Hand

Jars of Clay

Hand

?If I Left the Zoo?

Written by Jars of Clay, tabbed by David Schroder

Notes about song: The second single from ?If I Left the Zoo? is a loaded

song musically, with at least two acoustic guitars, at least two electric

guitars, along with a prominent organ and various types of percussion. If

you listen closely to the acoustic guitar, there are two of them playing

at different times; the first is played consistently throughout the song,

and is played without a capo. The second, used only for the intro, choruses,

and bridge, is capoed on the fifth fret. I have included chords for both,

with the capoed chords at the bottom.

GUITAR ONE: Acoustic with no capo

GUITAR TWO: Acoustic with capo on 5

INTRO (guitars one and two, electric intro riff)

VERSE ONE (guitar one only)

I?m here waiting

For something new to break my heart

So callous-laden, I can?t feel a thing at all

Will you catch my fall?

CHORUS (guitars one and two, electric chorus riff)

>From lost and not found to run and not hide

My hand inside your hand

Losing my grip

Falling so far

My hand inside

VERSE TWO (just guitar one, electric pre-chorus riff)

Fear is keeping time with the beating of my heart

I?m doing way to much thinking

And it?s tearing me apart

And I feel You reach for me

CHORUS (Guitars one and two, electric chorus riff)

VOCAL BRIDGE (Guitars one and two)

I hear your voice and follow (fills me with joy)

So hard to believe and still I go

INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE (Guitars one and two, electric bridge riff)

CHORUS 2x (Guitars one and two, electric chorus riff for chorus #1,

final chorus riff for chorus 2)

CHORDS:

Guitar one (the high e-string is muted most of the time--listen to it

really closely on the verses--but it sounds okay with standard chords)

Guitar two (first is the guitar one chord, then the chord after capo,

then the tab with fret 5=0 cause of the capo)

e-string w/ thumb if

possible)

ELECTRIC PARTS: Steve plays stuff throughout most of the song with the

exception of the verses where it?s solo acoustic guitar and the vocal

bridge. There is one main theme used throughout the whole song in d4ifferent

fashions, and to be complete I included all the variations of that theme.

There is also a very faint riff in the background of the chorus that changes

slightly each time.

INTRO RIFF:

PRE-CHORUS RIFF (only before chorus #2)

last two chords:

NO PARTS DURING VOCAL BRIDGE

BRIDGE RIFF (during instrumental bridge)

There ya go. Questions, comments, email me at [email protected].

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