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Mediocre Bad Guys - Jack Johnson
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Tabbed by: Cody McIntosh
Email: mccowboy@hotmail.com
Tuning: Normal - EADGBe
Chords
B D A G E Emaj
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e|-7-|-5-|-5-|-3-|-7-|-0-|
B|-7-|-7-|-5-|-3-|-9-|-0-|
G|-8-|-7-|-6-|-4-|-9-|-1-|
D|-9-|-7-|-7-|-5-|-9-|-2-|
A|-9-|-5-|-7-|-5-|-7-|-2-|
E|-7-|-x-|-5-|-3-|-x-|-0-|
Intro x3
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e|-7--7--------5--5--------5--5--------3-3-7-7-5-5-7-7|
B|-7--7--------7--7--------5--5--------3-3-7-7-7-7-9-9|
G|-8--8--------7--7--------6--6--------4-4-8-8-7-7-9-9|
D|-9--9--------7--7--------7--7--------5-5-9-9-7-7-9-9|
A|-9--9-7/9\7--5--5-7/9\7--7--7-7/9\7--5-5-9-9-5-5-7-7|
E|-7--7--------x--x--------5--5--------3-3-7-7-x-x-x-x|
verse 1
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B A Emaj
Don't give me no comic book sad looks no more,
B A Emaj
please don't use those same excuses you've used before,
B A Emaj
mmmh mhhmmm, mmmh mhh, mmmh mmmh
B A Emaj
you told yourself so many times it's okay,
B A Emaj
so be good to try, but you just don't know how to come back down,
chorus
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B
and now you beat me up and break me down,
D
hopeing i don't come around,
A GGBBDDEE
kick me when i'm on the ground,
B
beat me up, break me down,
D
hopeing i don't come around,
A GGBBDDEE
kick me when i'm on the ground,
solo
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e|--7-7-7---------------------------------------|
B|--7-7-7---------------------------------------|
G|--8-8----9--7----------7~---------7~-------7~-|
D|--9-9----------9--7h9-----------7----9-7h9----|
A|--9-9-----------------------7h9---------------|
E|--7-7-----------------------------------------|
e|--7-------------------------------------------|
B|--7----------------------------------10-------|
G|-----9--7----------7~---------7~-9/11--11\9~--|
D|-----------9--7h9-----------7-----------------|
A|------------------------7h9-------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jack_johnson/mediocre_bad_guys_crd.html ]
verse 2
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B A Emaj
well how about those people i know, but you know the ones i mean,
B A Emaj
not so good, not so bad, only know what they have, and they have only what they've seen, ohh
B A Emaj
them mediocre bad guys don't let them bring you down,
B A Emaj
they can't be defeated, and you know, they're never going to come around,
chorus
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B
they just, beat me up and break me down,
D
hopeing i don't come around,
A GGBBDDEE
kick me when i'm on the ground,
B
beat me up, and break me down,
D
hopeing i don't come around,
A GGBBDDEE
kick me when i'm on the ground,
B
beat me up, and break me down,
D
hopeing i don't come around,
A GGBBDDEE
kick me when i'm on the ground,
B
beat me up, and break me down,
D
hopeing i don't come around,
A GGBBDDEE
kick me when i'm on the ground,
B
beat me up, break me down,
D
hopeing i don't come around,
A GGBBDDEE
kick me when i'm on the ground,
B
beat me up, break me down,
D
hopeing i don't come around,
A GGBBDDEE
kick me when i'm on the ground,
Outro x3
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e|-7----------5----------5----------3-3-7-7-5-5-7-7|
B|-7----------7----------5----------3-3-7-7-7-7-9-9|
G|-8----------7----------6----------4-4-8-8-7-7-9-9|
D|-9----------7----------7----------5-5-9-9-7-7-9-9|
A|-9---7/9\7--5---7/9\7--7---7/9\7--5-5-9-9-5-5-7-7|
E|-7----------x----------5----------3-3-7-7-x-x-x-x|
verse 3 (sometimes included in live version)
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B A Emaj
well, somebody's something was left in the room, and now that it's gone of course we assume,
B A Emaj
that somebody else needed something so bad, that they took everything somebody had,
B A Emaj
somebody saw him jump yeah but nobody saw him slip, i guess he lost a lot of hope
and then he lost his grip,
B A Emaj
and now he's lying in the freeway in the middle of this mess, I guess we lost
another one, just like the other one,
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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