Jars of Clay
Grace-Acoustic Chords
"If I Left the Zoo"
Music and lyrics by Jars of Clay, tabbed by David Schroder
NOTES ABOUT SONG: During the verses, all the instruments but bass and
acoustic guitar drop out.
INTRO
Bm/F# A E (4x)
play electric intro riff starting the 3nd time through
VERSE ONE
Bm A E
God, I admit I haven't changed
Bm A E
Playing card houses still covering my landscape
Bm F#m E
I never expected you to stay
Bm F#m E
When I'm grabbing for these crumbs and cold loose change
CHORUS
D A Bm
I feel your grace come running over every road
D A G
I love the way You're calling overflow
D A Bm
I feel your grace come running over every road
D A B
You break the floodgates down and carry all
BRIDGE-TO-CHORUS TRANSITION
Bm A E (2x)
play electric post-chorus riff during above chords
VERSE TWO
Bm A E
God, I admit I've loved these chains
Bm A E
And crawling around this cage sometimes has its advantages
Bm F#m E
I know someday this could get old
Bm F#m B
And I'll need your healing water to find my home
CHORUS
INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE
B A E/G# E (3x)
B A G
play electric bridge solo on top of above chords
CHORUS
no music for the first line, only acoustic strums for the second
line
REPEAT CHORUS
after chorus, repeat post-chorus electric riff and chords then outro riff to end
CHORDS:
Bm/F# and Bm 224432
A 002220
E 022100
E/G# 422100
F#m 244220
G 320033
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jars_of_clay/grace_tab_ver_2.html ]
NOTES ABOUT ELECTRIC GUITAR PARTS: These are the tabs for the major electric
solos, and there's frankly not too much variety in them cause they mainly
accentuate the main musical theme of the song. You can hear Steve's
electric during the chorus, but the verses are solo acoustic guitar.
Intro riff (remember: starts third time through chord
progression)
|-7-|-5----0h2-|-0-----|-7-|-5-|-10s7-|
|---|----------|---3-0-|---|---|------|
|---|----------|-------|---|---|------|
|---|----------|-------|---|---|------|
|---|----------|-------|---|---|------|
|---|----------|-------|---|---|------|
Bm A E Bm A E
Post-chorus riff
|-7-|-5----0h2-|-0-----|-7-|-5----0h2-|-0-----|
|---|----------|---3-0-|---|----------|---3-0-|
|---|----------|-------|---|----------|-------|
|---|----------|-------|---|----------|-------|
|---|----------|-------|---|----------|-------|
|---|----------|-------|---|----------|-------|
Bm A E Bm A E
Bridge riff (starts on the 3rd measure, or the E/G# chord)
|----|---------|--|-----|-----------|-----------------|
|-0--|-2h3-0-0-|--|-0-0-|-0-2h3-0-0-|-------------4-4-|
|----|---------|--|-----|-----------|-4-4-2-2-4-4-----|
|----|---------|--|-----|-----------|-----------------|
|----|---------|--|-----|-----------|-----------------|
|----|---------|--|-----|-----------|-----------------|
E/G# E A B E/G# E
|-7-|-5-7-|-7--|10h12-|-7-|-7-|--|---|
|---|-----|----|------|---|---|--|-0-|
|---|-----|----|------|---|---|--|---|
|---|-----|----|------|---|---|--|---|
|---|-----|----|------|---|---|--|---|
|---|-----|----|------|---|---|--|---|
B A E/G# E B A G G
Outro riff
|-7-|-5----0h2-|-0-----|---|---|-7-|
|---|----------|---3-0-|---|---|---|
|---|----------|-------|---|---|---|
|---|----------|-------|---|---|---|
|---|----------|-------|---|---|---|
|---|----------|-------|---|---|---|
Bm A E Bm A B
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