Brushfire Fairytales Tabs & Lyrics by Jack Johnson
Brushfire Fairytales
guitar tabs lyrics
Jack Johnson-Brushfire Fairytales
1. Inaudible Melodies
2. Middle man
3. Posters
4. Sexy Plexi
5. Flake
6. Bubble Toes
7. Fortunate Fool
8. The News
9. Drink the Water
10. Mudfootball (for moe Lerner)
11. F-Stop Blues
12. Losing Hope
13. Its all Understood
Brought together by:Parker Smith
1. Inaudible melodies:
intro part 1
e|--2---2-2h4p2---2------------6-----6-6h9p6---6---6--X---7---7---
B|--2-----------2------2--X--7---------------7-----6--X---7-------
G|--3------------------4--X--6---------------------7--X---8-------
D|--4------------------3--X--6h8-------------------8--X---9-------
A|--4------------------4--X--6---------------------8--X---9-------
E|--2----------------------------------------------6--X---7-------
e|--7h9p7----7---6--X--4---
B|---------7-----6--X--4---
G|---------------6--X--4---
D|---------------6--X--4---
A|---------------8--X--6---
E|---------------6--X--4---
intro part 2
------------------2-5-2-0---------------------------
-------3/5-3/5--2---------2-----------------3/5-3/5-
-------4/6-4/6--------------2h4-4-2-2-------4/6-4/6-
--------------------------------------2-3-4---------
----------------------------------------------------
-0-1-2----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------2-5-2-2--
-----------------------------3/5-3/5---2--------4-
-4b5r4--2----2h4--2--2-------4/6-4/6------------2-
----------4------------2-3-4--------------------4-
------------------------------------------------2-
--------------------------------------------------
Verse 1
e|----------2---------------------------2--------------
B|----------2---------------------------4--------------
G|----------3---------------------------2--------------
D|-----4----4------------------4-4------4--------------
A|-4/6------4--------------4/6-----6-2--2---0h2-0h2----
E|-------2--2---0h2-0h2--------------------------------
brushfire fairytales .......
(play this couple of times)
e|------------4-----------4-----2------2-------2-----------2---4-
B|------------6-----------6-----4------4-------2-----------2---6-
G|------------4-----------4-----2------2-------3-----------3---4-
D|-----4-3----6-----------6-----4------4-------4-----------4---6-
A|-4/6-----4--4---0h4-0h4-4---2-2--0-2-2---2---4-----------4---4-
E|-------------------------------------2-----2-2---0h2-0h2-2-----
verse 2
e|----2----------2-----2----------2------2----------2-----2----------2---
B|----2----------2-----4----------4------2----------2-----4----------4---
G|----3----------3-----2----------2------3----------3-----2----------2---
D|----4----------4-----4----------4------4----------4-----4----------4---
A|----4----------4--2--2--0-2-0-2-2------4----------4--2--2--0-2-0-2-2---
E|-2--2--0-2-0-2-2--------------------2--2--0-2-0-2-2--------------------
e|----4-----------4-----2----------2-----2-----------2---4-
B|----6-----------6-----4----------4-----2-----------2---6-
G|----4-----------4-----2----------2-----3-----------3---4-
D|----6-----------6-----4----------4-----4-----------4---6-
A|-4--4---0-4-0-4-4---2-2--0-2-0-2-2-----4-----------4---4-
E|---------------------------------2--2--2---0-2-0-2-2-----
F#
Well dust off your thinking caps
B7
Solar powered plastic plants
F#
Pretty pictures of things we ate
B7
We are only what we hate
C#7
But in the long run we have found
B7
Silent films are full of sound
F# C#7
Inaudibly free
F#
Slow down everyone
Bb
You're moving too fast
B
Frames can't catch you when
G#
You're moving like that
F#
Inaudible melodies
Bb
Of narrational strategies
B
Unobtrusive tones
G#
Help to notice nothing but the zone
F#
Of visual relevancy
Bb
Frame-lines tell me what to see
B
Chopping like an axe
G#
So maybe Eisenstein should just relax
F#
Slow down everyone
Bb
You're moving too fast
B
Frames can't catch you when
G#
You're moving like that
Solo:
e---11-14-11--11-----11-14-11----------11-14-11----------11-11-11-11--14/0---|
B--11-------14------11-------14-11----11-------14-12----x--------------------|
G-11---------------11----------------11----------------x---------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2. Middle Man
After 5 shows of Jack in 7 days I manged to see a few errors in my tabs, one of them was in
one of the main chords for this song.. look at the chords in the intro and verse for the
difference... the Em, is not and Em until the chorus kind of bit, it is actually an Em9th or
Em7th or something.. as shown in the chord chart below... enjoy..
