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Staple It Together by Jack Johnson
Staple It Together
(verse 1)
Am D
It's really too bad.
Am D
He became a pris - 'ner of his own past
Am D
He stabbed the mom - ent in the back with a round thumbtack
Am D
That held up the list of thing he got to do
Am D
It's really no good
Am D
He's moving on before he under - stood
Am D
He shot the fu - ture in the foot with ev - 'ry step he took
Am D
From the places he'd seen 'cause he forgot to look
(chorus)
Am Am
Better staple it together and call it bad weather
G C X 2
Staple it together and call it bad weather
(verse 2)
Well i guess you could say
That he don't even know where to begin
'Cause he looked both ways but he was so afraid
Diggin' deep into the ditch every chance he missed
And the mess he made
'Cause hate is such a strong word
And every brick he laid, a mistake
They say that his walls are getting taller,his world is getting smaller
(repeat chorus)
(repeat verse 1)
(repeat chorus)
(outro)
Am D
If the weather gets better we should get together
G C
Spend a little time or we could do whatever
Am D
And if we get together we'd be twice as clever
G C
So staple it together and call it bad weather.
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version 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Am
[Verse riff]
e|--------------|-------------------|
B|--------------|-------------------|
G|--------------|-------------------|
D|--------------|-------------------|
A|---------3-5--|--------------3-5--|
E|--5--5-5------|--5-5-5-5-5-5------|
[Chorus riff]
e|--------------|-------------------|
B|--------------|-------------------|
G|--------------|-------------------|
D|---------2----|-------------------|
A|-----------5--|--------------5-3--|
E|--5--5-5------|--3-3-3-3-3-3------|
[Intro]
Am7 D7
(vamp starting with left-handed mutes)
[Verse]
Am7 D7
It's really too bad
Am7 D7
He became a prisner of his own past
Am7 D7
He stabbed the moment in the back with a round thumbtack
Am7 D7
That held up the list of thing he got to do
Am7 D7
It's really no good
Am7 D7
He's moving on before he understood
Am7 D7
He shot the future in the foot with every step he took
Am7 D7
From the places he'd seen because he forgot to look
[Chorus]
Am7 D7
Better staple it together and call it bad weather
G C
Staple it together and call it bad weather
Am7 D7
Better staple it together and call it bad weather
G C
Staple it together and call it bad weather
[Break]
Am7 D7 x4
(vamp)
[Verse]
Am7 D7
Well I guess you could say
Am7 D7
That he don't even know where to begin
Am7 D7
'Cause he looked both ways but he was so afraid
Am7 D7
Diggin' deep into the ditch every chance he missed
Am7 D7
And the mess he made
Am7 D7
'Cause hate is such a strong word
Am7 D7
And every brick he laid, a mistake they say
Am7 D7
That his walls are getting taller, his world is getting smaller
[Chorus]
Am7 D7
Better staple it together and call it bad weather
G C
Staple it together and call it bad weather
Am7 D7
Better staple it together and call it bad weather
G C
Staple it together and call it bad weather
[Break]
Am7 x4
(hits)
Am7 D7 x4
(vamp)
[Verse]
Am7 D7
It's really too bad
Am7 D7
He became a prisoner of his own past
Am7 D7
He stabbed the moment in the back with a round thumbtack
Am7 D7
That held up the list of thing he got to do
Am7 D7
It's really no good
Am7 D7
He's moving on before he understood
Am7 D7
He shot the future in the foot with every step he took
Am7 D7
From the places he'd seen because he forgot to look
[Chorus]
Am7 D7
Better staple it together and call it bad weather
G C
Staple it together and call it bad weather
Am7 D7
Better staple it together and call it bad weather
G C
Staple it together and call it bad weather
[Final Chorus]
Am7 D7
If the weather gets better we should get together
G C
Spend a little time or we could do whatever
Am7 D7
And if we get together we'd be twice as clever
G C
So staple it together and call it bad weather
[Outro]
Am7 D7 x4
Am7 D7 G C x2
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version 3
intro
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xxx---5-x-5-x-7-7-7-555-x-5--55-7-7-7-555---|
xxx---5-x-5-x-7-7-7-555-x-5--55-7-7-7-555---|
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verse
(i think this is played on bass but here it is anyway)
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--0----0----3----5----33333--3---5-----------|
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then the intro comes in again on guitar
chorus
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-5-xx-5---strum>>-7-7-7-7-------------------------------------|
-5-xx-5-----------7-7-7-7---4-xx-4---strum>>>-5-5-5-5---------| x2
-5-xx-5-----------7-7-7-7---5-xx-5------------5-5-5-5---------|
-3-xx-3-----------5-5-5-5---5-xx-5------------3-3-3-3---------|
----------------------------5-xx-3----------------------------|
1st interlude
(ime not 100%sure about this section but i think it sounds ok-ish)
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--5-xx-5-------7-5-77B-5---------5-xx-5--------------------|
--5-xx-5-----------------7-5-----5-xx-5--------------5-----|
--5-xx-5-------------------------5-xx-5----------5H7---7---|
--3-xx-3-------------------------3-xx-3------5H7-----------|
-----------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------9-7-5-4--------------|
--5-xx-5----7-7-7-555------5-xx-5-----9-7-5-4--------------|
--5-xx-5----7-7-7-555------5-xx-5--------------------------|
--5-xx-5-------------------5-xx-5--------------------------|
--3-xx-3-------------------3-xx-3--------------------------|
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there are a few more little fill in which jak does-
after all of them the interlude ends on
e-string>---7---|
B-string>---7---|
verse- play the intro
chorus- play chorus!
