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Posters

Jack Johnson
Tab
4.9(55)

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

Intro

e|----5--------5-----7-9h12p9------------|
B|----5--------5-----7-------12-9h12p9---|
G|----6--------6-----8----------------11-|
D|----7--------7-----9-------------------|
A|----7--------7-----9-------------------|
E|-5~-5--5-x-5-5--7~-7-------------------|(x2)
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------9-9-9-----------------------|
G|.---------------------9-9-9-----------------------|
D|.-----9h11p9----9--9--9-9-9/11-11-11-14-13-11-9-9-|
A|---11--------11-----------------------------------|
E|-0--------------------7-7-7/-9--9--9-12-11--9-7-7-|
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------9-9-9-----------------------|
G|----------------------9-9-9----------------------.|
D|------9h11p9----9-9---9-9-9/11-11-11-5-5-7-7-----.|
A|---11--------11-----------------------------------|
E|-0------------------0-7-7-7/-9--9--9-3-3-5-5------|

Verse

e|---7~-7------7~-7-----7~-7------7~-7--|
B|---9~-9------9~-9-----9~-9------9~-9--|
G|---9~-9------9~-9-----9~-9------9~-9--|
D|---9~-9------9~-9-----9~-9------9~-9--|
A|---7~-7------7~-7-----7~-7------7~-7--|
E|-0-------7-7--------9-------7-7-------|

Looking at himself but wishing he was someone else

Because the posters on the wall they don't look alike him at all

So he ties it up he puts it in, he pulls it back and gives a grin

Laughing at himself because he knows he ain't loved at all

Chorus

e|---5------5----7------7-|
B|---5------5----7------7-|
G|.--6------6----8------8-|
D|.--7------7----9------9-|
A|---7------7----9------9-|
E|-5-5--5-5-5--7-7--7-7-7-|

He gets his courage from the can,

It makes him feel like a man

Because he's loving all the ladies

But the ladies don't love him at all

e|----------------------7-7-----7~-7-----7~-7--|
B|----------------------9-9-----9~-9-----9~-9--|
G|----------------------9-9-----9~-9-----9~-9-.|
D|------9h11p9----9-9---9-9-----9~-9-----9~-9-.|repeat x 2
A|---11--------11-------7-7-----7~-7-----7~-7--|then back to verse
E|-0------------------0-------9------7-7-------|

(repeat CHORUS type thing here)

Cause when he's not drunk

He's only stuck on himself

And then he has the nerve

To say he needs a decent girl

(back to VERSE pattern)

Looking at herself but wishing she was someone else

Because the body of the dolly don't a-look like hers at all

So she straps it on, she sucks it in, she throws it up but gives a grin

Laughing at herself because she knows she ain't that at all

Chorus

Caught up in the trends

You know the truth began to bend

And the next thing you man

There just ain't no truth left at all

Cause when the pretty girl walks

She walks so proud

And when the pretty girl laughs

Oh man, she laughs so loud

Bridge

e|--7~-7---5~-5---4~-4---2~-2--|repeat-----|(x2)
B|--9~-9---7~-7---6~-6---4~-4--------------|then intro
G|.-9~-9---7~-7---6~-6---4~-4-.|part 2 x 2-|
D|.-9~-9---7~-7---6~-6---4~-4--------------||then back to
A|--7~-7---5~-5---4~-4---2~-2--------------|verse for the
E|-----------------------------------------|rest of the song

And if it ain't this then its that

As a matter of fact

She hasn't had a day to relax

Since she has lost her ability to think clearly

[Intro 2] (x2)

(back to VERSE pattern, but often silent and with the second

part of the CHORUS being played here and there...)

Well I'm an energetic apathetic version of another person

Check out my outsides there ain't nothing in here

Well I'm a superficial systematic music, television addict

Check out my outsides there ain't nothing in

Here comes another one, just like the other

Looking at himself but wishing he was someone else

Because the posters on the wall they don't a look alike a him

He ties it up he puts it in, he pulls it back and gives a grin

Laughing at himself because he knows he ain't loved at all

He knows he ain't loved at all

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| x Dead note

| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

| / Slide up

| ~ Vibrato

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