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/ Everclear / So Much For The Afterglow (1997) / Why I Don't Believe In God guitar tab

Why I Don't Believe in God 
As recorded by Everclear on "So Much For the Afterglow" LP
Tabbed by Kyle Pouliot (TurboniumK@aol.com)

Intro - For those of you who know harmonics, 
the intro is played by harmonics on the right 
bar of the fret.

e|---------------------------------|
b|------7--------7---------7-------|
g|-12----7--12----7---12----7--0~--|
D|---12---7---12---7----12---7-----|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

Repeat 4x but on the last time dont do 
the little riff at the end
(Main Riff)
e|--------3-3--------------------------|
b|--------0-0-------0-h3-0----------0--|
g|------0-0-0--------------2------0----|
D|-0----0-----0---0----------0-h2------|
A|-0--2-2-----0---2--------------------|
E|-0-h3-------0-h-3--------------------|

Break into this>
e|--5-/-3--------------------------------------------------|
b|--0-/-0-----------0--------------------------------------|
g|--0-/-0---------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------0------------|
D|--4-/-2--2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2-0-h2-2---0-0-0-h2-0-|
A|--5-/-3--3-----------------------3-3----------2-2--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
I heard the truth about you...

e|--------------------------------------------------3------|
b|----------0-------------------------------0-0-----0------|
g|--------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------------2-2-h4--0------|
D|-2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2------0---------------2------|
A|-3-----------------------2-2-0-h2----2-2----------3------|
E|-------------------------------------3-3-----------------|
and it doesn't really read at all like the whipping stick you raised me with

e|--5-/-3--------------------------------------------------|
b|--0-/-0-----------0--------------------------------------|
g|--0-/-0---------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------0------------|
D|--4-/-2--2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2-0-h2-2---0-0-0-h2-0-|
A|--5-/-3--3-----------------------3-3----------2-2--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
Scared woman in a private hell hushed voice like electric bells

e|--------------------------------------------------3------|
b|----------0-------------------------------0-0-----0------|
g|--------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------------2-2-h4--0------|
D|-2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2------0---------------2------|
A|-3-----------------------2-2-0-h2----2-2----------3------|
E|-------------------------------------3-3-----------------|
Strange talk about Edgar Cayce and the long lame walk of the dark 70's

e|--5-/-3--------------------------------------------------|
b|--0-/-0-----------0--------------------------------------|
g|--0-/-0---------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------0------------|
D|--4-/-2--2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2-0-h2-2---0-0-0-h2-0-|
A|--5-/-3--3-----------------------3-3----------2-2--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
Strange talk about Edgar Cayce and the long lame walk of the dark 70's

e|--5-/-3--------------------------------------------------|
b|--0-/-0-----------0--------------------------------------|
g|--0-/-0---------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------0------------|
D|--4-/-2--2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2-0-h2-2---0-0-0-h2-0-|
A|--5-/-3--3-----------------------3-3----------2-2--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
I heard the truth about you, yeah you

e|--------------------------------------------------3------|
b|----------0-------------------------------0-0-----0------|
g|--------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------------2-2-h4--0------|
D|-2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2------0---------------2------|
A|-3-----------------------2-2-0-h2----2-2----------3------|
E|-------------------------------------3-3-----------------|
Aww Momma they woke me up I was deep in an idiot sleep

e|--5-/-3--------------------------------------------------|
b|--0-/-0-----------0--------------------------------------|
g|--0-/-0---------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------0------------|
D|--4-/-2--2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2-0-h2-2---0-0-0-h2-0-|
A|--5-/-3--3-----------------------3-3----------2-2--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
I was just 8 years old, heard big words with a horrble sound

e|--------------------------------------------------3------|
b|----------0-------------------------------0-0-----0------|
g|--------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------------2-2-h4--0------|
D|-2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2------0---------------2------|
A|-3-----------------------2-2-0-h2----2-2----------3------|
E|-------------------------------------3-3-----------------|
Why'd they have to call my school, tell me my mother had a nervous breakdown?

