Jimmy Eat World - Rockstar
(from the album Static Prevails [Capitol Records])
Time - 4/4
Key - F maj
Guitarists - Tom Linton and Jim Adkins
Both guitars drop-D tuning
.... = palm muting
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| = measure bar lines
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INTRO
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|
A|0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|. . . . . . . . |. . . . . . . . |. . . . . . . . |. . . . . . . . |
/Drums kick in
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|
A|0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|. . . . . . . . |. . . . . . . . |
/e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|G|------------0---|------------0---|1010101010101010|101010109-9-9-9-|
|D|3-3-3-3-3-------|3-3-3-3-3-------|x x x x x x x x |x x x x x x x x |
|A|0-0-0-0---------|1-1-1-1---------|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-|
|D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| . . . . |. . . . |
|2nd guitar
|e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|G|------------0---|------------0---|----------------|----------------|
|D|3-3-3-3-3-------|3-3-3-3-3-------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
|A|0-0-0-0---------|1-1-1-1---------|0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
. . . . |. . . . |
/e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|G|------------0---|------------0---|1010101010101010|1414141412121212|
|D|3-3-3-3-3-------|3-3-3-3-3-------|x x x x x x x x |x x x x x x x x |
|A|0-0-0-0---------|1-1-1-1---------|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|1212121210101010|
|D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| . . . . |. . . . |
|2nd guitar
|e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|G|------------0---|------------0---|----------------|----------------|
|D|3-3-3-3-3-------|3-3-3-3-3-------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|
|A|0-0-0-0---------|1-1-1-1---------|0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
. . . . |. . . . |
/e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|G|------------0---|------------0---|1010101010101010|101010109-9-9-9-|
|D|3-3-3-3-3-------|3-3-3-3-3-------|x x x x x x x x |x x x x x x x x |
|A|0-0-0-0---------|1-1-1-1---------|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-|
|E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| . . . . |. . . . |
|2nd guitar
|e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|G|------------0---|------------0---|----------------|----------------|
|D|3-3-3-3-3-------|3-3-3-3-3-------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
|A|0-0-0-0---------|1-1-1-1---------|0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|. . . . |. . . . |
e|----------------|----------------|--------
B|----------------|----------------|--------
G|------------0---|------------0---|5~~~~~~~
D|3-3-3-3-3-------|3-3-3-3-3-------|3~~~~~~~
A|0-0-0-0---------|1-1-1-1---------|3~~~~~~~
E|----------------|----------------|3~~~~~~~
VERSE
Guitar 1
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|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
Guitar 2 (clean)
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|-6---6---6---5-----6---6---6--------|
|---5---5---5---8h6---5---5---5---5b-|
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SHORT PRE-CHORUS
Guitar 1
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|5-3-5-3-5-3-5-7-|
A|----------------|
D|----------------|
Guitar 2
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|3---3---3---3---|
A|--3---3---3---3-|
D|----------------|
CHORUS
e|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----------------|----------------|
B|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----------------|----------------|
G|--------|5-5-5-5-|--------|--------|--------|5-5-5-5-|----------------|----------------|
D|3-3-3-3-|5-5-5-5-|8-8-8-8-|8-8-8-8-|3-3-3-3-|5-5-5-5-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
A|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|8-8-8-8-|8-8-8-8-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|3-3-3-3-|--------|8-8-8-8-|8-8-8-8-|3-3-3-3-|--------|----------------|----------------|
e|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----------------|----------------|
B|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----------------|----------------|
G|--------|5-5-5-5-|--------|--------|--------|5-5-5-5-|----------------|----------------|
D|3-3-3-3-|5-5-5-5-|8-8-8-8-|8-8-8-8-|3-3-3-3-|5-5-5-5-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|
A|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|8-8-8-8-|8-8-8-8-|3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-|0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|
D|3-3-3-3-|--------|8-8-8-8-|8-8-8-8-|3-3-3-3-|--------|----------------|----------------|
BRIDGE THINGY
There are just these four chords, figure out the rhythm yourself. Guitar 2 is doing something in the
background, but I can't hear it too well. Just improvise, using these keys as guidelines:
F Bb F C
e|- - - - |
B|- - - - |
G|- - - - |
D|7 8 3 2 |
A|8 8 3 3 |
E|7 8 3 2 |
OUTRO (both guitars clean now)
Guitar 1
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|several x
D|5-3-5-3-5-3-5-7-|
A|----------------|
D|----------------|
Guitar 2
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|several x
D|3---3---3---3---|
A|--3---3---3---3-|
D|----------------|
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