Much Afraid Tabs:
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Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 15:17:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Darryl Kechnie
Subject: Correction to "Crazy Times" - by Jars of Clay
Chords: "Crazy Times" - by Jars of Clay
>From the Album: "Much Afraid" (1997)
As Transcribed by: Jamie Ball, and Darryl Kechnie
Submitted by: Darryl Kechnie
Jars plays this song a couple of different ways. This is the album
version, not a live or the dove awards version.
NOTE: Any other Jars' songs that I have will only be posted to this site
first. If they're not here, I don't have the song. (with the exception
of "Art in Me").
Capo 2nd:
The Chords:
Cmaj7 E Dsus/F#
(x32003) (022100) (2x0230)
A2* C Am*
(x02203) (x32010) (x05500)
Bsus B7sus
(x24400) (x24200)
G Em
(3x0033) (022000)
D/F# Em/G
(2x0232) (322000)
Crazy Times
Intro: Cmaj7 - Am* - Cmaj7 - Am* - Bsus
Verse 1: Cmaj7 A2* Cmaj7
You're cold that way
A2* Cmaj7
And that's why you say
A2* Bsus
The things that you say
Cmaj A2* Cmaj7
You can't attract
A2* Cmaj7
The things that you lack
A2* G D/F#
You're trying in vain
Chorus:
E C G D/F# E
It seems it's always the crazy times
C G Am* E
You find you'll wake up and realize
C G D/F# Bsus
It takes more than your saline eyes
B7sus
To make things right
Verse 2: (same as verse 1)
You spiral down
You've broken your crown
You don't feel like a queen
You've seen the proof
But you're still crying wolf
You'll never believe
[Chorus]
C7
You try to climb a broken ladder
Grip the missing rungs
Em Dsus/F# Em/G Am*
And fall down, down, down, down,
C7
Seems sometime ago you said
This wouldn't last
Bsus B7sus
And now you sit here crying (Ya-e-yea-a-ah!)
(guitar solo)
E - C - G - D/F# - E - C - G - Am*
Verse 3 - (intro): Cmaj7 - A2* - Cmaj7 - A2* - Bsus
Cmaj7 A2* Cmaj7
Beside your bed
A2* Cmaj7
You feel left for dead
A2* G D/F#
You kneel in the dark...
(first part of chorus): E - C - G - D/F# - E - C - G - Am*
E C G D/F# Bsus
It takes more than your saline eyes
B7sus
To make things right
[Chorus]
Outro: Cmaj7 - A2* - Cmaj7 - A2* - Cmaj7 - B7sus
Written by Dan Haseltine, Stephen Mason, Mark
Hudson, Greg Wells
Copyright 1997 BridgeBuilding Music (BMI)/
Pogostick Music (BMI)/Illegal Music (BMI)/
Beef Puppet Music (ASCAP). All rights reserved.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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luke Wanna Be |
#1 by luke hastings at Sep 26, 2007 at 8:52 PM EST |
| I totally agree with what gryffin and malli327 said. It's about trying to fix things on your own when your world is going crazy, and the fact is you can't, you need God. Great song, great group! 1 | |
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converes Average |
#2 by converes at Oct 2, 2007 at 1:36 PM EST |
| This song is about having your faith tried, being tested. When things are difficult for you, it's easy to cry about it and give up. "Saline eyes" refers to crying, and it's saying you have to do more than just sit there and mope about; one thing to do is pray, another thing to do is act. | |
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Christian Count Average |
#3 by Christian Country Rocker at Oct 2, 2007 at 5:11 PM EST |
| I love this song. I know what it's like to have my faith being tried. I'm still living in the crazy times...but i keep praying. | |
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Freddy Badass |
#4 by Freddy Timmons at Oct 3, 2007 at 3:05 PM EST |
| This is one of my most favorite Jars of Clay songs ever! To me this song is really about a person excepting Christ. "You're cold that way, And that's why you say, The things that you say, You can't attract, The things that you lack, You're trying in vain" This first verse is really about going through life as an unbeleiver, attacking Christianity, lacking the wholeness that comes with accepting Jesus. The chorus is when "crazy times" come, and there you are crying, and then suddenly realizing that it's gonna take more than that to make things right. "You spiral down, You've broken your crown, You don't feel like a queen, You've seen the proof, But you're still crying wolf, You'll never believe" Faced with cold reality, "you've seen the proof" Christ is real, but you're in denile and you refuse to beleive. "You try to climb a broken ladder, Grip the missing rungs, And fall down, down, down, Seems sometime ago you said, This wouldn't last, And now you sit here crying" The broken ladder is your way of life, which doesn't work, and now your crying because you never thought these hard times would go on so long. "Beside your bed, You feel left for dead, You kneel in the dark..." The moment of truth of course! Accepting Jesus into your heart! This song rocks! I've been listening to Jars since I was a little gryffin, and this "Much Afraid" is definetly my favorite album. There, that's my two cents for ya;) Peace | |
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m Wanna Be |
#5 by m t at Oct 6, 2007 at 2:58 PM EST |
| I agree. :-) | |
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