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Artist: tool
Song: jimmy
Album: Ænema
tuning low to high: D A D G B E
Tabbed: by brYan raGue
Visit: www.bryantabcenter.com
§weet §ong. listen to it for the timing (its a little weird)
intro:
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|---------------------------------------| |-12-----------------------|
|-12--0-0-3/12-12-0-0-5/12-12-0-0-1/10--| |-12--------10----------12-|
|-12--0-0-3/12-12-0-0-5/12-12-0-0-1/10--|x6 |-12------10------12-------|
|-12--0-0-3/12-12-0-0-5/12-12-0-0-1/10--| |-12-----------------------|
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|------------|x3
|-131-1/-12-|
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|-12--0-0-3/12-12-0-0-5/12-12-0-0-1/10--|
|-12--0-0-3/12-12-0-0-5/12-12-0-0-1/10--|
|-12--0-0-3/12-12-0-0-5/12-12-0-0-1/10--|
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|--------------------| |----------------------------------------|
|--------------------| |-12--0-0-8/12-12-0-0-10/12-12-0-0-1/10--|
|--------------------|x8 |-12--0-0-8/12-12-0-0-10/12-12-0-0-1/10--|x4
|-0-10-12-0-12h13h12-| |-12--0-0-8/12-12-0-0-10/12-12-0-0-1/10--|
PM-------------------------------------PM
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|--------------------------------|¤ gradually release PM on 4th
|----3----------3----------3-----| time thru ¤
|--5---5-3-5--5---5-3-5--5---5-3-|x4
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PM-----------------------------PM
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|-12--0-0-3/12-12-0-0-5/12-12-0-0-1/10--|
|-12--0-0-3/12-12-0-0-5/12-12-0-0-1/10--|x4
|-12--0-0-3/12-12-0-0-5/12-12-0-0-1/10--|
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|-0-10-12-0-12h13h12--0-10-12-0-12h13h12--0-10-12-0-8-10--|
|-0-10-12-0-12h13h12--0-10-12-0-12h13h12--0-10-12-0-8-10--|
|-0-10-12-0-12h13h12--0-10-12-0-12h13h12--0-10-12-0-8-10--|
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|-12---------------10-| |-12-0-7-0-10-10-0-8-7-5-| |-12-0-7---10^-|
|-12-¤-hold--------10-| |-12-0-7-0-10-10-0-8-7-5-|x3 |-12-0-7-0-10^-|
|-12---------------10-| |-12-0-7-0-10-10-0-8-7-5-| |-12-0-7-0-10^-|
¤ heavy distortion ¤
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|-0-12-10-10-12-13-12-10-12-0-12-10-10-12-13-12-10-12-0-|
|-0-12-10-10-12-13-12-10-12-0-12-10-10-12-13-12-10-12-0-|
|-0-12-10-10-12-13-12-10-12-0-12-10-10-12-13-12-10-12-0-|
PM----------------------------------------------------PM
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|-0-12-10-10-12-13-12-10-12-0-12-10-10-12-13-12-10-12-|
|-0-12-10-10-12-13-12-10-12-0-12-10-10-12-13-12-10-12-|
|-0-12-10-10-12-13-12-10-12-0-12-10-10-12-13-12-10-12-|
PM-------------------------------------------------PM
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|----3-------| |--------------| |----3-------|
|--5---5-3-5-|x8 |--5-5-3-5h6h5-|x8 |--5---5-3-5-|x4
|------------| |---0----------| |------------|
PM----------PM PM----------PM
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|--5-5-3-5h6h5-|x8
|---0----------|
climax of song (3:39)
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|-12--0-0-3/12-12-0-0-5/12-12-0-0-1-10--|
|-12--0-0-3/12-12-0-0-5/12-12-0-0-1-10--|x4
|-12--0-0-3/12-12-0-0-5/12-12-0-0-1-10--|
not sure about this one...
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|-12---6---3---3h5--| |-12---10---12--12h13--|
|-12---6---3---3h5--|x4 |-12---10---12--12h13--|x3
|-12---6---3---3h5--| |-12---10---12--12h13--|
--
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|-12---6---3----8---10-10-|
|-12---6---3----8---10-10-|
|-12---6---3----8---10-10-|
outro:
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|-12--0-0-3/12-12-0-0-5/12-12-0-0-1/10--|
|-12--0-0-3/12-12-0-0-5/12-12-0-0-1/10--|x2
|-12--0-0-3/12-12-0-0-5/12-12-0-0-1/10--|
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|-12--0-0-3/12-12-0-0-5/12-12-0-0-1---10-|
|-12--0-0-3/12-12-0-0-5/12-12-0-0-1---10-|
|-12--0-0-3/12-12-0-0-5/12-12-0-0-1---10-|
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|-12--0-0-3/12-12-0-0-5/12-12-0-0-1---------|
|-12--0-0-3/12-12-0-0-5/12-12-0-0-1-¤-hold--|
|-12--0-0-3/12-12-0-0-5/12-12-0-0-1---------|
and thats it. nothing to it eh?
