6--6--6--|6--6--6--|2--2--2--|4--4--4--|6--6--6--|6--6--6--|2--2--2--|4--4--4---||
D||-6--6--6--|6--6--6--|2--2--2--|4--4--4--|6--6--6--|6--6--6--|2--2--2--|4--4--4---||
   pm.............................................................................

e|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|6--------|7--------|
B|------4--|------4--|------4--|4h5p4----|---------|4--------|------4--|------4--|
G|---4-----|---4-----|---4-----|-------4-|------4--|---4-----|---4-----|---4-----|
D|6--------|6--------|6--------|---------|---6-----|------6--|---------|---------|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|

e|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
B|------4--|------4--|------4--|4h5p4----|---------|---------|---------|---------|
G|---4-----|---4-----|---4-----|-------4-|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|6--------|6--------|6--------|---------|2--1-----|2--1-----|2--1-----|2--1-----|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|------2--|------2--|------2--|------2--|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|


Rhythm Figure 3 (Chorus):

     Ab5                     E5                      
e||-------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
B||-------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
G||.------------|-----------|-----------|-----------.|| repeat twice
D||.-6--6-6-6-6-|6--6-6-6-6-|2--2-2-2-2-|4--4-4-4-4-.||
A||--6--6-6-6-6-|6--6-6-6-6-|2--2-2-2-2-|4--4-4-4-4--||
D||--6--6-6-6-6-|6--6-6-6-6-|2--2-2-2-2-|4--4-4-4-4--||

Eo5 Ebo5 B5 sim.      Eo5         F#o5         Ab5
e|---------|---------|-----------|-----------||------------|
B|---------|---------|-----------|-----------||------------|
G|9--8-----|9--8-----|9--9-9-9-9-|11--11--11-||------------|
D|9--8--9--|9--8--9--|9--9-9-9-9-|11--11--11-||6-----------|
A|7--6--9--|7--6--9--|7--7-7-7-7-|9---9---9--||6-----------|
D|------9--|------9--|-----------|-----------||6-----------|
                                               Last chord of song after chorus 3
                                                  
Rhythm Figure 4 (Bridge):

   Eb5                                                                    Ab5 A5 F#5 
e||---------|---------|---------|----------||---------|---------|---------|----------|
B||---------|---------|---------|----------||---------|---------|---------|----------|
G||.--------|---------|---------|---------.||---------|---------|---------|----------|
D||.1-------|---------|1--------|1--1--1--.||1--------|---------|1--------|6--7--4---|
A||-1-------|---------|1--------|1--1--1---||1--------|---------|1--------|6--7--4---|
D||-1-------|---------|1--------|1--1--1---||1--------|---------|1--------|6--7--4---|
                                             Fourth Time
e||----------|---------|---------|---------||---------|---------|---------|
B||----------|4--------|---------|4--4--4--||---------|4--------|---------|
G||.------3--|---3-----|------3--|--------.||------3--|---3-----|------3--|
D||.---5-----|------5--|---5-----|--------.||---5-----|------5--|---5-----|
A||-6--------|---------|6--------|---------||-6-------|---------|6--------|
D||----------|---------|---------|---------||---------|---------|---------|
   Repeat three times                        Fourth Time  
                                                
Rhythm Figure 5 (Verse 3): 

   Ab5                  E5        F#5       Ab5                 E5        F#5
e||----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------||
B||----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------||
G||.---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------.||
D||.6--------|---------|2--------|4--------|6--------|---------|2--------|4--------.||
A||-6--------|---------|2--------|4--------|6--------|---------|2--------|4---------||
D||-6--------|---------|2--------|4--------|6--------|---------|2--------|4---------||
   lr.................. lr....... lr....... lr................. lr....... lr........

e|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|6--------|7--------|
B|------4--|------4--|------4--|4h5p4----|---------|4--------|------4--|------4--|
G|---4-----|---4-----|---4-----|-------4-|------4--|---4-----|---4-----|---4-----|
D|6--------|6--------|6--------|---------|---6-----|------6--|---------|---------|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|

e|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
B|------4--|------4--|------4--|4h5p4----|---------|---------|---------|---------|
G|---4-----|---4-----|---4-----|-------4-|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|6--------|6--------|6--------|---------|2--1-----|2--1-----|2--1-----|2--1-----|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|------2--|------2--|------2--|------2--|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|

Song Structure:

Intro   : Fig. 1  1x
Verse 1 : Fig. 2  1x 
Chorus 1: Fig. 3  1x
Verse 2 : Fig. 2  1x
Chorus 2: Fig. 3  1x
Bridge  : Fig. 4  1x
Verse 3 : Fig. 5  1x
Chorus 3: Fig. 3  2x

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Musical Genius	#1 by oh.... THAT guy at Dec 28, 1971 at 6:15 AM EST
	this song is fucking awesome. my favorite song from JOJ... very fucking awesome

No Picture ~Ivy Loves Shav Rhythm Player	#2 by ~Ivy Loves Shavo~ at Jul 30, 1973 at 7:16 PM EST
	I love this song... I found it at kinda a low point... small smile er, I don't think it's about rape, the girl's just depressed about everything. I think the line "some things you lose and some things you just give away" is about the, er, cutter talking to her friend about how life has taken so much of her, so she might as well help life along and give it herself in the cutting, because everything feels so hopeless anyway. Does that make sense?