(chorus is a little longer the second time but still the same notes just played once or twice more.)
2nd interlude
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---------5-7-----------5-7--7s9-7-5-----------|
--7-xx-7---------77777--------------7---------|
----------------------------------------------|
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----------------------------------------------|
---------------------------7B-7B-7B-5---------|
---------5-7------------5--7B-7B-7B-5---------|
--7-xx-7----------77777-----------------------|
----------------------------------------------|
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--------------------------------------------------------------------5-----|
--------------------------8-------------------------------------7---5-----|
----------9-7--------7-5-7-7-5---------9 7-7s9-7 5--------7-5---7---6-----|
---7--777-------55555----------5s7-777------------7-55555-----------7-----|
--------------------------------------------------------------------7-----|
--------------------------------------------------------------------5-----|
end on
It's really too bad he became a prisoner of his own past
He stabbed the moment in the back with a brown thumbtack
Then held up the list of things he gotta to do
It's really no good he's movin' on before he understood
He shot the future in the foot with every step he took
Caught from the places that he did cause he forgot to look
Better staple it together and call a bad weather
Staple it together and call it bad weather
Staple it together and call it bad weather
Staple it together and call it bad weather
Well I guess you could say that he don't even know where to begin
'Cause he looked both ways but he was so afraid
To get deeper into the ditch every chance he missed
And the mess he made cause hate is such a strong word
And every brick he laid, the mistakes they said
And his walls are getting taller, his world is getting smaller
Better staple it together and call it bad weather
Staple it together and call it bad weather
Staple it together and call it bad weather
Staple it together and call it bad weather
It's really too bad he became a prisoner of his own past
He stabbed the moment in the back with a brown thumbtack
Then held up the list of things he's got to do
It's really no good he's movin' on before he understood
He shot the future in the foot with every step he took
Caught from the places that he did cause he forgot to look
Better staple it together then call it bad weather
Staple it together and call it bad weather
Staple it together and call it bad weather
Staple it together and call it bad weather
If the weather gets better we should get together
Spend a little time or we could do whatever
And if we get together we'll be twice as clever
So staple it together and call it bad weather
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version 4
Tuning: Standard
Key: x = mute string
h = hammer on
p = pull off
~ = ring out
br = bend and return
chords used:
Am7 D G C
e|---5---5---3---3---|
b|---5---7---3---5---|
g|---5---7---4---5---|
d|---5---7---5---5---|
a|---7---5---5---3---|
E|---5---5---3---3---|
[Intro]
|================12x=============|
e|--5--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|
b|--5--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-7---7---7---7-7-7-|
g|--5--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-7---7---7---7-7-7-|
d|--5----------------------|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-7---7---7---7-7-7-|
a|--7----------------------|7-x-x-7-7-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|
E|--5----------------------|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|
[Verse 1]
|=======4x======|===============4x===============|
e|---------------|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|
b|---------------|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-7---7---7---7-7-7-|
g|---------------|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-7---7---7---7-7-7-|
d|---------------|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-7---7---7---7-7-7-|
a|--------3---5~-|7-x-x-7-7-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|
E|5-5-5-5---5----|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|
[Chorus 1]
|================================2x===============================|
e|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3---3---3---3-3-3-|
b|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-7---7---7---7-7-7-|3-x-x-3-3-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|
g|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-7---7---7---7-7-7-|4-x-x-4-4-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|
d|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-7---7---7---7-7-7-|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|
a|7-x-x-7-7-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-3---3---3---3-3-3-|
E|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3---3---3---3-3-3-|
[Pre-Verse]
|=======4x======|
e|---------------|
b|---------------|
g|---------------|
d|---------------|
a|--------3---5~-|
E|5-5-5-5---5----|
[Verse 2]
|=======4x======|===============4x===============|
e|---------------|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|
b|---------------|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-7---7---7---7-7-7-|
g|---------------|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-7---7---7---7-7-7-|
d|---------------|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-7---7---7---7-7-7-|
