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Life As Is Tab

Send "Life As Is" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

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                       LIFE AS IS - Open Hand
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By:  Gary(garyhale@spu.edu)
     Greg(thewrath13@hotmail.com)

... - palm mute
h - hammer on
/  - slide
2x
2x - mute after strumming
0x
v - vibrato
~ - let ring out
x
x - scratching
x


GUITAR 1'S PARTS:
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Intro:  "For now I'll just push my..."  (4x)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------12------------------12------------------12------------------12-----|
A|---10------10---10-----10------10---10-----10------10---10-----10------10--|
E|0-----0-------0----8-8----8-------8----8-8----8-------8----8-8----8-------8|

Intro Cont'd:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------12-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|10-----10------10---10-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---8-8----8-------8--------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:  "I know what you want..."  (4x)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12|
A|10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10|
E|-0--0---0--0--0---8--8--8---8--8--8---8--8--8---8--8--8---8--8--8---8--8--8|
         ........            ........            ........            ........

Next Part:  No words  (4x)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------12-------12-------12-------12----------------------------------------|
A|------10-------10-------10-------10----------------------------------------|
E|0-0-0----8-8-8----8-8-8----8-8-8-------------------------------------------|
  .....    .....    .....    .....

Pre Chorus:  "Yeah, yeah, yeah..."  (2x)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------|
D|2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------|
A|2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------|
E|0-0-0-0-0------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:  "That's okay that I say it..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
D|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------------------|

Chorus Cont'd:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
D|--------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
A|5/7--9v-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
E|--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------------------|

Chorus Cont'd:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------------------------|
D|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2x---------------------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2x---------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------0x---------------------------------------------|

Next Part:  "Yes I know it..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------|
D|--------------------------7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-2x---------------------------|
A|Guitar 2 doing clean part-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-2x---------------------------|
E|--------------------------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-0x---------------------------|

Next Part Cont'd:  "So answer me right now..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------|
D|--------------------------7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-2x---------------------------|
A|Guitar 2 doing clean part-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-2x---------------------------|
E|--------------------------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-0x---------------------------|

Next Part Cont'd:  "I'm so sorry..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------|
D|--------------------------7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-x-x--x--x-x-x--x--x-x-x------|
A|Guitar 2 doing clean part-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-x-x--x--x-x-x--x--x-x-x------|
E|--------------------------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-x-x--x--x-x-x--x--x-x-x------|

Next Part Cont'd:  "I'm so sorry..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------------------------|
D|7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------------------------------------------|
E|5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------------------------------------------|

Part After That:  "We'll find our own way out..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------------|
D|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-*-*-*-*--------------------|
A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------|

Part After That Cont'd:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------7-9-11-12-11/127----------------------------------|
D|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-x-x--x--x--x--x-x----------------------------------|
A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-7--9-10--9/105----------------------------------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------------------|

Part After That Cont'd:
e|---------------------------------------------*-----------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------5-*---------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------5-*-------------------------|
D|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----5---5----5--5--------5-------------------------|
A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5---5---5-------5--------------------------------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------------------|
                          ...   .   .       .

Part After That Cont'd:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------------|
D|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2x-------------------------|
A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2x-------------------------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0x-------------------------|

Then This Part:  "Yes I know it..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-9-11-12-14-16--------------|
D|--------------------------7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-x-x--x--x--x--x--------------|
A|Guitar 2 doing clean part-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-7--9-10-12-14--------------|
E|--------------------------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------------------|

Then This Part Cont'd:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------|
D|--------------------------7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-2x---------------------------|
A|Guitar 2 doing clean part-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-2x---------------------------|
E|--------------------------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-0x---------------------------|

2nd Clean Part:  "That's okay that I say it..."  (2x)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
D|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------------------|

End of 2nd Clean Part:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----7---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-5---5-4-5---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Next Section:  "Falling inside..."
e|-----------------------------------------*---------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------5-*-------------------------------|
G|----------------------------5-5x---5-5x----5--5-5x---5-5x---5-5-5----------|
D|2-2x---2-2x---2-2x---2-2x---5-5x---5-5x-------5-5x---5-5x---5-5-5----------|
A|2-2x---2-2x---2-2x---2-2x---3-3x---3-3x-------3-3x---3-3x---3-3-3----------|
E|0-0x---0-0x---0-0x---0-0x---3-3x---3-3x-------3-3x---3-3x---3-3-3-3/53----|
                                                                ...