BASS INTRO
|--------------------------|
|.---------9---7~-7-7-----.|
|.-7~-7-7----7--------5-6-.|repeat until chorus
|--------------------------|
GUITAR CHORDS
Em* X 7 5 7 X X
Em X 7 9 9 8 7
A 5 7 7 6 5 5
C 8 10 10 9 8 8
D X 5 7 7 7 5
G 3 5 5 4 3 3
F# 2 4 4 3 2 2
F 1 3 3 2 1 1
em(1) 0 2 2 0 0 0
Guitar Intro
Em* A repeat
Em*
Well he's not necessarily trying to say that he minds it
A
But someone plays evil tricks on that kid
Em*
Well he's not necessarily trying to say god can't be trusted
A
But someone plays evil tricks on that kid
Em*
As certain situations scream for deviations
A
But somehow we always get stuck in the middle
Em*
Of this and that and then he should try less
A
Every time he's rejected then he loses affection
C
But don't we all, don't we just got to give a little time
A D Em D
Maybe give a friend a call instead of making him confused
A D Em D
What a terrible thing for you to do-ooo
A D Em D
What an awful thing for you to say-eee
A D A G F# F em(1)
What a terrible thing for you to relay
(bass intro and drums)
Em*
Well I know some people's they got a little less than nothing
A
Never still find some to spare
Em*
And other people got more than they could use
A
But they don't share
Em*
And some people got problems man
A
They got awful complications
Em*
Other people got perfect situations
A
With no provocation
C
But don't we all, don't we just got to give a little time
A D Em D
Maybe give a friend a call instead of making him confused
A D Em D
What a terrible thing for you to do-ooo
A D Em D
What an awful thing for you to say-eee
A D
What a terrible thing for you
Em D
Confused
A D Em D
What a terrible thing for you to do-ooo
A D Em D
What an awful thing for you to say-eee
A D A G F# F em(1)
What a terrible thing for you to relay
(bass intro and drums)
|------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------
|.-----------------------------------------------------
|.---------------------------7-7p5-7p5---5-7-7p5-7p5---
|--7-7p5-7p5---5-7-7p5-7p5-------------7-------------7-
|------------7-------------7---------------------------
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|
-------------------------------.|repeat x 4
---------------------------7-7-.|then
-7-7p5-7p5---5-7-7p5-7p5--------|
-----------7-------------7------|
------------------------
------------------------
------------------------
-5----------------------
---7-7--7-5-6-7/slide and )'s mean the notes are quickly muted..!!
INTRO
----7/9\7---4/7\4---3/5\3---2/4\2~--------------
----7/9\7---4/7\4---3/5\3---2/4\2~--------------
-----------------------------------------9------
-----------------------------------------9------
------------------------------------9/11---11p9-
--7-------4-------3-------2---------------------
VERSE (riff 1)
B G#
|----7)----------4)--|
|----7)----------4)--|
|.------------------.|
|.------------------.|
|--------------------|
|--7-----------4-----|
VERSE (riff 2)
C# F#
|----9)------2)--|
|----9)------2)--|
|.--10)------3)-.|
|.--11)------4)-.|
|---11)------4)--|
|--9-------2-----|
on the last repetition of this verse riff use FILL 2 from below after the
F# bass note to move back to verse riff 1...
some examples of fills that can replace the G# chord
FILL 1 FILL 2 FILL 3
--------------------|-----------------|----------------------
--------------------|-----------------|----------------------
--------------------|-----------------|----------------------
--------------------|-----------------|------------11\9~-----
----------9---------|-----------------|----------9-----------
--4--9/11---11p9--7-|--4--9/11-7-9-7--|--4--9/11----------7--
so just fuck around with those, and any others are just variations on that anyhow...
then the fun part... the CHORUS...
