When You Look Me In The Eyes Chords & Tabs
When You Look Me In The Eyes Tab
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When You Look Me In The Eyes Tab by The Jonas Brothers
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Tabbed by jnorth
*** This document contains 2 versions of this song ***
=== The “Official” Version (as far as I can figure it) ===
Guitar 1: Standard [eBGDAE] Guitar 2: Drop-D [eBGDAD]
Intro A: (all natural harmonics)
e||--------------------------||
B||o------------------------o||
G||--5-----------5-----------||
D||-----5-----5-----5-----5--||
A||o-------8-----------8----o||
E||--------------------------||
The 8th fret harmonic is finicky; pick near the bridge
(“sul ponticello”) with some overdrive
Intro B - Rhythm:
||: D / Em / | D/F# / G / :||
The Em and G chords are played on the second half of beat 2;
count “one and two” then play those chords.
Intro B - Lead (doubled by strings/keyboards)
Guitar 1:
e|-----------|-----------------|----------|-------------|
B|-----------|-----------------|----------|-5-----------|
G|-6---7-----|-6---7-----------|-6--7-----|----7--6-----|
D|---7---5~--|---7---7~----5h7-|--7---5~--|---------7~--|
A|-----------|-----------------|----------|-------------|
E|-----------|-----------------|----------|-------------|
|
| Guitar 2:
e|-9---10----|-9---10----------|-9--10----|-12-10-9-----|
B|---10--8~--|--10---10~---8h10|--10--8~--|---------10~-|
G|-----------|-----------------|----------|-------------|
D|-----------|-----------------|----------|-------------|
A|-----------|-----------------|----------|-------------|
D|-----------|-----------------|----------|-------------|
Verse 1: 1._______ 2._______
||: G /// | A /// | Bm / A / | G /// :|| G // A |
Chorus 1: 1.________ 2.________
||: D /// | A/C# /// | Bm // A | G // A :|| G / A / | D* /// |
* This measure only appears in Chorus 1
Verse 2
Chorus 2
The timing of some chords in Verse 2 / Chorus 2 may be
a little different than those shown in Verse 1 / Chorus 1.
Bridge:
Chords (and lead parts / chord voicings for Guitar 2):
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jonas_brothers/when_you_look_me_in_the_eyes_tab_ver_2.html ]
| Bm | F#/A# | D/A |
|
e|-----------|-----------|-------------------|
B|-222---222-|-222---222-|-333---333---------|
G|-444---444-|-333---333-|-222---222---------|
D|-444---444-|-444---444-|-444---444---------|
A|-222---222-|-111---111-|-000---000---0-----|
D|-----------|-----------|---------------6-2-|
| Em | G /// | A /// |
|
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
D|-0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2--0-2-x-4--|
The Guitar 2 rhythms shown above mimic the string parts;
in fact, I think that the guitar parts answer the string
figures, i.e., strings “call” on beats 1 & 2, guitars
“respond” on beats 3 & 4.
Chorus 3 (with the following repeat endings)
2nd ending - 2nd ending - 1st ending - 2nd ending
Intro B
Intro A (with a big ol’ D major chord underneath)
The outro solo is based on a D Mixolydian (G major)
scale played entirely on the G-string. There are lots
of similar lead guitar parts throughout the song, but
they’re more trouble than they’re worth for me to tab.
=== The Simplified Version ===
This version uses all open chords. Of course, it will sound at a
different pitch than on the recording, but if you want to play
along, capo at 7th fret.
G G/B Am C D D/F# Em B7
e|-3-|-3-|-0-|-0-|-2-|---|-0-|-2-|
B|-0-|-3-|-1-|-1-|-3-|-3-|-0-|-0-|
G|-0-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-2-|-0-|-2-|
D|-0-|-0-|-2-|-2-|-0-|-0-|-2-|-1-|
A|-2-|-2-|-0-|-3-|---|-0-|-2-|-2-|
E|-3-|---|---|---|---|-2-|-0-|---|
If the G/B and D/F# chords are too difficult, simply substitute
regular G and D chords.
Intro B - Rhythm:
||: G / Am / | G/B / C / :||
The Am and C chords are played on the second half of beat 2;
count “one and two”then play those chords.
Verse 1: 1._______ 2._______
||: C /// | D /// | Em / D / | C /// :|| C // D |
Chorus 1: 1.________ 2.________
||: G /// | D/F# /// | Em // D | C // D :|| C / D / | G* /// |
* This measure only appears in Chorus 1
Verse 2
Chorus 2
The timing of some chords in Verse 2 / Chorus 2 may be
a little different than those shown in Verse 1 / Chorus 1.
Bridge:
| Em /// | B7 /// | G/B /// | Am /// | C /// | D /// |
Chorus 3 (with the following repeat endings)
2nd ending - 2nd ending - 1st ending - 2nd ending
Intro
Finish with a big ol’ G major chord