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I WANT YOU - Third Eye Blind
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Song: I Want You
Artist: Third Eye Blind
Album: Third Eye Blind
Tabbed by: rd93
Tuning: Standard (EADBGe)
I tabbed out the electric fills and listed the acoustic chords. The electric has delay,
reverb, and probably some other effects on it throughout the whole song. The fills are
shown above the corresponding lyrics. The acoustic chords are only heard in the intro ,
first verse, and chorus, but you can play it through the whole song if you want.
Chords:
G 320033 or 320003 or 320000
Am x02210 or x02010 or x02013
Cmaj7 x32000 or x32010
Em 022000 or 020000 or 002000
Any of these chords will work. You can't really hear the acoustic too well anyway, and
it sounds better when you switch up the chords every now and then. The main chord
progression is G Am Cmaj7 Am, but you can use Em instead of Cmaj7 sometimes too.
Intro:
G Am Cmaj7 Am
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8b9r8b9r8\\\\------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
G Am Cmaj7 Am
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"people always take a step away from what is true"
e|----------------------------0---------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------3-------0----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------2--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"that's why I like you around" "I want you"
Here's that funky ass (keyboard?) riff:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/third_eye_blind/i_want_you_tab.html ]
Em Em G G Am Em
e|-------------------0---3---5--/5~---7---3---------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------0---3---5--/5~---7---3---------------------------------|
"oh I can't get enough"
Play this through the remaining verses:
G Am Cmaj7 Am
e|---3-/-5-\-3---------0~----------------------------------------0~---------|
B|---3-/-5-\-3------x--1~----------------x-x-x-x-0-h1-p0------x--1~---------|
G|-----------------------------------------------0--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"to the dance, happenstance set the vibe that we are in, no apology..."
Interlude (with flanger & talk box):
G Am Cmaj7 Am G
e|-----0~-------------------------0----0------------------------------------|
B|-1h3---1------0-----1--0--1-0h1---------0~--------------------------------|
G|------------------2---------------2----------2~-----0~--------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Breakdown:
The acoustic part (don't let the notes ring, or just palm mute):
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------1---------------------------1--------------------------|
G|---------------------2-----------0---------------2------------------------|
D|---------------0h2-----------------2-------0h2----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------0h3------------------------------------------|
E|-0h3---3------------------------------------------------------------------|
"after we...windowsill, smoke rings . . . sky"
Electric with wah at "presently" (figure out the timing yourself, it's easy):
G Am Cmaj7 Am
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3~-------1~-------0~-------1~--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
then pull off and hammer on that C during the chorus and play the interlude again.
