All of these are of course powerchords, but I put them into major and minor chords, in
you want to play this song on an acoustic or something.

Intro:
Let the C chord ring here and everytime it’s played throughout the verse.

I believe in desperate acts
The kind that make me look stupid – look like a fool
Just keep reinventing myself
It’s move or die – I change my form
These days the people I love
are spread so far apart – all out of reach
It’s a thin sheet
Across the face – cover me now

Pre-Chorus:
That’s pretty old
That’s pretty oooold
I never felt like this before
I say that every hour
I never felt like this before
I say that every hour

It’s never going to be like it could have been
Now it’s just this room – window looks back
You’re a big part of it
But I don’t care – you take the lead
And can you really see me now
Like I made me – made me anew
Just like anyone else – safer alone

Repeat Pre-Chorus.

Chorus:
So [F#/D]right, so wrong
Another winter’s coming on
You [F#/D]win, you lose
It’s the same old news – these things go wrong so often
Pick [F#/D]up the phone
And punch your home code
Some[F#/D]where, sometime let me make you mine

Lean your head on mine
Like you used to – used to your lean
I don’t mind if you’re faking it – make it seem real
I’m not asking the questions
I’m not demanding the answers now – take what you give
Right or wrong, just take me, lead me on
I’m going – I’m going

Repeat Chorus. End on C.

So that’s it. Pretty simple like most Jawbreaker songs, but amazing nonetheless. Also
most Jawbreaker songs. And this is one of their best, at least lyrically.

Key: F, Bb

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Eb – x68886
Bb – x13331
B – x24442
[-]
Dm[-] – xx0231
Cm [-]- x35543

Intro: Eb-Bb-B-F#- x4
then F-Dm-Gm-Eb- x2

Verse 1:
Dreamed I was a fireman
I just smoked and
watched you burn
Dreamed I was an astronaut
I shot you down
like a juggernaut
Dreamed we were still going out
Had that one a few times now
Woke up to find we were not
It’s good to be awake

Interlude: F-Dm-Gm-Eb- x2

( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jawbreaker/fireman_crd.html )
Verse 2:
Dreamed I was a tidal wave
I ravaged your coast
There were no survivors
Dreamed I was your landlord
I showed you place
when you had lovers
If I was a vampire
I wouldn’t suck your blood
Then I dreamed I was you
Sweetest dream I have had

Chorus:
If you could hear the
dreams I’ve had my dear
They would give you
nightmares for a wee
But you’re not here
and I can never sleep
Come home so I
can be a creep

Post Chorus: Eb-Bb-B-F#- x2

Verse 3:
Dreamed I was a dream
I stole you away
away in your sleep
Saved you from a fire
A gun for hire
I introduced you to a vampire
A wave crashed on the beach
We rolled around
in its foamy grasp
Kissing in the chaos
of a kelpy sea
Seems I couldn’t
save you from me

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge:
Maybe I’m obsessive
to think like this
Probably not impressing you
with my cheap tricks
Honey it’s depressing what
depression does to some
I’ll play the part for hours
But I know you’ll never come

(Repeat Chorus)

Outro: Bb(hold)

Standard Tuning

Intro

e-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-----0--|
B-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0--0----0-|
G-4/6/8/986/1198/984---4-4/6/8/986/4---4-6----8----|
D----------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------|

Verse Chords

e------------|
B------------|
G------------|
D--4---6---2-|
A--4---6---2-|
E--2---4---0-|

Verse
Been hearing about you
All about your disapproval
Still I remember the way I used to move you
I wrote you a letter
I heard it just upset you
Why don’t you tell me?
How can I do this better?

Chorus Chords

e--0---0---0---0--|
B--0---0---0---0--|
G--4---x---x---1--|
D--4---4---7---2--|
A--2---4---7---2--|
E------2---5---0--|

Chorus
Are you out there?
Do you hear me?
Can I call you?
Do you still hate me?
Are we talking?
Are we fighting?
Is it over?
Are we writing?

