Artist: Jimmy Eat World
Title: Gotta Be Somebody's Blues
Album: Chase This Light
Tuning: Drop-D
*Guitar Intro*
Intro (0:25 | x1)
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D-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-| (8)
Main (0:28 | x3)
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D-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-13-13-13-13-13-13-13\7- (8-7-1)-|
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D-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15- (8-8)-|
Main Variant (1:05 | x1)
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D-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6- (7-1-8)-|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-R-R-R-R- (8-12-4)-|
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D-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15- (8-7-9)-|
Cool Bass-fill thing (1:36 | x1)
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D-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-| (8)
Main (1:42 | x1)
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D-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15- (8-8)-|
Main Variant (1:55 | x1)
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D-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6- (7-1-8)-|
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D-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-R-R-R-R- (8-12-|
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D-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15- (8-7-9)-|
Cool Bass-fill thing (2:26 | x1)
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D-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-| (8)
Interlude (2:32 | x1)
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D-8-8-8-8-R-R-11H12/15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
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D-15-15-13/15-15-17p15-15-15\13-16-| ?
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D-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15- (8-8-8)-|
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D-15-15-15-15-R-R-R-R- (4-4)-|
*Rest*
When you're feeling moot...
Main Variant 2 (3:07 | x1)
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D-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13- (8-8)-|
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D-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| (12)
*guitar*
(3:19)
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D-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15- (8-8-8)-|
Cool Bass-fill thing (3:28 | x1)
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D-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-| (8)
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D-8-8-8-8-R-R-11H12/15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
Cool Bass-fill thing variant (3:41 | x1)
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D-15-15-13/15-15-17p15-15-15\13-16-| ?
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D-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15- (8-8-8)-|
Cool Bass-fill thing variant (3:53 | x1)
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D-15-15-17p15-14-16p14-14-15\13-12/15-| ?
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Cool Bass-fill thing (4:06 | x1)
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*Guitar outro*
----****----|
---Legend---|
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R = Rest, I left them in to help keep time
/ & \ = Slide
p = Pull-off
h = Hammer-on
? = Couldn't figure it out accurately, best guess, improvise if you like
(#-#) = You may have noticed these at the ends of the lines, they're just a quick
for sequential notes, ignore them if they confuse you
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--Comments--
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This is my first tab so go easy... There are a lot of little variations on the bass in
song which is why such a seemingly simple song has such a long
tab. I think it's fairly accurate for the most part. I'm really not sure if this song
between the A string and the E string (D-string with the
tuning, however you wanna look at it) or if it's all on the E string like I have it
here. Try it both ways and see how you like it better.
For example the 'Main' bassline could be:
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A-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------|
D-------------------------------7- (8-7-1)-|
G----------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------|
A-----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--------|
D-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----------------- (8-8)-|
Anyways, enjoy, this is a beautiful song and my favorite on the new album.
Artist: Jimmy Eat World
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