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Watch the World

Box Car Racer
Tab
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Song

hi its colin o., i have seen other versions for watch the world and they're fine

exept there's two guitars playing. tom wrote and recorded all the lyrics, guitar,

and bass, but dave (the other guitarist) plays the dominant guitar live

i think this is pretty good. (we''l call what dave plays live guitar 1 and what

tom plays guitar 2) i kind of put the guitars in line to show when and what

they're playing at the same time

Intro

e--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G-4-44-44-44-6666-4-44-44-44-6666-4-44-44-44-6666-88-4-3-3-4444 GUITAR 1

D-4-44-44-44-6666-4-44-44-44-6666-4-44-44-44-6666-88-4-3-3-4444 distortion

A-2-22-22-22-4444-2-22-22-22-4444-2-22-22-22-4444-66-2-1-1-2222

E--------------------------------------------------------------

e--------------------------------------------------------------

B--------------------------------------------------------------

G-4-44-44-44---------------------------------------------------  -GUITAR 2
D-4-44-44-44------4-44-44-44------2-22-22-22------------------   distortion
A-2-22-22-22------4-44-44-44------2-22-22-22-------------------
E-----------------2-22-22-22------0-00-00-00-------------------

Verse(every time you play "2" on the high e string, let it ring just a bit)

e-----2-------2-------2-------2---
B---0-------0-------0-------0-----

G--------------------------------- -GUITAR 1 (distortion)

D---------------------------------

A-2-------2-------2-------2-------

E---------------------------------

e---------------------------------

B---------------------------------

G-4-4-4---------------------------    -GUITAR 2 (distortion)

D-4-4-4---4-4-4---2-2-2---2-2-2--- -after you play three of the

A-2-2-2---4-4-4---2-2-2---2-2-2--- same chords, let it ring the

E---------2-2-2---0-0-0---0-0-0---               same amount of time a the

"2" on the high e string for

guitar 1

Chorus

e-----------------------------------------------------------------

B-----------------------------------------------------------------

G-4-44-44-44-4444-4-44-44-44-4444-4-44-44-44-4444-4-44-44-44-4444- -GUITAR 1

D-4-44-44-44-4444-4-44-44-44-4444-4-44-44-44-4444-4-44-44-44-4444- (distortion)

A-2-22-22-22-2222-2-22-22-22-2222-2-22-22-22-2222-2-22-22-22-2222-

E-----------------------------------------------------------------

e-----------------------------------------------------------------

B-----------------------------------------------------------------

G-4-44-44-44-4444------------------------------------------------- -GUITAR 2

D-4-44-44-44-4444-4-44-44-44-4444-2-22-22-22-2222-2-22-22-22-2222- (distortion)

A-2-22-22-22-2222-4-44-44-44-4444-2-22-22-22-2222-2-22-22-22-2222-
E-----------------2-22-22-22-2222-0-00-00-00-0000-0-00-00-00-0000-

Interlude Part 1

e------------------------------------------

B------------------------------------------

G---------8-------------------9------------  -GUITAR 1 (Heavy Distortion)
D-9-99-99-8-8---------9-99-99-9-8----------
A-9-99-99-6-8---------9-99-99-7-8----------
E-7-77-77---6---------7-77-77---6----------

e------------------------------------------

B------------------------------------------

G-9-99-99-99-99999999-9-99-99-99-99999999- -GUITAR 2 (clean and quiet behind

D-9-99-99-99-99999999-9-99-99-99-99999999- guitar 1 but when

A-7-77-77-77-77777777-7-77-77-77-77777777- guitar 1 pauses

E----------------------------------------- you'll hear it)

Interlude Part 2

e-------------------------

B-------2-----------2-----
G-4---4---4---4---4---4---                  -GUITAR 1 (Clean)
D---4-------4---4-------4-

A-------------------------

E-------------------------

e---------------------------------

B---------------------------------

G-8-88-88-88-8888-9-99-99-99-9999- -GUITAR 2 (clean, somewhat fast

D-8-88-88-88-8888-9-99-99-99-9999- strumming

A-6-66-66-66-6666-7-77-77-77-7777-

E---------------------------------

Well thats all the solo may need a little work. at the end he does some

freaky bending stuff which isn't worth or even trying to tab

Order:

Intro____________ x2

Verse____________ x4

Intro_____________ x1

Verse____________ x4

Chorus____________ x3

Bridge part 1______x1

Bridge part 2______x4

Chorus_____________x4 (During this you play guitar 1 for the verse)

Intro______________x2

I know u didn't come for the lyrics but I'll add them in anyways

I watched the smoke

As it grew darker

And blew up through the roof

I watched the fed

And saw them panic

As the fire grew

I saw Virginia

Get rid of Langley

And its secrets, too

I held your hand

And sat there knowing

That we'd make it through

I saw this man

Dispose of hunger

And soap operas, too

I saw this field

That grew perfection

Full of things you do

I saw this box

Get rid of heartache

And cure cancer, too

When I awoke

I sat there hoping

This is what we'll do

If we can

We will leave

A letter and this song

For you

And we'll write

Once a day

And put it through the sea

To you

We'll regret

All those things

we thought of but didn't ever do

If we can

We will leave

A letter and this song

For you

And we'll write

Once a day

And put it through the sea

To you

We'll regret

All those things

we thought of but didn't ever do

When the sky

Seems too clear

Who will then be left

But a few

Me and you

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