Artist: Jars of Clay
Album: Good Monsters
Song: Work
Intro: I think there may be some string that he leaves open, but here is what I play:
Part 1-
Percussive Octaves D5
|-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-|------------|
|-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-|--3---------|
|-4444-6666-7777-9999-|--2---------| Two times
|-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-|--0---------|
|-2222-4444-5555-7777-|--0---------|
|-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-|------------|
Part 2-
Percussive Octaves again, only you go: B, C#, D, E, F#, G, F#, E
Do that twice.
Verse: You can play a Bm over the single note stuff
1/4 1/4
^ ^ D5
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-2--------------| Twice
|-------------------|-------------------|-0--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-0--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|
Pre Chorus?:
Part 1-
Bm
I don't have...
A
That can give me...
Bm
There is nothing left...
A
That can give me...
Part 2-
G D A/C# Bm
I have no fear of drowning it's the breathing that's taking all this work
~For the A/C#, just play x4765x~
Chorus: Just go up A G Lydian scale: G A B A/C# x2
Back to the Intro riff part 2.
Verse
Pre Chorus 2: For this you can just randomly pick these chords. I'm not sure what
he picks it in, but I don't think it really matters too much.
Bm7 Asus4
|----------|----------|
|-3--------|-3--------| Twice
|-2--------|-2--------|
|-4--------|-2--------|
|-2--------|-0--------|
|----------|----------|
Part 2
G D A/C#
Now all the demons look like prophets and I'm living out
Bm A Bm A
Every word they speak Every word they speak
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jars_of_clay/work_tab_ver_3.html ]
Chorus- G A Bm
G A Bm A/C# x4
Solo: He has delay set so that each repeat sounds as if he is playing a whole step
or lower than he really is... if that makes sense :)
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-9-11-11-9-|-9-11-11-9-|-9-11-11-9-|-9-11-11-9/-|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------15-|
|-14-16-16-14-|-14-16-16-14-|-14-16-16-14-|-14-16-16----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-15-17-17-15-|-15-17-17-15-|-15-17-17-15-|-15-17-17-15-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-15-15-15-15-|-14-14-14-14-|-12-12-12-12-|-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Bass plays E over all of this
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Play the Chorus a few times, then it ends with
G D
I have no fear of drowning
A/C# Bm
It's the breathing that's taking all this work
Enjoy!
