Boy On A String Chords & Tabs
Boy On A String - Jars Of Clay
All Guitars EABEBE Tuning (capo 3)
That stuff underneath the TAB is the length of each note. 'e' is an
eighth note, 's' is a sixteenth note, 'e.' is a doted eighth note, and
so on. The '/' between two notes means that they are tied. An underlined
letter is a rest. The TAB is just standard TAB.
Rhy. Fig. 1 Rhy. Fig. 2 Rhy. Fig. 3
G|-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-| G|------------------------|--------0--------------|| G|------------------------||
U|-5--5-5-5-3---3-3-2-2-2-2-| U|-----0-------0----0---0-|------------0----0---0-|| U|-----0-------0----0---0-||
I|-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-| I|---0-------0----0-0-0-0-|----0----------0-0-0-0-|| I|---0-------0----0-0-0-0-||
T|-5--5-5-5-3---3-3-2-2-2-2-| T|-2-------2------2---2---|---------------2---2---|| T|-2-------2------2---2---||
A|-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-| A|------------------------|-2---------------------|| A|------------------------||
R|-5--5-5-5-3---3-3-2-2-2-2-| R|------------------------|-----------------------|| R|------------------------||
1| e. s s s e/s e s s s s s 2| e s s/e e s e. s s s s e. s/e e/s e. s s s s 2| e s s/e e s e. s ss s
Rhy. Fig 4 a Rhy. Fig. 5a
G|-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|---|| G|-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-||
U|-5---5-5-5-3---3-3-3-|---|| U|-5--5-5-5-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-||
I|-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|---|| I|-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-||
T|-5---5-5-5-3---3-3-3-|---|| T|-5--5-5-5-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-||
A|-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|---|| A|-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-||
R|-5---5-5-5-3---3-3-3-|---|| R|-5--5-5-5-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-||
1| e. s s s e/s e s q / w || 1| e. s s s e/s e s s s s s / w ||
| | || | | ||
Rhy. Fig. 4b | || Rhy. Fig. 5b | ||
G|-0---------0-------0-|---|| G|--------------------------|---||
U|-5---------3-------3-|---|| U|----5---------3-----3---3-|-3-||
I|-0---------0-------0-|---|| I|----0---------0---0-0-0-0-|-0-||
T|-5---------3-------3-|---|| T|-5--------3-------3---3---|-3-||
A|-0---------0-------0-|---|| A|--------------------------|-0-||
R|-5---------3-------3-|---|| R|--------------------------|---||
2| q/e q/e q / w 2| e. s/e e/s e. s s s s / w
Chorus But you don't really mind Cause you're just
wasting time
You can't feel anything, just a boy on a string.
G||--0--0-x-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0--0-x-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--||
U||--5--5-x-5-3-2-0-0-0-|-0-0-0---0-0-0h2-0-0-0-0-|-5--5-x-5-3-2-0-0-0-|-2--2-2-2-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--||
I||*-0--0-x-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0--0-x-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-*||<--Repeat
T||*-5--5-x-5-3-2-0-0-0-|-0-0-0---0-0-0h2-0-0-0-0-|-5--5-x-5-3-2-0-0-0-|-2--2-2-2-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-*||
A||--0--0-x-0-0-0-2-2-2-|-2-2-2---2-2-0---0-2-2-2-|-0--0-x-0-0-0-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0-2---2-2-2-2-2-2--||
R||---------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------||
1|| e. s s s e q e s s e s s/s s e s s e e s s e. s s s e q e s s e. s s s e/s e s s s s s ||
G||--0--------0-0-0-----|-0-----------------------|-0--------0-0-0-----|-0--------0----------------||
U||--2--------3-2-0-----|-0-----------------------|-2--------3-2-0-----|-2--------0----------------||
I||*-0--------0-0-0-----|-0-----------------------|-0--------0-0-0-----|-0--------0---------------*||<--Repeat
T||*-2--------3-2-0-----|-0-----------------------|-2--------3-2-0-----|-2--------0---------------*||
A||--0--------0-0-2-----|-2-----------------------|-0--------0-0-2-----|-0--------2----------------||
R||--0------------------|-------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------||
2|| q. e q q / w q. e q q q. e/h
Order: Intro Guitar1 - Rhy. Fig. 1 six times, Rhy. Fig. 4a once
Guitar 2 - Rhy. Fig. 2 six times, Rhy. Fig. 4b once
Verse 1 Guitar1 - tacet
Guitar 2 - Rhy. Fig. 2 eight times
1st Chorus Guitar1 - Chorus (see above), Rhy. Fig. 5a once
Guitar 2 - Chorus (see above), Rhy. Fig. 5b once
Verse 2 Guitar1 - tacet
Guitar 2 - Rhy. Fig. 2 eight times
2nd Chorus Guitar1 - Chorus (see above)
Guitar 2 - Chorus (see above)
Bridge Guitar1 - tacet
Guitar 2 - tacet
For other instruments (all arranged for guitar), see below
Final Chorus Guitar1 - Chorus (see above) (2x)
Guitar 2 - Chorus (see above) (2x)
Outro Guitar1 - Rhy. Fig. 1 six times, Rhy. Fig. 4a once
Guitar 2 - Rhy. Fig. 3 six times, Rhy. Fig. 4b once
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jimi_hendrix/boy_on_a_string_tab.html ]
Bridge (guitars 1 & 2 tacet)
The violin 1 part I got from the music book that was put out. I figured out the rest of it and
arranged it for guitar. The 'other' section is just 'D' and 'C' chords being played. I don't
know what intrument(s) it is so that's why it's called 'other'.
