Phoenix
"J-Boy"
Note: Given the nature of translating keyboard parts over to guitar, I've included several
chord/fingering options (standard tuning; capo 3rd fret; capo 7th fret). Optional
chord notes indicated by parentheses.
Standard tuning: Capo 3: Capo 7:
FM9 G6 CM Am7 FM9 G6 CM Am7 FM9 G CM Am7
e|3---3---3---0------0---0---0---2------1---0---0---1---|
B|5---3---5---1------2---2---2---2------1---1---1---3---|
G|5---4---4---0------2---1---1---2------2---2---2---2---|
D|3---5---5---2------0---2---2---2------3---2---3---0---|
A|---(5)--3---0---------(2)--0---4------1---3---3--(0)--|
E|---(3)----------------(0)------2--------------1-------|
[Intro]
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|------pb10r8----|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|-8|3---------------|--3-------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
FM9 G6
e|--------7-7---8---8-----7-7-8-8-|--------7-7---8---8-----7-7-8-8-|
B|--8-8-8-----8---8-----8---------|--8-8-8-----8---8-----8---------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| x3
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
CM Am7
e|--------7-7---8---8-----7-7-8-8-|15-17----15-------------------------------------|
B|--8-8-8-----8---8-----8---------|------17----15-17----15-------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|------------------17----14-17----14-------------|
D|--------------------------------|------------------------------17----14-17-------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
[Verse 1]
FM9
Something in the middle of the side of the store
G6
Got your attention when you ask for more
FM9
I was excited to be part of your world
G6
To belong, to be lost, to be mostly the two of us
FM9
Something I was stealing for no reason at all
G6 CM
They hang me higher than a disco ball
CM Am7
But you talked them into letting me go
N.C.
It's no Picasso, Michelangelo
[Verse 2]
FM9 G6
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----8---------------------------|----8-----------8-----8---10--8-|
G|--x-------9---x-7-----------7-9-|--x-------9---9-----9-----------|
D|--------------------x-10--10----|--------------------------------| x3
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
CM Am7
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----8---------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--x-------9---x-7-----------7-9-|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------x-10--10----|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
FM9
Something 'bout the jewels you wear
G6
Shiny shiny bangles on your wrists
FM9
And at the Masquerade ball
G6
You feel trapped in a vault, in an empty aquarium
FM9
If suddenly you're out of the woods
G6 CM
Then inside of an alley you're out of words
Am7
Well I thought it was radium at first
[Chorus]
FM9 G6 FM9
Just because of you
G6 FM9
These things I have to go through
G6 CM Am
Is it so bad? Is it so true?
G6 FM9
Is it still you?
G6 FM9
Just because of you
G6 FM9
These things I have to go through
G6 CM
It's more than that, we're chained
Am7
And there's no one else to blame
For us two
[Verse 3]
FM9
Some things they don't matter till they matter to you
G6
They stole that money from a homeless girl
FM9
The truth is we're all to blame
G6
There are lies and moral consequences
FM9
We started at the end of the line
G6 CM
To end up giving up to a couple, who cares?
CM Am7
When you talked me into letting you go
No more coral on the atoll
[Verse 4]
FM9
Something 'bout how hard you learned
G6
Kamikaze in a hopeless world
FM9
Do you remember the last time you laughed
G6
And I laughed and you left and I left?
FM9
Send me on the lonely other side of the world
FM9 G6 CM
With a couple of guys and no alphabet
CM Am7
Put two and two together
We'll make it last forever
[Chorus]
FM9 G6 FM9
Just because of you
G6 FM9
These things I have to go through
G6 CM Am7
Is it so bad? Is it so true?
G6 FM9
Is it still you?
G6 FM9
Just because of you
G6 FM9
These things I have to go through
G6 CM
It's more than that, we're chained
CM Am7
And there's no one else to blame
For us two
[Break]
FM9 G6
Ohhhh Oh-ohhhhh
FM9 G6
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh
FM9 G6
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|10-----------------------------|8-------------------------------|
G|9------------------------------|7-------------------------------|
D|7------------------------------|5-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
CM Am7
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|10-----------------------------|8---------------8-----8---10--8-|
G|9------------------------------|7--------------9----9-----------|
D|7------------------------------|5-------------x-----------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[Chorus]
FM9 G6 FM9
Just because of you
G6 FM9
These things I have to go through
G6 CM Am
Is it so bad? Is it so true?
G6 FM9
Is it still you?
G6 FM9
Just because of you
G6 FM9
These things I have to go through
G6 CM
It's more than that, we're chained
CM Am7
And there's no one else to blame
For us two
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| x Dead note
| pb Pre-bend
| r Bend release
| Slide down
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