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Artist: Jimmy Eat World
Song: Opener
Album: Jimmy Eat World ( B-sides/Unreleased Compilation ) )
Intro:
Guitar 1
E---------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------
G-888888888888888888888888-131313131313131313131313131313-
D-555555555555555555555555-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-
A-666666666666666666666666-111111111111111111111111111111-
D-555555555555555555555555--------------------------------
Guitar 2
|--------------------------
|--------------------------
|--------------------------
|-555555555555555555555555-
|-666666666666666666666666-
|--------------------------
Guitar 1
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
Guitar 2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------
|-------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
Pre-Verse:
Guitar 1
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|-6------8-6------8-6------6------------
|-6------8-6------8-6------6------------
|-6------8-6------8-6------6------------
Guitar 2
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|-------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-
|-------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-
|-------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-
|---------------------------------------
Verse:
|-----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------
|-8-8-8-8---------------------------------
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-6-6--6-6----
|-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-6-6--6-6----
|---------8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-6-6--6-6----
|_palm mute_|
Pre-Chorus:
Guitar 1
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-8-----/10-7-/8----------------8-----/10-7-/8----------------
|-x------x--x--x----------------x------x--x--x----------------
|-6-----/8--5-/6----------------6-----/8--5-/6----------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
Guitar 2
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------55555555----------------------55555555---------
|--------------55555555-6-6-6-6--------------55555555-6-6-6-6-
|--------------33333333-6-6-6-6--------------33333333-6-6-6-6-
|-----------------------6-6-6-6-----------------------6-6-6-6-
|__p.m.__| |__p.m.__|
Chorus:
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-8-8-8-8-----------------------------8-8-8-8---------55555555----------
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-55555555-66666666-
|-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-33333333-66666666-
|---------8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-6-6-6-6---------8-8-8-8----------66666666-
|____palm mute____|
Bridge:
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-6-6-8-8-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-
|-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-6-6-8-8-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-
|-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-6-6-8-8-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-
Guitar 2 comes in second time
|---------------------------------
|-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-8-9-
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
Interlude:
Guitar 1
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
Guitar 2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-9-9-8-8-9-9-8-8-9-9-8-8-9-9-8-8-9-9-8-8-9-9-8-8-----------------
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
Bass
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------6-----------------------5-------6--------
|-6-------5-------6---------------6-------5------------------------
End interlude on:
Guitar 1 Guitar 2
|-------------
|-------------
|-8--------12-
|-x--------x--
|-6--------10-
|-------------
Quiet Interlude (no real pattern, just messing around):
|------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------
|-87h8---87------------87h8---87-------
|-------8-----65-5/8----------8-----65-1-
|------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------
Outro:
Riff A 4x
|---------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-
Riff B (with riff A chords) 3x
|--------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-12--12-
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x---x--
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8--8--10--10-
|--------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13-13-12-12-12-8-
|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10-6-
|---------------------------------------------------
End with Intro Riff
End on:
Guitar 1 Guitar 2
|-------------
|-------------
|----------12-
|-1--------x--
|-1--------10-
|-1-----------
Structure + Lyrics
Intro
Pre-Verse
Verse
you told me
don't you look at the sun
it burns your eyes out
i disobeyed and seen the man
who's going nowhere
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
convince me this
you don't got to worry
you're on your feet
please help me down
i brainstormed and caught up with my friend
he's doing fine now
Verse
its been uplifting
knowing you are
how sad, its so sad
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
i beg him this
may he mind not worry
to break this chord of paranoia
Bridge
and there's no anecdote for a petty love
i think you found the lighter side
of our friendly hope
i don't mean to poke
we can face obvious nonsense
Interlude
Quiet Interlude
Outro
Intro riff
End on Eb and G octave
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Bassdude Average |
#1 by Bassdude at Jul 4, 1974 at 12:02 AM EST |
| yeah, this was my first JEW song! It's great. Hope you all think so too. | |
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Cuboctahedron Wanna Be |
#2 by Cuboctahedron at Oct 7, 1974 at 2:50 AM EST |
| This is a great song... So powerful. It's hard to interpret. To me, it has something to do with a journey to find yourself. He went off for some self-exploration, and became isolated, while those around him were lost. Now he's coming back to reality and wanting to help those around him discover themselves. | |
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GT Wanna Be |
#3 by GT at Jan 25, 1978 at 8:36 AM EST |
| definitely a very rockin' song have no clue what it's about though | |
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JB Rhythm Player |
#4 by JB Underwood at Aug 26, 1979 at 9:39 AM EST |
| yeah lisa18 is right i think it has to deal with that its a great song i love it | |
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♥Chicken Average |
#5 by ♥Chicken On Heroine Shots♥ at Oct 9, 1979 at 8:30 PM EST |
| I think this song has to do with making some mistakes in life, but that it isn't over. You just need to learn from them. I'm not sure about this, but it sounds like when they are screaming at the end, Tom says,"Your bit of room to grow." and Jim says,"Hey, we're not slaves." Can someone tell me if I'm right. | |
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mike Wanna Be |
#6 by mike zaborski at Oct 30, 1981 at 6:29 AM EST |
| this song...wow | |
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josh Average |
#7 by josh someone at Feb 7, 1988 at 8:28 PM EST |
| i think this song is about someone who realizes that everyone around him is relaxing and not taking life too seriously. so he decides to join since its what the crowds doing. then when others around him start gettong back on their "feet" and passing him by, he realizes hes in trouble unless he changes soon, but he has already fallen into the cycle, and now its too late for him, and there is nothing that can cure him of loss. | |
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Chris Wanna Be |
#8 by Chris at Jul 18, 1997 at 5:18 PM EST |
| This is a great song. One of my favorites on the singles album. Although it would be difficult to interpret. | |
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butters Average |
#9 by butters at Jul 14, 1999 at 1:14 PM EST |
| This is a great song... So powerful. It's hard to interpret. To me, it has something to do with a journey to find yourself. He went off for some self-exploration, and became isolated, while those around him were lost. Now he's coming back to reality and wanting to help those around him discover themselves. | |
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Metal-dog Average |
#10 by Metal-dog ( Ben Matthews ) at Feb 9, 2000 at 9:59 AM EST |
| why does it not sound like Jim singing in this song? | |
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Scott Average |
#11 by Scott Bramlett at Jul 14, 2000 at 3:40 PM EST |
| PlipToShevanel = its tom singing, he's the other guitarist. tom used to write (and sing) much more back in the earlier days. hope that clears things up :o) | |
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Mauricio Average |
#12 by Mauricio Avendaņo at Oct 7, 2000 at 9:22 PM EST |
| this is the first JEW song i heard on the deep elm "Emo Diaries Chapter 1" album like 5 years ago i think, this is one of the only jew songs that doesnt suck, their old stuff is ok, but bleed american was very weak, i bought it the first day and never listened to it again, but i got the original title n stuff | |
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luke Wanna Be |
#13 by luke chaffey at Apr 6, 2003 at 7:32 PM EST |
| this is probably one of JEW's better songs, ups and downs, rhythmn changes, explosiveness...and Tom sings which is pretty awesome. It's a song that starts in one place, leaves that place, but come full circle in the end. It's great. 1 | |
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