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Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 22:02
From: Joakim Ax
Subject: TAB: "Thanks A Lot" by THIRD EYE BLIND from "Third eye blind"
This song has a kind of different intro/verse, and it¥s kinda hard to play.
I found most of the songs on this album quite hard to figure out.
Standard tuning
Intro
Em D Bm G
E-----5--5--5-5------5--5--5-5------5--5--5-5-------------
B-----5--7--5-5------5--7--5-5------5--7--5-5-------------
G-----0--0--0-0------0--0--0-0------0--0--0-0------------- x2
D-------------------------------------------------x-------
A--7--------------5---------------------------------------
E--------------------------------7--------------x----3-3-3
Intro(w/dist) x2
Verse1
Em D Bm G
E----------------------------------------
B-----10-10-10-10------------------------
G-----11-11-11-11---------------------4-- x4
D--9--12-12-12-12------7------9-9-----5-5
A--7---------------7h9--------9-9-95-5-5
E-------------------------x-x-7-7-73-3-3
Intro(w/dist) x2
Verse2 (includes fill 1) x4
fill 1:
Em
D--4h5p4-0h2 D-------
A----------- Verse ends up with A----2-4
E----------- E--5----
Chorus
D G/B G A G
E--5---5---5----2--------3----------------- ----------
B----3---3---3--3--------3--7-7b-7p5-7-7b-7 ----------
G---------------2--------0----------------- x3 ---------- x1
D---------------0----0---0----------------- ----------
A------------------2-2-2-2----------------- ----------
E----------------------3-3----------------- ----------
Verse3 x4
Chorus x3 x1
Solo(Verse) x4
w/wah E D Bm G Em
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
B--10b----15--15-------------------------------12------12h14-15---
G---9b----14b---14---11-12-11--11h12p11-------------------------14
D---------------------------------------14-12-------14------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
Bm G Em D Bm
E--14-14h15p14-14h15p14------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------1715-------------14/15------------------------
G-----------------------------16----14/16-------14---11-12-11--11h12p11
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
G Em D Bm G
E----------------------------
B--------14-14b-14-14b1414b14
G----------------------------
D--14-12---------------------
A----------------------------
E----------------------------
Bridge
A G
E--------------------
B--------------------
G--2----------------- x4
D--2----------0------
A--0----------2------
E-------------3------
Intro x4 (w/bass-solo)
Chorus x4
Bridge2
w/eff.loop
E--------------- -------------------------------------------
B--------------- -------------------------------------------
G--------------- ------------------------------------------- x2
D--------------- -----------------------------------2b-2----
A--------------- ---4h5-5-4h5p4h5--2-2----------2h5------5p2
E--3-3-2--3-3-5- ----------------------3-3--3h5-------------
Chorus x2
Ending
D----------------
A---------------5
E--3-3-2--3-3-5--
Lyrics:
verse1
It¥s all in your mind, she said the darkness and the light
the clock it bleeds for you,but you never got the time in right
i woke you up and i slit the throat of your confidence
and we laughed in the night, and i felt all right.
verse2
All hands on deck boys ¥cause this ship was made to sink
your swabber salutes younow, but i know what he¥s thinking
i woke you up and i slit the throat of your confidence
and we laughed in the night, and it felt all right.
Chorus
Thanks a lot
Thanks a lot don¥t even know
Thanks a lot
Verse3
The clothes she wears mis-fit, and she¥s nervous when she speaks
her zombie mom and dad live in a separate house of freaks
i woke you up and i slit the throat of your confidence
and we laughed in the night, and i felt all right.
Chorus
Bridge
I¥m the one for you
¥cause i know all the dirty things you like to do
i¥m the fear in your eyes
i¥m the fire in your flies
i¥m the sound that buzzling around your head.
