Biography:
Jack Hody Johnson (born May 18, 1975 in North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii) is a singer, professional surfer, composer, and filmmaker who has achieved critical and commercial success and a dedicated following since he first appeared on G. Love & Special Sauce's album Philadelphonic. The release of his 2001 debut album, Brushfire Fairytales, further cemented his popularity and he has since released four more successful albums including 2003's On and On, 2005's In Between Dreams, 2008's Sleep Through the Static and 2010's To The Sea.
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Other songs:
- A Pirate Looks At 40
- A Pirate Looks At Forty
- Adrift
- All At Once
- Angel
- Angel/better Together
- As I Was Saying
- At Or With Me
- Bad Fish
- Badfish/boss Dj
- Banana Pancake
- Banana Pancakes
- Banana Pancakes Intro
- Banna Pancakes
- Belle
- Better Together
- Better Together (hawaiian Version)
- Better Together (intro And Chords Simplified)
- Better When We're Together
- Break Down
- Breakdown
- Breakdown (live Version)
- Broken
- Bubble Toes
- Cocoon
- Constellations
- Constellations (dgbe)
- Cookie Jar
- Country Road (ft. Paula Fuga)
- Country Road (with Paula Fuga)
- Cupid
- Cupid (improved)
- Do You Remember
- Dont Believe A Thing I Say
- Dreams Be Dreams
- Drink The Water
- Enemy
- Escape (the Pina Colada Song)
- F-stop Blues
- Fall Line
- Flake
- Fortunate Fool
- Fragments
- From The Clouds (dgbe)
- Girl I Wanna Lay You Down
- Go On
- Gone
- Good People
- High Tide Or Low Tide
- Holes In Heaven
- Holes To Heaven
- Home
- Hope
- Horizon Has Been Defeated (dgbe)
- I Can Tell We Are Gonna Be Freinds
- I Got You
- I Shall Be Released
- If Had Eyes
- If I Could
- If I Had Eyes
- Imagine
- In The Morning
- Inaudible Melodies
- It's All Understood
- Let It Be Sung
- Losing Keys
- Love Song #16
- Lullaby
- Mediocre Bad Guys
- Middle Man
- Monsoon
- Moonshine
- My Little Girl
- My Mind Is For Sale
- Never Fade
- Never Know
- No Other Way
- Ones And Zeros
- Only The Ocean
- People Watching
- People Watching (dgbe)
- Plastic Jesus Fall Line Spring Wind
- Posters
- Rodeo Clowns
- Rodeo Clowns (dgbe)
- Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
- Same Girl
- Seasick Dream
- Sexi Plexi (dgbe)
- Sexy Plexi
- Shot Reverse Shot
- Sitting Waiting Wishing
- Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
- Situations
- Sleep Through The Static
- Someday At Christmas
- Spring Wind
- Staple It Together
- Sunsets For Somebody Else
- Supposed To Be
- Symbol In My Drive Way
- Symbol In My Driveway (better Then First)
- Talk Of The Town
- Tape Deck
- Taylor
- Taylor (intro)
- The News
- The Upsetter
- They Do They Don't
- Times Like These
- To The Sea
- Tomorrow Morning
- Traffic In The Sky
- Up Side Down
- Upside Down
- Upside Down (dgbe)
- Upside Down (key Of D)
- Upside Down (with Picking)
- Walk Alone
- Washing Dishes
- Wasting Time
- We Can Still Be Friends (dgbe)
- What You Thought You Need
- When I Look Up
- Wrong Turn
- You And Your Heart
- United states
- Turn Your Love
- We’re Going To Be Friends
- A Brokedown Melody
- Angels
- Anything But The Truth
- Bad News
- Badfishboss Dj
- Big Sur
- Buddha
- Change
- Country Road
- Crying Shame
- Curious George Soundtrack
- Daybreaks
- Do You Remeber
- F Stop Blues
- Frankie And Albert
- Free
- From The Clouds
- I Know
- Ibd Medley
- In Between Dreams Medley
- Is One Moon Enough
- Its All Understood
- Jungle Gym
- Little Bit Of Love
- Losing Hope
- Love Song 16
- Mama Youve Been On My Mind
- Mud Football
- News
- No Good With Faces
- Pictures Of People Taking Pictures
- Pina Colada Escape
- Pirate Looks At 40
- Pirates Look At 40
- Please Me Like You Want To
- Questions
- Radiate
- Rainbow
- Rocky Raccoon
- Rudolph The Red
- Shes Only Happy
- Sittin Waitin Wishin
- Subplots
- Sung
- Swim Ashore
- Symbol In My Driveway
- The Horizon Has Been Defeated
- The Love Boat
- They Do They Dont
- Were Going To Be Friends
- What You Thought You Needed
- Willie Got Me Stoned
- With My Own Two Hands
- You Cant Control It
- You Remind Me Of You
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
SONG TITLE : NEWS
ARTIST : JACK JOHNSON
CD : BRUSHFIRE FAIRYTALES
Standard Tuning EADGBE
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
D Dm
So baby close your eyes to the lullabies
A Bm
On the news tonight
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
D Dm
So baby close your ears
Bm
On the news tonight
F#m
On the news tonight
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
Bm D Dm
So baby close your eyes to the lullabies
A Bm A
On the news tonight
The picking pattern is as follows:
e|--------------------------------|
B|---2--2--2-----3--3--3----------|
G|----2--2--------4--4------------| etc.
D|-----2--2--------4--4-----------|
A|--0-------0---1-------1---------|
E|--------------------------------|
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.
[email protected]
ARTIST : JACK JOHNSON
CD : BRUSHFIRE FAIRYTALES
Standard Tuning EADGBE
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
D Dm
So baby close your eyes to the lullabies
A Bm
On the news tonight
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
D Dm
So baby close your ears
Bm
On the news tonight
F#m
On the news tonight
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
Bm D Dm
So baby close your eyes to the lullabies
A Bm A
On the news tonight
The picking pattern is as follows:
e|--------------------------------|
B|---2--2--2-----3--3--3----------|
G|----2--2--------4--4------------| etc.
D|-----2--2--------4--4-----------|
A|--0-------0---1-------1---------|
E|--------------------------------|
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.
[email protected]
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