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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 14:35:28 -0500
From: Brian Germer
Subject: TAB: Art in Me by Jars of Clay
Author/Artist: Jars of Clay
Title: Art In Me
Album: Jars of Clay
Transcribed by: Brian Germer (Soul Detergent Music)
Email: jocgt@yahoo.com
***This song uses EABEBE tuning with a capo on the third fret.
For a lesson on the tuning visit the Jars of Clay Section of Jars of
Christian Guitar Tabs:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/6098/index.htm
All tab is relative to capo (3rd fret = 0).
Intro:
-------------0-----0-----0-----0----|-----0-----------------------------------|
-----------0-----0-----0-----0------|-----0---5---7---5---2---9---1---8---7---|
---------0-----5-----7-----5--------|-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
----5h7-----------------------------|-----0---5---7---5---2---9---1---8---7---|
------------------------------------|-----2---0---6---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
------------------------------------|-----0---5---7---4---2---9---1---8---7---|
Repeat through verses Chords: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Verse 1: w/intro riff (Chords for 2nd guitar)
Images on the sidewalk speak of dream's decent
1 2 1 2 5 2
Washed away by storms to graves of cynical lament
1 2 1 2 5 2
Dirty canvases to call my own
1 2 1 2 7 8 9
Protest limericks carved by the old pay phone
Chorus:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
In your picture book I'm trying hard to see
1 2 3 4 1 2 3
Turning endless pages of this tragedy
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Sculpting every move you compose a symphony
1 2 3 4 5 6 9 2
You plead to everyone, "see the art in me"
(2) 6 9 2
"see the art in me" "see the art in me"
Verse 2:
Broken stained-glass windows, the fragments ramble on
Tales of broken souls, an eternity's been won
As critics scorn the thoughts and works of mortal man
My eyes are drawn to you in awe once again
In your picture book I'm trying hard to see
Turning endless pages of this tragedy
Sculpting every move you compose a symphony
You plead to everyone, "see the art in me"
Refrain: 1 9 2 (8x)
Written by Jars of Clay
Copyright 1995 BridgeBuilding Music (BMI)/Pogostick Music (BMI). All
rights reserved.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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No Picture
Jasper Average |
#1 by Jasper van Oorschot at Jul 6, 1981 at 9:32 PM EST |
| Wow, I like your view, but mine is rather different. I like that different people get different things out of the same song. First verse speaks of the people who God has created who have ruined the art. They have diminished the dream God put in them, cynicism causes them to reject their Creator. "In your picture book" Picture book refers to this world. Just by opening your eyes and paying attention you can see the story. "Turning endless pages of this tragedy" - everywhere he looks, all he can see is people rejecting God. All he can see is the hurt and cynicism. "Sculpting every move you create a symphony" - He takes his view off the world and turns to God, realising that the world IS indeed in His hands, and He's creating a grand masterpiece. "You plead to everyone, 'see the art in me'" - Is God asking people to see they can renew themselves in Him, they can discard their dirty canvasses and become someone new and whole. "Broken stained-glass windows...broken souls" - people who have lost themselves by following their own path. Choosing an eternity separated from God, rather than one united with the One who Created and can complete them. The last two lines emphasise the fact that we could never EVER create anything as grand as what God does. All you need to read to understand the awe-inspiring Creator-God is Job 38+39. Brilliant, beautiful song. my 2nd favorite by J.o.C. (: I love the optimism and hope this song carries. 1 | |
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No Picture
Jerry Lead Player |
#2 by Jerry Harris at Jun 4, 1988 at 6:18 AM EST |
| The meaning of this song: a simple lament for how human nature can be turned around if it were simply decent toward each other and faithful to heaven. These guys rock at how they can write a beautiful optimistic, faith-filled melody. The human subject here has hope not in man but in God above. The art the subject creates is meant for God, not for mankind. He or she has faith that God can change mankind, if people "see the art" that God produced "in me" and that person ends up profoundly changed, then God has won another soul. Jars of Clay is truly an awesome sonic ministry. | |
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