F Stop Blues Chords & Tabs
Jack Johnson
F-stop Blues
From album Brushfire Fairytales
By Jake Cootes
This is jacks best song and this tab is absolutely perfect
it is also heaps of fun to play
Tuning standard EADGBE
Intro play slowly
E------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
B------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
G----------9-----(9)\----|---------4----------|----------2------------------|
D----------9h11---9-\----|-------- 4h6--4-----|----2h4-----2h0---------2----|
A-----11-----------------|-----5\6------------|-0---------------2--2h4---2\-|
E--0---------------------|-4------------------|-----------------------------|
E------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
B------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
G----------9------(9)\---|----------4----------|---------2------------------|
D----------9h11----9-\---|----------4h6--4-----|----2h4-----2h0---------2---|
A-----11-----------------|----5\6--------------|-0--------------2--2h4----2-|
E--0---------------------|-4-------------------|----------------------------|
Verse x6
E-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G------4---------------4------|-----------2----------2----------------------|
D------4h6\4--------4-----4---|------2h4----------4-----2-------------------|
A--------------2--------------|--0-----------0------------------------------|
E--0--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
After the verse you play
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------4------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------5\6--------------6\---------------------------------------|
A---0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Then you play the intro again
E------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
B------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
G----------9-----(9)\----|---------4----------|----------2------------------|
D----------9h11---9-\----|-------- 4h6--4-----|----2h4-----2h0---------2----|
A-----11-----------------|-----5\6------------|-0---------------2--2h4---2\-|
E--0---------------------|-4------------------|-----------------------------|
E------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
B------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
G----------9------(9)\---|----------4----------|---------2------------------|
D----------9h11----9-\---|----------4h6--4-----|----2h4-----2h0---------2---|
A-----11-----------------|----5\6--------------|-0--------------2--2h4----2-|
E--0---------------------|-4-------------------|----------------------------|
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Then it goes
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------2-------------------4-------------------------------------------|
D-----2h4-------2h0-------4\6--------6/-------------------------------------|
A--0------------------2-----------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
then you the first half of the intro
E------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
B------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
G----------9-----(9)\----|---------4----------|----------2------------------|
D----------9h11---9-\----|-------- 4h6--4-----|----2h4-----2h0---------2----|
A-----11-----------------|-----5\6------------|-0---------------2--2h4---2\-|
E--0---------------------|-4------------------|-----------------------------|
Then
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------2-----------------------9-------------------------------------|
D------2h4----------2h0--------/11--------/11-------------------------------|
A--0----------------------2-------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar Solo
E----------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------|
B--------------9-------|------------------|----------9--------|-------------|
G--------/11-----11----|--9--------9------|-----/11-----/11---|-9-----------|
D--6-------------------|------/11-----/11-|--6----------------|--------6----|
A----------------------|------------------|-------------------|----/9----9--|
E----------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------------|
Then you play the verse which is
E-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G------4---------------4------|-----------2----------2----------------------|
D------4h6\4--------4-----4---|------2h4----------4-----2-------------------|
A--------------2--------------|--0-----------0------------------------------|
E--0--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
then it is the outro
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
you hold the seven for 11 beats than
E------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G---------2-----------2------2-------|-----------4--------------------------|
D---------2h4---2-----2h4----2h4--2--|-----5\6-------6/---------------------|
A-----4------------------------------|-0------------------------------------|
E--2---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
And thats the whole song tabbed