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Matchbox+20 - Real+world

Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 22:02:47 -0500
From: Lane Haygood 
Subject: m/matchbox_20/real_world.tab

Here is my tab for Matchbox 20's new song "Real World"
Matchbox 20
"Real World"
Yourself Or Someone Like You
Written By Rob Thomas and some other guys....
Tabbed by: Lane Haygood

This is a very shaky tab. Corrections please 
(lane@wtaccess.com)
Riff A:
Gtr 1: med. dist
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|----11---8---8-11-11-8--11---| =4x
E|-----------------------------|
I'm not real sure about that. It's the catchy
litte intro riff and it's been giving me fits.

Verse:
Rhy. Fig 1
Gtr 2: distortion
  A#5 F5   G5      F5
e|--|-----------------------------|
B|--|-----------------------------|
G|3-|-----------------------------|
D|3-|-3--3-5---5--5-3-------------|
A|1-|-3--3-3---5--5-3-------------|
E|--|-1--1-3---3--3-1-------------|
{repeat 2nd measure for verse}

Verse lyrics:

1st:
I ..
I wonder ..
The rain.......yeah...

2nd:
(I ..
(I ..)
(Downtown.......yeah)

3rd:
[I ..
[I ..
I ..

Prechorus
Gtr 1: (Play at end of Prechorus)
Riff B
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------|
D|-------------5--5-5-------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
Not real sure 'bout this lead either.

Gtr 2:
Rhy. Fig 2
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5--5-5----|
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--5--5-5----|
E|----------------3--3-3----|

1st:
I'd ..
And ..
{Fill Riff A 4x}
When ..*To verse*

2nd:
(From ..
Sun; ..
{Fill Riff A 4x}
Their stunned) *To Chorus*

3rd:
[I'd ..
Get me ..
{Fill Riff A 4x}
My tone....  *to chorus*

1st Chorus:
Gtr 2:
Rhy. Fig 3
(Yeah....)
A#5          G5           F5
Straight ..?
A#5              G5                   F5
If I .?
A#5                     G5      F5
Strange, ..?
A#5        F5   G5           F5       A#5
I wish ...
Riff A (Gtr 1)
And .....

Gtr 1:
Riff C:
    A#5          G5           F5
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-----15------------------------------|
D|---15--15--------17---------15-------|
A|-13------13----17--17-----15--15-----|
E|-------------15-----15--13------13---|
I'm sure about this part here.  Whenever
Gtr 2 changes chords, so does Gtr 1 playing the
arpeggioed major chords here. Then fill Riff A
at the end.

2nd chorus: w/riff C

(Yeah....)
A#5          G5           F5
Straight ..
A#5              G5                   F5
If I ..?
A#5                     G5      F5
Strange, ..?
A#5        F5   G5           F5       A#5
I wish ...
A#5                  G5
Please ..
F5                             A#5            G5 F5
Well ..
A#5                 G5        Riff A
Please ..

You.... to me.... yeah......

Solo:
Gtr 2 plays A#5 and G5 in the background
Gtr 1: (Strum each chord /////)
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|-10--13-16-18-14-15-12-16-19-17-13-12-10-10-10-----|
G|--9--12-15-17-13-14-11-15-18-16-12-12-10--9--9-----|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
This is a very weak solo attempt. It sounds
decent, though, and most people you play for
probably won't notice if you play quickly enough.

3rd chorus: w/Riff C

(Yeah....)
A#5          G5           F5
Straight ..?
A#5              G5                   F5
If I ..?
A#5                     G5      F5
Strange..?
A#5        F5   G5           F5       A#5
I wish ...

A#5        F5   G5           F5       A#5
I ...

A#5        F5   G5           F5       A#5
I ...
A#5        G5      F5
And you... annnnnnnd me

Fills:

After the first chorus:

Gtr 1:
Fill A:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13/---|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

During the third verse (head honcho) fill:

Gtr 3: acoustic
The exact strumming is hard to figure out, so I left
that to you, but the chords are:
G major, A major, F major (Barre F major).

Gtr 4: clean w/delay:
e|-----------------|
B|-7h8h9p8p7-------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Actually, a synth plays this, but this is pretty close.

Fill Gtr 3 during the 3rd chorus at:
A barred, F barred, G barred.

That's my attempt at tabbing this. Corrections, comments,
death threats, pledges of love, money, can all be sent
to me via e-mail at lane@wtaccess.com.

Lane Haygood
Guitarist of Winner Take All 


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