Artist: Jason Mraz
Title: Curbside Prophet
Tab by: †ArJay†
For strumming pattern, listen to the song's rythm (kinda reggae)
This is the easy way of playing this song...
If you think it's too low, put on your capo
G C F Bb
E|--3---3---1--1---||
A|--3---3---1--1---||
D|--4---5---2--3---||
G|--5---5---3--3---||
B|--5---3---3--1---||
E|--3---3---1--1---||
Intro: G-C-F-Bb,F
G
i’m just a curbside prophet
C
with my hand in my pocket
F Bb,F
and i’m waiting for my rocket to come
G
i’m just a curbside prophet
C
with my hand in my pocket
F Bb,F
and i’m waiting for my rocket y'all, hey
G C
ya see it started way back in nyc
G Bb,F
when i stole my first rhyme from the m.i.c.
G C
at a west end avenue at 63
F Bb,F
the beginning of a leap year, february,
G C
’96 when a guitar picked up in the mix
F Bb,F
i committed to the licks like a nickel back of tricks
G
well look at me now
C
look at me now
F Bb,F
look at me now, now, now, now
G
i’m just a curbside prophet
C
with my hand in my pocket
F Bb,F
and i’m waiting for my rocket to come
G
i’m just a curbside prophet
C
with my hand in my pocket
F Bb,F
and i’m waiting for my rocket y'all
G
i’m just a curbside prophet
C
with my hand in my pocket
F Bb,F
and i’m waiting for my rocket to come
G
i’m just a curbside prophet
C
with my hand in my pocket
F Bb,F
and i’m waiting for my rocket y'all, hey
G
well you’re never never gonna guess
C
where i’ve been been been
F
and i have no regrets
Bb,F G
that i bet my whole checking account
C F
because it all amounts to nothing up in the end
Bb,F G
well you can only count on the road again
C
will soon be on the radio dial
F Bb,F
and i been payin close attention to the willie nelson style
G C
like a a band of gypsies on the highway while
F Bb,F
as i’m a one man wishin on the california skyline
G C
drive up the coast i brag and i boast
F Bb,F
because i’m pickin up my pace and makin time like space ghost
G C F
raising a toast to the highway patrol with the most
Bb,F
but my cruise control's on coast
G C
cause i'm tourin around the nation on extended vacation
F Bb,F
see i got Elsa the dog who exceeds my limitation
G C
i say, i like your style, crazy pound pup
F
you need a ride? 'woof'
Bb,F
well come on, girl, hop in the truck
G
i’m just a curbside prophet
C
with my hand in my pocket
F Bb,F
and i’m waiting for my rocket to come
G
i’m just a curbside prophet
C
with my hand in my pocket
F Bb,F
and i’m waiting for my rocket y'all
G
i’m just a curbside prophet
C
with my hand in my pocket
F Bb,F
and i’m waiting for my rocket to come
G
i’m just a curbside prophet
C
with my hand in my pocket
F Bb,F
and i’m waiting for my rocket y'all
VERSE 3: (DO G-C-F-Bb,F)
see i'm a down home brother, redneck undercover
with my guitar here i'm ready to play
and i'm a sucker for philly
got a natural ability to give the freestyle
look at my flexibility
dangerous on the mic
my ghetto hat's cocked right
all the ladies say, "yo, that kid is crazy"
we got the backstage betties taking more than they can get
they say, "what's up with m-r-a-z?"
BRIDGE: (SAME AS VERSE)
hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
something's different in my world today
well they changed my traffic sign to a brighter yellow
hey, hey, something's different in my world today
well they changed my traffic sign to a brighter yellow
i'm just a curbside prophet love
a curbside brother love
a curbside brother love
a curbside oh come on
i'm just a curbside prophet and i'm waiting for my rocket
i'm waiting for my rocket to come
Rock On!