Verse (same as first)
We’re getting older
But we’re acting younger
We should be smarter
It seems we’re getting dumber
I have a picture
of you and me in Brooklyn
On a porch, it was raining
Hey, I remember that day

Chorus (same as first)

Bridge Chords

e--0----0----0--|
B--0----0----0--|
G--x----x----4--|
D--6----2----4--|
A--6----2----2--|
E--4----0-------|

Hey, I miss you
Hey, I miss you
Hey, I miss you

Repeat Intro

Repeat Chorus

Repeat Bridge

Outro

e---12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12-|
B-16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16---|
G----------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------|

End on B.

transcribed by Dan Zink (zink@uiuc.edu)

verse:

--------------------------
--------------------------
-----6-----4-----8-----4--
--3--6--2--4--4--8--6--4--
--3--4--2--2--4--6--6--2--
--1-----0-----2-----4-----

chords are palm muted, and each played 8 times in a row. repeat this
sequence for the verse

pre-chorus:

-------- play the f# a few times, and then
-------- play the b. repeat this a few times
-----4--
--4--4--
--4--2--
--2-----

chorus:

----------------------- again, play each chord
----------------------- several times (rhythm is not
-----8--6--4-----4----- shown). also, at the end of
--4--8--6--4--6--4--4-- each part, play the pre-
--4--6--4--2--6--2--4-- chorus thing
--2-----------4-----2--
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
-----8--6--4--7--6--9--4-----
--4--8--6--4--7--6--9--4--4--
--4--6--4--2--5--4--7--2--4--
--2-----------------------2--

other part:

you have to learn

to learn from your mistakes

you can afford

to lose a little face

(palm muting)

the things you break

some can’t be replaced

a simple rule:

every day make sure you wake.

Standard Tuning

Intro

e--------------------------------|
B----0------0------0------0------|
G--5---5--5---5--5---5--5---5----|
D--------------------------------|
A--------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|

Intro riff (play a few times)

e------3---------3--------3----------------|
B----0-----0---0---0----0-----0---0--3-----|
G--5-----5---5--------4-----4---5-------5--|
D------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|

Verse
When all the consoling places
lose their charm and change their faces.
The world becomes too cruel to bear
and something in you starts to tear.
When nothing seems to be quite worth it
and sleep becomes your only sure thing.
I’m here to help you out of it.
Come and see me for a lift.

Chorus

e-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
D--7----3---/5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2------------/5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2-0-0-0--|
A--7-8x-3-8x---------------------------3---3---3--------------------------|
E--5----1----------------------------5---0---1----------------------------|

We’re all close to the end.
Don’t you need a friend?
Honor your allegiances.

e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
D--7----3---/5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2------------/5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2-0-0-0--------------------------|
A--7-8x-3-8x---------------------------3---3---3-------------------------3-3-3-2-2-2-0-0-0--------|
E--5----1----------------------------5---0---1---------------------------------------------3-3-3--|

Everyone is drowning in sand.
Couldn’t you use a hand?
Please don’t make me guess.

Verse (same as first)
When changes make the world a stranger.
No one calls and yout life’s in danger.
If the money’s gone without a trace
and you’re longing for a familiar face.
Cars collide and people die.
You begin to shake ‘til you start to cry.
If disasters only start to multiply.
My door is open. Drop on by.

Chorus (same as first)

Bridge

e--------------------|
B--------------------|
G--9---10--------12--|
D--9---10---10---12--|
A--7----8---10---10--|
E-----------------|

Sad again, you’re sad again.
Hey, you’re breaking down.
Sad again, you’re sad again.
Your eyes betray your new smile.

Verse (same as first)
When keeping up is killing you
and you need a ruling without a clue.
When being cool means being dead
and your better thoughts are better left unsaid.
If you’re sad to see your gun’s unloaded.
Tried to drown but you only floated.
If the world is only getting colder,
I’d like to offer you a dry shoulder.

Chorus

Bridge

Outro
Part 2 (once,
then return to
Part 1 (play twice) Part 1) Part 3

e-------------------------------|----------------|---------|
B-------------------------------|----------------|---------|
G--8------10------8------5------|--3------2------|--5------|
D--x-10x---x-10x--x-10x--x-10x--|--x-10x--x-10x--|--x-10x--|
A--6-------8------6------3------|--1------0------|--3------|
E-------------------------------|----------------|---------|

Ending (general idea)

e-------3-------3------3-------3------3---------------|-----3--------|
B-----------------------------------------------3-----|---0-----0----|
G--4h5-----4h5----4h5-----5p4-----5p4----4h5p4-----5--|-4-----4/5----|
D-----------------------------------------------------|--------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------|--------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|--------------|

That should be about it. It sounds… ok. Just ok.

