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How'd You Have Me by Jimmy Eat World
How'd You Have Me
Capo:4th fret
Standard Tuning
Chords used:
EADGBe
Am: 022100
C: 032010
Cadd/G:032013
F: 133211
G: 320033
Intro: Cadd/G
Verse 1 chords:
Cadd/G Am
I saved a room of courage and I'll spend it now
F
But all for what I ask myself
Am G
No it doesn't feel than an answer matters
Cadd/G Am
Oh I thought I needed you to give me strength
F
With things I hoped you'd say
Am G
But as you stay quiet I just wonder
Chorus 1 chords:
C G F
Only one thing left I wished I knew
C G F
How did you have me and I only got you?
C G F
If there's all bad timing and there's no control
C G F C
I'm gonna do anything, gonna do everything I want...from now on
Interlude: [C - Am - C - F]
Verse 2: [use verse 1 chords]
None of you will change your voice, you change your face
Scared to say what's wrong
But we kept going on yeah, kept going on like
Two adult children engaged in separate play
You can run down all those days to me
Run through the whole year but why?
Chorus 2: [use chorus 1 chords]
Only one thing left I wished I knew
How did you have me and I only got you?
If it's all bad timing and there's no control
I'm gonna do anything, gonna do everything I want...from now on
Interlude: [C - Am - C - F]
Bridge 1 chords:
C G
No one else would be as patient or at least be so forgiving
C F
I'm not curious if all of your heart was
C G
You can talk and I might listen, hate the ones you show the present
C F
I'm done living, now her life is hers
Interlude: [C - Am - C - F]
Chorus 3: [use chorus 1 chords]
Only one thing left I wished I knew
How did you have me and I only got you?
If it's all bad timing and there's no control
I'm gonna do anything, gonna do everything I want...from now on
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version 2
Tuning:D A D G B E
Key:E
Capo:no capo
Dropped-D tuning:
1: e
2: B
3: G
4: D
5: A
6: D
Played with a moderately overdriven electric guitar in the bridge pick-up setting. Scale the overdrive back
to a very slight breakup tone for the bridge riff.
[Intro]
A5 volume swell:
e|----|
B|----|
G|-2--|
D|-2--|
A|-0--|
D|----|
then a repeating octave:
e|----- ------|
B|----- --12--|
G|-16-- or ------|
D|----- --9---|
A|-14-- ------|
D|----- ------|
[Verse]
E5(high) C#5 A5 F#5
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-9-----------6-----2---------|
D|-9-----------6-----2-----4---|
A|-7-----------4-----0-----4---|
D|-------------------------4---|
[Chorus]
Play an E5(high), B5, A5 progression a few times, then end on E5(low) as shown (could play all chords
with open 1 & 2 strings)
E5(high) B5 A5 E5(low)
e|-------------------------0---|
B|-------------------------0---|
G|-9-----------4-----2-----X---|
D|-9-----------4-----2-----2---|
A|-7-----------2-----0-----2---|
D|-------------------------2---|
[Riff]
(If there are chords played during this riff, I couldn't discern them.) (b = bend)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-9-----9-9------9\------------9---9---10---10-10/12--9----9---9\-------------------5---5-4b-5--|
G|---9-9------9-9----9-9----------9---9----9-------------9----9----9-9-------------4---6---------|
D|-----------------------9-9-7-----------------------------------------9-9-7-7-6-7---------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
E5(high) C#5 A5 F#5
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-9-----------6-----2---------|
D|-9-----------6-----2-----4---|
A|-7-----------4-----0-----4---|
D|-------------------------4---|
[Chorus]
E5(high) B5 A5 E5(low)
e|-------------------------0---|
B|-------------------------0---|
G|-9-----------4-----2-----X---|
D|-9-----------4-----2-----2---|
A|-7-----------2-----0-----2---|
D|-------------------------2---|
[Bridge]
C#5, B5, E5(low, mute 1-3 strings), A5, then C#5, B5, E5(low), B5, E5(low w/open 1 & 2 strings), then:
Bridge riff (x2)
e|--------------------------------------|
B|-9---9--------9---9---9------0---0----|
G|---9---9-8-9----9---9---9------9------|
D|---------------------------7----------|
A|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
*There's another instrument (keyboards?) playing a part during the Bridge riff. This is not tabbed, but
sounds easy to figure out.
[Chorus]
E5(high) B5 A5 E5(low)
e|-------------------------0---|
B|-------------------------0---|
G|-9-----------4-----2-----X---|
D|-9-----------4-----2-----2---|
A|-7-----------2-----0-----2---|
D|-------------------------2---|
[Outro]
E chords. Use the shapes below that sound right to you:
e|--0---4---x e|--0
B|--0---5---9 B|--5
A|--4---4---9 G|--4
D|--2---2---7 then end on this chord D|--2
A|--2---2---7 A|--2
D|--2---2---x D|--2
Some minor riffing on the outro over the E chords listed above. Sounds like the guitar has some overdrive,
reverb, minimal delay, and maybe chorus going on). There's some vibrato (~), then a slide (\) that fades
the note down the neck. Upstroke (V) on last notes.
(V)
e|-0------0-----0------12-|
B|-9~-----9~\---12~----0--|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
I've saved up enough courage, and I'll spend it now
But all for what, I ask myself
No, it doesn't feel that an answer matters
Oh, I thought I needed you to give me strength
The things I'd hoped you'd say
But as you stayed quiet, I'd just wonder
Only one thing left I wished I knew
How did you have me, and I only got you?
If it's all bad timing and there's no control
Not gonna do anything
You'll do everything I want from now on
When I'm with you change your voice, you change your face
Scared to say what's wrong
But we kept going on, yeah, kept going on
Like two adult children engaged in separate play
You can run down all those days to me
Go through the whole year, but why?
Only one thing left I wished I knew
How did you have me, and I only got you?
If it's all bad timing, and there's no control
I'm gon' do anything
You'll do everything I want from now on
No one else would be as patient
Or at least be so forgiving
I'm not curious at all that your heart was
You can talk and I might listen
Hate the words, you're sure no present
I'm done living powered by this hurt
Only one thing left I wished I knew
How did you have me and I only got you?
If it's all bad timing, and there's no control
I'm gon' do anything
You'll do everything I want from now on
| b Bend
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato
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