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Song Name: Somethings Missing - Discuss this tab
Album: Any Given Thursday
Tabbed by: richie@jmtabs.com
Tuning: E-B-E-F#-B-E
Comments: No Comment
Playing style: Pick
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Intro

 Part 1:
 e--0-----------------------------------------------|
 b--0-----------------------------------------------|
f#--0------0-----0------0-----0---------------------| x3
 e--0----0-----0------0-----0-----2p0---------------|
 b--2--2-----4-------------------------4p0--2-2-(2)-|
 e------------------2-----4-------------------------|
 
 Part 2: The last note hammers-on to the verse
 e--0------------------------------------------|
 b--0------------------------------------------|
f#--0------0-----0------0-----0----------------| Go To Verse
 e--0----0-----0------0-----0------------------|
 b--2--2-----4--------------------2p0---0-0h---|
 e------------------2-----4-----------4--------|


Verse
John palm mutes these chords
After Verse 1, John plays Part 1 once
followed by Part 2, then to Verse 2

"I'm not alone..." / "I'm dizzy from..."
"When autumn comes..."
 e-----------------|
 b--0---0---0---0--|
f#--2---9---5---0--|
 e--0---0---0---4--|
 b--2---9---x---x--|
 e--0---0---5---4--|

Sometimes he adds to the chords as shown below.

 e---------------------------|
 b--0--0----0---0---0--------|
f#--2--0h2--9---5---0--------|
 e--0--0----0---0---2h4p2p0--|
 b--2--2----9---x---x--------|
 e--0--0----0---5---4--------|



Chorus
John plays this over and over on the Any Given Thursday video.
David LaBruyere plays the bass notes: E C# A B
Right before the bridge, he also plays the same thing.

"Something's missing..."
 e---0-----0----    --0----0--|
 b---0-----0----    --0----0--|
f#--12p10-10---- x2 -10---10--|
 e--11----11----    -12---12--|
 b---9----12p9--    --9----9--|
 e---0-----0----    --0----0--|



Bridge
He alternates between the 5 & 7 and the 7 & 9 notes

"I can't be sure that this..."
 e---------------|
 b--5------7-----|
f#--5(7)---7(9)--| x3
 e--5------7-----|
 b--x------x-----|
 e--5------7-----|

"For loneliness..."
 e---0----0--|
 b---0----0--|
f#---0----0--|
 e---7----9--|
 b--10---12--|
 e---9---11--|



Solo
The keyboard does a solo. If anyone feels like tabbing
out a guitar version of this, feel free to and submit it.

During this solo, john plays the chords from the verse once
except he replaces the first chord (020200) with (9x0900)



Chorus 2
This is played on the third time he plays the Chorus

"Something's missing..."
 e-----------------|
 b--0---0---0---0--|
f#--2---9---5---0--|
 e--0---0---0---4--|
 b--2---9---x---x--|
 e--0---0---5---4--|

"Something's different..."
 e---0-----0----    --0----0--|
 b---0-----0----    --0----0--|
f#--12p10-10---- x2 -10---10--|
 e--11----11----    -12---12--|
 b---9----12p9--    --9----9--|
 e---0-----0----    --0----0--|



Ending
On Any Given Thursday, John just plays Guitar 2.
Both of these can be played on this part.
The studio version sounds like both is playing

"Friends..Check..Money..Check..."

Guitar 1:
 e-----------------|
 b--0---0---5---7--|
f#--9---9---5---7--| x repeat as necessary
 e--0---0---5---7--|
 b--9---x---x---x--|
 e--0---9---5---7--|

Guitar 2:
 e---0-----0----    --0----0--|
 b---0-----0----    --0----0--|
f#--12p10-10---- x2 -10---10--|
 e--11----11----    -12---12--|
 b---9----12p9--    --9----9--|
 e---0-----0----    --0----0--|


 
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