Next Section Cont'd:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------7----------7----------7-------------5-5x-----7-5-5x-----5/7-5-5x--|
D|2-2x-4h5---2-2x-4h5---2-2x-4h5---2-2x-4h5----5-5x-4h5---5-5x-4h5-----5-5x--|
A|2-2x-------2-2x-------2-2x-------2-2x--------3-3x-------3-3x---------3-3x--|
E|0-0x-------0-0x-------0-0x-------0-0x----12-3-3x-------3-3x---------3-3x--|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----7---5-5x-----7--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4h5---5-5-5x-4h5---5-4-5--------------------------------------------------|
A|---------3-3x--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------3-3x--------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Verse

Repeat Pre Chorus

2nd Chorus (Play these octaves)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-12----11----12----------------12----16----14----12/11---11----12----------|
D|--x-----x-----x-----------------x-----x-----x-----x--x----x-----x----------|
A|-10-----9----10--5-7-9-10-9----10----14----12----10/-9----9----10----------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Ending
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------5~----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2~------5~------5~--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2~------3~------5~--------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0~------3~------3~--------------------------------------------------------|



GUITAR 2'S PARTS:
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Intro:  "For now I'll just..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3~----------------------3~------------------------------------------------|
G|-5~----------------------5~------------------------------------------------|
D|-5~----------------------5~------------------------------------------------|
A|-3~----------------------3~------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:  "I know what you want..."  (2x)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12|
A|10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10|
E|-0--0---0--0--0---8--8--8---8--8--8---8--8--8---8--8--8---8--8--8---8--8--8|
         ........            ........            ........            ........

Verse Cont'd:  "But I can't hear you..."  (2x)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|12-12-1211-12-12-12-1211-12-12-12-1211-12-12-12-12/14-------------------|
D|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-------------------|
A|10-10-10-9-10-10-10-10-9-10-10-10-10-9-10-10-10-10/12-------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Next Part: No Words (4x)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------8-------8-------8-------8-------------------------------------------|
G|-------7-------7-------7-------7-------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0---8-8-8---8-8-8---8-8-8---------------------------------------------|
   .....   .....   .....   .....

Pre Chorus/Chorus (really faint, but a crapload of times)
e|---10----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----8----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----7----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Clean Part:  (4x)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|12-12-11--12-12-11--12-12--11--7-7-7--7-5-5-5--5-5-------------------------|
D|12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12--12--7-7-7--7-5-5-5--5-5-------------------------|
A|10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10--10--5-5-5--5-3-3-3--3-3-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------5-5-5--5-3-3-3--3-3-------------------------|

Part After That (repeat forever)                  at 2:07
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--8-8-7-7--------------------------------------8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7-------------|
G|--7-7-7-7------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Clean Part (2x)

2nd Clean Part (repeat a lot)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|12-12-11--12-12-11--12-12--11----------------------------------------------|
D|12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12--12----------------------------------------------|
A|10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10--10----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Next Section
e|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-go-forever----------|
B|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8---------------------|
G|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Verse

Repeat Pre Chorus

Repeat Chorus

Ending
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------5~------7~--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2~------5~------7~--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2~------3~------5~--------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0~------3~------5~--------------------------------------------------------|

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Life As Is Tab

Send "Life As Is" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Fatty [eats chi Average	#1 by Fatty [eats children] kid at Dec 3, 1971 at 1:54 AM EST
	this song fucking kicks ass.. I love open hand

No Picture mike Average	#2 by mike duncan at Dec 5, 1971 at 6:50 AM EST
	you people that expect every song to be poetic and verbose annoy the hell out of me. you write what you feel. he wrote what he feels, and this song is amazing.

