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Two Weeks From Twenty Tab

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This is Two Weeks From Twenty. It's about a kid that goes into war and dies. It really
me of Fahrenheit 911. It's almost the same story. This song is in standard tuning, some
it has some awkward positioning. This song has a great solo, you don't have to be too
to sound good while playing it.
Order:
INTRO
VERSE
CHORUS
VERSE
CHORUS
SOLO
CHORUS
OUTRO
INTRO/CHORUS ELECTRIC
E-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B-------10----------10----|-----8-------8---|-----------------|
G-------10----------10----|-----9-------9---|-----7-------7---|
D-10-10----10-10-10----10-|-9-9---9-9-9---9-|-----8-------8---|
A--8--8-----8--8--8-----8-|-7-7---7-7-7---7-|-7-7---7-7-7---7-|
E-------------------------|-----------------|-8-8---8-8-8---8-|
E-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
B-------10----------10----|--------9-----------9----|-------9--------9---|
G-------10----------10----|-------10----------10----|-------9--------9---|
D-10-10----10-10-10----10-|-10-10----10-10-10----10-|-11-11---11-8-8---8-|
A--8--8-----8--8--8-----8-|--8--8-----8--8--8-----8-|--9--9----9-9-9---9-|
E-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|
ACOUSTIC JOINS IN
E-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B-------10----------10----|-------10----------10----|-------10----------10----|
G-------10----------10----|-------10----------10----|-------10----------10----|
D-10-10----10-10-10----10-|-10-10----10-10-10----10-|--9--9-----9--9--9-----9-|
A--8--8-----8--8--8-----8-|--8--8-----8--8--8-----8-|-10-10----10-10-10----10-|
E-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E-------------------------|
B-------10----------10----|
G--------9-----------9----|
D--9--9-----9--9--9-----9-|
A-10-10----10-10-10----10-|
E-------------------------|
VERSE
E-0-0---0---0-0-0-|-0-0---0---0-0-0-|-2-2---2---2-2-2-|-2-2---2---2-2-2-|
B-2-2---2---2-2-2-|-5-5---5---5-5-5-|-3-3---3---3-3-3-|-1-1---1---1-1-1-|
G-2-2---2---2-2-2-|-6-6---6---6-6-6-|-2-2---2---2-2-2-|-2-2---2---2-2-2-|
D-2-2---2---2-2-2-|-5-5---5---5-5-5-|-0-0---0---0-0-0-|-0-0---0---0-0-0-|
A-0-0---0---0-0-0-|-0-0---0---0-0-0-|-0-0---0---0-0-0-|-0-0---0---0-0-0-|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Jimmy wasn't really popular, he had a couple of friends back home
E-1-1---1---1-1-1-|-3-3---3---3-3-3-|-0-0---0---0-0-0-|    |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B-1-1---1---1-1-1-|-3-3---3---3-3-3-|-1-1---1---1-1-1-|    |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
G-2-2---2---2-2-2-|-4-4---4---4-4-4-|-0-0---0---0-0-0-|    |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D-3-3---3---3-3-3-|-5-5---5---5-5-5-|-2-2---2---2-2-2-|    |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A-----------------|-----------------|-3-3---3---3-3-3-| X2 |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|    |-----------------|
But sooner or later they're all getting out, so he had to join up alone
SOLO
E-3s5---3h5p3----------------------5--8-8h10p8-------7h8p7---------7-8-10--8-10|
B-------------5---3h5-3-----------------------10-----------8-10----------------|
G-----------------------4-2p0--0h2---------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-13-11--11--11-14s15-13---------13---------13------------------------------|
B------13--13-----------16-13------15--15b----15------------------13-14-15--|
G------------------------------------15---------14-12---12h13-14------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------13----17-13-----------|
B-17--17-16-15------13h15--15-------15---------|
G--------------14---------------------14-12b14-|
D----------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|
OUTRO
After last verse, play this six times:
E-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B-------10----------10----|-------10----------10----|-------10----------10----|
G-------10----------10----|-------10----------10----|-------10----------10----|
D-10-10----10-10-10----10-|-10-10----10-10-10----10-|--9--9-----9--9--9-----9-|
A--8--8-----8--8--8-----8-|--8--8-----8--8--8-----8-|-10-10----10-10-10----10-|
E-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E-------------------------|
B-------10----------10----|
G--------9-----------9----|
D--9--9-----9--9--9-----9-|
A-10-10----10-10-10----10-|
E-------------------------|
End with this chord:
E-------|
B-------|
G-10----|
D-10----|
A--8----|
E-------|
Well, thats the gyst of it. Let me know if something should be changed.

