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Its All Understood

Jack Johnson
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

This song makes me want to cry and reflect on life, but its amazing nonetheless

Gtr. 1 --> Piano transcribed for guitar, works best on an acoustic

Gtr. 2 -->Acoustic guitar, plays the occasional fill

Chords

G D F# Bm

3--5--2--2-|
3--7--2--3-|
4--7--3--4-|
5--7--4--4-|
5--5--4--2-|
3--5--2--2-|

VERSE

Gtr.1 fingerpicking

G D F# Bm

E--------------------------------------------|
B--------------7-----------------3-----------|
G-----4--------7--------3--------4-----------|
D-----5------7---7------4------4---4---------|
A---5---5--5----------4---4--2---------------|
E-3-----------------2------------------------|

G D

Everyone laughed at her joke

F# Bm

As if they'd never even heard it before

G D

And maybe they were truly amused

F# Bm

But every word she spoke was a bore

G D

And maybe it's because they had seen

F# Bm

The previews on the TV screen

G D

"Well this part is good and that's well understood,

F# Bm

so you should laugh if you know what I mean"

CHORUS

G(strum once) D(strum once)

But it's all relative

F# Bm

Even if you don't understand

G D

Well it's all understood

F# Bm

Especially when you don't understand

G(strum once) D(strum once)

Then it's all just because

F# Bm

Even if we don't understand

(Fill 1)

Then let's all just believe

*Fill 1*

Gtr.1 fingerpicking:

G D F# Bm

E-----3--------5--------2--------2-----------|
B-----3--------7--------2--------3-----------|
G---4---4----7---7----3---3----4---4---------|
D-5--------7--------4--------4---------------| (x2)
A--------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------|

VERSE 2

G(strum once) D(strum once)

Everyone knows what went down

F#(strum once) Bm(strum once)

Because the news was spread all over town

G(strum once) D(strum once)

And fact is only what you believe

F#(strum once) Bm(strum once)(w/ Fill 2)

And fact and fiction work as a team

G

It's almost always fiction in the end

D

The content begins to bend

F# Bm

When context is never the same

*Fill 2*

Gtr. 2 plays:

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

CHORUS

VERSE 3

G(strum once) D(strum once)

I was reading a book

F#(strum once) Bm(strum once) (w/fill 3)

Or maybe it was a magazine

G(strum once) D(strum once)

Suggestions on where to place faith

F#(strum once) Bm(strum once)

Suggestions on what to believe

G D

But I read somewhere that you've got to beware

F# Bm

You can't believe anything you read

G D

But the Good Book is good and that's well understood

F# Bm

So don't even question if you know what I mean

*Fill 3*

Gtr.2 Plays:

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

CHORUS

ENDING

G

But there you go

D

Once again

F#

You missed the point

Bm

And then you point

G D F#

your fingers at me

Bm G

And say that I said not to believe

G

Ah but there you go once again

D

You missed the point

And then you point your

F#

Fingers at me

Bm G D

And you say that I said not to believe

F# Bm

Well I believe

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