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Artist: Jimmy Eat World
Album: Clarity
Song: A Sunday
This is one of the best songs by J.E.W., even though all of their songs are excellent.
FYI- The song is in D tuning. In RIFF B, the first version is the album version, the second
is the way I like to play it. Pick one, both sound good. Have fun. The Jimmys rock!
RIFF A
e---------------------------------------------------------------]
B---------------------------------------------------------------]
G-11-11-11/7-7-77777-4-4-444444-11-11-11/7-7-7-6-6-6-4-4-444444-]
D- x- x- x/x-x-xxxxx-x-x-xxxxxx- x- x- x/x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-xxxxxx-]
A- 9- 9- 9/5-5-55555-2-2-222222- 9- 9- 9/5-5-5-4-4-4-2-2-222222-]
D- 0- 0- 0 0-0-00000-0-0-000000- 0- 0- 0 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-000000-]
RIFF B (version 1) RIFF B (version 2)
e-------------------------------------] e-------------------------------------]
B-------------------------------------] B-------------------------------------]
G-------------------44444444----------] G-------------------44444444----------]
D-77777777/22222222-44444444-55555555-] OR D-77777777/22222222-44444444-55555555-]
A-44444444/22222222-22222222-55555555-] A-77777777/22222222-22222222-55555555-]
D-44444444/22222222----------55555555-] D-77777777/22222222----------55555555-]
RIFF C
e----12----12----12----14-]
B-15----15----15----15----]
G-------------------------]
D-------------------------]
A-------------------------]
D-------------------------]
RIFF D (Organ transcribed for piano)
e-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----------------]
B-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~]
G-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~]
D-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~]
A-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~x---------------]
D-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~]
RIFF E
e-0-0-0-0000------------]
B-3-3-3-3333-3-3-3-3333-]
G-2-2-2-2222-0-0-0-0000-]
D-0-0-0-0000-0-0-0-0000-]
A-0-0-0-0000-x-x-x-xxxx-]
D-0-0-0-0000-5-5-5-5555-]
ORDER
Intro- RIFF A x2
Verse- RIFF A x2
Pre-Chorus- RIFF B x2 + RIFF C x4
Verse- RIFF A x2
Pre-Chorus- RIFF B x2 + RIFF C x4
Chorus- RIFF D x4
Interlude- RIFF A x2
Verse- RIFF A x2
Pre-Chorus- RIFF B x2 + RIFF C x4
Chorus- RIFF D x4
Bridge- RIFF B x4 + RIFF C x4 (Joins in with RIFF B on the third time)
Chorus- RIFF E x8
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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CJ Wanna Be |
#1 by CJ West at Jan 22, 1975 at 10:34 PM EST |
| I agree with tigerrlily. Like any song off of Clarity, this song sets the mood for something you've either felt or will be feeling at some point in your life. This mellow, yet sad song captures the human emotion. Great song, Great band. | |
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Courtney Wanna Be |
#2 by Courtney L. at Jun 19, 1975 at 9:15 AM EST |
| i dont really know how i want to word this so im sorry if it sounds stupid.... anyway, i think that sundays just make you see things differently then any other day... you dont have to focus on work or school... sundays are always filled with long drives - going home, going to school, or just going away. i know this all sounds crazy but sundays are the only days i feel the "haze" clear from my eyes.... sorry agian if that was stupid | |
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Dave Wanna Be |
#3 by Dave Brousseau at Jul 11, 1981 at 11:13 AM EST |
| How could anyone not love the entire Clarity album?? A sunday is definitely one of their best...and don't miss them on David Letterman tonight!! | |
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Tom Rhythm Player |
#4 by Tom at Apr 22, 1984 at 11:08 AM EST |
| NO whyareyouallsostupid, it sounds fine. I think Sunday's are different too. It's the last day of the week and it seems so final yet we're not doing anything and we (some of us) have nothing but time on our hands and just sit or whatever...spacing out. Okay, now I think I sound weird, but I know someone will relate to, if not, the world will not end just yet. God, school starts next monday. Time for some jimm-ay eat world! | |
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Erik Lead Player |
#5 by Erik StJimmy at Apr 5, 1987 at 1:05 AM EST |
