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Cocoon - by jack johnson
tabbed by ZososoZ
Firstly whack a capo on the second
fret. All tab relative to the capo.
Intro
=====
e|-----3---2h3-------||
B|-------3-------3---||
D|-----------------0-||
G|-------------0-----||x4
A|---2---------------||
E|-3-----------------||
Verse (Main) Progression
========================
G Em C C/B Am D D
Something like the following
e|-----3-------3-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------2---
B|-------3-------3-------0-------0-------1-------1-------1-------1-------3-
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------2-----
D|-----------------------------------2-------2-------2-------2-----0-------
A|---2-------2-------2-------2-----3-------2-------0-------0---------------
E|-3-------3-------0-------0-----------------------------------------------
e|-----2-------2-------2---||
B|-------3-------3-------3-||
G|---2-------2-------2-----||
D|-0-------0-------0-------||
A|-------------------------||
E|-------------------------||
G
Em
Well based on your
smile
C
C/B
Am
D D
I'm betting all of this might be over
soon
G
Em
But you're bound to
win,
C
C/B
Am
D D
'coz if I'm betting against you I think I'd rather lose
Pre Chorus
==========
Am D
e|-----0-------0-------2-------2-------2-------2---
B|-------1-------1-------3-------3-------3-------3-
G|-------------------2-------2-------2-------2-----
D|---2-------2-----0-------0-------0-------0-------
A|-0-------0---------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------
Am
D
But this is all that I have
Chorus
======
G D/F# C9 D
e|-----3-------0-------0-------2---||
B|-------3-------3-------1-------3-||
G|---------------------------2-----||
D|-----------0-------2-----0-------||
A|---2-------------3---------------||
E|-3-------2-----------------------||
G D/F
So
please,
C9
D
G D/F
take what's left of this heart and
uuuuse.
C9
D
G D/F
...Please use only what you really
neeed.
C9
D
You know I only have so little,
G
D/F
so
please,
C9
D
(Intro progression x2)
mend your broken heart and leave
Verse 2 (Main Progression)
==========================
I know it's not your style.
I can tell by the way you move, it's real,
real soon.
But I'm on your side,
and I don't want to be your regret, I'd
rather be your cocoon
Chorus 2 (Pre-chorus progression followed by chorus
progression)
================================================================
But this is all that you have.
So please,
let me take what's left of
this heart and I will use.
...I sware I'll use only what I need.
I know
you only have so little,
so please,
let me mend my broken heart and...
Bridge
======
(You should know the picking pattern by now, though you
might try strumming
this part, but I'll leave that up to you)
G Em C Am G Em C Am C D
G
You said this was all you have
Em
and it's all I
need
C
but blah blah blah
Am
because it fell apart
and.
G
I guess it's all you knew
Em
and all I
have
C
but now we have
Am
only confused
hearts
C
I guess all we have
D
is really all we
need
Chorus 3 (Chorus progression (No
pre-chorus))
=============================================
So please,
lets take what's left of these hearts and use.
...Let's use
only what we really need.
You know we only have so little,
so
please,
take these broken hearts and leave.
Outtro (Intro progression x2) Followed
by
==========================================
e|-----3---5---5---7---7---5---5-------3---5---5---7---7---5---5---3-
B|-------3---0---0-----------0---0-------3---0---0-----------0---0-3-
G|-------------------0---0---------------------------0---0---------0-
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------0-
A|---2-------------------------------2-----------------------------2-
E|-3-------------------------------3-------------------------------3-
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Source: GuitarMasta.net
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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Trent
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#1 by Trent Zelasney at Sep 26, 2007 at 10:26 PM EST
hmm... this song manages to melt two feelings into my brain.. 1.sweet song 2.im g unna go cry i cuncurr, this song is deffinatly about a break up and it goes into some serious detail...wich makes this a good song.
 
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123
Wanna Be
#2 by 123 123 at Sep 26, 2007 at 11:43 PM EST
bananapancakes, that's my favorite line too.
 
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Sam
Wanna Be
#3 by Sam Gilleland at Sep 27, 2007 at 9:04 PM EST
This song is flippin unreal bro. It's simple to get the meaning of it, and my intepretation has already been explaned many times but man, i can relate to this song. 1 2 Next
 
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sam
Wanna Be
#4 by sam hennessy at Sep 28, 2007 at 3:53 AM EST
This is a great song, and one of the first I learned on guitar. Any love songs by Jack Johnson are about his wife, just so you know, so they're usually positive.
 
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duncan_player
Wanna Be
#5 by duncan_player at Sep 28, 2007 at 6:57 PM EST
for real...and my other song is taylor....thats a crappin funny song too...
 
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Aaron
Wanna Be
#6 by Aaron Frederick at Sep 29, 2007 at 8:36 PM EST
i love the "blah blah blah" part. classic!
 
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Tommy The Cat
Lead Player
#7 by Tommy The Cat at Oct 1, 2007 at 5:10 AM EST
:i dont want to be your regret id rather be your cocoon: two of the greatest lines.ever.
 
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philipp
Rhythm Player
#8 by philipp at Oct 1, 2007 at 2:28 PM EST
this song is a nice way of saying that nice guys finish last. the hurt girl goes for "the sure thing" cuz she knows that she wont be taken advantage of. they guy is emphatic that this chick is going out with him, but her rebound period is coming to a close. hes such a nice guy, he is still considerate of her feelings and doesn't want to be a "regret" of hers. (poor forest.) he realizes this, and his hurt. (broken heart number two). her former broken heart (broken heart number one) is mending. on she goes. but please try not to use too much of his breaking heart.
 
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nick
Professional
#9 by nick Sutliff at Oct 3, 2007 at 5:23 PM EST
I love this song.. Likewise, I can't believe so few people have posted comments on this song! I think it's basically about two people on the rebound and they're using each other to "mend" their "broken hearts", though it seems as if the guy in this case sincerely likes her. Fab song!
 
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Allarme
Average
#10 by Allarme at Oct 4, 2007 at 12:18 PM EST
Yeah this is definitely a break up song. But rarely do you ever find one that is as sweet as this one.... Well bittersweet.
 
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Sir Dee of Day
Lead Player
#11 by Sir Dee of Day at Oct 6, 2007 at 1:53 PM EST
hey i love this song so much....he so mellow and down to earth and his music is what i call "no worry" music...."blah blah blah" well any way onthetraintonewyork..your absoulutly right this is a kick ut song.....