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Band: Jars of Clay
Song: Can't Erase It
Album: If I Left the Zoo
Written by Dan Haseltine, Matt Odmark, Stephen Mason, and Charlie Lowell.
c1999 Bridge Building Music, Inc./ Pogostick Music/ BMI. All rigths administered
by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Tabbed by Joe Brandon using the CD, a guitar, and knowledge of music.
If I did something wrong, or if you have any comments, send me an e-mail
second_homer@yahoo.com or ICQ 16537644 or AIM "Joe B 2000"
Can't Erase It
INTRO
A / D / D2 / D3 / B //////
Em G/F# G (X4)
VERSE 1
A G A G A
Follow the crowd and love everybody now
G Em2 G/F# G
'Cause love is the best thing for you now
A G A G A
But you changed your mind, you let everybody down
G
But down is the best place for you
Em2 G/F# G
It's easier that way, you know it's
CHORUS
D D2
So wrong, can't embrace it
D3 B Em2
Wish sometimes for any other you
G/F# G Em2 G/F# G
But you can't erase it, and you won't escape it
VERSE 2 (Same as VERSE 1)
Don't waste your time, your words only confine you
To all of the things you've buried now
Don't ask them why, their wisdom will leave you blind
But blind is the best thing for you
It's easier I know, you know it's
CHORUS
2nd CHORUS (same chords)
How long will you face it
'Till the wait comes crashing down on you
'Cause you can't erase it and you won't escape it
BRIDGE
Em2 G/F3 G Em2 G/F# G F#
'Cause you can't erase it and you won't escape it
(percussion/bass)
Em2 G/F# G (X2)
CHORUS (X3) repeat last line on last chorus
CHORDS (EADGBe)
A (X02220)
D (XX0232)
D2 (XX0220)
D3 (XX0212)
B (X24442)
Em (022000)
Em2 (022033)
G/F# (200033)
G (320033)
F# (244322)
That's it!!! I'm not sure of the exactity of this tab, but I tried
to get it as close as I couldI love this song because Jars of Clay
always uses great melodies, and this particular song has great drums
(especially when they are saying "any other you"). Jars of Clay is
definitely one of my favorite bands.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Bass Chicks are Average |
#1 by Bass Chicks are HOTTTT at Jul 9, 1986 at 8:15 PM EST |
| i like the words to this song, even though I've never heard it. Actually I know the band because, believe it or not, my dentist's son is in the band! Go figure! Don't get too excited...I don't know the guy personally | |
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john Wanna Be |
#2 by john etling at Nov 23, 1997 at 2:42 AM EST |
| i think this song is a reminder about not letting the things of this world trap us... we cant let everything bother us all the time, because we will only be crushed by the weight of it all | |
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Squats Average |
#3 by Squats at Nov 20, 2004 at 3:37 AM EST |
| Dan Haseltine says this is "About fighting our deepest desire to be who we are not." (http://members.aol.com/abishort/lyrics.htm). I think the lines that say "love is the best thing for you now," "down is the best place for you," and "blind is the best thing for you" might be facetious. Those lines may just be excuses for letting your life go on the way it's been going. "It's easier that way." For me personally it might be about pretending to be just like the Christian establishment or the influential people in your own church. "Follow the crowd and love everybody now"--yes, you don't have to be a Christian to encourage people to love everyone, but I don't think this line could be about being trapped by the things of this world. Maybe it's about being trapped by Christian culture. "Their wisdom will leave you blind"--their well-meaning advice isn't helpful, but you put up with it or don't ask for it; you never question it. By the way, I am a Christian, in case anyone's wondering. 1 | |
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Alex Lead Player |
#4 by Alex at Apr 6, 2007 at 2:38 AM EST |
| "But you can't erase it, and you won't escape it" it could be about homosexuality. | |
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