----0~--0-0-----0~---0---0---0----2---2-2-----2---2---2---2-
----0~----------------------------2-------2h4---2-----------
----1~------4h6----4---2---1------3-----------------4---3---
----2~----------------------------4-------------------------
----2~----------------------------4-------------------------
--0-0~--------------------------2-2-------------------------
A much easier version of the chorus can be played, like Jack does it when he plays live..
----0)----------0)----2)-----------2)--
----0)----------0)----2)-----------2)--
----1)----------1)----3)-----------3)--
---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------
--0----0-0--0-0-----2-----2-2--2-2-----
then just descending major bar chords with the root on the 6th string
(ie the E shape)
CHORD: B / G# / F# / E x3
FRET: 7 4 2 0
then
CHORD: B / G# / G ~~~
FRET: 7 4 3 and hold
in case you don't know the terms above the shape for the B (7th fret) is
e|-7-|
b|-7-| So just start with that, then move it down to the 4th fret etc.
g|-8-|
d|-9-|
a|-9-|
E|-7-|
8. The News
Standard Tuning EADGBE
A Bm A
A billion people died on the news tonight
Bm
But not so many cried at the terrible sight
A
Well mama said
C#m
It's just make believe
Bm
You can't believe everything you see
D Dm
So baby close your eyes to the lullabies
A Bm
On the news tonight
A Bm A
Who's the one to decide that it would be alright
Bm
To put the music behind the news tonight
A
Well mama said
C#m
You can't believe everything you hear
Bm
The diagetic world is so unclear
D Dm
So baby close your ears
Bm
On the news tonight
F#m
On the news tonight
Bm F#m
The unobtrusive tones on the news tonight
A
And mama said
E
Mmm
A Bm
Why don't the newscasters cry when they read about people who die
A Bm
At least they could be decent enough to put just a tear in their eyes
A
Mama said
C#m
It's just make believe
You cant believe everything you see
Bm D Dm
So baby close your eyes to the lullabies
A Bm A
On the news tonight
The picking pattern is as follows:
--------------------------------|
---2--2--2-----3--3--3----------|
----2--2--------4--4------------| etc.
-----2--2--------4--4-----------|
--0-------0---1-------1---------|
--------------------------------|
This is my first tab, so go easy on me if you notice any flaws.
Listen to the song for the timing. Thanks K-C, and Chris for getting
me started on guitar, and helpin a brother out when needed. Much Love.
Later, Jake.
9. Drink The Water
INTRO
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-6~-6-6-6/9-9-9-11~-11-11-11\4-4-4-4/13-13-13-9-9-9-9/11-11-11-11--4-4-4-
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-4~-4-4-4/7-7-7--9~--9--9--9\2-2-2-2/11-11-11-7-7-7-7/9---9--9--9--2-2-2-
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
VERSE
guitar chords
C#m x 4 6 6 5 4
G# 4 6 6 5 4 4
F# 2 4 4 3 2 2
E 0 2 2 1 0 0
C#m
Drink the water drink it down
This time I know I'm bound
G#
To spit it back up
F#
I didn't want this
C#m
Salty substitute, just not going to do
G# F#
I need some air, if I'm going to live through
C#m
This experience reminds me of a clock
G#
That just won't tick
F#
I want to wake up
C#m
From this concussion
But my dreams just not done
G#
I'm late again,
F# C#m
It's just one of those bad days
Look outside and
Be careful what you ride
G#
You just might find
F# E
That you're out of time
G# C#m
To swim ashore
E G#
If I drift long enough
C#m
I'll be home
(notice that there are two main riffs for the verse
the C#m, G# and F# one and the E, G# and C#m one...
