Hand Jars of Clay
“If I Left the Zoo”
Written by Jars of Clay, tabbed by David Schroder
Notes about song: The second single from “If I Left the Zoo” is a loaded
song musically, with at least two acoustic guitars, at least two electric
guitars, along with a prominent organ and various types of percussion. If
you listen closely to the acoustic guitar, there are two of them playing
at different times; the first is played consistently throughout the song,
and is played without a capo. The second, used only for the intro, choruses,
and bridge, is capoed on the fifth fret. I have included chords for both,
with the capoed chords at the bottom.
GUITAR ONE: Acoustic with no capo
GUITAR TWO: Acoustic with capo on 5
INTRO (guitars one and two, electric intro riff)
D Bm C2 Em7 (2x)
VERSE ONE (guitar one only)
[D]
[Bm] [C2] [G]
[D] [Bm] [C2]
[G] [C2] [D]
CHORUS (guitars one and two, electric chorus riff)
[D] [Bm] [C2]
[Em7]
[D] [Bm]
[C2]
[Em7]
VERSE TWO (just guitar one, electric pre-chorus riff)
[D] [Bm] [C2] [G]
[D]
[Bm] [C2]
[G] [C2]
CHORUS (Guitars one and two, electric chorus riff)
VOCAL BRIDGE (Guitars one and two)
[Em7] [G] [Em7]
[G] [C2] [D]
INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE (Guitars one and two, electric bridge riff)
[D] [Bm] [C2] [Em]
[D] [E] [C2] [Bb] [C2]
CHORUS 2x (Guitars one and two, electric chorus riff for chorus #1, final
chorus riff for chorus 2)
CHORDS:
Guitar one (the high e-string is muted most of the time--listen to it really
closely on the verses--but it sounds okay with standard chords)
D x00232
[Bm]C2 [224432]x32033
Em7 022033
G 320033
E 022100
[Bb] [113331]
Guitar two (first is the guitar one chord, then the chord after capo, then the
tab with fret 5=0 cause of the capo)
D A 002220
Bm F#m 244220 (hit the low e-string w/ thumb if possible)
C2 G 320033
[Em7]G [Bm]D [224332]x00232
[E] [B] [224442]
[Bb] [F] [132211]
ELECTRIC PARTS: Steve plays stuff throughout most of the song with the
exception of the verses where it’s solo acoustic guitar and the vocal bridge.
There is one main theme used throughout the whole song in different fashions,
and to be complete I included all the variations of that theme. There is also
a very faint riff in the background of the chorus that changes slightly each
time.
INTRO RIFF:
------------------- ---3--------------- -2----------------- ------------------- ------------------- -------------------
D Bm C2 Em7 Acoustic chords
-----0-2-2------0-2-3-2-----0-2------- ---3----------3-----------3------3---- -2----------2-----------2--------4---- ---------------------------------4---- -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
[D] [Bm] [C2] [Em7]
CHORUS RIFF
-------0- -----0-- -0------ ---- -3---3--- -3------ ---3---- ---- ---2----- ---2---- -----2-- ---- --------- -------- -------- ---- --------- -------- -------- ---- --------- -------- -------- ----
[D] [Bm] [C2] [Em7]
-0------- -0------ -0------ ---- ---3----- ---3---- ---2---- ---- -----2--- -----0-- -------- ---- --------- -------- -------- ---- --------- -------- -------- ---- --------- -------- -------- ----
[D] [Bm] [C2] [Em7]
PRE-CHORUS RIFF (only before chorus #2)
last two chords:
---3---- -------3- -----3-- -----2--- -0------ ---0----- -------- --------- -------- --------- -------- ---------
[G] [C2]
NO PARTS DURING VOCAL BRIDGE
BRIDGE RIFF (during instrumental bridge)
-----0-2-2- -----0-2-3-2- -----0--- ---3------- ---3--------- -3-3---3- -2--------- -2----------- --------- ----------- ------------- --------- ----------- ------------- --------- ----------- ------------- ---------
[D] [Bm] [C2]
--------------- --------------- -3-2----------- -----4h5-4-2-0- --------------- ---------------
[Em7]
-----0-2-2- -----0-2-3-2- -----0--- ---3------- ---3--------- -3-3---3- -2--------- -2----------- --------- ----------- ------------- --------- ----------- ------------- --------- ----------- ------------- ---------
[D] [E] [C2]
-1-0----- -1-0--------- -----3--- -----3------- --------- ------------- --------- -------6-6p4- --------- ------------- --------- -------------
[Bb] [C2]
FINAL CHORUS RIFF
-----0-2-2- -----0-2-3-2- -----0-2-2-7- ---3------- ---3--------- ---3--------- -2--------- -2----------- -2----------- ----------- ------------- ------------- ----------- ------------- ------------- ----------- ------------- -------------
[D] [Bm] [C2]
[-7-7-7-5-]
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
[Em7]
-2h3-2- ---0-2-3-2- --------------- --- ------- -3--------- -2h4-2--------- --- ------- ----------- -------2h4-2--- --- ------- ----------- -------------0- -3- ------- ----------- --------------- --- ------- ----------- --------------- ---
[D] [Bm] [C2] [Em7]
There ya go. Questions, comments, email me at JCBoyz@aol.com.
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