Repeat 4x
e|--------3-3--------------------------|
b|--------0-0-------0-h3-0----------0--|
g|------0-0-0--------------2------0----|
D|-0----0-----0---0----------0-h2------|
A|-0--2-2-----0---2--------------------|
E|-0-h3-------0-h-3--------------------|

e|--5-/-3--------------------------------------------------|
b|--0-/-0-----------0--------------------------------------|
g|--0-/-0---------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------0------------|
D|--4-/-2--2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2-0-h2-2---0-0-0-h2-0-|
A|--5-/-3--3-----------------------3-3----------2-2--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
I wish i believed like you do

e|--------------------------------------------------3------|
b|----------0-------------------------------0-0-----0------|
g|--------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------------2-2-h4--0------|
D|-2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2------0---------------2------|
A|-3-----------------------2-2-0-h2----2-2----------3------|
E|-------------------------------------3-3-----------------|
In the myth of a merciful god, In the myth of a heaven and hell

e|--5-/-3--------------------------------------------------|
b|--0-/-0-----------0--------------------------------------|
g|--0-/-0---------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------0------------|
D|--4-/-2--2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2-0-h2-2---0-0-0-h2-0-|
A|--5-/-3--3-----------------------3-3----------2-2--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
I hear the voices you hear sometimes

e|--------------------------------------------------3------|
b|----------0-------------------------------0-0-----0------|
g|--------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------------2-2-h4--0------|
D|-2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2------0---------------2------|
A|-3-----------------------2-2-0-h2----2-2----------3------|
E|-------------------------------------3-3-----------------|
Some times it get so much, i feel like letting go

e|--5-/-3--------------------------------------------------|
b|--0-/-0-----------0--------------------------------------|
g|--0-/-0---------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------0------------|
D|--4-/-2--2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2-0-h2-2---0-0-0-h2-0-|
A|--5-/-3--3-----------------------3-3----------2-2--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
Sometimes it gets so hard, i feel like letting it go

e|--------------------------------------------------3------|
b|----------0-------------------------------0-0-----0------|
g|--------0----2-2-0-h2-0-------------------2-2-h4--0------|
D|-2-0-h2------0-0---------2-2------0---------------2------|
A|-3-----------------------2-2-0-h2----2-2----------3------|
E|-------------------------------------3-3-----------------|
Sometimes it gets so goddamn hard I feel like letting it all go

Solo (Try a Slide) Second Guitar play main riff
e|---------------------12--------------------12------------|
b|------12-------12------12\---10/12---------12--------12--|
g|-----------12----------12\---10/12---------------12------|
D|-/12-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-/12-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------12--------------------------|
b|--------------10/12---------12---12-------------10/-|
g|--12----------10/12--------------------12-------10/-|
D|--------12----------------------------------12------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

e|-3-3--3------------|
b|-0-3--0------------|
g|-0-2--0----------0-|
D|-2----2-0-0-0h-2---|
A|-3----3-2-2--------|
E|-------------------|
I ran Away went looking for you back to Culver City and the old neighborhood

e|-3-3--3------------|
b|-0-3--0------------|
g|-0-2--0------------|
D|-2----2-0-0------0-|
A|-3----2-2-2-0-h2---|
E|--------3-3--------|
Need to know if you were really gone, Need to know if you were gone for good

e|-3-3-3-xxxx-3-3-3-3-3-3------|
b|-0-0-0-xxxx-3-3-3-0-0-0------|
g|-0-0-0-xxxx-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0--|
D|-2-2-2-xxxx-------2-2-2-0-0--|
A|-3-3-3-xxxx-------3-3-3-2-2--|
E|-----------------------------|
I ran through the projects at night hide in the dark from my friends in the 
light

e|-3-3-3-xxxx-3-3-3-3-3-3------|
b|-0-0-0-xxxx-3-3-3-0-0-0------|
g|-0-0-0-xxxx-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0--|
D|-2-2-2-xxxx-------2-2-2-0-0--|
A|-3-3-3-xxxx-------2-2-2-2-2--|
E|------------------------3-3--|
Hide from my brother in law, Hide from the things he'd say

