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Sleep Through the Static - Jack Johnson
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Tabbed by: _musicupthebutt
Email: chazzruiz@comcast.net
Hi all. This is my first tab I have ever written, and I wanted to make it a good one. I
guarantee you that this tab is 1000% correct, so use it to your pleasure. Enjoy!
Chords Used
e|----0----X----0----3----1----0----|
B|----1----3----1----0----1----0----|
G|----0----0----2----0----2----0----|
D|----2----0----2----0----3----2----|
A|----3----2----0----2----3----2----|
E|----X----X----X----3----1----0----|
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Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Verse
c Am
“Trouble travels fast…
e||---------8------------8-----------5-----------5--|
B||o--------8------------8-----------5-----------5--|
G||---------9------------9-----------5-----------5--|
D||-------------------------------------------------|
A||o------------------------------------------------|
E||------8-------0-8--8------0-0--5------0-5--5-----|
e|--------7------------7-----------1-----------1--|
B|--------8------------8-----------1-----------1--|
G|--------9------------9-----------2-----------2--|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-0-7--------0-7--7------7-0-------------------|
E|------------------------------1------0-1-0-1----|
e|---------8-----------8----------5----------5--|
B|---------8-----------8----------5----------5--|
G|---------9-----------9----------5----------5--|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|---0------------------------------------------|
E|-3----8------0-8-0-8------0-0-5-----0-5--5----|
1.______________(play this 1st time around)______________________________
…Somebody who’s pretending to care…
e|---------7-----------7----------1------------1/10-------||
B|---------8-----------8----------1----------------------o||
G|---------9-----------9----------2-----------------------||
D|--------------------------------------------------------||
A|---0-0-7------0-7--7------7-0---------------------0-0--o||
E|------------------------------1-----0-1-0-1-------------||
2._______________(Play this 2nd time around)__________
…Or you can sleep through the static”
e|-----7------------7-----------1---1/3--3--|
B|-----8------------8-----------1---1/3--3--|
G|-----9------------9-----------2---2/4--4--|
D|------------------------------3---3/5--5--|
A|--7-------0-7--7-------7------------------|
E|-------------------------0-1--------------|
Chorus
But who needs sleep when we’ve got love?
Who needs keys when we’ve got clubs?
Who needs please when we’ve got guns?
Who needs peace when we’ve gone above,
but beyond where we should have gone?
We went beyond where we should have gone.
Repeat Verse
Repeat Chorus
Outro/Guitar Solo
e|--------------------------------------8---8--8-----8----10|
B|---------------------------------------------8h10--8----10|
G|-7b9-----------5b7r5-5b7r5----10b12-------------------9---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------10-10------10-10------10-10------10\5-|
B|-------10-10------10-10------10-10------10\5-|
G|--12b14------12b14------12b14------12b14-----|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
e|--------5--5\3----------------------8----8----8-8-----10-10|
B|--------5--5\3----------------------8h10-8h10-8-8-----10-10|
G|-7b9-----------5b7r5-5b7r5----10b12-----------------9------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
e|------10-10------10-10------10-10------10\5-----------------|
B|------10-10------10-10------10-10------10\5-----------------|
G|-12b14------12b14------12b14------12b14------7b9------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
And that’s it. If you have any questions/comments/concerns or want to correct any
I may have made, contact me at my email or leave a memo on my profile.
| r return from bend
| b bend
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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