Yourself Or Someone Like You Tabs:
- Real World »
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Here is my tab for Matchbox 20's new song "Real World"
Matchbox 20
"Real World"
Yourself Or Someone Like You
Tabbed by: Rob Meyer
Riff A:
Gtr 1: med. dist
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|----11---8---8-11-11-8--11---| =4x
E|-----------------------------|
I'm not real sure about that. It's the catchy
litte intro riff and it's been giving me fits.
Verse:
Rhy. Fig 1
Gtr 2: distortion
A#5 F5 G5 F5
e|--|-----------------------------|
B|--|-----------------------------|
G|3-|-----------------------------|
D|3-|-3--3-5---5--5-3-------------|
A|1-|-3--3-3---5--5-3-------------|
E|--|-1--1-3---3--3-1-------------|
{repeat 2nd measure for verse}
Verse lyrics:
1st:
I wonder what it's like to be the rain-maker
I wonder what it's like to know that I made
The rain.......yeah...
2nd:
(I wonder what it's like to be a superhero)
(I wonder where I'd go if I could fly around)
(Downtown.......yeah)
3rd:
[I wonder what it's like to be the head honcho]
[I wonder what I'd do if they all did just what
I said. (Just what I said).]
Prechorus
Gtr 1: (Play at end of Prechorus)
Riff B
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------|
D|-------------5--5-5-------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
Not real sure 'bout this lead either.
Gtr 2:
Rhy. Fig 2
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5--5-5----|
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--5--5-5----|
E|----------------3--3-3----|
1st:
I'd store it in boxes with little yellow tags on everyone
And you could come and see them when I'm done
{Fill Riff A 4x}
When I'm done.......... *To verse*
2nd:
(From some other planet I get this funky high on a yellow
Sun; Boy I bet my friends would all be stunned.
{Fill Riff A 4x}
Their stunned) *To Chorus*
3rd:
[I'd shout out an order I think were out of this man
Get me some; Boy, don't make me wanna change my tone
{Fill Riff A 4x}
My tone.... *to chorus*
1st Chorus:
Gtr 2:
Rhy. Fig 3
(Yeah....)
A#5 G5 F5
Straight up, what did you hope to learn about here?
A#5 G5 F5
If I was someone else, would this all fall apart?
A#5 G5 F5
Strange, where were you when we started this gig?
A#5 F5 G5 F5 A#5
I wish the real world would just stop hasselin me.
Riff A (Gtr 1)
And you, and me, and you, and me...
Gtr 1:
Riff C:
A#5 G5 F5
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-----15------------------------------|
D|---15--15--------17---------15-------|
A|-13------13----17--17-----15--15-----|
E|-------------15-----15--13------13---|
I'm sure about this part here. Whenever
Gtr 2 changes chords, so does Gtr 1 playing the
arpeggioed major chords here. Then fill Riff A
at the end.
2nd chorus: w/riff C
(Yeah....)
A#5 G5 F5
Straight up, what did you hope to learn about here?
A#5 G5 F5
If I was someone else, would this all fall apart?
A#5 G5 F5
Strange, where were you when we started this gig?
A#5 F5 G5 F5 A#5
I wish the real world would just stop hasselin me.
A#5 G5
Please don't change, please don't break
F5 A#5 G5 F5
Well the only thing that seems to work at all is you
A#5 G5 Riff A
Please don't change at all... from me... to you.. and
You.... to me.... yeah......
Solo:
Gtr 2 plays A#5 and G5 in the background
Gtr 1: (Strum each chord /////)
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|-10--13-16-18-14-15-12-16-19-17-13-12-10-10-10-----|
G|--9--12-15-17-13-14-11-15-18-16-12-12-10--9--9-----|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
This is a very weak solo attempt. It sounds
decent, though, and most people you play for
probably won't notice if you play quickly enough.
3rd chorus: w/Riff C
(Yeah....)
A#5 G5 F5
Straight up, what did you hope to learn about here?
A#5 G5 F5
If I was someone else, would this all just fall apart?
A#5 G5 F5
Strange, where were you when we started this gig?
A#5 F5 G5 F5 A#5
I wish the real world would just stop hasselin me.
A#5 F5 G5 F5 A#5
I wish the real world would just stop hasselin me.
A#5 F5 G5 F5 A#5
I wish the real world would just stop hasselin me.
A#5 G5 F5
And you... annnnnnnd me
Fills:
After the first chorus:
Gtr 1:
Fill A:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13/---|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
During the third verse (head honcho) fill:
Gtr 3: acoustic
The exact strumming is hard to figure out, so I left
that to you, but the chords are:
G major, A major, F major (Barre F major).
Gtr 4: clean w/delay:
e|-----------------|
B|-7h8h9p8p7-------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Actually, a synth plays this, but this is pretty close.
Fill Gtr 3 during the 3rd chorus at:
A barred, F barred, G barred.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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No Picture
Steil Wanna Be |
#1 by Steil Lionhart at Jan 1, 1970 at 7:28 AM EST |
| what does the bridge mean, then? it doesn't really fit with the rest of the song. | |
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TonkpilS Average |
#2 by TonkpilS at Oct 14, 1970 at 3:58 PM EST |
| I agree with everyone else, for the most part. I, however, don't know that the chorus is so much directed toward a specific girl (or guy), but rather toward the people who depend on him to be the same person he has been for so long. To me, it's not that he wants to be himself, but instead, see what it's like to be a person that he's never been able to be, for people to see him as a little wild or authoritative since he (i think) has been so conservative his whole life. He lives in a world where he is not allowed to change, and if he did, since so many people depend on him, everything would fall to pieces...he's not allowed to change, and so all he can really do is wonder what it's like to be different. but the other explanations make sense too. | |
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No Picture
A.K.A. Steven Average |
#3 by A.K.A. Steven Stelacio at Apr 12, 1974 at 2:16 AM EST |
| I just love this song, it's so simple, honest and with a true meaning behind it. It's the first song on the first MB20's album, so it is really important in that way. I heard Rob talking about it, thinking that he was 24 years old, he was just starting to do music as a job, and he was still insecure about how his future would be. And also, choosing what you are going to be for the rest of your life, means that you have to leave behind a whole lot of other possibilities: like Rob says, what if he had been something else, how different his life would have been? This song meaning is so serious, yet its sound is uplifting, it makes you feel good when you can relate to that incertainty, and when you get tired of the expectations coming from the outside (world, family, etc), or simply when you're tired of the life you've got to live. | |
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paste your name Average |
#4 by paste your name here at Dec 2, 1985 at 11:31 AM EST |
| I agree with the first commenter and SmileyJeff. I think it's a little of both. | |
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Secondhand Smok Wanna Be |
#5 by Secondhand Smoka at Aug 31, 1994 at 3:22 PM EST |
| Well, to me, it's just like when you love someone so much, and you don't want them to change at all for you, because you like them just the way they are. I love this song. Basically it's become my theme song, because I, just like everyone else, think about what it would be like to be different. I like the way I am, but it's always nice to think about being something else. Plus, the "Please don't change" part is perfect for me and my girlfriend. She doesn't always like some things about her, like a lot of people, but I try and tell her that I like her just the way she is. | |
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