Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands Elliott Smith
Song: Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands
Album: XO (1998)
Tabbed by Kevin Tracy
Standard Tuning
This is one of my favorite Elliott Smith songs, but there were no tabs for it on
UG so I figured it out myself. This is my first ever tab submission so go easy on me.
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Chords Used: Of course there's multiple ways to play these chords but these sound the best to me.
[Em] [Em6] [C/E] [G] [D/F#] [F] [C/E] [B7]
e |----0----|----0----|----0----|----3----|---------|----1----|----0----|----2----|| B |----0----|----2----|----1----|----3----|----3----|----1----|----1----|----4----|| G |----0----|----0----|----0----|----0----|----2----|----2----|----2----|----2----|| D |----2----|----2----|----2----|----0----|----0----|----3----|----0----|----4----|| A |----2----|----4----|----3----|----2----|----0----|----3----|----3----|----2----|| E |----0----|----0----|----0----|----3----|----2----|----1----|----0----|---------||
[B7/A] [B7/G] [B7/F#] [B7sus4] [D7] [Cm]
e |----2----|----2----|----2----|----x----|----5----|----3----| B |----4----|----4----|----4----|----5----|----7----|----4----| G |----2----|----2----|----2----|----2----|----5----|----5----| D |----4----|----4----|----4----|----4----|----7----|----5----| A |----0----|----x----|----x----|----2----|----5----|----3----| E |---------|----3----|----2----|---------|---------|---------| --------------------
INTRO: Em
VERSE:
[Em]Everybody cares, e[Em6]verybo[C/E]dy understan[G]ds[D/F#]
Yes eve[F]rybo[C]dy ca[B7-B7sus4-B7]res about you
Yeah, and whe[F]ther or no[C]t you wa[B7-B7sus4-B7]nt them to
It's a [Em]chemical emb[Em6]race that ki[C/E]cks you in the [G]head[D/F#]
To a pur[F]e syntheti[C]c sympat[B7-B7sus4-B7]hy
that inf[F]uriates[C] you total[B7-B7sus4-B7]ly
And a quie[F]t lie[C] that [B7]makes you wan[B7/A]t to scream[B7/G] and shou[B7/F#]t
CHORUS:
G F C Em [Riff A]
So here I lay dreaming, looking at the brilliant sun
G F C Em [Riff B]
Raining its guiding light upon everyone
For a mo[Em]ment's rest you can[Em6] lean ag[C/E]ainst the banister[G] [D/F#]
After run[F]ning upstairs[C] again an[B7-B7sus4-B7]d again
From wherever th[F]ey came to f[C]ix you in, bu[B7-B7sus4-B7]t
Riff A:
|--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------0----| |--2---------------------------------2h4-2-2-------| |--2------------------0--2---2-3-2-----------------| |--0---0---2-2---3-3-------------------------------|
Riff B:
|---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------| |--------------7--------------------------------------0---| |---------7h9-----9--7-----7------------------------------| |------10--------------10-------------------7h9-7-7-------| |--------------------------------7-7h8--7-----------------|
VERSE:
[Em]Always fair city's [Em6]finest[C/E] follow right[G] behind[D/F#]
You've got a pre[F]tty vis[C]ion in[B7-B7sus4-B7] your head
A pe[F]ncil full[C] of poison[B7-B7sus4-B7] lead
And a sic[F]kened smile[C] illeg[B7]al in ever[B7/A]y town[B7/G] [B7/F#]
CHORUS:
G F C Em [Riff A]
So here I lay dreaming, looking at the brilliant sun
G F C Em [Riff B]
Raining its guiding light upon everyone
G F C Em [Riff A]
Here I lay dreaming, looking at the brilliant sun
G F C Em [Riff B]
Raining its guiding light upon everyone
BRIDGE:
[C]You say you mean well, you don't know what yo[G]u mean
[Cm]Fucking oughta stay the hell awa[D7]y from things you know nothing about[Em]
CODA:
My favorite part of the song. I'll tab out the main guitar part but there's a few
layers of guitar/keyboard so just jam out and mess around with a wah pedal or whatever if you can
First chords are the same as verse:
[Em] [Em6] [C/E] [G] [D/F#]
sweet guitar part at ~2:43
|-------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------|------------4------------| |-----0h2-0---------|------4-----------4------| |--3----------------|----4----4-----4-----4---| |--3------------3---|-2-----------------------| |--1----------------|-------------------------| x 2
Then 3:08:
|-------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------|---------------------------| |-----0h2-0---------|------4---------4----------| |--3----------------|----4--------4-------------| |--3------------3---|-2--------0----------------| |--1----------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |---------4-----------4---| |------4----------4-------| |-------------------------| |--3----------2-----------| |------------------------|------------------2--------------| |---------------------3--|------------------0--------------| |------------------2-----|------------------2--------------| |--------2------0--------|---2--------------1---2---4---5--| |-----2------------------|---3---0---1---2-----------------| |--0---------------------|---------------------------------|
Then the rhythm guitar goes a little something like this (3:17):
[B7] [G] [Em] [D] [C] [B7]
|---2-------------------|---0---0-0------------------------------| |---0-------------------|---0---0-0-----3-3-3--------------------| |---2-------------------|---0---0-0-----2-2-2--------------2-----| |---1----2--4------5----|---2---2-2-----0-0-0-----2--------1-----| |---2-------------------|---2---2-2---------------3--0--1--2-----| |-----------------------|---0------------------------------------|
And the last chord progression (3:40) is:
[B7] [B7/A] [B7/G] [B7/F#] [Em] [D] [C] [B7]
And thats about it...enjoy
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