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Just A Kid

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Riff 1 x 2

 

 

[C]Maybe I'm just a kid Maybe I just don't fit in

I'm [F]ready, I'm [F]ready, I'm [F]ready I'm ready to [Riff 2]go now

 

[C]I don't wanna go to school But I don't get to make the rules

Too [F]arly, too [F]early, too [F]early, too [F]early in the [Riff 2]morning

 

 

[C]Everybody, [C/B]everybody, [Am]everybody, [C/G]everybody

[F]Has to do something they [G]don't want to do

[C]Everybody, [C/B]everybody, [Am]everybody, [C/G]everybody

[F]Has to be [Em]something,[D5] oh, why is that [C[true'

 

Maybe I'm not so big Maybe I just don't fit in

I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready for more now

And I don't wanna go to bed There's so much going on in my head

Not tired, not tired, not tired, not tired right now

 

Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody

Has to do something they don't want to do

Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody

Has to be something, oh, why is that true'

 

Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody x 3

Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody

Has to be something, let's have some fun

 

Na na na na na na na na na na

 

Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody x 3

Everybody, everyone, somebody, anyone

Has to grow up Let's have some fun

 

Riff 1 Riff 2

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-0-0--0-2-----------------0-0----0-----------

-2-2--2-2-0-2------------2-2--3--3-2-------

------------3-3------------------------3-------

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Both riffs are played within a 1st position C chord shape. It's OK, and might actually be preferable, to play more strings than are tabbed here, so long as you're holding that C chord. Obviously, if you're not playing the riffs, the chord is C.

 

I'm a little unsure about the D5 chord. I'm reasonably sure it's not a G/D, and it's definitely not a D major. D min or Dsus2 seem to work OK but neither sounded just right to me.

 

You can certainly play with with no capo, in that case the "everybody, everybody..." walkdown might be easier to play as power chords: D5 C#5 B5 A5 G5 A5 / D5 C#5 B5 A5 G5 F#5 E5 D5

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Tweedy did this solo on 11.6.05 in Minneapolis, and he did it entirely differently.

 

i'll pull it up later.

 

Cool, For the record this is based on the full band soundtrack version. Never heard Jeff do it solo.

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JUST A KID - Jeff Tweedy solo.

ok. he does it drop d, and he basically uses power chords and variants. He also only plays the first 2/3 of the song, meaning that he forgets how the rest of the song goes. so the parts he played are what i tab out. hopefully, you have a recording to work off of, so the rhythms aren't quite as daunting, as tabs so no rhythm at all. i do what i can, though.

 

Verse Riffages 1-3 (respectively, later referred to as [1], [2], [3]):
[1]			  [2]		 [3]
-  -  -  -	   - - - -	 -  -  -  -  -  -
-  -  -  -	   - - - -	 -  -  -  -  -  -
-  -  -  -	   - - - -	 -  -  -  -  -  -
-  -  -  -	   - - - -	 -  -  -  -  -  -
-  -  -  -	   5 5 x x	 -  -  -  -  -  -
12 12s14s9	   5 5 x x	 12 12s10s12s10s9
0  0  0  0   x1  5 5 x x	 0  0  0  0  0  0

note: [1] is repeated x1, if the x1 above is confusing notation.  it's just to repeat it, once, meaning you play it twice.

Chorus Riffage, later notated as [C]:

-  -  - - - - - - -  -  - - - - - -
-  -  - - - - - - -  -  - - - - -
-  -  - - - - - - -  -  - - - - -
-  -  - - - - - - -  -  - - - - -
12 12 9 7 5 5 7 7 12 12 9 7 5 4 2
12 11 9 7 5 5 7 7 12 11 9 7 5 4 2

 

other info:

-D powerchord (either power it 0 or 12 - it shouldn't make a difference. i sometimes do a 0 on the low D and 9 on the A for a interesting effect, but it shouldn't matter in the slightest), noted as [D]

 

-G powerchord (power 5), noted as [G]

 

++++[C] means CHORUS RIFFAGE, not the [C] powerchord, likewise, [1], [2], [3] do not mean to powerchord the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd frets, respectively. these four refer to their respective riffs.

 

INTRO: [1] [2] [3]

 

[D]

Maybe I’m just a kid

Maybe I just don’t fit in

[G]

I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready I’m ready to go now

 

[3]

 

[D]

I don’t wanna go to school

But I don’t get to make the rules

[G]

Too early, too early, too early, too early in the morning

 

[3]

 

[C]

Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody

Has to do something they don’t want to do

Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody

Has to be something, oh, why is that true?

 

[1] [2] [3]

 

[D]

Maybe I’m not so big

Maybe I just don’t fit in

[G]

I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready for more now

 

[3]

 

[D]

And I don’t wanna go to bed

There’s so much going on in my head

[G]

Not tired, not tired, not tired, not tired right now

 

[3]

 

[C]

Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody

Has to do something they don’t want to do

Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody

Has to be something, oh, why is that true?

 

[1]

END.

 

i'll post an mp3 when i open some sort of account on ysi or whatnot.

Edited by poortranslator
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Thanks man. Without having a guitar with me, I'm guessing that our versions have the same notes/chords, just yours is more accurately voiced.

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well, ok, i found another error, but it's hardly killer.

 

I found one too - in your C chord riffage, there isn't any 3rd fret power chord - it goes 4th fret (F#5) to 2nd fret (E5) to the D.

 

Otherwise, sounds great. Pretty much the same a mine, but having that ringing D string on riffs 1 and 3 does make it sound much

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