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Phillip Average |
#1 by Phillip Nguyen at Sep 27, 2007 at 3:24 PM EST |
| My friends are annoyed at me because of the song. I play it oover and over and over again. So they don't allow me to listen to it while they're around:( It's just so DAMN GOOD!!!! | |
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TAMARA Musical Genius |
#2 by TAMARA at Sep 28, 2007 at 3:47 PM EST |
| Um... about "beating the meat", I must confess I thought the same at one time... but I still love this song. In fact, I just love Jason Mraz. ^-^ If he's still a sucker, I'll be his filly! hahaha My favorite lines come at the end: "They've changed my traffic signs to a brighter yellow". I think that shows that things in his life/career where looking up & life was going great. Life was just more vibrant. | |
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Jonny Rhythm Player |
#3 by Jonny Rhoades at Sep 28, 2007 at 5:18 PM EST |
| Download the live version of the song if you can. The extra lyrics seem to make that whole "sexual connotation" a little more clear... | |
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Ĵǿ Wanna Be |
#4 by Ĵǿħŋ Ĝęřđěŋĭţš at Sep 30, 2007 at 1:09 AM EST |
| This song is hilarious, I first heard it and I was like this sounds kinda country, and he sings the first verse and I was like yeah it does sound like a country but mixed with pop. But then he starts rapping, I was like "What the?". This song is just so funny! it has a crazy mix of different styles and I think that's what makes him so good. I think the song is mostly his story, how he started and now he's just waiting for his chance, to really become a huge star, to come. | |
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Rob Wanna Be |
#5 by Rob Goode at Sep 30, 2007 at 12:55 PM EST |
| If you listen to alot of mraz songs they have alot of sexual inuendos thats why he says hes all about the wordplay like in clockwatching he calls himself a two pump chump... what else could that possibly mean 1 | |
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JT Wanna Be |
#6 by JT Fairchild at Sep 30, 2007 at 8:10 PM EST |
| The version on the live album is awesome, with john popper (from blues traveller) on harmonica and an extra verse that really makes the song ("Now i'm realizing the 3rd verse/without even rehearsing/lacing up my converse/and conjugating the verbs"). The song was written with mraz's friend bushwalla, who does crazy ecclectic music, hence the funkiness in the song. It was basically written as a mini-bio. Mraz played on street corners in New York before he moved to San Diego, hence the "curbside prophet". As far as i can tell, the "waiting for me rocket" is just him looking forward to a bright future... but you can bet he kept the line because of the double meaning. The kid has a fantastically dirty mind. | |
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Juandiego Rhythm Player |
#7 by Juandiego Schubnell at Sep 30, 2007 at 10:29 PM EST |
| This is the greatest song. Its so off the wall you can't help but fall madly in love with it. | |
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$~Andrew~$ Average |
#8 by $~Andrew~$ at Oct 1, 2007 at 7:53 AM EST |
| i found some sexual connotation in the chorus... a curbside prophet with his HAND in his POCKET waiting for his "ROCKET" to COME. yeah. i didn't think about it until he kept talking about truckers. | |
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Dear You, Tonig Average |
#9 by Dear You, Tonight Lets Get Ahead Of Ourselves at Oct 2, 2007 at 8:36 AM EST |
| the song is pretty good, but it sounds like jason mraz is talkin about beatin his meat. think about it...."got my hand in my pocket and im waitin on my rocket to come" translated, it should say "im playin pocket pull, and im anticipating blowing my wad!" | |
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brad Rhythm Player |
#10 by brad music at Oct 2, 2007 at 7:59 PM EST |
| kirtotourmaline- the live version is "i want to have your babies" butn waiting for my rocket to come says "what's up with m-r-raz?" | |
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John Wanna Be |
#11 by John at Oct 3, 2007 at 10:50 PM EST |
| Please... no more thinking this song is about beating meat. | |
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jo_silverhawk Average |
#12 by jo_silverhawk at Oct 4, 2007 at 2:17 AM EST |
| jason mraz is so versitle. rappin in this song, has a lil country, folk, alternative, soul, pop. haha, and he's one of the few people i think, who sounds better live then recorded. haha, now that takes skillz! the entire album in incredible. | |
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Sean Average |
#13 by Sean Robinson at Oct 4, 2007 at 3:17 AM EST |
| i think you guys all had good points about it. i always thought this song meant wat sakebox was talking about. but it is alot of an allegory too. hellohello is right about the song showing how versatile he is. i think that has something to do with why this song is so appealing. | |
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Zach250 Wanna Be |
#14 by Zach250 at Oct 4, 2007 at 9:37 AM EST |
| oh gosh you guys your like the people who overanalyzed beatles songs, which is why they wrote i am the walrus- to confuse them. wait till this guy pulls one of those! i'll laugh | |
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john Average |
#15 by john at Oct 4, 2007 at 3:40 PM EST |
| A curbside prophet is a homeless person that rants that the world is going to end. With a hand in his pocket, his comment "waiting for my rocket to come" is a double entendre---both masturbation and sci-fi. | |
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Angus Rhythm Player |
#16 by Angus Young at Oct 4, 2007 at 9:19 PM EST |
| It's about him deciding to become a musician and the curbiside prophet reference is refering the the psychic who encouraged him to follow his dreams of becoming a muscian (which he know says he thinks was just a homeless guy, but anyway). And because of his encounter with this man he decided to move to Cali and that's where he really started to take off (musically). It's all autobiographical. | |
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Dylan Average |
#17 by Dylan at Oct 6, 2007 at 5:39 AM EST |
| This is odd. The version of the song that I've heard has "They want to have my baby" in place of "What's up with M.R.A.Z.?" | |
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RoBsN Average |
#18 by RoBsN Stalder at Oct 6, 2007 at 8:38 PM EST |
| This is just one of the best songs in a while, in every aspect. It has no complicated meaning its just there and funny and catchy. | |
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