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Palm Reader
Third Eye Blind
tabbed by: Kevin Brosky (3EBdude)


I was doing some figuring out with this one because I wanted to learn it so badly
and nobody has anything for it.  I just recently saw Third Eye Blind and was
pretty close to them.  I watched Tony and it helped me figure some things out for
the song when I got home.  So this is what I have for it.

The tuning is EADGBD and that is for sure because Tony Fredianelli said so on his
site.  It's almost standard except the high E gets tuned down a whole step
(although you could probably play it in standard and it wouldn't sound too much different).

Intro:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------(5)---------------
|----(5)-----(5)-----------(5)-----(5)---(5)---------------------(5)---(5)-
|--------------------(5)-------------------(5)-----------------------------
|--x-----5-5-----5-5-----5-----5-5-----5-------5-5--3-3------3-3-----3-----

-----------------------| repeat
-----------------------|
---------(7)-----------|
-----------------(7)---|
--3/5-5------5-5-----5-|
-----------------------|

The hardest thing to get the hang of is that you almost have to be playing two
parts at once, combined into one part.  The way I do it is my first finger plays
all the single notes and my second and third fingers do all the harmonics.  That
pattern continues for the verses.

Interlude:
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------5-7b---3-5-7---------5-7b---3-5-7---|
|--6b-6b------4-------0-6b-6b------4---------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
These bends are half bends

Chorus:
   A                            G            D
|------0-0-----------0-0------------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-| repeat
|------3-2-----------3-2------------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2------------|
|-------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3------------|


Then there is that distorted bridge thing and that goes like this:

|------0-0------------------0-0----------------------| repeat
|------x-x------------------x-x----------------------|
|------2-2-0-2--0-0-0--4-4--2-2-0-2--0-0-0--7-7-4-4--|
|------2-2-0-2--0-2-0--4-4--2-2-0-2--0-2-0--7-7-4-4--|
|-12/--0-0-0-0--0-2-0--2-2--0-0-0-0--0-2-0--5-5-2-2--|
|----------------------------------------------------|


So that is the basis of the song from what I have gathered.  There are maybe some
other little fills at certain parts but this is the main gist of it all.  It should
be pretty accurate.  I hope this helps and maybe some other people will have more
on this song eventually.  Enjoy!

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture black Rhythm Player	#1 by black rose at Apr 4, 1971 at 7:23 PM EST
	i think that the line that says "will mend you like your blouse so" is "but man you let your claws show" or at least that's what i always say.

No Picture Average	#2 by vix at Jul 12, 1972 at 11:39 PM EST
	I just wanted to point out to, those who havn't noticed, that this is a Brave New World allusion: Freud said that love Was a good psychosis But I don't know I've had too many doses He's a creep And we all know that He probably made it up

No Picture SOCIETY DWELLIN Average	#3 by SOCIETY DWELLIN MOTHER FUCKER! at Nov 11, 1974 at 1:52 PM EST
	This is my favorite song from the new cd. "Just give me a call When you feel better But you never do And I'm just another debtor To some palm reader Who's got all her hands mixed up " It captures so well that hopeless longing that things are going to work out someday with that person when in the back of your mind you just know it won't, but they just keep you hanging on. I love this song.

No Picture Alex Lead Player	#4 by Alex at Jan 22, 1987 at 4:47 AM EST
	I think the part "bunched up in my hands" is "wrapped up in my hands".

No Picture Rodney Wanna Be	#5 by Rodney at Nov 16, 1989 at 6:49 PM EST
	hey me too, yay this is a cool song but i guess no one realizes it.

No Picture Nick Average	#6 by Nick Vanderstelt at Apr 22, 1993 at 10:57 AM EST
	Um yeah//.. so the lyrics are kinda messed up... the only important correction would be "Where pigeons fly till they gather round the fallen ones" i dont know how you got what " and did you stop, to gather round the fallen ones".. BUT ANYWAYS.. i love this song . it symbolizes a relationship that died out, but one person is still holding on. He knows that its hopeless to continue to care for her but he will cling to her any way he can. FOR EXAMPLE: " i kept your sweater, til the scent was gone, WRAPPED up in my hands when the days were long, but im still sniffing......." Even though he knows the scent is gone (relationship) he continues to smell it hoping for some sort of connection with her. (he doesnt want to accept that its over) "Cause it's so good to believe But you turn my hope into a weapon" - when he says this i think he'd referring to how he will never give up and how he knows he's chasing something thats over... but he'd still rather be sold "sweet forgets" and find comfort in horoscopes, hoping to find some justification or confensation for the loss of a relationship.

No Picture stephen Average	#7 by stephen warunki at Sep 14, 1993 at 12:35 AM EST
	I'm a leo oooh yeah

No Picture Joe Average	#8 by Joe Blurton at Feb 11, 1994 at 5:06 PM EST
	this song is about a romantic relationship that you thought you ha with a friend (most probably) and it turns out it was only a misconconception that you had.this song means a lot to me because i have been in this position with a friend who i thought liked me because i adored her a lot and spent most of my times with her.but when i told her how i felt,she simply slided out of my life.that lie hurt so much like the truth eh...

No Picture cody Average	#9 by cody champion at Feb 24, 1994 at 3:05 PM EST
	There's no one to trust Except maybe the two of us But that's in the past The place where i'm living Haunted by broken dreams this part of the song is all too true

No Picture hey u by the th Average	#10 by hey u by the that thing. SHUTUP!! at Jan 7, 1996 at 10:55 PM EST
	"you turn my hope into a weapon" that's my favorite line. i think it sums up the song perfectly...those relationships that you want to work out so bad, but really you know it just isn't meant to be

No Picture Laurence Average	#11 by Laurence Alam at Mar 15, 1996 at 5:46 AM EST
	To quote from the man himself, its about his "ex-ex-girlfriend"

No Picture Athena-beana-fo Average	#12 by Athena-beana-fo-feena -katrina-gina-go-zeena-fe-fi-fo...ATHENA at Jun 30, 1996 at 12:22 PM EST
	"Especially yours, in the sign of a Leo, the regal ones but, man, you let your claws show"

No Picture Spanky Lead Player	#13 by Spanky Man at Dec 20, 1996 at 6:56 PM EST
	InCuBuS you are right, no one realizes how amazing is this song! definitely is one of my favorites. Stephan is like the best songwriter ever, I love this song! I think that this song has many meanings; like caring for a person, hoping him/her to call you "just give me a call when you feel better"... but maybe these person does not care that much for you "but you never do". I love the line of "Freud said that love was a good psychosis, but I don't know I've had to many doses" I think it means that love can heal us sometimes and end with the monotony of our lifes, but he (stephan) is like trying to see it in a way, that he had been hurted many times that he is just sick of it. The chorus is like saying; "You can count on me, I'll be here for you! But please don't lie to me, don't end with my hopes." The sweetest line is "I kept your sweater till the scent was gone, wrapped up in my hands when the days were long" is like when you love someone so much and you've got his/her sweater you could smell it for hours, and it comes a time that you had smelled it so much, that there is no scent left to smell. I LOVE this song! I think my ideas are kind of complex, but that's what I think it means and I just got to say that 3EB ROCKS!

No Picture Josh Average	#14 by Josh at Dec 9, 2002 at 12:52 AM EST
	Well, I glued it particularly to bnw, but it could also simply be freudian stuff, he did lots . . . like a fox.