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Jawbreaker
Boxcar
24 Hour Revenge Therapy/Dear You [Reissue]
Standard tuning
"This is a song about the punk rock scene in the Bay Area."
- Blake Schwarzenbach [3/10/94]
Intro
Guitar 1
e-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G--------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5----|
D--5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x--|
A--5-x-5-3-x-3-5-x-5-3-x-3-5-x-5-3-x-3-5-x-5-3-x--|
E--3-x-3---x---3-x-3---x---3-x-3---x---3-x-3---x--|
Guitar 2 (only on intro)
e-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------5
D------------------------------------x------------|
A------------------------------------3
E-------------------------------------------------|
Vol. swell
Main Riff
G      C      G      C      G      C      D      C
e----------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------|
G---------5--5----------5--5----------5--5---7--7---5--5---|
D--5--5---5--5---5--5---5--5---5--5---5--5---7--7---5--5---|
A--5--5---3--3-0-5--5---3--3-0-5--5---3--3-0-5--5-0-3--3-0-|
E--3--3-0--------3--3-0--------3--3-0----------------------|
Verse
G          C        G           C
You're not punk and i'm telling everyone
G         C        D     C
Save your breath i never was one
G         C    G        C
You don't know what i'm all about
G            C        D       C
Like killing cops and reading Kerouac
Chorus (All palm muted except for chords in [ ]'s and the main riff)
G     A        C
My enemies are all too familiar
G           A        E            C [G     C     G     C]
They're the ones who used to call me friend
G        A      C
I'm coloring outside your guidelines
A                          C               [G    A   B   C]
I was passing out while you were passing out your rules
[E           D]                     Main Riff
1, 2, 3, 4, who's punk? what's the score?
Verse (same as first)
I got a friend, her name is Boxcar
Cigarettes and beer in El Sob
Her hair was blue, now it's green
I like her mind, she hates the scene
Chorus (same as first)
Bridge
Guitar 1
e-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G--------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5----|
D--5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x--|
A--5-x-5-3-x-3-5-x-5-3-x-3-5-x-5-3-x-3-5-x-5-3-x--|
E--3-x-3---x---3-x-3---x---3-x-3---x---3-x-3---x--|
Guitar 2
e-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------55555555555--|
D------------------------------------55555555555--|
A------------------------------------33333333333--|
E------------------Just-C-played-really-fast-^----|
In the 24 Hour Revenge Therapy version,
guitar 2 plays this:
e------------------------------------12-----------|
B------------------------------------15b17--------|
G-------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|
Outro
G           C
You're all alone
G    C
All alone
G    C
All alone
D       C
On your own
G    C
All alone
G    C
All alone
G    C
All alone
D         C
You're on you're own
End on G.
I listened to the Dear You re-recording while tabbing this out. So that should explain
any different words or anything like that.