V|----------------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------5-------------4-|
I|------5-------5-------6-----|---------5-------5-------7-------|-------------5-----5-----7---6---|
O|----5---5---5---5---5---5---|-------5---5---5---5---5---5-----|---------------5-----5-5---5-----|
L|----------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
I|----------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
N|----------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1| e. s s s s s s s s s s s e | e. s s s s s s s s s s s e |q. s s s s s s s s s s /
| |
V|----------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
I|----------------------------|-5-----5-----------------5-------|---------------------------------|
O|------------------------5---|-----5-----------------------12\-|---------------------------------|
L|----------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
I|----------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
N|----------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
2| h. (e) e s s s s h q |w |
3| w h. e e |w |
| | D D D D C | D D D D C |
|----------------------------|-0-0---0---0-0-------------------|-0-0---0---0-0-------------------|
O|----------------------------|-0-0---0---0-2-------------------|-0-0---0---0-2-------------------|
T|----------------------------|-2-2---2---2-0-------------------|-2-2---2---2-0-------------------|
H|----------------------------|-0-0---0---0-2-------------------|-0-0---0---0-2-------------------|
E|----------------------------|-2-2---2---2-0-------------------|-2-2---2---2-0-------------------|
R|----------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| w s s s s s s s s h s s s s s s s s h
V|-----------------2---0-------|-----------------------------5-|-----------------------------|
I|---------8p7p5-4---4---2-----|-----------5-----5-----7---7---|-------------5-----7---8-4-7-|
O|-------------------------5-0-|-------------5-----5-5---5-----|---------------5-----5-------|
L|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
I|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
N|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
1/ q e. t t t e s s s s s s | q. s s s s s s s s s s | q. s s s e s e s s
[ 3 ]
V|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
I|---2---5-------5-------------|-5-5-3---5---------------------|-5-5-3-----------------------|
O|-----------------------------|------------------------5/-----|-----------------------------|
L|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
I|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
N|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
2| e e e s s s e. q s s s s e e h | s s s s h. |
3| w h. e e | w |
| D C | D C C C | D D D D C |
|-0---0-----------------------|-0-------0-------------0---0---|-0-0---0---0-0---------------|
O|-0---2-----------------------|-0-------2-------------2---2---|-0-0---0---0-2---------------|
T|-2---0-----------------------|-2-------0-------------0---0---|-2-2---2---2-0---------------|
H|-0---2-----------------------|-0-------2-------------2---2---|-0-0---0---0-2---------------|
E|-2---0-----------------------|-2-------0-------------0---0---|-2-2---2---2-0---------------|
R|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| e e e e h e e e q. e e s s s s s s s s h
V|-0---------------------5---------|-------------|
I|---2-------5-----7---------------|-------------|
O|-----5-------5-----5-5-----------|-------------|
L|---------------------------------|-------------|
I|---------------------------------|-------------|
N|---------------------------------|-------------|
1| s s e e s s s s s s q / w |
| | | For the whole bridge, I put violin 2
V|---------------------------------|---------------------| and violin 3 on the same TAB to
I|-5-5-3---5-----------------------|---------10\---------| make this all fit onto one page.
O|---------------------------------|---------------------| The second bold line is the note
L|---------------------------------|---------------------| length for violin 3. It corresponds
I|---------------------------------|---------------------| with the right notes for violin 3.
N|---------------------------------|---------------------| I think you can figure out which notes
2| s s s s e e h w | go with violin 2 and which go with violin 3.
3| w | h. q |
| D D D D D D D D D D D D | D |
|-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-----------|
O|-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-----------|
T|-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-|-2-----------|
H|-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-----------|
E|-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-|-2-----------|
R|---------------------------------|-------------|
| s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e. h.
Lyrics
Intro
Verse 1
The marionette has your number
Pulling your arms and legs till you can't stand on your own
Dragging your conscience on the stage
And your heart gets rearranged
And you can not tell your mentor from your Maker.
Look at the crowds bleeding with laughter
Over the way you entertain at beckon call
They don't see behind the lights
Or the painted backgrounds
They just like to see you fall.
Chorus
But you don't really mind
Cause you're just wasting time
You can't feel anything
Just a boy on a string.
Verse 2
I feel a sadness like Gapetto
Watching the life that he created run away
Seeing the puppeteer's intrusion
And holding the remains
Of puppets that have rotted away.
One day the curtain will not open (will not open)
And all of the crowds will go away (crowds will go away)
Someday those strings will choke you
But until that day.
Chorus
But you don't really mind
Cause you're just wasting time
You can't feel anything
Just a boy on a string.
Bridge
Just a boy, just a boy, just a boy....
Chorus
But you don't really mind
Cause you're just wasting time
You can't feel anything
Just a boy on a string.
Repeat
Outro
Just a boy on a string.
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