Artist: Jimmy Eat World Song: Cautioners Album: Bleed American All guitars in Drop D (d-a-d-g-b-e) The beginning part.. it's played throughout most of the song. |-12-12-12-12-12--------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| The beginning of the main part, the bassy part for the verse. It's palm muted, until the chorus |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| "Riff A" |-----------------------------------------| |-00--------------------------------------| |----22-44--44---4444--44---44-44-4444-44-| This is where the vocals come in. You can either do an open A string, or 7 on the e string, I use the 7 |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|Play 2x |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-77--77----7777--77---77-77-----7777--77-| then |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-77-22-44--44--447---4----44--44--777--4----22-22---2222--22----22--22--2222--22--| The chorus |------------------------------------------------------------------------ |------------------------------------------------------------------------ |-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6- |-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- Play 2x |-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4- Then the next part |------------------------------------------------------------------------ |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-13-13-13-13--13-13-13-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-11-11-11- |-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--- |-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--11-11-11-11--11-11-11-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-9--9--9-- |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| Then back to the palm |-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| muted 7 on the e string, until |-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| you get back to Riff A |----------------------------------------------------------| The Interlude is two parts, I'll be nice and post both, since the rhythm is easy to post Part 1 is the rhythm. It's only three chords, you can tell where it changes, so I'll just post the chords. It goes in this pattern.. Asus4 - Esus4 - F#m11 - Asus4 Play it four times Asus2 F#m11 Esus4 |-0------0------0---| |-0------0------0---| |-2------2------2---| |-2------2------2---| |-0------x------2---| |-x------2------0---| Now the lead part. Same as above, play it four times. |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-- |-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-- |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-- |------------------------------------------------------------------ |------------------------------------------------------------------ |------------------------------------------------------------------ continued -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| -x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| -2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| -----------------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------------| That's pretty much it. Those are almost all the parts, barring any of the extra guitar in it. But, that should get you through it.