Chorus
If anyone can figure out the intro to
îLosing a whole yearî please send it to me.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Daniel Average |
#1 by Daniel Johnson at May 24, 1971 at 9:16 AM EST |
| i defintietly think you misunderstood what i was trying to get at, high way...i know exactly what that lyric was implying, and i think its pretty ironic because its somethin along the lines of what you said...By saying that i thought it was raw, i wasnt trying to downplay the heaviness of that lyric-at the time i was strugglig for a word that to me best described it.... | |
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Punk Rock Princ Wanna Be |
#2 by Punk Rock Princess at Feb 12, 1977 at 9:28 AM EST |
| i think it's a song about a guy and girl that need eachother, i dunno ummmmmmmm yah that's what i think, it works in my head so that's all i know | |
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Mistress Cheyen Rhythm Player |
#3 by Mistress Cheyenne at Oct 11, 1977 at 12:34 AM EST |
| what is this song about? | |
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Patrick Wanna Be |
#4 by Patrick Wade at May 20, 1978 at 10:22 AM EST |
| He's being terribly sarcastic when he says "Thanks a lot." And I'm pretty sure he's singing "Fire in your thighs." | |
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Reece Wanna Be |
#5 by Reece Brown at Jun 15, 1980 at 10:47 PM EST |
| 'i woke you up and i slit the throat of your confidence' I think that when they first met, she was all innocent and naive. Being with him, he opened her eyes to reality and her perspective on things changed, including her views on him. | |
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Mike Average |
#6 by Mike heidkamp at Sep 17, 1981 at 2:08 AM EST |
| 'i know all the dirty things you like to do' I don't take this line quite so literaly. It just means that he has been close to her and knows her well | |
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#7 by at Jul 23, 1982 at 1:00 PM EST |
| I think it's about this girl he knows who is very different-- and "I slit the throat of your confidence" must mean that she became embarassed by something he did. But "Thanks Alot" means that Stephen learned something from this girl... I dunno. I'm all screwed up. | |
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Matt Rhythm Player |
#8 by Matt at Oct 6, 1982 at 11:54 PM EST |
| forgot to add: It's all in your mind, she said The darkness and the light The clock it bleeds for you But you never got the time in right this is the girl talking to the boy. the boy never had luck with girls, and this is why she falls in love with the girl. even though she has this reputation, she is deep. she basically says here, happyness and sadness are all in your head. he hasn't had a decent relatinship because he's created everything in his head, and hasn't found a good partner(the clock it bleeds for you, but you never got the time in right). | |
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hey u by the th Average |
#9 by hey u by the that thing. SHUTUP!! at Dec 2, 1985 at 9:00 AM EST |
| To me, this song is about the subtle shift of power that happens when a person falls out of love. Though cleverly scrambled, this entire album's songs read like a chronological map of the events that took place within one profound relationship. Here, the woman has fallen out of love with the singer/author, and now it is she who holds the dominant position... but it is too early in the shift to expose this dynamic outright. It is a secret that they both know in their hearts, yet she is not ready to reveal it and he is too busy focusing on the symptoms to come to terms with it. "It's all in your mind," she said, "the darkness and the light" [typical female brush-off: "Don't pay attention to all the ups and downs we're going through. It's normal, and it's all in your mind...we're still in love."] "The clock, it bleeds for you, but you never got the timing right " [Shifts in focus to the author himself, describing how he got many chances --to the point of time symbolically 'sacrificing itself' --to prove himself worthy of her love and confidence, yet fails] "I woke you up and I slit the throat of your confidence, and we laughed in the night, and I felt alright" [holding a woman's confidence is the key to winning her love. The author recognizes that he has killed her confidence, yet reveals the very trait that causes the murder....a lack of intuition. The woman has lost confidence in him because he lacks intuition. (She's that good.) Despite this defining moment in their relationship, he falls for her ability to hide their secret, and when she 'laughs in the night' like everything's okay, he is falsely reassured. Her ability to deceive him confirms her newfound dominance. "All hands on deck boys, 'cause this ship was made to sink; your swabber salutes you now, but I know what he's thinking" [Symbolizes the shift in power. The Captain, who is in the dominant position, has somehow lost the confidence of his lowest-ranking subordinate--the swabber. The swabber now deceives the Captain by alluding to formalities (a salute) to keep the peace while the ship is still afloat. But he's thinking, "you're not a very good Captain anymore."] "Thanks a lot" [A sarcastic condemnation of both partners' actions, simultaneously aimed at each other. The woman says, 'thanks alot for killing my confidence and not being the person you said you were,' while the man says 'thanks alot for pretending everything was fine after you had decided I wasn't someone you could look up to.' At the precise moment when this sentiment is dually expressed, the downward spiral of the relationship to the end of the album begins. This leads to new relationship dynamics, and a whole new readjustment to the newly defined roles of each partner, which takes us to the last verse: "The clothes she wears misfit, and she's nervous when she speaks...Her zombie mom and dad live in a separate house of freaks" [Now, the stress of falling from leader to subordinate is wearing on the author. No longer does he feel the sentiments expressed in "Good For You" and "I Want You," tracks #9 and #11. Now, his disappointment in himself is projected onto the source of his anxiety: his woman. He ignores the things he'd loved about her and focuses on the things he dislikes. Her clothes don't fit. She lacks speaking skills. Her family is screwed up. These are complaints that pave the way for fear, pain, and hostility, expressed in the bi-polar on/off quality of the next songs "Burning Man" and "Semi-Charmed Life." "I'm the one for you, 'cause I know all the dirty things you like to do...I'm the fear in your eyes, I'm the fire in your flies; I'm the sound that's buzzing 'round your head" [The attempt by the author at re-establishing his partner's love by appealing to the memory of their past experiences. Written into this attempt is also a display of its inherent futility; a good leader does not have to convince a willing follower. At this point, we know she is less than willing to follow him. We know she's made up her mind.] | |
