Dont Believe A Thing I Say Chords & Tabs
Dont Believe A Thing I Say Tab
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DONT BELIEVE A THING I SAY - Jack Johnson
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Tabbed by:em1d
E-mail:mattwund@gmail.com
Tuning: A# F A# F A# D
Intro and Main Riff -- slide up w/ both middle and ring fingers
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------0-------------------------0-------------------------------------|
G|---------4---0------0--------------4---0-----0-----------------------------|
D|----2/4--------4------4---4----2/4-------4-----4---4-----------------------|
A|-----------------0------0------------------0-----0-------------------------|
E|-0---------------------------0---------------------------------------------|
Verse Riff 1 -- barre 5th fret. 2x Then back to main riff.
e|-5--------5--------------5--------5----------------------------------------|
B|----5--------5-----5--------5--------5-----5-------------------------------|
G|-------5--------5--------------5--------5----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------5-------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse Riff 2-- barre 7th fret down to 5th fret
e|-7--------7----------------5--------5------------------------3--0-----0----|
B|----7--------7-----7----------5--------5-----5-----------/5-------0-----0--|
G|-------7--------7----------------5--------5---------0h2-------------0-----0|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-------------------------5-----------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------0------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jack_johnson/dont_believe_a_thing_i_say_tab_ver_2.html ]
Bridge -- The (7) indicates an embellishment that my ear isnt quite sure thats
actually in the song it, but I like it. You can also just leave it out.
e|--------7--8--------------------------7--8---------------------------------|
B|--------------7-----9-------0---------------7-----5-----0------------------|
G|-(7)h9-----------9-----/10-----(7)h9-----------9-----7---------------------|
D|----------------------------0---------------------------0------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------7--8--------------------------7--8---------------------------------|
B|--------------7-----9-------0---------------7-----5-----4-----2-----0------|
G|-(7)h9-----------9-----/10-----(7)h9-----------9-----7-----5-----4-----2---|
D|----------------------------0----------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Back to Main Riff here
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------0---------------------------------|
G|-/4--0---------------------------------4---0-----0-------------------------|
D|--------9-----7-----4-----2-----0--2/4-------4-----4-----------------------|
A|-----------9-----7-----5-----4-----------------0-----0---------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse Riff 3 -- From stars and clouds
e|-2--------2--------------2--------2----------------------------------------|
B|----2--------2-----2--------2--------2-----2-------------------------------|
G|-------2--------2--------------2--------2----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------2-------------------------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
This is the whole song, complete with the bridge, which was absent from my previous version.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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