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
E – 022100
B – x24442
C#m – x46654
A – x02220
D – [-] xx0232

Intro: E–C#m– x4

Verse 1:
Would that you could touch
this angel in a clutch of snakes
Oh pretty pretty I’m aflame
So excited so unslept
Somewhat littered so unswept
You have to sleep before you wake

Chorus 1:
I am spilled and poured
I am peeled and cored
I am hanging from the floor
Flicker like a freak
through a sleepless week
In a black cell of forever

Post Chorus: E-A-C#m-B- x2

Verse 2:
There’s a point to this
A point I think I often miss
Oh clever clever
where’s your heart?
You can turn a phrase until
it reads a million ways
It makes no sense but
it’s as good as it is sad

Chorus 2:
I am sad elated
I am segregated
There’s this
stitching and it’s itching
All my friends are dead
Asleep in distant beds
At least these
enemies stay close

Bridge 1:
Take me to the pretty ones
I want to be a pretty one
Sign me to a nice girl
E D(hold)
so she can ruin me eternally

Interlude: E–C#m– x4

Verse 3:
They offered me a million bucks
All I want’s a steady fuck
Oh steady steady where are you?
Channer surf a sea of static
See the prize but you can’t have it
There’s something thankless
in a wish fulfilled

Chorus 3:
I am thrilled and bored
I am unskilled adored
All of both and none of one
I would kill for more
I haven’t killed before
I could set this heart on stun

Bridge 2:
Take me to the pretty ones
I want to be original
Sign me to a nice girl
so I can sing her
D(Hold)
something meaningful

Interlude: E–C#m– x4

Outro:
In my perfect world I’d
be signed to a nice girl
E A C#m B(hold)
It would cost one million kisses

“Chesterfield King”
written and performed by Jawbreaker
(C) and (P) 1992 Punk: The Other White Meat music (BMI)
from the Tupelo/Communion release Bivouac (Comm 38-2, Tup 38-2)
transcribed by Mike Ripplinger (openface@aol.com)

(p) palm-muted
I’m not the best at transcribing solos, so the solo may be inaccurate
The F#/G chord is a G power chord with the root lowered a half-step:
D—5–|
A—5–|
E—2–|

“Chesterfield King”

GC GC GC GC

(p) (p)
We stood in your room and laughed out loud.

Suddenly the laughter died
(p) (p)
and we were caught in an eye to eye.

We sat on the floor and did we sit close

I could smell your thoughts and thought.

Do you want to touch a lot like me?
Too scared to say a thing.

[Pre-chorus]
(p) (p)
I left your house and kicked myself.
(p) (p)
I put those feelings on a shelf to die.
(p) (p)
I guess I’m not a gambling type
(p) (p)
but think of what the two of us had lost.

Verse

Pre-chorus

Chorus
[F#/G]
I took my car and drove it down the hill by your house.

I drove so fast.
[F#/G]
The wind it couldn’t cool me down,

so I turned it around and came back up.
[F#/G]
You were waiting on your step,

steam showing off your breath and water in your eyes.
[F#/G]
We pulled each other into one,

parkas clinging on the lawn and kissed right there.

Solo over verse

h hammer-on
/ slide up
slide down

E——————————————————————–
B——————————————————————–
G—0—–0—-0—–0———————————————–
D——0—–0—0—–0———————————————
A————————–9h10–97–7h9–75–5h7–53–3h5–32—
E——————————————————————–

E—————————————————-|
B—————————————————-|
G—0—–0—-0—–0——————————-|
D——0—–0—0—–0—————————–|
A————————–10/12–12/14–14/15——-|
E—————————————————-|

…and repeat

Pre-chorus
Said my ..
Handed ..
Held ..
Traced ..