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jamie Lead Player |
#10 by jamie soad at Jul 14, 1989 at 12:53 AM EST |
| I found this song to be kind of cynical as well... it seems like he keeps breaking this girl down, but she wont leave him because hes the only thing she has in the world. An emotionally abusive relationship | |
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Harry Average |
#11 by Harry Johnson at Aug 6, 1989 at 1:54 AM EST |
| Well, it begins with the girl saying four lines of very profound things. Hence, "I woke you up and I slit the throat of your confidence" seems to refer to him bringing her out of her state of constant thought about the world and our minds and time and breaking her barrier of confidence about all this thought, and because she no longer was so serious and quiet and pensieve they were able to laugh about things and be happy and that made him feel alright. I think she is the ship that is made to sink, and he is the one who is trying to save her even though he knows it is in vain because of her screwed up life. He loves her. However, he can't change her. He can wake her up from her sadness and make it go away for a night so they can laugh and be together, but it can't always happen. No idea what he's thankful for. | |
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Jay the Hellrac Average |
#12 by Jay the Hellracer... at Jan 20, 1990 at 6:28 PM EST |
| personally, i think the song is about how differnt the girl is, and thanks for all that she has had to put him through for her screwed up kind of life. but becuase he knows her so well, he wouldnt leave her, but thier are times he gets tired of it all the shit that she has put him through. but he has to get it all out, in this song. | |
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Brandon Average |
#13 by Brandon Weathers at Jan 23, 1992 at 2:50 PM EST |
| ***BTW....I personally believe that the line "her zombie Mom and Dad live in a separate house of freaks" is alluding to his relationship with Charlize Theron, who witnessed her father die after being shot by her mother. "Zombie" symbolizing the terror of the haunting memory that won't die, which adversely affected their relationship.*** | |
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Ultra Violet Average |
#14 by Ultra Violet at Mar 31, 1992 at 9:57 PM EST |
| Eck, maybe not. But it sounds like it. | |
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JJ Average |
#15 by JJ at Jul 27, 1992 at 10:39 AM EST |
| this is pretty easy to break down if you spend the time... It's all in your mind, she said The darkness and the light The clock it bleeds for you But you never got the time in right I woke you up And I slit the throat of your confidence And we laughed in the night And I felt all right This is about a boy and a girl, a girl who is an outcast, and has problems. the boy got to know her, past her reputation, which isn't a good one. he slit the throat of her confidence, meaning she doesn't intimidate him. once they get past this barrier, they actually have a lot in common. (laughed through the night. All hands on deck boys Cause this ship was made to sink Your swabber salutes you now But I know what he's thinking This basically means that all the friends and family of the boy don't like that he is with this girl. all the people who are openly against this relationship say that he is gonna go down with her, and the 'swabbers' are his friends, who support him, but still think the same thing everyone else does I woke you up And I slit the throat of your confidence And we laughed in the night And I felt all right Thanks a lot, Thanks a lot, Thanks a lot same thing as the first one, I woke you up meaning that he surprised her, and broke her barrier. The clothes she wears mis-fit And she's nervous when she speaks Her zombie mom and dad Live in a separate house of freaks this shows that the girl isn't screwed up, just different. deep down she is actually really insecure(nervouse when she speaks). she dresses a certain way that society doesn't approve of. we find out that she is messed up because her parents are divorced, and both of her families(mom and stepdad, dad and step mom) are all fucked up. I woke you up And I slit the throat of your confidence And we laughed in the night And I felt all right Thanks a lot, Thanks a lot, Thanks a lot blah blah blah, you know this one I'm the one for you Cause I know all the dirty things you like to do I'm the fear in your eyes I'm the fire in your flies I'm the sound that's buzzing around your head Thanks a lot, Thanks a lot Thanks a lot, Thanks a lot this is explaining that they are ment for each other. they are perfect, with her fucked up life, and his compasion for her. he truely loves her, and thats what she needed. they both saved each other from mundane lives that probably would have either ended early, or gotten worse. "Thanks a lot" is them saying thanks to society. these are both people, and everyone was against them. they are perfect for each other, and it is basically saying "thanks a lot for your support. if i listened to you i wouldn't have all this joy" hope that helps. and remember, this is my view of it, it could be wrong. | |
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