Jack Johnson

Posters(Tabs)

Jack Johnson

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Key: C#

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	        INTRO part 1 
  ----5--------5-----7-9h12p9------------ 
  ----5--------5-----7-------12-9h12p9--- 
  ----6--------6-----8----------------11- 
  ----7--------7-----9------------------- 
  ----7--------7-----9------------------- 
  -5~-5--5-x-5-5--7~-7------------------- 
 
  INTRO part 2 
  repeat x2 
  |-------------------------------------------------- 
  |----------------------9-9-9----------------------- 
  |.---------------------9-9-9----------------------- 
  |.-----9h11p9----9--9--9-9-9/11-11-11-14-13-11-9-9- 
  |---11--------11----------------------------------- 
  |-0--------------------7-7-7/-9--9--9-12-11--9-7-7- 
 
  --------------------------------------------------| 
  ----------------------9-9-9-----------------------| 
  ----------------------9-9-9----------------------.| 
  ------9h11p9----9-9---9-9-9/11-11-11-5-5-7-7-----.| 
  ---11--------11-----------------------------------| 
  -0------------------0-7-7-7/-9--9--9-3-3-5-5------| 
 
Also, instead of playing these two strings, you can slide a bar 
chords down the neck.  It ends up as Hammer on a C# on the 9th fret, 
E bar chord on the 7th, Eb on the 6th, C# on the 6th, and a B on the 
second.  Depends on what type of sound you want, I've(Reed) seen Jack do 
this one live, but he does the other one as well 
 
 
VERSE 
---7~-7------7~-7-----7~-7------7~-7-- 
---9~-9------9~-9-----9~-9------9~-9-- 
---9~-9------9~-9-----9~-9------9~-9-- 
---9~-9------9~-9-----9~-9------9~-9-- 
---7~-7------7~-7-----7~-7------7~-7-- 
-0-------7-7--------9-------7-7------- 
Looking at himself but wishing he was someone else 
Because the posters on the wall they don't look alike him at all 
 
So he ties it up he puts it in, he pulls it back and gives a grin 
Laughing at himself because he knows he ain't loved at all 
 
  Chorus type thing... 
  |---5------5----7------7- 
  |---5------5----7------7- 
  |.--6------6----8------8- 
  |.--7------7----9------9- 
  |---7------7----9------9- 
  |-5-5--5-5-5--7-7--7-7-7- 
 
  He gets his courage from the can, 
  It makes him feel like a man 
  Because he's loving all the ladies 
  But the ladies don't love him at all 
 
  ----------------------7-7-----7~-7-----7~-7--| 
  ----------------------9-9-----9~-9-----9~-9--| 
  ----------------------9-9-----9~-9-----9~-9-.| 
  ------9h11p9----9-9---9-9-----9~-9-----9~-9-.|repeat x 2 
  ---11--------11-------7-7-----7~-7-----7~-7--|then back to verse 
  -0------------------0-------9------7-7-------| 
 
  (repeat Chorus type thing here) 
  Cause when he's not drunk 
  He's only stuck on himself 
  And then he has the nerve 
  To say he needs a decent girl 
 
(back to VERSE pattern) 
Looking at herself but wishing she was someone else 
Because the body of the dolly don't a-look like hers at all 
 
So she straps it on, she sucks it in, she throws it up but gives a grin 
Laughing at herself because she knows she ain't that at all 
 
  
  (Chorus type thing here) 
  Caught up in the trends 
  You know the truth began to bend 
  And the next thing you man 
  There just ain't no truth left at all 
 
  Cause when the pretty girl walks 
  She walks so proud 
  And when the pretty girl laughs 
  Oh man, she laughs so loud 
 
    BRIDGE type thing 
    |--7~-7---5~-5---4~-4---2~-2--|repeat x2 
    |--9~-9---7~-7---5~-5---4~-4--|then intro 
    |.-9~-9---7~-7---6~-6---4~-4-.|part 2 x 2 
    |.-9~-9---7~-7---6~-6---4~-4-.|then back to 
    |--7~-7---5~-5---4~-4---2~-2--|verse for the 
    |-----------------------------|rest of the song 
    And if it ain't this then its that 
    As a matter of fact 
    She hasn't had a day to relax 
    Since she has lost her ability to think clearly 
 
  (do INTRO part 2 x 2) 
 
(back to VERSE pattern, but often silent and with the second  
part of the Chorus being played here and there...) 
 
Well I'm an energetic apathetic version of another person 
Check out my outsides there ain't nothing in here 
 
 
  

	        

Written by Jack Johnson

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