Jimmy Eat World - Howd you have me
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Tuning: D A D G B E
Good, rocking song from their album, "Damage".
Dropped-D tuning:
1: e
2: B
3: G
4: D
5: A
6: D
Played with a moderately overdriven electric guitar in the bridge pick-up setting. Scale the overdrive back
to a very slight breakup tone for the bridge riff.
[Intro]
A5 volume swell:
e|----|
B|----|
G|-2--|
D|-2--|
A|-0--|
D|----|
then a repeating octave:
e|----- ------|
B|----- --12--|
G|-16-- or ------|
D|----- --9---|
A|-14-- ------|
D|----- ------|
[Verse]
E5(high) C#5 A5 F#5
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-9-----------6-----2---------|
D|-9-----------6-----2-----4---|
A|-7-----------4-----0-----4---|
D|-------------------------4---|
[Chorus]
Play an E5(high), B5, A5 progression a few times, then end on E5(low) as shown (could play all chords
with open 1 & 2 strings)
E5(high) B5 A5 E5(low)
e|-------------------------0---|
B|-------------------------0---|
G|-9-----------4-----2-----X---|
D|-9-----------4-----2-----2---|
A|-7-----------2-----0-----2---|
D|-------------------------2---|
[Riff]
(If there are chords played during this riff, I couldn't discern them.) (b = bend)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-9-----9-9------9\------------9---9---10---10-10/12--9----9---9\-------------------5---5-4b-5--|
G|---9-9------9-9----9-9----------9---9----9-------------9----9----9-9-------------4---6---------|
D|-----------------------9-9-7-----------------------------------------9-9-7-7-6-7---------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
E5(high) C#5 A5 F#5
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-9-----------6-----2---------|
D|-9-----------6-----2-----4---|
A|-7-----------4-----0-----4---|
D|-------------------------4---|
[Chorus]
E5(high) B5 A5 E5(low)
e|-------------------------0---|
B|-------------------------0---|
G|-9-----------4-----2-----X---|
D|-9-----------4-----2-----2---|
A|-7-----------2-----0-----2---|
D|-------------------------2---|
[Bridge]
C#5, B5, E5(low, mute 1-3 strings), A5, then C#5, B5, E5(low), B5, E5(low w/open 1 & 2 strings), then:
Bridge riff (x2)
e|--------------------------------------|
B|-9---9--------9---9---9------0---0----|
G|---9---9-8-9----9---9---9------9------|
D|---------------------------7----------|
A|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
*There's another instrument (keyboards?) playing a part during the Bridge riff. This is not tabbed, but
sounds easy to figure out.
[Chorus]
E5(high) B5 A5 E5(low)
e|-------------------------0---|
B|-------------------------0---|
G|-9-----------4-----2-----X---|
D|-9-----------4-----2-----2---|
A|-7-----------2-----0-----2---|
D|-------------------------2---|
[Outro]
E chords. Use the shapes below that sound right to you:
e|--0---4---x e|--0
B|--0---5---9 B|--5
A|--4---4---9 G|--4
D|--2---2---7 then end on this chord D|--2
A|--2---2---7 A|--2
D|--2---2---x D|--2
Some minor riffing on the outro over the E chords listed above. Sounds like the guitar has some overdrive,
reverb, minimal delay, and maybe chorus going on). There's some vibrato (~), then a slide (\) that fades
the note down the neck. Upstroke (V) on last notes.
(V)
e|-0------0-----0------12-|
B|-9~-----9~\---12~----0--|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
BONUS: Some lyrics found online are incorrect. The right ones for the chorus are:
"Only one thing left I wished I knew: how did you have me and I only got you?
If it's all bad timing and there's no control, I'm gonna do anything, gonna do everything I want from now on!"
Hope you liked the tab!
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| b Bend
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato
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