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Jack Johnson - Dont Believe A Thing I Say Tabs

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Dont Believe A Thing I Say Tabs

(ver. 2)
Jack Johnson
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Tuning: A# F A# F A# D

Intro and Main Riff -- slide up w/ both middle and ring fingers
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------0-------------------------0-------------------------------------|
G|---------4---0------0--------------4---0-----0-----------------------------|
D|----2/4--------4------4---4----2/4-------4-----4---4-----------------------|
A|-----------------0------0------------------0-----0-------------------------|
E|-0---------------------------0---------------------------------------------|

Verse Riff 1 -- barre 5th fret. 2x Then back to main riff.
e|-5--------5--------------5--------5----------------------------------------|
B|----5--------5-----5--------5--------5-----5-------------------------------|
G|-------5--------5--------------5--------5----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------5-------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse Riff 2-- barre 7th fret down to 5th fret
e|-7--------7----------------5--------5------------------------3--0-----0----|
B|----7--------7-----7----------5--------5-----5-----------/5-------0-----0--|
G|-------7--------7----------------5--------5---------0h2-------------0-----0|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-------------------------5-----------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------0------------------------|

Bridge -- The (7) indicates an embellishment that my ear isnt quite sure thats
actually in the song it, but I like it. You can also just leave it out.
e|--------7--8--------------------------7--8---------------------------------|
B|--------------7-----9-------0---------------7-----5-----0------------------|
G|-(7)h9-----------9-----/10-----(7)h9-----------9-----7---------------------|
D|----------------------------0---------------------------0------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------7--8--------------------------7--8---------------------------------|
B|--------------7-----9-------0---------------7-----5-----4-----2-----0------|
G|-(7)h9-----------9-----/10-----(7)h9-----------9-----7-----5-----4-----2---|
D|----------------------------0----------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                Back to Main Riff here
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------0---------------------------------|
G|-/4--0---------------------------------4---0-----0-------------------------|
D|--------9-----7-----4-----2-----0--2/4-------4-----4-----------------------|
A|-----------9-----7-----5-----4-----------------0-----0---------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse Riff 3 -- From stars and clouds
e|-2--------2--------------2--------2----------------------------------------|
B|----2--------2-----2--------2--------2-----2-------------------------------|
G|-------2--------2--------------2--------2----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------2-------------------------------------------------|
E|-2-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

This is the whole song, complete with the bridge, which was absent from my previous version.
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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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