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IF I HAD EYES - JACK JOHNSON
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Tabbed by: Jamstein
Email: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard
So, here's a tab of Jack's newest single, "If I Had Eyes," which will be officially
on December 11th, ultimately to come out on his album "Sleeping Through The Static," due out
February.
This tab is gonna be very basic, just to give you an idea of how to play the song, and
to expect with regards to chords. It's very simple and straight-forward, so I hope this
you out in some way.
Chords (can be played in any variation, this is just the way i hear it)
D [D5]Alter[A5]nate [G5]form o[Bm]f A5, [Em]for th[A]e chorus
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------3-----8----------7-------------10-------------------------|
G|------------------4-----9-----6----7-------------9--------------------------|
D|--7----14---------4-----9-----7----7-------------7--------------------------|
A|--5----12---5-----2-----7-----7----5----------------------------------------|
E|------------3-----------------5---------------------------------------------|
The little riff
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---10----12\-5------7\-3----0---3-5-3--------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[D5]If I had eyes in the b[A5]ack of my head
I would have[G5] told you that you looked good as [Bm]I walk a[D5]way
(play riff)
[D5]If you could have tried to trust th[A5]e hand that fed
you would have never[G5] been hungry but you'd never reall[Bm]y be...
[D5]( Tab[A5] from[G5]: http[Bm]://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jack_johnson/if_i_had_eyes_tab.html )
[D5] [A5] [G5]
more of[Bm] this or less or is there any difference or are we just holding on to
[Em] [A]
things that we don't have anymore?
Chorus:
Somet[D]imes time doesn[Em]'t heal
[G]no not at a[A5]ll
it ju[D]st stands st[Em]ill
[G]while we fa[A5]ll
in[D] or out of l[Em]ove again
i [G]doubt i'm [A5]gonna
wi[D]n you ba[Em]ck when you've got
[G]eyes like [A5]that
you won't let [A]me in (hear the "Yeah!")
always looking[D5] out > (Play riff here)
woo ooh o[A5]oh, ooh ooh[G5] ooh[Bm][D]
[D5]ooh ooh o[A5]oh, ooh woo[G5] ooh[Bm][D]
Verse 2:
[D5]Lot of people spend their t[A5]ime just floating
we were vic[G5]tims together but lo[Bm]nely
[D5]you got hungry eyes that ju[A5]st can't look forward
can't g[G5]ive them enough, but we [A5]just can't start over (play the riff next)
[D5]building with (thin nails)?, we're f[A5]alling but holding
[G5]i don't want to take up anymo[Em]re of your ti[A]me
[A]time, time, time
Sometimes t[D]ime doesn't h[Em]eal
[G]no not at[A5] all
it j[D]ust stands [Em]still
[G]while we f[A5]all
[D]in or ou[Em]t of love
[G]again i d[A5]oubt i'm gonna
[D]win you ba[Em]ck when you've got
[G]eyes like t[A5]hat
won't let me[A] in
always looking [D5]out
[D5]oooh ooh o[A5]oh, ooh woo o[G5]oh ooh[Bm]
always lookin
D5 A5 G5 Bm (repeat until end)
I know this is a pretty rough tab, but considering that the single hasn't even
been released yet, I hope you can make do. Thanks to casio g.c. from the Jack Johnson message
for the lyrics, which i modified slightly. Enjoy this, and keep listening to JJ.
-Jamstein