No Picture mike Wanna Be	#3 by mike daly at Mar 30, 1975 at 11:04 AM EST
	tottally agree with CrimsonPain.. except i think when she says i lay quiet is saying that she didnt sya anything aobut i and never did anything, i think jessicka is talking aobut the same girl in Vivica... waiting for her voice to say somethings you lose and somethings you just give away, i take tht as her life you can either lse your life or give it away. Jessicka feels lkike shes failed this girl and blames herself for whatever has happened scold me failed her

No Picture Naya Wanna Be	#4 by Naya Wallach at Jun 9, 1976 at 5:47 AM EST
	I think like basically everyone said, Jessicka is talking about how she's failed 'her' (Her, being another side of Jessicka), and how's she practically torn herself open trying to fix herself.

No Picture zach Average	#5 by zach c at Jun 15, 1978 at 2:52 PM EST
	i always used to think it was about jessicka being in love with a girl who hated herself, and no matter how she tried to save her it always just made things worse. , but then i read other posts and have a more detailed interpretation of it now. basically i see it as jessicka writing about a girl who killed herself that she was close to. the watch me fault her lines are pretty self explanatory. i dont see the poison as being drugs or poison, more a metaphorical thing. lotsa ppl cut to release something inside them that they feel is ugly or dirty or whatever (like a poison) and thats what i think it is in this song. i think its basically now about jessicka singing about a girl who just kept cutting until it escalated to suicide. i never interpreted it as her being hospitalised either, just jessicka sort of breaking through the bubble that her friend has built round herself to ask how she is and just getting lies (the girls defence) that lines so cool in its sarcasm. most of the song to me feels like jessicka beating herself up over what she didnt do to help. the 'i lay quiet' verse i always imagined as them in bed together (not like THAT) and jess finally feels like shes close enuff to understand, and knows shell get something important, and all she gets is that cryptic lin, but she clings to it anyway. 'if only id held on tighter' etc always make me think of hugs etc, like if jess had hugged her tight that night, or if shed just kept talking to her every day etc she cud have stopped her going. the regret in those lines makes me ache so bad. i also see it as saying, at the end, that jessicka, despite loving this girl, has a guilt over feeling like she cud have saved her by going herself or something, but wasnt as brave as her friend (give her my soul and let them take somebody else GET AWAY FROM ME) the get away from me line makes me think that she feels selfish, like she did something at the last minute for herself that pulled her away from this girl. and then at the end by repeating 'all over all over' she draws u away from the other girl so u feel like shes cutting now to cope, and then the whole song becomes a prophecy of whats to come. im not sure what the 'dreamt of a devil' bit is about, maybe someone the girl lost as a kid, like a father, a pain that led to the cutting (or at least contributed) or the sexual abuse thing. i always see it more as abuse.

No Picture Alastair Average	#6 by Alastair Angus at Jun 23, 1978 at 1:15 PM EST
	this song is amazing. jessicka's voice and lyrical talent amazes me.

No Picture Dylan Wanna Be	#7 by Dylan Johnson at Aug 28, 1981 at 8:38 PM EST
	i totally agree with u vapid...except that i think that 'poison that runs its course thru her' is somebody being being given medication but not wanting it. rockstar001, i also agree with what u say about the rape thing, bcause many cutters have suffered sexual abuse.

No Picture kenzie Wanna Be	#8 by kenzie at Mar 18, 1985 at 4:44 PM EST
	im pretty sure this one is about 1 of jessicaks gfs and the self mutilation thing is a shred aspect both jessicka and the girl did it but the song s about how jessicka wishes she could help the girl by taking her pain for her

No Picture Dan The English Wanna Be	#9 by Dan The English at Aug 16, 1990 at 7:16 PM EST
	all i can say is i fucking love this song. the best Jack Off Jill song, apart from maybe Angels Fuck.

No Picture Rens Wanna Be	#10 by Rens van den Braak at Oct 9, 1990 at 1:38 PM EST
	this was the very first song that I head by Jack Off Jill and I instantly fell in love with it! this is by far my FAVORITE song by JOJ!

No Picture guido Average	#11 by guido at Dec 22, 1995 at 6:23 PM EST
	I think crimsonpain was absolutly correct. I think the song really shows great emtion and it reminds me of a whole lot. JOJ did it again.

No Picture Dan The English Wanna Be	#12 by Dan The English at Jan 1, 2006 at 4:10 PM EST
	this is probably one of the best songs i've ever heard. lyrically and musically. jessicka has a godly voice.