these will be called VERSE part 1 and VERSE part 2
from now onwards)
(repeat INTRO [x2])
(guitar silent)
He's got delusions between his ears
Man it takes up too much space
And all that tension between his gears man
He'll never ever leave this place
(VERSE part 1 pattern begins again play it [x2])
He's got stones instead of bones
And everybody knows
Ah, man that can make you real real slow
And if heaven was below
He'd know just where to go
Dive in the ocean
And he'd sink like a stone
And he'd say
(VERSE part 2 now [x2])
It's time to swim ashore
If I drift long enough
I'll be home
(back to VERSE part 1 [x2])
Hold on if you can
You're gonna sink faster
Than you can imagine so
Hold on if you can
You're gonna sink faster
Than you can imagine so
(VERSE part 2 again [x2])
It's just time to swim ashore
If I drift long enough
I'll be home
10. Mudfootball (for Moe Lerner
Tuning: Standard
This is 100% correct
G = 355433
D9 = X54555
D = 557775
C = 335553
A = 577655
INTRO:
G Repeat once
OXX OXX OXXX OXOXXX
D9 Repeat once
OXX OXX OXXX OXOXXX
Repeat all once
G
Saturday morning and it's time to go
One of these could be the days but who coulda known
D9
Loadin' in the back of a pick-up truck
Ridin' with the boys and pushing their luck
G
Singin' songs loud on the way to the game
Wishing all the things could still be the same
D9
Johnny's homeruns over the backstop
Kekua on the ball and soda pop, well
CHORUS
D G
We used to laugh a lot
C
But only because we thought
G D9 G D9
That everything good always would remain
G D9 G D9
Nothing gonna change there's no need to complain
(INTRO, don't repeat)
G
Sunday morning and this time they're going
Been raining all night so everybody knows
D9
Over to the field for tackle football
Big hits, big hats, yeah give me the ball
G
Rain is pouring, touchdown scoring
Keep on rolling, never boring
D9
Karma, karma, karma chameleon
We're talking kinda funny from helium, well
(repeat CHORUS from above)
We used to laugh a lot
But only because we thought
That everything good always would remain
Nothing gonna change there's no need to complain
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-10---9---7-----10-9-7-10---9---7----10-9-7-7/0----------------7/0----|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|
--8---7---5------8-7-5--8---7---5-----8-7-5-5/0----------------5/0----|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat once
G
Monday morning and this time they're going
Wet trunks and schoolbooks and sand on my toes
D9
Do anything you can to dodge the bus-stop blues
They're driving a padidle with a burnt-out fuse, well
G
My best friend Kenny wants to go with you
So meet him by the sugar mill after school
D9
My best friend Kimmy wants to go with you
Meet her by the sugar mill after school
(repeat CHORUS as before)
We used to laugh a lot
But only because we thought
That everything good always would remain
D G
We used to laugh a lot
C
But only because we thought
A
That everything good always would
C G D9 G D9
Everything good always would remain
(repeat INTRO and fade)
11. F-Stop Blues
Tuning: Standard
Riff #1
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------5-------5-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------4-h-6---4-------------4-------4-----------2-------------------|
D|------6--------------------------4-h-6---4----2--4---2--------------2----|
A|-----------------------------6---------------0----------4--2--2--4----2/-|
E|---0----------------------4----------------------------------------------|
Riff #2
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------5-------5-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------4-h-6---4---------4-------4-----------2-----------------------|
D|-----6-----------------------4-h-6---4------2--4----2----------------2---|
A|--------------------------6--------------0-------------4--2--2--4------2-|
E|---0-------------------4-------------------------------------------------|
Riff #3
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------4-------------------------4-------------------2----------2------|
D|---------4-h-6-p-4------------4-----4---------2--4--------//4-----2------|
A|-------------------------2----------------0---------------0--------------|
E|---0---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff #4
e |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |--------4-------------------------4--------------------------4----------|
D |--------4-h-6-p-4------------4-----4----------------5//6------6//-------|
A |------------------------2----------------0------------------------------|
E |--0---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff #5
e |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |----------5------5------------------------------------------------------|
G |----------4-h-6--4-------------4-------4-----------2--------------4-----|