Two Weeks From Twenty Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Kyle Average	#1 by Kyle Lester at Oct 3, 2007 at 7:02 AM EST
	geez, dnask8, think that you didn't do enough swearing in your post? anyway, i agree with yellowcardr0ck. he basically said everything that i feel about this song. and dnask8, one more thing, if you don't like Yellowcard, then whine about it somewhere else. i'm pretty sure that the people who post on this are fans of yellowcard and don't wanna hear your junk.

No Picture alex Average	#2 by alex at Oct 3, 2007 at 11:22 PM EST
	Ya they made the video into a war song, But if you listen to what the WRITER of the song said it is about his fauther dieing. It wasnt written to be an anti war song.

No Picture Charley Rhythm Player	#3 by Charley Hockin at Oct 4, 2007 at 1:07 AM EST
	yellowcardr0ck dominates once again.. ur posts are actually good. ty for the intelligent posts.

No Picture Rene Average	#4 by Rene Salojärvi at Oct 5, 2007 at 6:46 PM EST
	hehehe...I also agree with yellowcardr0ck! also I really like this song..it's very jazzy!!! :)

No Picture brian Average	#5 by brian haun at Oct 7, 2007 at 5:42 PM EST
	Hmm I thought this site was for posting about what the songs mean not about what you think about the war and what not. Well I really like Yellow Card's new album. I think they did a great job.

No Picture Ultra Violet Average	#6 by Ultra Violet at Oct 7, 2007 at 6:08 PM EST
	For starters, I want to be clear that I have no problem with dnask8's opinions. Everyone's entitled to think what they want; the post just would've been more effective if he didn't keep assuming that everyone here was a "dumb fuck." That took it beyond debate and into flaming. (And yes, I voted in the last election.) Anyway, regardless of your stance on the war, I didn't expect to see everyone up at arms over the lyrics "All he had was a line for his name/ So he could sign away his right to be proud." I interpreted these lines differently. Part of the goal of military training is to break down the individual so you can build up the group. You can't successfully fight a war if every soldier is sitting there thinking only of himself and of his own ideas of what should be done. I took "his right to be proud" as self-pride and self-focus, not national pride. Signing up for the military made Jimmy part of a mass of soldiers instead of an individual, which is good for the purposes of war. If I'm incorrect in the meaning here, then I am sorry and I understand why people are upset - saying that signing up for war takes away pride in your country is asinine. However, I fail to see the connection between this song and the abuse of Vietnam era soldiers. The problem then was that protestors took their hatred of the war out on drafted soldiers. This song isn't saying that the war is Jimmy's fault - it's giving a face to the casualties of war. All we hear on television is "four troops died today." These people have names, and their deaths impact everyone they know. Yes, this song is anti-Bush. Yes, this song is anti-war. This is all obvious. But is not against the individual soldier. The main theme of this song is war, but it also has another theme that no one has mentioned yet - there are few job opportunities in this country for those who do not complete college. ("Jimmy never had a reason to stay/ Cause all the factories shut down"). This is a very real problem - I've seen it worsening in the past few years in my hometown. There's too many people and too few jobs to fill. Even those who do complete a degree may face difficulty in securing a job, depending on their field of interest. As for the sound of the song itself, I wasn't really impressed. Don't flame me, I'm not a Yellowcard-hater, I just don't care as much for this song. Sorry that was pretty long. If you have anything to add or anything you disagree with me about, I'll gladly read your response. :)

No Picture josh Average	#7 by josh stagel at Oct 8, 2007 at 4:33 AM EST
	Its actually my 2nd favorite song off of L and S. I don't why though... its totally different sound for yellowcard. I just love the infectiously good sounding chorus.