| i think that every song on clarity is about getting through or facing something difficult, from relationships ("crush", "clarity") to addictions ("just watch the fireworks") and goodbyes ("goodbye sky harbour") the whole message of the album is about reaching that sense of clarity when you have either bypassed your problem, or at least recognised it. This song is a good example of this. anyways, that's what i think... | |
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d Wanna Be |
#6 by d g at May 10, 1987 at 5:59 PM EST |
| This is one of the best songs, and it's even better live. i swear, you can feel everything Jim's feeling when they perform it. | |
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A.D.D. Wanna Be |
#7 by A.D.D. at Jul 9, 1987 at 9:01 AM EST |
| Jimmy Eat World are extremely gifted not only for their musical talent but for their ability to write deep meaning ful lyrics. In this particular song, I think Jim (or whoever it may be) is speaking very metaphorically here. Although he's drving back from some sort of social event, when he speaks of "driving" it's mainly his thought process. It is very apparent there has been a breakup with a girl at this event and he's now leaving the scene. However when I look at this particular lyric: On a Sunday she thought it through. Now as I drive back, there's thiry-six less hours I have to change the course I send myself. Live with that. "Drive back" is the writer distancing himself from something. What I'm saying here is that it could be something as deep as marriage. To me, he and his fiance split ways 36 hours before they're about to wed. When he says that's "36 less hours i have to change the course i send myself", means that that's 36 less hours he has to prepare and spend time on his wedding. The course he's speaking of his life and how things would have been different had he made the comittment. As he's driving away from the life he could have had, he begins to question if what he did was right: Because when the rides done, the hopes that you have carried, they fall out from your hands back to the ground. Live with that. He knows all the hopes that he's carried for so long, now have to be let go, and he's knows once he loosens his grip on them, he will in all probability, never see them again. As time goes by, he begins to realize that eveything will in turn sort itself out: Learn as the drugs leave. Learn as you lose it. You will. The "drugs" he's speaking of are not literally drugs. I think they're emotions, butterflies, all the chemicals that have been swirling around in his brain. He's confused and as time passes he slowly sorts things out and as he does, all the emotions slowly fade away and things have become much clearer for him as noted in the last (and my favorite) lyric: The haze clears from your eyes on a Sunday. The "haze" was his blindness to the choice he made and as time passed the "haze" slowly lifted and he was able to understand what he had done and now is prepared to face any consequences that may arise from it. Like I said, this is just my personal interpretation and is probably way off of what Jim was trying to imply when he wrote it. In any case, this is how I see the song, and no matter what the true meaning of the song is, it is definetly still the best on Clarity and perhaps the best Jimmy Eat World song to date. | |
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Manu Professional Badass |
#8 by Manu at Aug 20, 1996 at 5:11 AM EST |
| I'm not really sure but the way i interpret this song is the writer is depressed with women leaving him so he uses drugs or alcohol. does anyone else have any opinions. | |
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Allarme Average |
#9 by Allarme at May 6, 2007 at 9:21 PM EST |
| this song conjures up a lot of memories from high school for me. towards the end of senior year, my friend alex had a party, and we had been drinking a bit. i couldnt get to sleep and i was feeling sort of depressed. in the early morning while the sun was breaking behind the overcast sky, while everyone was passed out in various places around her house, i left to get my car parked in her big yard, and it was really misty and foggy and beautiful outside...which is just like how i felt inside. it was a sunday morning, and as i was driving home i played this song, and it went perfectly with what i was experiencing...trying to drive myself into recovery emotionally and physically on a sunday morning after a night of drinking and *stuff.* clarity is one of the best albums ever. | |
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