Taken from a fan website. I take no credit.
Version from the Rollercoaster album. Note the f# string.
New Jersey
By: Red House Painters
Album: Red House Painters (Rollercoaster)
Tuning: Standard but tune G string down to F#
main theme:
E |--------5-----------5------------5-----------5------|
B |----------3-----------3-------------3-----------3---|
F# |-----3----------3------------3-----------3----------|
D |---0----------0----------4------------5-------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|
keep repeating this
part through "you're an american girl/red headed, eyes blank/
living on a
freckle on the face of the-
and on the word "world" play:
E |---------------------- |
B |---------0--------0----|
F# |------0----0----0---0--|
D |---7---------9---------|
A |-----------------------|
E |-----------------------|
repeat main theme th
rough "another dying kid that learned too much too soon/you're not as good as
your mom/but you're as good as-
then on "dead" repeat the second part, then
play
E |------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------|
F# |----3------------------------6------------------------|
D |----0------------------------0------------------------|
A |------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------|
you're as
good as dead, New Jersey ain't the whole world.
--the second verse repeats all
this exactly.
then this section (call it the chorus):
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/red_house_painters/new_jersey_tab.html ]
E |-----------------------------------------------------|
B |------0--------0----------------0---------0----------|
F# |----0---0---0----0-----------0----0----0----0--------|
D |--5-------5----------------7---------9---------------|
A |-----------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------|
don't you
me leave out here too long
E |-----------------------------------------------------|
B |------0--------0----------------0---------0----------|
F# |----5---5---5----5-----------7----7----8----8--------|
D |--5-------5----------------7---------9---------------|
A |-----------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------|
will you
bring me out there?
--repeat this section, then return to the beginning for
the third verse,
repeat chorus section again, and then play (call this next part
the bridge):
E |---------9-----5------5--------0--------0-----|
B |-----------7-----3----------0----0---0--------|
F# |------7------------3-----1---------3----------|
D |---0------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------|
E |---------9-----12--------12--------0-------0--|
B |-----------7------10------------0----0---0----|
F# |------7--------------10------1---------3------|
D |---0------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------|
repeat, then play chorus
again, then repeat bridge, then end on:
E |-----------|
B |-----------|
F# |---0-------|
D |---0-------|
A |-----------|
E |-----------|
Kevin Fanning
kevfan@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 10:27:47 +0000
From: kevin fanning
