Poor Taylor - Jack Johnson Tabbed by Seanoss Demestoss Asbestos Malestos Infectos (it's ok to tell) sean_nostin@hotmail.com Standard tuning, no capo. This song sounds awesome if you do it right and do it well and do it on a good acoustic guitar. You'll need to listen to the song a bit too to get the strumming going right and the solo funky. The solo has gotta be played funky or else it wont sound good. Get some diagonal head nodding movement in there too if you can, every bit helps. Play E minor7 like this: it sounds better Em7: 1234 e---- Bx--- G---- D---- A-x-- E---- I'll assume you know F, C and Am. If not, you wont be good enough to get through this song anyway. // = slap h = hammer on p = pull off s = slide Normal strumming for the intro, no muting. Listen to the track for the strum pattern.

^CShe ^Em7just wander^Ams around ^Funaffect^Ced by t^Em7he winter wi^Amnds here

^Fand she pretends that^C she's so^Em7mewhere ^Amelse so f^Far and ^Cclear

^Em7two thousa^Amnd miles...^F. from here

rip straight into the solo, nice and funky now: solo e --------------------------------------------------------| B --------------------------------------------------------| G --------------------------------------------------------| D --------------------------------------------------------| A -------1h3--//---1h3p1-----1----1-----------------------| E ------------------------3---------3p1---0h1--//---------| e --------------------------------------------------------| B --------------------------------------------------------| G --------------------------------------------------------| D ----------------------------1h3p1---1-------------------| A -----------1-1--1-1h3--//---------3---3p1---------------| E -1-1h2h3----------------------------------3---0h1-1-//--| e ----------------------------------------------------------| B ----------------------------------------------------------| G ----------------------------------------------------------| D ---------------------------------3-3h5-5p3-1--------------| A -----1-----1-----1-----1h3-//----------------3p1----------| E -1h3---1h3---1h3----1----------------------------0h1-1-//-| hammer the D string here while C - let chord ring C C strumming and strum back into verse e ----------0-----------------------0-0-------------------| B --4-4-4---1---3s5-5s3-1-1---------1-1-------------------| G --2-2-2---0---------------0h2p0---0-0-------------------| D --3-3-3---2-----------------------2-2-0h2---------------| A ----------3-----------------------3-3-------------------| E --------------------------------------------------------| ok the strumming in this next bit is different from the start. Jack is picking the top string of the chord TWICE (so the A string for the C, Em7 and Am chords and the E string for the F chord) and then strums the chord ONCE and then up-strums and changes to the next chord, all with just a wee bit of palm muting. You'll have to listen to the song carefully to hear what he's doing. Anyway, here's the next bit:

^CTaylor ^Em7was a good girl never one to be late, ^Amcomplain,^F expr^Cess^Em7 ideas^Am in h^Fer brain.

^CWorkin' on^Em7 the night shift passing out the tickets, ^Amyou're gonna ^Fhave to pay her if you wanna park here.

C Em7 Am F

^CWell mommy's^Em7 little dancer has quite a little secret ^Amshe's workin^F on the streets now, never gonna keep it.

C Em7 Am F

^CIt's qui^Em7te an imposition and now she's only wishin' ^Amthat she woul^Fd have listened to the words they say

^C ^Em7 ..^Am...P^Foor Taylor :(

After singin' "Poor Taylor" launch straight back into the solo. It's the exact same solo as above. Then, next verse:

^Cpeter^Em7 patrick pit^Amter pa^Ftters on the window ^Cbut sunny^Em7 silhouette ^Amwont^F let him in.

^CPoor old ^Em7Peter's got^Am nothing c^Fos he's been fallin' so^Cmehow Ta^Em7ylor ^Amknows j^Fust where he's been.

He thinks^C that sin^Em7gin' on ^AmSund^Fays gonna save his soul

^CNow ^Em7that Saturday'^Ams go^Fne. ^CSomet^Em7imes he th^Aminks t^Fhat he's on his way

But ^CI c^Em7an se^Ame, F C -> straight into last few chords: that his brake lights are on.

the last couple of chords to end the song I dont know exactly what they're called, but they slide up from the C and go a little somethin' like this: Ch1: 1234567 Ch2: 1234567 Ch3: 1234567 e------- e------- e--------| B--x---- B----x-- B-----x--| G------- G------- G--------| D---x--- D----x-- D------x-| A------- A------- A--------| E------- E------- E--------| C Ch1 Ch2 Ch3 C Ch1 if Taylor finds a better world Ch2 Ch3 play C without 3rd finger, then slide right up the neck to end the song! then Taylor's gonna run away

Jack Johnson - Poor taylor