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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kostas Rhythm Player |
#1 by kostas kouveliotis at Feb 10, 1970 at 11:55 AM EST |
| uppity ...... that story is .... wow... Breath taking, shocking and very moving :o | |
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Lamb Of God Wor Average |
#2 by Lamb Of God Worshiper at Dec 2, 1970 at 12:42 PM EST |
| I know what it's about...it's about that time i had diarrhea and how it shot out of the window onto some guy. My pants are orange. | |
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Scott Average |
#3 by Scott Anderson at May 4, 1974 at 2:14 PM EST |
| i believe this song is about maynards inner child. His real name is James as we all know and Jimmy is sometimes used as a nickname of sorts for james. Think of it as a name people used to call him when he was a kid. anyway something happened when he was 1, either a family member died or moved away (most likely female), and it tormented him. So in the song he talks about coming home to make peace and free his inner child. | |
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austin Average |
#4 by austin pancner at Nov 26, 1975 at 12:12 PM EST |
| aight nvm i figured it out. the light is his hope and longing to connect with himself and to accept his past. we wants to heal and free himself of the pain in his life and the light represents his hope for peace. | |
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Cicely aka Icic Badass |
#5 by Cicely aka Icicles and CSkank Shankle (if u stalk me i will shoot you.) at Jul 25, 1976 at 3:39 AM EST |
| yeah, i can definitely see the thing with his mother and stepfather, the main reason i took it the way i did was that i can relate to it that way.....my girlfriend and i live like 900 miles apart, we talk constantly on the computer and phone but we rarely get to see each other, and so when we do its just hard to leave.....thats why the song meant what it did to me | |
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Darren Wanna Be |
#6 by Darren Pilton at Feb 3, 1979 at 11:52 PM EST |
| While the story concerning the death of Maynard's mother is convincing when listening to this song, it doesn't ring true. This mistake was that of Rolling Stone Magazine (the staff of which later printed a retraction of the article) ; Maynard's mother is actually still among the living. Rather, I tend to agree with idiotic in that she remarried someone Maynard strongly disliked when he was 11, and that the song is about reuniting with his 11-yr-old self in order to come to terms with this stressful period in his past ; coming home, so to speak. | |
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Average |
#7 by nirvana at Jan 10, 1986 at 3:15 PM EST |
| no offence Kenshin, but i hate it when people just write shit like "i love this song" that's not something we want to hear, no offence but i don't give a shit what song you like. the site is called SongMeanings, not WhatSongsILike :drool: | |
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Rebecca Average |
#8 by Rebecca Lira at Aug 23, 1997 at 2:56 AM EST |
| This song is about a young Maynard. Here's the proof, he is Maynard James Keenan; James = Jimmy what little kid wants to go through life being called Maynard? Second the title is lowercase jimmy not Jimmy to show that it's a child. Thirdly Maynard grew up in Ohio, which goes with the lie "under a dead Ohio sky". and lastly eleven is when his mother married his stepfather whom he hates so much as was stated in earlier interviews. | |
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ALEX Lead Player |
#9 by ALEX FOWLER at Sep 27, 1997 at 9:27 PM EST |
| Great story, Uppity, moving and brings the entire song full circle. The alternate personalities of Eleven and Jimmy make quite a lot of sense, and bring together one of the lines I hadn't thought much of in the past: "Until one and one are one." Thanks for the enlightenment. | |
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Fat Man Goz Lead Player |
#10 by Fat Man Goz at Nov 13, 2001 at 6:12 AM EST |
| We all know that it's about his inner child. But even more, it's about reuniting with it and dealing with an experience he had when he was 11. Something happened (read datheR's post) at that age that was very difficult and it's one of those repressed occurances that psychiatrists spend years with patients trying to bring out and get them to accept. He talks about "coming home" maybe not in a literal sense but meaning that he is coming to grasp with the events of eleven. The event left him torn and it almost seems like he's describing a therapy session. "Moving me with a sound Opening me within a gesture Drawing me down and in, Showing me where it all began, Eleven " -Hypnosis? if so, then the rest of the song is about what he saw in that state of hypnosis. It makes sense. Read through and listen to the song with that in mind... | |
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Celebrimbor Rhythm Player |
#11 by Celebrimbor Calaelen at Oct 1, 2007 at 12:12 AM EST |
| i'm not bread... | |
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claireus Wanna Be |
#12 by claireus s at Oct 8, 2007 at 8:59 PM EST |
| does any body know if the story uppity cracker talked about is true? did he really kill his dad? | |
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tim Average |
#13 by tim martin at Oct 9, 2007 at 3:17 AM EST |
| Duke... Parabola is a tool song... and insulting people randomly is not cool. Maybe he added the maynard B/c of Brother Maynard from Monty Python and the holy grail? | |
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Caitlin Rhythm Player |
#14 by Caitlin Carlisle at Oct 18, 2007 at 9:54 PM EST |
| Who fucking cares his real name is James Keenan. He added Maynard later as one of his ultra tongue in cheek jokes that only he and his bandmates really get. Once again I hate you all. | |
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Harry Average |
#15 by Harry Johnson at Oct 20, 2007 at 9:20 AM EST |
| Its about September 11th you dumb fucks!!! "under a dead Ohio sky"...HELLO!!!! Ohio is the polar oposite of New York,... Dumb ass's!!! Maynard is a prophet, DUMB SONS OF BITCHES!,He put it in code so that people in N.Y. wouldnt freak out...HELLO!!!!!! Could you be any stupider?!?!?!? He knew that they had to die...so he put it in code! (jack ass's!) Not even the rest of tool knew about it!!(dumb shits!!!(ASS HOLES)!!!)!!! I have a very educated (unlike you sick shits!!)source...thaT I CAN'T TELL YOU ABOUT!!!! Hugs and Kisses REDRUM158 P.S. YOU ARE ALL INBREAD | |
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«™†Rob†™» Average |
#16 by «™†Rob†™» at Oct 21, 2007 at 5:48 AM EST |
| i read a story, written by a tool fan, on his website. it seemed to fit well to the song. i think you should read it. http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~gavlees/jimmy.txt | |
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