Artist: Elliott Smith Song: Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands Album: XO (1998) Tabbed by Kevin Tracy Standard Tuning This is one of my favorite Elliott Smith songs, but there were no tabs for it on UG so I figured it out myself. This is my first ever tab submission so go easy on me. ------------------ Chords Used: Of course there's multiple ways to play these chords but these sound the best to me. Em (022000@1) Em6 (022020@1) C/E (x3111x@5) G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) F (133211@1) C/E (x3111x@5) B7e (x21202@1)|----0----|----0----|----0----|----3----|---------|----1----|----0----|----2----|| B |----0----|----2----|----1----|----3----|----3----|----1----|----1----|----4----|| G |----0----|----0----|----0----|----0----|----2----|----2----|----2----|----2----|| D |----2----|----2----|----2----|----0----|----0----|----3----|----0----|----4----|| A |----2----|----4----|----3----|----2----|----0----|----3----|----3----|----2----|| E |----0----|----0----|----0----|----3----|----2----|----1----|----0----|---------|| B7/A B7/G B7/F# B7sus4 (x22200@1) D7 (xx0212@1) Cme (x3101x@1)|----2----|----2----|----2----|----x----|----5----|----3----| B |----4----|----4----|----4----|----5----|----7----|----4----| G |----2----|----2----|----2----|----2----|----5----|----5----| D |----4----|----4----|----4----|----4----|----7----|----5----| A |----0----|----x----|----x----|----2----|----5----|----3----| E |---------|----3----|----2----|---------|---------|---------| -------------------- INTRO: Em VERSE: Em (022000@1) Em6 (022020@1) C/E (x3111x@5) G (320003@1) D/F#Everybody (200232@1)cares, everybody understands F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) B7-B7sus4-B7 Yes everybody cares about you F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) B7-B7sus4-B7 Yeah, and whether or not you want them to Em (022000@1) Em6 (022020@1) C/E (x3111x@5) G (320003@1) D/F#It's (200232@1)a chemical embrace that kicks you in the head F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) B7-B7sus4-B7 To a pure synthetic sympathy F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) B7-B7sus4-B7 that infuriates you totally F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) B7 (x21202@1) B7/A B7/G B7/F# And a quiet lie that makes you want to scream and shout CHORUS: G (320003@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) [Riff A] So here I lay dreaming, looking at the brilliant sun G (320003@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) [Riff B] Raining its guiding light upon everyone Em (022000@1) Em6 (022020@1) C/E (x3111x@5) G (320003@1) D/F#For (200232@1)a moment's rest you can lean against the banister F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) B7-B7sus4-B7 After running upstairs again and again F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) B7-B7sus4-B7 From wherever they came to fix you in, but Riff A: |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------0----| |--2---------------------------------2h4-2-2-------| |--2------------------0--2---2-3-2-----------------| |--0---0---2-2---3-3-------------------------------| Riff B: |---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------| |--------------7--------------------------------------0---| |---------7h9-----9--7-----7------------------------------| |------10--------------10-------------------7h9-7-7-------| |--------------------------------7-7h8--7-----------------| VERSE: Em (022000@1) Em6 (022020@1) C/E (x3111x@5) G (320003@1) D/F#Always (200232@1)fair city's finest follow right behind F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) B7-B7sus4-B7 You've got a pretty vision in your head F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) B7-B7sus4-B7 A pencil full of poison lead F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) B7 (x21202@1) B7/A B7/G B7/F# And a sickened smile illegal in every town CHORUS: G (320003@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) [Riff A] So here I lay dreaming, looking at the brilliant sun G (320003@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) [Riff B] Raining its guiding light upon everyone G (320003@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) [Riff A] Here I lay dreaming, looking at the brilliant sun G (320003@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) [Riff B] Raining its guiding light upon everyone BRIDGE: C (x32010@1) GYou (320003@1)say you mean well, you don't know what you mean Cm (x3101x@1) D7 (xx0212@1) EmFucking (022000@1)oughta stay the hell away from things you know nothing about CODA: My favorite part of the song. I'll tab out the main guitar part but there's a few layers of guitar/keyboard so just jam out and mess around with a wah pedal or whatever if you can First chords are the same as verse: Em (022000@1) Em6 (022020@1) C/E (x3111x@5) G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1)sweet guitar part at ~2:43 |-------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------|------------4------------| |-----0h2-0---------|------4-----------4------| |--3----------------|----4----4-----4-----4---| |--3------------3---|-2-----------------------| |--1----------------|-------------------------| x 2 Then 3:08: |-------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------|---------------------------| |-----0h2-0---------|------4---------4----------| |--3----------------|----4--------4-------------| |--3------------3---|-2--------0----------------| |--1----------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |---------4-----------4---| |------4----------4-------| |-------------------------| |--3----------2-----------| |------------------------|------------------2--------------| |---------------------3--|------------------0--------------| |------------------2-----|------------------2--------------| |--------2------0--------|---2--------------1---2---4---5--| |-----2------------------|---3---0---1---2-----------------| |--0---------------------|---------------------------------| Then the rhythm guitar goes a little something like this (3:17): B7 (x21202@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) B7 (x21202@1)|---2-------------------|---0---0-0------------------------------| |---0-------------------|---0---0-0-----3-3-3--------------------| |---2-------------------|---0---0-0-----2-2-2--------------2-----| |---1----2--4------5----|---2---2-2-----0-0-0-----2--------1-----| |---2-------------------|---2---2-2---------------3--0--1--2-----| |-----------------------|---0------------------------------------| And the last chord progression (3:40) is: B7 (x21202@1) B7/A B7/G B7/F# Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) B7 (x21202@1)And thats about it...enjoy