Boy on a String

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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.

Boy On A String - Jars Of Clay

All Guitars EABEBE Tuning (capo 3)

That stuff underneath the TAB is the length of each note. 'e' is an

eighth note, 's' is a sixteenth note, 'e.' is a doted eighth note, and

so on. The '/' between two notes means that they are tied. An underlined

letter is a rest. The TAB is just standard TAB.

Rhy. Fig. 1 Rhy. Fig. 2 Rhy. Fig. 3

1| e. s s s e/s e s s s s s 2| e s s/e e s e. s s s s e. s/e e/s e. s s s s 2| e s s/e e s e. s ss s

Rhy. Fig 4 a Rhy. Fig. 5a

1| e. s s s e/s e s q / w || 1| e. s s s e/s e s s s s s / w ||

| | || | | ||

Rhy. Fig. 4b | || Rhy. Fig. 5b | ||

2| q/e q/e q / w 2| e. s/e e/s e. s s s s / w

Chorus But you don't really mind Cause you're just

wasting time

You can't feel anything, just a boy on a string.

1|| e. s s s e q e s s e s s/s s e s s e e s s e. s s s e q e s s e. s s s e/s e s s s s s ||

2|| q. e q q / w q. e q q q. e/h

Order: Intro Guitar1 - Rhy. Fig. 1 six times, Rhy. Fig. 4a once

Guitar 2 - Rhy. Fig. 2 six times, Rhy. Fig. 4b once

Verse 1 Guitar1 - tacet

Guitar 2 - Rhy. Fig. 2 eight times

1st Chorus Guitar1 - Chorus (see above), Rhy. Fig. 5a once

Guitar 2 - Chorus (see above), Rhy. Fig. 5b once

Verse 2 Guitar1 - tacet

Guitar 2 - Rhy. Fig. 2 eight times

2nd Chorus Guitar1 - Chorus (see above)

Guitar 2 - Chorus (see above)

Bridge Guitar1 - tacet

Guitar 2 - tacet

For other instruments (all arranged for guitar), see below

Final Chorus Guitar1 - Chorus (see above) (2x)

Guitar 2 - Chorus (see above) (2x)

Outro Guitar1 - Rhy. Fig. 1 six times, Rhy. Fig. 4a once

Guitar 2 - Rhy. Fig. 3 six times, Rhy. Fig. 4b once

Bridge (guitars 1 & 2 tacet)

The violin 1 part I got from the music book that was put out. I figured out the rest of it and

arranged it for guitar. The 'other' section is just 'D' and 'C' chords being played. I don't

know what intrument(s) it is so that's why it's called 'other'.

1| e. s s s s s s s s s s s e | e. s s s s s s s s s s s e |q. s s s s s s s s s s /

| |

2| h. (e) e s s s s h q |w |

3| w h. e e |w |

| | D D D D C | D D D D C |

| w s s s s s s s s h s s s s s s s s h

1/ q e. t t t e s s s s s s | q. s s s s s s s s s s | q. s s s e s e s s

3

V|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
I|---2---5-------5-------------|-5-5-3---5---------------------|-5-5-3-----------------------|
O|-----------------------------|------------------------5/-----|-----------------------------|
L|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
I|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
N|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|

2| e e e s s s e. q s s s s e e h | s s s s h. |

3| w h. e e | w |

| D C | D C C C | D D D D C |

 |-0---0-----------------------|-0-------0-------------0---0---|-0-0---0---0-0---------------|
O|-0---2-----------------------|-0-------2-------------2---2---|-0-0---0---0-2---------------|
T|-2---0-----------------------|-2-------0-------------0---0---|-2-2---2---2-0---------------|
H|-0---2-----------------------|-0-------2-------------2---2---|-0-0---0---0-2---------------|
E|-2---0-----------------------|-2-------0-------------0---0---|-2-2---2---2-0---------------|
R|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|

| e e e e h e e e q. e e s s s s s s s s h

V|-0---------------------5---------|-------------|
I|---2-------5-----7---------------|-------------|
O|-----5-------5-----5-5-----------|-------------|
L|---------------------------------|-------------|
I|---------------------------------|-------------|
N|---------------------------------|-------------|

1| s s e e s s s s s s q / w |

| | | For the whole bridge, I put violin 2

V|---------------------------------|---------------------| and violin 3 on the same TAB to

I|-5-5-3---5-----------------------|---------10\---------|      make this all fit onto one page.

O|---------------------------------|---------------------| The second bold line is the note

L|---------------------------------|---------------------| length for violin 3. It corresponds

I|---------------------------------|---------------------| with the right notes for violin 3.

N|---------------------------------|---------------------| I think you can figure out which notes

2| s s s s e e h w | go with violin 2 and which go with violin 3.

3| w | h. q |

| D D D D D D D D D D D D | D |

 |-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-----------|
O|-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-----------|
T|-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-|-2-----------|
H|-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-|-0-----------|
E|-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-|-2-----------|
R|---------------------------------|-------------|

| s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e. h.

Lyrics

Intro

Verse 1

The marionette has your number

Pulling your arms and legs till you can't stand on your own

Dragging your conscience on the stage

And your heart gets rearranged

And you can not tell your mentor from your Maker.

Look at the crowds bleeding with laughter

Over the way you entertain at beckon call

They don't see behind the lights