a|--------3---5~-|7-x-x-7-7-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|
E|5-5-5-5---5----|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|
[Chorus 2]
|================================2x===============================|
e|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3---3---3---3-3-3-|
b|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-7---7---7---7-7-7-|3-x-x-3-3-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|
g|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-7---7---7---7-7-7-|4-x-x-4-4-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|
d|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-7---7---7---7-7-7-|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|
a|7-x-x-7-7-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-3---3---3---3-3-3-|
E|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3---3---3---3-3-3-|
[Interlude]
e|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-----------|5-x-x-5-5-x-x--------------|
b|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-----------|7-x-x-7-7-x-x--------------|
g|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5-7br-5-5-|7-x-x-7-7-x-x----7-7p5h7p5-|
d|5-x-x-5-5-x-x--------7--|7-x-x-7-7-x-x---7----------|
a|7-x-x-7-7-x-x-----------|5-x-x-5-5-x-x--5-----------|
E|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-----------|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5------------|
e|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|5-x-x-5-5-x-x------------|
b|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-7---7---7---7-7-7-|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-10-8-8-7\5-|
g|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-7---7---7---7-7-7-|5-x-x-5-5-x-x--9-9-7-7\5-|
d|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-7---7---7---7-7-7-|5-x-x-5-5-x-x------------|
a|7-x-x-7-7-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|7-x-x-7-7-x-x------------|
E|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|5-x-x-5-5-x-x------------|
e|5-x-x-5-5-x-x----------|5-x-x-5-5-x-x---------|5-x-x-5-5-x-x---5-7br-|
b|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5--5-7p5-|7-x-x-7-7-x-x---------|5-x-x-5-5-x-x--5------|
g|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5--5-7p5-|7-x-x-7-7-x-x-5---7br-|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5-------|
d|5-x-x-5-5-x-x----------|7-x-x-7-7-x-x---7-----|5-x-x-5-5-x-x---------|
a|7-x-x-7-7-x-x----------|5-x-x-5-5-x-x---------|7-x-x-7-7-x-x---------|
E|5-x-x-5-5-x-x----------|5-x-x-5-5-x-x---------|5-x-x-5-5-x-x---------|
e|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-------|
b|7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7br-7-|
g|7-x-x-7-7-x-x-7br-7-|
d|7-x-x-7-7-x-x-------|
a|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-------|
E|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-------|
[Chorus Variation]
|================16x=============|
e|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|
b|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-7---7---7---7-7-7-|
g|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-7---7---7---7-7-7-|
d|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-7---7---7---7-7-7-|
a|7-x-x-7-7-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|
E|5-x-x-5-5-x-x-5---5---5---5-5-5-|
[Outro]
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|--------5---7~--------5---7~-5-7br-5--------5---7~--------5---7br-7575--|
d|7-7-7-7---7---7-7-7-7---7-----------7--7--7---7---7-7-7-7---7-7br-----7-|
a|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-----5---7~-------------5-5/7-77\5------5---7~5-7br-------------5-7br7-5---|
d|5--7---7----5-5-5-5-7-5---5/7-77\5-5--7---7---------5-5-5-5-7-5----------7-|
a|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
It's really too bad he became a prisoner of his own past
He stabbed the moment in the back with a brown thumbtack
Then held up the list of things he gotta to do
It's really no good he's movin' on before he understood
He shot the future in the foot with every step he took
Caught from the places that he did cause he forgot to look
Better staple it together and call a bad weather
Staple it together and call it bad weather
Staple it together and call it bad weather
Staple it together and call it bad weather
Well I guess you could say that he don't even know where to begin
'Cause he looked both ways but he was so afraid
To get deeper into the ditch every chance he missed
And the mess he made cause hate is such a strong word
And every brick he laid, the mistakes they said
And his walls are getting taller, his world is getting smaller
Better staple it together and call it bad weather
Staple it together and call it bad weather
Staple it together and call it bad weather
Staple it together and call it bad weather
It's really too bad he became a prisoner of his own past
He stabbed the moment in the back with a brown thumbtack
Then held up the list of things he's got to do
It's really no good he's movin' on before he understood
He shot the future in the foot with every step he took
Caught from the places that he did cause he forgot to look
Better staple it together then call it bad weather
Staple it together and call it bad weather
Staple it together and call it bad weather
Staple it together and call it bad weather
If the weather gets better we should get together
Spend a little time or we could do whatever
And if we get together we'll be twice as clever
So staple it together and call it bad weather
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