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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 01:42:43 -0500
From: Tom
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: CRD: Everything_Breaks.crd by Jewel
"Everything Breaks" by Jewel
(B-side of Foolish Games single)
This isn't perfect, but it's a good start. Post your corrections!
--Tom Medvitz
tmedvitz@andrew.cmu.edu
All strings tuned down 1/2 step.
(Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
INTRO AND VERSE:
(Only play Eb Ab Db strings)
G Am Em C
Under the shadows, forbidden and hot
Desire grows, more often than not
"I'm sorry" is a stupid thing to say
Especially considering it's not like I planned it this way
PRE-CHORUS:
F G
But "I'm sorry" is all that there is left of me
F G
I'm so sorry this love left me hollow and made you empty
CHORUS:
C G
Maybe I could have loved you better
C G
Maybe you should have loved me more
F G
Maybe our hearts were just next in line
F G Am
Maybe everything breaks sometime
F G Am (arpeggiated)
Everything breaks sometime
C Em C Em
It's hard to believe it's boiled down to this
It seems so surreal; this won't be healed by a kiss
It's hard to stare at you, knowing you like I have
I used to feel so close, now I feel so bad
My heart's filled with thunderstorms and I'm ready to burst
And I've lost my favorite harbor and I'll weather for the worst
Maybe I could have loved you better
Maybe you should have loved me more
Maybe our hearts were just next in line
Maybe everything breaks sometime
Everything breaks sometime
ENDING:
F G Am
I'm so sorry, everything breaks sometime
C Em C Em C
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Zach Average |
#1 by Zach DeLaRocha at Oct 2, 1970 at 12:47 PM EST |
| To me this song is clearly about losing virginity. I percieve the sense of the title this way ("Break me"...). The song is very soft, very innocent - even the voice of Jewel sounds more innocent than usual. Lines like "I will let you undress me" and "You could hurt me using the sharp end of what you say/But I am lost to you now", those lines mean a sort of fear that she feels about her "first time", and the line: "Now that I've let go and lost control" means a sort of confidence she's getting slowly, and the fact that she's learning to let go herself and enjoy the moment. I don't percieve the meaning of the song in another way. | |
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Sir Dee of Day Lead Player |
#2 by Sir Dee of Day at Oct 18, 1973 at 7:25 PM EST |
| This song is about complete submission. She's so in love with this person that she simply does not care that the relationship may (or may not be) detritmental to her. The lyrics hint that it could be harmful to her but doesn't doesn't actually say it IS. The point is that regardless of the outcome, she's completely willing to surrender her entire self to this person and willing to be broken if necessary... Sad... But I understand as I'm sure too many of us do. Be strong ladies. 1 | |
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Justin Wanna Be |
#3 by Justin Neafsey at Apr 30, 1984 at 5:46 PM EST |
| i agree with lastkiss_jaded. this song to me sounds like she has been emotionally or physically hurt by the man she loves, or vice versa, and this is her way of forgiveness. she is showing the vulnerability "You could hurt me with ur bare hands, you could hurt me using the sharp edge of what you say" - but she doesnt care what it takes, breaking her, hurting her, she just wants to feel the love again. i definitley see the sexual feel in this one. | |
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Albert Wanna Be |
#4 by Albert Piccolomini at Feb 18, 1985 at 1:36 PM EST |
| To me it's the longing of one that you love. It's the needing and yearning to be with them again, whether it be because of distance between the two or maybe because of seperation in the relationship or by death. You just need the feeling of belonging to someone again, you just crave for the touch even though you know you are being too vulnerable. | |
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Chipper Average |
#5 by Chipper at Apr 8, 1989 at 1:16 AM EST |
| I've heard this song since 2 and a half years back. Its a sweet song to me. Memories poured in everytime I hear of this song. I guess this song, if you were to look carefully at the lyrics, its actaully a sexual love song. I'll never forget you and this song. | |
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Jelly Wanna Be |
#6 by Jelly F at Aug 27, 2005 at 6:19 AM EST |
| erm... i haf no idea what this song means, but i find it extremely sweet. to me, it's a song about trust and love. | |
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