No Picture I BAKE YOU MUFF Average	#3 by I BAKE YOU MUFFIN at Nov 22, 1974 at 1:02 AM EST
	well the song is good but could be better i think...lryics can be more deep, insightfully and meaningfull but that is just my two cents...but all in all good song...

No Picture Wacko Average	#4 by Wacko Jacko at Apr 26, 1975 at 10:27 PM EST
	good song, lyrics that are to complicated confuse me so i have no problem. i know who eyessobright is !!!!!!!!!

No Picture Adrian Lead Player	#5 by Adrian Ortega at Mar 29, 1976 at 5:03 PM EST
	i really like the lyrics. and its not a bad song. i don't know what its about..exactly. one thing comes to mind when i read it and i don't think it's right but..you know that this person wants something similar to what you want and you want to give it to them.

No Picture Brett Professional	#6 by Brett Czap at Jan 23, 1977 at 10:31 PM EST
	This song is so awesome...Open hand is such an awesome band!!!!

No Picture The MADMAN Average	#7 by The MADMAN All the way at Oct 10, 1980 at 6:55 AM EST
	i know who jujufruitbad19 is.....crazy name alaska....oh...corrections in my little segment...Like* and beginning*....(who is unintelligent now..whooo)

No Picture Brian Average	#8 by Brian Dempsey at Jun 29, 1987 at 10:19 PM EST
	I agree with "buttens" this song lacks intelligence in the lyric department, but I really liek the song. The begining is grand

No Picture Steve Wanna Be	#9 by Steve Smyth at Sep 27, 1987 at 3:53 PM EST
	haha i was in Hot Topic today and they had them playing and i thought they were amazing

No Picture Courtney Wanna Be	#10 by Courtney L. at Jan 19, 1988 at 3:02 PM EST
	they are amazing...i remember hearing them 2 years ago and saying they were awesome....and then they kind of disappeared...but here they are back and on Trustkill

No Picture Dudevill Average	#11 by Dudevill at Mar 17, 1990 at 12:36 PM EST
	wurds cant describe this song...I agree with what lifeundome said tho...its just emotions put to music. I can safely say this is true because ever since i first heard this song i havent gone a single day without thinking of it. My guess is that its about being in love with someone while your messed up within yourself, but you want to ignore the bad stuff cuz you love someone else so much that it just makes things ok whenever your near them... Did that make ANT sense??

No Picture justin Average	#12 by justin tompkins at Jul 7, 1996 at 10:03 AM EST
	All these people commenting on how great the song is and no one notices that the title is wrong? The name of the song is "Life As Is". There is no "it" in there.

No Picture james Rhythm Player	#13 by james dobson at Aug 18, 1996 at 6:48 AM EST
	I loveeeeee this song. It's fucking great. great band. hip hip hooray for open hand ... hehe... ;)

No Picture Scott Average	#14 by Scott Muir at Feb 24, 1997 at 9:52 PM EST
	Awesome. I saw them a while back, on tour with Fairweather. Amazing band.

No Picture Super Average	#15 by Super Q at Dec 16, 1998 at 9:16 PM EST
	i noticed that all of you just said how good the song is.. isnt this website called song meanings? how about some insite of what the song means? living for the moment is what i say... with the one you love of course... good stuff..

No Picture Ĵǿ Wanna Be	#16 by Ĵǿħŋ Ĝęřđěŋĭţš at Dec 22, 1998 at 8:24 PM EST
	this song is the best song by open hand if you have never heard it you NEED to download it

No Picture yomomma!! Wanna Be	#17 by yomomma!! at Jun 12, 2005 at 10:39 AM EST
	this is an amazing song, i love it!!

No Picture Harvey Rhythm Player	#18 by Harvey Puentes at Dec 27, 2005 at 1:43 PM EST
	This song sounds really good.It has really good lyrics and the begining sounds really good. The begining is what makes you like the whole song so if u dont have this song you must get it.