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/ Jimmy Eat World / Bleed American (2001) / Bleed American guitar tab

Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American 
transcribed by Bill Martin  
Drop-D tuning: D A D G B E 

Guitar 1 - left channel 
Guitar 2 - right channel 

Intro: 
Guitar 1 
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|---4-6-----4-6-----4---4-6-----4-6-----4-----4-6-----4-6---4- 
|-4-----4-4-----4-4---0-----0-0-----0-0---4-4-----4-4-----4--- 
|-4-----4-4-----4-4---0-----0-0-----0-0---4-4-----4-4-----4--- 
|-4-----4-4-----4-4---0-----0-0-----0-0---4-4-----4-4-----4--- 

|--------------------------------- 
|--------------------------------- 
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|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4- 
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2- 
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0--------- 

Guitar 2 
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|---0-0-----0-0-----0---0-0-----0-0-----0-----0-0-----0-0---0- 
|---4-6-----4-6-----4---4-6-----4-6-----4-----4-6-----4-6---4- 
|-4-----4-4-----4-4---0-----0-0-----0-0---4-4-----4-4-----4--- 
|-4-----4-4-----4-4---0-----0-0-----0-0---4-4-----4-4-----4--- 
|-4-----4-4-----4-4---0-----0-0-----0-0---4-4-----4-4-----4--- 

|--------------------------------- 
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- 
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4- 
|--------------------------------- 
|--------------------------------- 
|--------------------------------- 
  
Verse: 

Guitar 1 
|----------------------------------------------------------------- 
|----------------------------------------------------------------- 
|----------------------------------------------------------------- 
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4- 
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2- 
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------- 
  |________________________palm-muted____________________________| 

last time 
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|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-x---x---x---x--- 
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2---2---2---2--- 
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------- 
  |_________________palm-muted___________________| 

Guitar 2 
|----------------------------------------------------------------- 
|----------------------------------------------------------------- 
|----------------------------------------------------------------- 
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4- 
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2- 
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------------------------- 
  |________________________palm-muted____________________________| 

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|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----4------4-- 
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--0-0-2-- 
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------- 

Chorus: 

Guitar 1 
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|---4-6-----4-6-----4---4-6-----4-6-----4-----4-6-----4-6---4- 
|-4-----4-4-----4-4---0-----0-0-----0-0---4-4-----4-4-----4--- 
|-4-----4-4-----4-4---0-----0-0-----0-0---4-4-----4-4-----4--- 
|-4-----4-4-----4-4---0-----0-0-----0-0---4-4-----4-4-----4--- 

|--------------------------------- 
|--------------------------------- 
|-------------------------4-4-4-4- 
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4- 
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2- 
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0--------- 

Guitar 2 
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|---0-0-----0-0-----0---0-0-----0-0-----0-----0-0-----0-0---0- 
|---4-6-----4-6-----4---4-6-----4-6-----4-----4-6-----4-6---4- 
|-4-----4-4-----4-4---0-----0-0-----0-0---4-4-----4-4-----4--- 
|-4-----4-4-----4-4---0-----0-0-----0-0---4-4-----4-4-----4--- 
|-4-----4-4-----4-4---0-----0-0-----0-0---4-4-----4-4-----4--- 

|--------------------------------- 
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- 
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4- 
|--------------------------------- 
|--------------------------------- 
|--------------------------------- 

Bridge: 

Guitar 1 
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|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-x-x-x-x- 
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2- 
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------0-0-0-0--------- 

Guitar 2 
|--------------------------------------------------------- 
|-----7------7------7------7------7------7------7------7-- 
|--------------------------------------------------------- 
|-4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4---- 
|--------------------------------------------------------- 
|--------------------------------------------------------- 

|--------------------------------- 
|--------------------------------- 
|-9-9-9-9-7-7-6-6-7-7-7-7--------- 
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-XXXXXXXX 
|-7-7-7-7-5-5-4-4-5-5-5-5-XXXXXXXX 
|-------------------------XXXXXXXX 
  
Solo: 
Guitar 1 continue Bridge riff 

Guitar 2 
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|---2--5-2-2---2----2------5-7-2------2--5-2-2---2------------------ 
|-4----------4----4----44--------4--4----------4----4-4-4h6-4-4-6-6- 
|-----------------------------------------------------------x-x-x-x- 
|-----------------------------------------------------------2-2-4-4- 
|------------------------------------------------------------------- 

End on: 
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|-4-4- 
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Structure + Lyrics 

Intro 

Verse 
I'm not alone cause the TV's on, yeah 
I'm not crazy cause I take the right pills everyday 
and rest, clean your conscious, clear your thoughts, with [?] with your brain 
Clean your conscious, clear your thoughts, with [?] 

Chorus 
soft swerve sugar on the asphalt 
our hearts littering the topsoil 
sue her and we can get the last call 
uh no soft cold 
soft swerve sugar on the asphalt 
our hearts ya littering the topsoil 
sign up to take it on the long way, uh no 

Verse 
I'm not alone cause the TV's on, yeah 
I'm not crazy cause I take the right pills everyday 
and rest, clean your conscious, clear your thoughts, with [?] and your brain 
clean your conscious, clear your thoughts, with [?] 

Chorus 
soft swerve sugar on the asphalt 
our hearts littering the topsoil 
soft serve sugar on the asphalt, our hearts littering the topsoil 
sign up and take it on the long way 
Sue her and we can get the last call 
uh huh, soft cold 

Bridge 
real far out 
won't they give it a rest now? 

Guitar Solo 

Chorus 
soft swerve sugar on the asphalt 
our hearts littering the topsoil 
sue her and we can get the last call 
uh huh, soft cold 
soft swerve sugar on the asphalt, our hearts littering the topsoil 
sign up and (take it on the long way?) 


Jimmy Eat World albums
2004 Futures
2001 Bleed American
1999 Clarity
1996 Static Prevails
Bleed American tabs
01Bleed American tabbass tab
02A Praise Chorus tabbass tab
03The Middle tabbass tab
04Your House tabbass tab
05Sweetness tabbass tab
06Hear You Me tabbass tab
07If You Don't, Don't tabbass tab
08Get It Faster tabbass tab
09Cautioners tabbass tab
10The Authority Song tabbass tab
11My Sundown tabbass tab

 

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