Jack Johnson – Dont Believe A Thing I Say (Guitar)

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Chords

The actual guitar part uses an alternative tuning but these chords work well. Sounds better if you add in some fingerpicking. I play it with the barre chords shown but if you tuned down a half step and transposed this, open chords would also work well.
    Bb  Eb   F   C
e|--6----6---8---8--|
B|--6----8---10--8--|
G|--7----8---10--9--|
D|--8----8---10--10-|
A|--8----6---8---10-|
E|--6------------8--|
[Intro] Bb [Verse 1]
 Eb
Mercury's in retrograde

 Eb
Don't believe a thing I say

 Eb
You know I don't believe that stuff

 Eb                       Bb
My mind's only made of dust

Eb
The echo always said get real

Eb
Mostly I just go by feel

Eb
Kick it first if it don't start

Eb                             Bb
Don't need tools I got my heart
[Chorus]
         F         Eb
Are we free or afraid

                Bb
Of what we're told

        F          Eb
Are we out of or under

   Bb
Control
[Verse 2]
Eb
When Saturn returns I begin

Eb
To trust in patterns more than men

Eb
Or the stories that they tell

Eb                      Bb
Even when they tell them well

Eb
The echo always sounded good

Eb
Until I finally understood

Eb
I only had to open the door

Eb                            Bb
Now I don't trust the echo anymore
[Chorus]
       F         Eb
Are we free or afraid

               Bb
Of what we're told

        F          Eb
Are we out of or under

     Bb
Control
[Verse 3]
Eb
All these planets pulling me around

Eb
They pulled my face into a frown

Eb
Even though my minds made up

Eb
My mind's only made of dust

C                                      Bb
From stars and clouds and oceans all unseen

C                                      Bb
From stars and clouds and oceans all unseen
[Chorus]
 F                Eb
Are we free or afraid

               Bb
Of what we're told

 F                Eb
Are we out of or under

    Bb
Control