Learn Music: Fortunate Fool guitar tab - Jack Johnson tabs

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 FORTUNATE FOOL
 
 All music and lyrics written by and property of Jack Johnson
 Transcribed by Jai Mitchell
 jai_mitchell@yahoo.com
 http://members.optushome.com.au/jaimitchell
 
 Okay, another tab i am changing slightly... simplifying the hard parts, taking out
 the parts i had in my tab that were actually played by the bass, and adding a different
 version of the chorus which is what Jack plays live rather than the little country soundng
 lick on the album... enjoy...
 
 
 special tab sign => and )'s mean the notes are quickly muted..!!
 
 INTRO
 ----7/97---4/74---3/53---2/42~--------------
 ----7/97---4/74---3/53---2/42~--------------
 -----------------------------------------9------
 -----------------------------------------9------
 ------------------------------------9/11---11p9-
 --7-------4-------3-------2---------------------
 
 VERSE (riff 1)
     B           G#
 |----7)----------4)--|
 |----7)----------4)--|
 |.------------------.|
 |.------------------.|
 |--------------------|
 |--7-----------4-----|
 
 VERSE (riff 2)
    C#       F#
 |----9)------2)--|
 |----9)------2)--|
 |.--10)------3)-.|
 |.--11)------4)-.|
 |---11)------4)--|
 |--9-------2-----|
 on the last repetition of this verse riff use FILL 2 from below after the
 F# bass note to move back to verse riff 1...
 
 some examples of fills that can replace the G# chord
 FILL 1               FILL 2            FILL 3
 --------------------|-----------------|----------------------
 --------------------|-----------------|----------------------
 --------------------|-----------------|----------------------
 --------------------|-----------------|------------119~-----
 ----------9---------|-----------------|----------9-----------
 --4--9/11---11p9--7-|--4--9/11-7-9-7--|--4--9/11----------7--
 
 so just fuck around with those, and any others are just variations on that anyhow...
 
 then the fun part... the CHORUS...
 
 ----0~--0-0-----0~---0---0---0----2---2-2-----2---2---2---2-
 ----0~----------------------------2-------2h4---2-----------
 ----1~------4h6----4---2---1------3-----------------4---3---
 ----2~----------------------------4-------------------------
 ----2~----------------------------4-------------------------
 --0-0~--------------------------2-2-------------------------
 
 A much easier version of the chorus can be played, like Jack does it when he plays live..
 ----0)----------0)----2)-----------2)--
 ----0)----------0)----2)-----------2)--
 ----1)----------1)----3)-----------3)--
 ---------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------
 --0----0-0--0-0-----2-----2-2--2-2-----
 
 then just descending major bar chords with the root on the 6th string
 (ie the E shape)
 
 CHORD: B / G# / F# / E  x3
 FRET:  7   4    2    0
 then
 CHORD: B / G# / G ~~~
 FRET:  7   4    3 and hold
 
 in case you don't know the terms above the shape for the B (7th fret) is
 
 e|-7-|
 b|-7-|   So just start with that, then move it down to the 4th fret etc.
 g|-8-|
 d|-9-|
 a|-9-|
 E|-7-|

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