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Song
Author/Artist: Less Than Jake
Title: Is This Thing On?
Album: Borders and Boundaries
Transcribed by: Stuart Robinson
Email: robinson_stuart@hotmail.com
You have to listen to the song to work out the full order but after that its pretty easy.
INTRO/INTERLUDE.
----10----10/11-10----13-10----11-10---10--------10----11-10----13-10---11-| -11----11----------11-------11-------13-------11----11-------11-------11---| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------| -10----10-------10----11-10----13-----------------------------------------| ----13---x4-11----11-------10----x1---------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|overlaps with 2nd guitar mutes|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-8xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx--------------------------------------------------------|
-8xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx--------------------------------------------------------|
-6xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx--------------------------------------------------------|
|overlaps with lead intro|
VERSE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------| -----888--------------88888-----1010101010------88888---------------------| -666-888-8xxxxxxx-666-88888-888-1010101010--666-88888---------------------| -666-666-8xxxxxxx-666-66666-888-8-8-8-8-8---666-66666---------------------| -444-----6xxxxxxx-444-------666-------------444---------------------------|
both guitars verse
CHORUS #1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---8--------------8888-----8888-------------------------------------------| -8-8-66666666-888-8888-666-8888-x2----------------------------------------| -8-6-66666666-888-6666-666-6666-------------------------------------------| -6---44444444-666------444------------------------------------------------|
both guitars chorus
CHORUS #2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---8--------------8888-----8888-------------------------------------------| -8-8-66666666-888-8888-666-8888-x2----------------------------------------| -8-6-66666666-888-6666-666-6666-------------------------------------------| -8---44444444-666------444------------------------------------------------|
both guitars chorus
--------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------| -----8888-----8888-----8888-----------------------------------------------| -888-8888-666-8888-888-8888-6xxxxxxx6xxxxxxx------------------------------| -888-6666-666-6666-888-6666-6xxxxxxx6xxxxxxx------------------------------| -666------444------666------4xxxxxxx4xxxxxxx------------------------------|
extended bit of 2nd chorus
2nd GUITAR OVER INTERLUDE BIT
--------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------8---8---8----------------------------| -8--repeat lots of times until:----8-8-6-8-8-8-6r-------------------------| -8---------------------------------8-6-6-6-8-6-6r-------------------------| -6---------------------------------6---4---6---4r-------------------------|
CHORUS#3
--------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------| -----8888-----8888------8-------------------------------------------------| -888-8888-666-8888-x5-8-8-6666666-----------------------------------------| -888-6666-666-6666----8-6-6666666-----------------------------------------| -666------444---------6---4444444-----------------------------------------|
VERSE #2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------| -----8888-----10101010------8---10r-----8888-----10101010-----------------| -888-8888-666-10101010-x2-8-8-6-10r-888-8888-666-10101010-----------------| -888-6666-666-8-8-8-8-----8-6-6-8-r-888-6666-666-8-8-8-8------------------| -666------444-------------6---4-----666------444--------------------------|
Race Against Time
CHORUS#4
--------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------| -----8888-----8888---8---8---8--------------------------------------------| -888-8888-666-8888-8-8-6-8-8-8-6------------------------------------------| -888-6666-666-6666-8-6-6-6-8-6-6------------------------------------------| -666------444------6---4---6---4------------------------------------------|
OUTRO
--------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------| -----8888-----8888--------8-8-----8-8r------------------------------------| -888-8888-666-8888-x3-8-8-8-8-6-6-8-8r------------------------------------| -888-4444-666-6666----8-8-6-6-6-6-6-6r------------------------------------| -666------444---------6-6-----4-4-----------------------------------------|
ORDER
INTRO/INTERLUDE
VERSE
CHORUS#1
INTRO/INTERLUDE
VERSE
CHORUS#2
INTRO/INTERLUDE and 2nd GUITAR OVER INTERLUDE BIT
CHORUS#3
VERSE#2
CHORUS#4
INTRO/INTEDERLUDE and OUTRO
LYRICS
"Is This Thing On?"
When all the things that you've been thinking
has you so confused and so unglued
your head is spinning
well we've all felt the same inside
I've been on that ledge countless times
and I know what that feels like
your on your own can't make it through this world all alone
is this thing on at all?
your on your own can't make it through this world all alone
is this thing on at all?
when all your friends don't have the answers
and you're so convinced that inch by inch
they've turned to strangers
we've all seen the different sides
no one hears even though you've talked all night
and I know what you feel like
your on your own can't make it through this world all alone
is this thing on at all?
your on your own can't make it through this world all alone
is this thing on at all?
your on your own can't make it through this world all alone
is this thing on at, this thing on at all?
can we really measure if we're any better
than that skyline that goes on and on forever on and on?
your on your own can't make it through this world all alone
is this thing on at all?
your on your own can't make it through this world all alone
is this thing on at all?
your on your own can't make it through this world all alone
is this thing on
and a race against time i know what that feels like
but your on your own now
is this thing on
it's the countless times that you talked all night
but your on your own now
is this thing on at all?
your on your own can't make it through this world all alone
is this thing on at, this thing on at all?
your on your own can't make it through this world all alone
oh yeah, yeah. YEAH!
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