e|-3-3-3-xxxx-3-3-3-3-3-3------|
b|-0-0-0-xxxx-3-3-3-0-0-0------|
g|-0-0-0-xxxx-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0--|
D|-2-2-2-xxxx-------2-2-2-0-0--|
A|-3-3-3-xxxx-------3-3-3-2-2--|
E|-----------------------------|
Ya said you werent losing your mind, he said you just needed a rest

e|-3-3-3-xxxx-3-3-3-3-3-3------|
b|-0-0-0-xxxx-3-3-3-0-0-0------|
g|-0-0-0-xxxx-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0--|
D|-2-2-2-xxxx-------2-2-2-0-0--|
A|-3-3-3-xxxx-------2-2-2-2-2--|
E|------------------------3-3--|
Said you'd be coming home soon

e|-3-3--3------------|
b|-0-3--0------------|
g|-0-2--0----------0-|
D|-2----2-0-0-0h-2---|
A|-3----3-2-2--------|
E|-------------------|
Said the doctors there would know whats best, he said that maybe i could
go live with them for a while....

Play a "C"
(Stop Music)
I know the truth about you...
i know the truth about you...

e|----3-3--3------------|
b|----0-3--0------------|
g|----0-2--0----------0-|
D|----2----2-0-0-0h-2---|
A|----3----3-2-2--------|
E|/12-------------------|
I know the truth about you
I know the truth
I know the truth 
I know the truth 
I know the truth
I know the truth about you

e|----------------------------------0----------|
b|------0-------0---0-0-------------0-0-0------|
g|-0------0----0--0-2-0----------0--2-0-0------|
D|----2-----2---------2-2-2-0-h2------2-0------|
A|-3----------3-------3-3-3-----------3-2------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
Momma they woke me up I was just 8 years old
Sometimes it get so hard
I feel like letting it go

Sometimes it gets so hard 
i feel like leting it all go

e|--------3-3--------------------------|
b|--------0-0-------0-h3-0----------0--|
g|------0-0-0--------------2------0----|
D|-0----0-----0---0----------0-h2------|
A|-0--2-2-----0---2--------------------|
E|-0-h3-------0-h-3--------------------|
Letting it all go

e|--------3-3--------------------------|
b|--------0-0-------0-h3-0----------0--|
g|------0-0-0--------------2------0----|
D|-0----0-----0---0----------0-h2------|
A|-0--2-2-----0---2--------------------|
E|-0-h3-------0-h-3--------------------|
Letting it all go

e|--------3-3--------------------------|
b|--------0-0-------0-h3-0----------0--|
g|------0-0-0--------------2------0----|
D|-0----0-----0---0----------0-h2------|
A|-0--2-2-----0---2--------------------|
E|-0-h3-------0-h-3--------------------|
Letting it all go

e|--------3-3--------------------------|
b|--------0-0-------0-h3-0----------0--|
g|------0-0-0--------------2------0----|
D|-0----0-----0---0----------0-h2------|
A|-0--2-2-----0---2--------------------|
E|-0-h3-------0-h-3--------------------|
Yeah letting it all go.........

JASON'S EVERCLEAR TABS - http://members.tripod.com/~panec/


Everclear albums
2003 Slow Motion Daydream
2001 White Trash Hell
2000 Songs from An American Movie Part II
2000 Learning How To Smile
1997 So Much For The Afterglow
1995 Sparkle And Fade
1993 World Of Noise
So Much For The Afterglow tabs
01So Much For The Afterglow tabbass tab
02Everything To Everyone tabbass tab
04Normal Like You tabbass tab
05I Will Buy You A New Life tabbass tab
06Father Of Mine tabbass tab
07One Hit Wonder tabbass tab
08El Distorto De Melodica tabbass tab
09Amphetamine tabbass tab
10White Men In Black Suits tabbass tab
11Sunflowers tabbass tab
12Why I Don't Believe In God tabbass tab
13Like A California King tabbass tab
14Hating You For Christmas tabbass tab

 

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