Work Tab

Artist: Jars of Clay
Album: Good Monsters
Song: Work
 
Intro: I think there may be some string that he leaves open, but here is what I play:
 
Part 1-
  Percussive Octaves     D5
|-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-|------------|
|-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-|--3---------|
|-4444-6666-7777-9999-|--2---------|  Two times
|-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-|--0---------|
|-2222-4444-5555-7777-|--0---------|
|-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-|------------|
 
Part 2-
Percussive Octaves again, only you go: B, C#, D, E, F#, G, F#, E
Do that twice.
 
Verse: You can play a Bm over the single note stuff
 
     1/4                 1/4
      ^                   ^               D5
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-2--------------| Twice
|-------------------|-------------------|-0--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-0--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|
 
Pre Chorus?:
Part 1-
        Bm
I don't have...
         A
That can give me...
         Bm
There is nothing left...
         A
That can give me...
 
Part 2-
          G       D                 A/C#             Bm
I have no fear of drowning it's the breathing that's taking all this work
 
~For the A/C#, just play  x4765x~
 
Chorus: Just go up a G Lydian scale: G  A  B  A/C#    x2
 
 
Back to the Intro riff part 2.
 
Verse
 
 
Pre Chorus 2: For this you can just randomly pick these chords. I'm not sure what
he picks it in, but I don't think it really matters too much.
 
 Bm7        Asus4
|----------|----------|
|-3--------|-3--------|   Twice
|-2--------|-2--------|
|-4--------|-2--------|
|-2--------|-0--------|
|----------|----------|
 
Part 2
            G                D                A/C#
Now all the demons look like prophets and I'm living out
Bm                      A    Bm                      A
Every word they speak        Every word they speak
 
 
Chorus- G  A  Bm
        G  A  Bm  A/C#  x4
 
 
Solo: He has delay set so that each repeat sounds as if he is playing a whole step
or lower than he really is... if that makes sense :)
 
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-9-11-11-9-|-9-11-11-9-|-9-11-11-9-|-9-11-11-9/-|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
 
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------15-|
|-14-16-16-14-|-14-16-16-14-|-14-16-16-14-|-14-16-16----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-15-17-17-15-|-15-17-17-15-|-15-17-17-15-|-15-17-17-15-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-15-15-15-15-|-14-14-14-14-|-12-12-12-12-|-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 
 Bass plays E over all of this
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
Play the Chorus a few times, then it ends with
 
          G       D
I have no fear of drowning
         A/C#             Bm
It's the breathing that's taking all this work
 
 
Enjoy!
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