No Picture brad Average	#8 by brad at Oct 12, 2007 at 5:00 PM EST
	Whether or not it was written [wmuwse], for anti war purposes, thats beside the fact, the fact is that hes hating on a band because of one song, which shouldnt be the case. If he didnt know what it was a bout, and saw the video.. then he would, in theory, hate GD too because he is a die hard conservative. Ok, enough of debate cuz dnask8 will get owned. Back to the greatness of this song..

No Picture Colin Wanna Be	#9 by Colin Gauld at Oct 13, 2007 at 8:56 AM EST
	to me this is a song about a guy who was never really good at anything that wanted to be great so he went off to fight a war but was no good at fighting either and died its really tragic very sad shows what a waste war really is

No Picture Freddy Badass	#10 by Freddy Timmons at Oct 15, 2007 at 2:16 AM EST
	Still no shame from the man to blame: Bush declared war, and yes, there's still no shame from the guy. Really good song.

No Picture Freddy Badass	#11 by Freddy Timmons at Oct 15, 2007 at 7:36 AM EST
	Way to represent, dnask8 (Rolls eyes) Next time you try to make an intellegent argument, try your very best not to sound like a total idiot. I agree with your position, I guess, but, dude, the way that you said it was just childish and it reflects bad on all conservatives. Don't fit the stereotype.

No Picture Josh Professional	#12 by Josh Wilson at Oct 15, 2007 at 4:12 PM EST
	Well, I would just like to defend dnask8 for getting his point across (no matter how immaturely with all of the cussing), and that I am never a fan of bands getting political. When I say that, I am also including the stereotypical country singer. This song is obviously a poorly-written song that might as well been called "I Love Cindy Sheehan". Now yellowcardr0ck, I have several questions for you: 1.) Are you old enough to vote? 2.) Are you currently, or have you ever been in the armed forces? 3.) Do you determine most of your song meanings by their music video? Now, I am guessing that your answers will be a "no" to the first two, and a "yes" to the last one. I have many friends in the military, several of which are in Iraq. As for myself, I will be joining the California Air National Guard to do what I can in between running a business. Both my sister and her boyfriend are in the Army, and I have nothing but respect for them and everything they do, regardless of what my feeling would be on the Iraq war. When bands attempt to be deep and political, it just flashes their naivete for everyone to see. Case in point would be the line with: "All he had was a line for his name So he could sign away his right to be proud" This alone is enough for me to be turned off completely from Yellowcard as anything but another band ranting about politics. As dnask8 said, are they implying that there is no pride in serving your country? It is this exact mindset that people in the 60's had when they would spit on veterans returning from Vietnam. This is on the same level of that type of behavior, and frankly it dusgusts me at the contempt they have towards the very people defending their right to acting this way. yellowcardr0ck, do not try to make every song political just like Green Day has done. Their song "Wake Me Up When September Ends" has nothing to do with the war, yet they somehow manage to make the entire music video about it. While I was watching that video, with it flashing from video of Green Day playing their songs to a video of a group of soldiers fighting in whar is assumed to be Iraq, it just made me realize how disgusting it is for them to exploit a noble thing such as serving your country into a backdrop for their song. All that I can say about the comment that you made about most bands being liberal just makes me laugh at how people doing something requiring little to no brain power (playing in a band) somehow become political pundits. Anyway, I hope you do not take what I said personally, I just find it sickening how everyone tries to politicize everything. I think that Alice Cooper put it best: "I call it treason against rock 'n' roll because rock is the antithesis of politics. Rock should never be in bed with politics."

No Picture Lenny Judd (Pap Wanna Be	#13 by Lenny Judd (Papa Smurf) at Oct 18, 2007 at 11:39 AM EST
	Ya they made the video into a war song, But if you listen to what the WRITER of the song said it is about his fauther dieing. It wasnt written to be an anti war song.

No Picture Conar Wanna Be	#14 by Conar Gillard at Oct 21, 2007 at 5:58 AM EST
	"Go listen to Wake me up when September Ends by greenday, you'll hate them too" Well, for one that song truly is not ment to be about the war or anything. Billie wrote the song about his dad dying in september, hence wake me up when september ends... I like dnask8 have lost a little bit for yellowcard. Maybe its my views. To me, this song is an anti-war, Bush song. But, like dnask8 said, because of these soldiers, they have a freedom to write these songs.