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Cautioners

Jimmy Eat World
Tab
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Song

Artist: Jimmy Eat World

Song: Cautioners

Album: Bleed American

All guitars in Drop D (d-a-d-g-b-e)

The beginning part.. it's played throughout most of the song.

|-12-12-12-12-12--------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

The beginning of the main part, the bassy part for the verse. It's palm muted,

until the chorus

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------| "Riff A"

|-----------------------------------------|
|-00--------------------------------------|
|----22-44--44---4444--44---44-44-4444-44-|

This is where the vocals come in. You can either do an open A string, or 7 on the

e string, I use the 7

|-----------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------|Play 2x

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-77--77----7777--77---77-77-----7777--77-|

then

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-77-22-44--44--447---4----44--44--777--4----22-22---2222--22----22--22--2222--22--|

The chorus

|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-

|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- Play 2x

|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-  Then the next part
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-13-13-13-13--13-13-13-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-11-11-11-
|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---
|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--11-11-11-11--11-11-11-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-9--9--9--
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| Then back to the palm

|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| muted 7 on the e string, until

|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| you get back to Riff A
|----------------------------------------------------------|

The Interlude is two parts, I'll be nice and post both, since the rhythm is easy

to post

Part 1 is the rhythm. It's only three chords, you can tell where it changes, so

I'll just post the chords. It goes in this pattern..

Asus4 - Esus4 - F#m11 - Asus4

Play it four times

Asus2 F#m11 Esus4

|-0------0------0---|
|-0------0------0---|
|-2------2------2---|
|-2------2------2---|
|-0------x------2---|
|-x------2------0---|

Now the lead part. Same as above, play it four times.

|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------

continued

-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|

That's pretty much it. Those are almost all the parts, barring any of the extra

guitar in it. But, that should get you through it.

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