Repeat chorus

Play chorus progression once, palm muting all chords

End on G

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
C#m – x46654
A – x02220
E – 022100
B – x24442
[-]
[-]

Intro:

Blake Speaks:
I tell you this
because as an artist
I think you’ll understand

then
G#m–A– x4

Verse 1:
I’ll be quiet
to keep you quiet
Don’t concern yourself
with my slow dying
Through the vents
I hear you sigh
I don’t get too
high these days
Your floor
is my ceiling
Lights out
you can’t come in

Refrain:
If you don’t remind me
I won’t forget you
If you don’t ask
I won’t upset you, I am-

Chorus 1:
-jet black
I am stone cold
Jet black to the center
Funny like a funeral
I need you to bury me

Post Chorus: G#m–A– x2

( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jawbreaker/jet_black_crd.html )
Verse 2:
White noise in
black room dust
These hands long
for one last touch
Hourglass all
out of trust
I don’t scratch
so I won’t itch
I don’t reach
so I won’t miss
I taste our last kiss

(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus 1)

Bridge:
This is the cure the
same as the symptom
Simple and pure
break to keep fixing
Patiently nurse
patient and nurse
This is the part
I wouldn’t show you
The part where you say
“I don’t even know you”
This is your cue
Be glad it’s through
I am-

Chorus 2:
-jet black
I am stone cold
Jet black to the center
Funny like a funeral
I need you to bury me[A–A–]

Outro: Blake Speaks
C#m-B-A– x4

Dear You
1995 Jade Tree Records
Submitted by: jeremyunder

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
E – 022100
Em – 022000
C#m – x46654
B – x24442
A – [-] x02220
[-]

Intro: Em C#m B G#m A x2
E C#m B G#m A x2

Verse 1:
What’s the furthest
place from here?
It hasn’t been my day
for a couple years
What’s a couple more?

Refrain 1:
And if I go don’t forget
the one good thing I almost did
I learned your name without words
I used my eyes not my hands

Post Chorus: Em--C#m--B-G#m-A-E--C#m--B--G#m-A-

Verse 2:
What’s the closest you can come
to an almost total wreck
and still walk away
All limbs intact?

Refrain 2:
And when I go you’ll be
there crying out begging me
I won’t hear I’ll just go fast
into this night on broken legs

Chorus 1:
A near miss or a close call?
I keep a room at the hospital
I scratch my accidents
into the wall
I couldn’t wait to
breathe your breath
I cut in line
I bled to death
I got to you there
was nothing left

Interlude: Em--C#m--B-G#m-A-E--C#m--B--G#m-A-

Verse 3:
What’s the meanest you can be
to the one you claim to love
And still smile to
your your new found friends?

Refrain 3:
In the same confusing breath
You pull away and draw me in
I wanted you You wanted more
I built this life and now it’s mine

Chorus 2:
A near miss or a close call?
I keep a room at the hospital
I scratch my accidents
into the wall
I couldn’t wait to
breathe your breath
I cut in line
I bled to death
I got to you there
was nothing left[A—]

Bridge: F#m--E--B--A--F#m--G#m--B--A-- x8

Chorus 3:
A near miss or a close call?
I keep a room at the hospital
I scratch my accidents
into the wall
I couldn’t wait to
breathe your breath
I cut in line
I bled to death
I got to you there
was nothing left
I got to you there
was nothing left
I got to you there
was nothing left
I got to you there
A(hold)
was nothing left

Key: D

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
D – xx0232
A – x02220
Bm – x24432
G – 320033

Intro: D--A--D--G-- x2

Verse 1:
I went to a party last night
What sick things I saw
Makeout sessions and
bicycle messengers
Punks and art school dropouts

Interlude: D-A-D-G-

Verse 2:
I ran into this guy I knew
But hadn’t seen in years
We went into the neon
kitchen and stole a couple beers

Chorus 1:
He said his girl had dumped him
But there was another guy
He said that he still
liked her All I could say was
All I could say was
All I could say was
“Why why oh why oh why
Why is it always like this?
Either you’re too mean
or you’re too nice”
He said “I even
cooked her breakfast”

Post Chorus: Guitar Solo

D--A--D--G-- x2

Verse 3:
So we went into the living room
Someone was blasting Zeppelin
It sounded good
I felt ashamed
I knew every [G–]drum fill

Verse 4:
Anyway there she’s sat
Totally kissing this guy
They looked good I
mean like in love
Then I remembered my friend

Chorus 2:
He said “How
could you do this?”
You said that you
needed your space
He’s wearing the
shirt that I gave you”
Then she said
Then she said
Then she said
“Why why oh why oh why
Why are you always like this?
If I’m having fun then
it’s breaking your heart
Besides you said
I could have it”

Outro: Guitar Solo

D--A--D--G--D--A--D--G--

D A G(hold)
Then the cops showed up