Staple it Together by Jack Johnson
Tabbed by Tom Dugarin
The whole song is really based around two chords which are played in a funky sort of
way. Make sure you get in the groove before and that your hand doesnt stop going up
and down. There are a fair few scratched beats so make sure you include them.
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|--5---7------|
|--5---7------|
|--5---7------|
|--3---5------|
|-------------|
C D
There is a continuous bassline which goes on throughout the song, which can be played on
like this, just for fun.
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|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|-5--5h7--10---|
at 1.46
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|--12(13)p10-----------|
|-----------12---------|
|----------------------|
at 1.49 (s=slide)
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|------10--------------|
|-10s12--12-10-1212----|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
at 1.53
|----------------------|
|-7s9-7-5--------------|
|-7s9-7-5--------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
Outro (based on the bassline) 2.47
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|--------------------------------------------|
|--7-7h9-12--77777h9-12-12(13)p10------------|
|--------------------------------12----------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-7-7h9-12--77777h9-12-12(13)12-10-12-10-----|
|---------------------------------------12---|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------10101010--------|
|-----------------------10s12----------------|
|-7-14-12---55555-12-10----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---------7(8)p5--------------7(8)p5h7-------|
|-7-14-12-------7-55555-12-10---------7------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
Its a great song. Hope this helps!
Thanks
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Elizabeth Wanna Be |
#1 by Elizabeth Greer at Sep 27, 2007 at 12:18 AM EST |
| Thanks a lot ;) | |
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gabby Professional |
#2 by gabby at Sep 28, 2007 at 1:43 AM EST |
| i love jack johnson, but this is my least favorite song on the album. | |
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Katie Wanna Be |
#3 by Katie St. Michel at Sep 30, 2007 at 1:29 AM EST |
| R u serious??? how can this be your least favorite song???... this song is sooo good, especially how the bass line and drums come together. You're prolly one of those teenie-boppers who just likes some of his romantic lyrics and pays no attention to the music skill | |
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More Cowbell Lead Player |
#4 by More Cowbell at Sep 30, 2007 at 2:09 AM EST |
| I absolutly love the lines: and every brick he laid a mistake they say that his walls are getting taller his world is getting smaller I just totally relate to the feeling of you're doing all the wrong things and digging your hole deeper and deeper and you want to stop but you also like it that way, and can't really stop yourself... | |
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Will Average |
#5 by Will Larkin at Oct 2, 2007 at 2:43 PM EST |
| The lyrics to this song are fairly amateurish, and at some points they read like someone sitting down with a rhyming dictionary -- "let's see, what else rhymes with together? Hmm, weather, whatever (sort of), and clever (sort of)...." The lyrics appear to be about a person that made a lot of wrong choices, messing up not only his present but his future, and now he just has to file that part of his life away, call it bad weather, and turn a new leaf and move on. This song is pretty annoying, especially during the "better staple it together and call it bad weather" part that he sings over and over again until you reach for the "skip" button gaaaaahhhh!! Better stop your reciting and call it bad writing. | |
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bradley Wanna Be |
#6 by bradley goodman at Oct 3, 2007 at 11:41 AM EST |
| "he stabbed the moment in the back with a brown thumb tack" | |
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edwin Wanna Be |
#7 by edwin henrriquez at Oct 3, 2007 at 10:17 PM EST |
| this song i s sick, bad , awesome.....if u listen to it the first time it may not sound like Jack but after a while it grows on you. Its not mellow but its still Jack. I think this song is talking about someone whos messing up all the time and he's screwing himself over and jack is saying just let it go. "better staple it together and call it bad weather " Until the last line than he's talking about a girl and saying forget the past, and just be in the present. | |
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