D |------6------------------------4-h-6---4-----2--4-----2------5//6----6/-|
A |---------------------------6-----------------0----------4--2------------|
E |--0---------------------4-----------------------------------------------|
Riff #6
e |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------5------5------------------------------------------------------5--|
G |-------4-h-6--4-----------4---------4------------2--------------5//6---6|
D |-----6---------------------4-h-6-----4-----2--4------2------------------|
A |---------------------6-------------------0--------------4-----2---------|
E |-0----------------4-----------------------------------------------------|
e |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-----6//7--9--7--5~~-------5------------6//7--9--7--5~~-----------------|
G |------------------------5//6-----6--------------------------------------|
D |-6~~-------------------------------6~~-------------------2//4--6--4--2~~|
A |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff #7
e |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |---------2-------2~~--2-------2-------2~~--------------4----------------|
D |---------2-h-4--2~~--2-h-4--2-h-4--2~~-------5//6------6//--------------|
A |------4------------------------------------0~~--------------------------|
E |---2--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff #1
Riff #2
Riff #3 (x7)
Hermit crabs and cowry shells
Crush beneath his feet as he comes towards you
He's waving at you
Lift him up to see what you can see
He begins his focusing
He's aiming at you
And now he has cutaways from memories
And close-ups of anything that
He has seen or even dreamed
And now he's finished focusing
He's imagining lightning
Striking sea sickness
Riff #4 Away from here
Riff # 1 Look who's laughing now that you've wasted
Riff # 5 How many years and you've barely even tasted
Riff #1 Anything remotely close to
Everything you've boasted about
Riff #6 Look who's crying now
Driftwood floats, after years of erosion
Incoming tide touches roots to expose them,
Quicksand steals my shoe,
Clouds bring the f-stop blues
Riff # 7
Riff #1 Look who's laughing now that you've wasted
Riff #5 How many years and you've barely even tasted
Riff #1 Anything remotely close to
Riff #5 Everything you've boasted about
Riff #1 Look Who's crying now
Riff #5
Riff #1
Riff #5
12. Losing Hope
Changed all D chords to Dm...
The fingerpicking in this one is pretty simple..
otherwise just bash out the chords, listen to the song
for the correct timing..
Am X 0 2 2 1 0
C X 3 2 0 1 0
G 3 2 0 0 3 3
F 1 3 3 2 1 1
D X 5 7 7 6 5
C/B X 2 2 0 1 0
Am C G repeat
Am
I got a faulty parachute
C G
I got a stranger's friend
Am
An exciting change in
C G
My butchers blend
Am
A symbol on the ceiling
C G
With the flick of a switch
Am
Yeah my new found hero
C G
And the enemy's ditching
F
Am C G
Well somebodies something was left in a room
Am C G
And now that its gone well of course we assume
Am C G
Somebody else needed something so bad
Am C G
They took everything somebody had
F
C C/B Am
Losing hope is easy
Dm G
When your only friend is gone
Dm G
And every time you look around
Dm G C C/B
Well, it all, it all just seems to change
Am C G
Am
The mark was left
C G
Man it's never the same
Am
Next time that you shoot
C G
Make sure that you aim
Am C G
Open windows with passing cars
Am
A brand new night
C G F
With the same old stars
C C/B Am
Losing hope is easy
Dm G
When your only friend is gone
Dm G
And every time you look around
Dm G C C/B
Well, it all, it all just seems to change
Am C G
Am
Feed the fool
C G Am
A piece of the pie
C G Am
Make a fool of his system
C G Am
Make a fool of his mind
C G Am
Give him bottles of lies
C G Am
And maybe he'll find
C G Am
His place in heaven
C G Am
Cause he might just die
F
C C/B Am
Losing hope is easy
Dm G
When your only friend is gone
Dm G
And every time you look around
Dm G C C/B
Well, it all, it all just seems to change
C C/B Am
But hanging on is easy
Dm G
When you've got a friend to call
Dm G
When nothings making sense at all
Dm G C C/B
You're not the only one that's afraid of change
Am C G
repeat [x2] then bass outro
13. Its all understood
okay, so the main riff goes
e-------------------------
B-------------------------
G---0-----------------4---
D--0-0----4-----4----4-4--
A--------0-0---4-4--2-----
D-5-----0-----4-----------
after a while the piano does some chords which you can do by...
e-3~----2~----------------
B-3~----3~----------------
G-0~----2~------------4---
D-0~----4~------4----4-4--
A-0~----0~-----4-4--2-----
D-X-----0~----4-----------
OR, you could play in normal tuning with the following four chords
G 3 2 0 0 3 3
D X 0 0 2 3 2
F# 2 4 4 3 2 2
Bm X 2 4 4 3 2
and just bash those out repeatedly...
amazing artist/album Note-these are all other peoples works
i simply compiled them for urs and my convinience
