Jawbreaker – Boxcar (Guitar Tab)

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24 Hour Revenge Therapy/Dear You [Reissue] "This is a song about the punk rock scene in the Bay Area." - Blake Schwarzenbach [3/10/94]

Intro
Guitar 1
e-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G--------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5----|
D--5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x--|
A--5-x-5-3-x-3-5-x-5-3-x-3-5-x-5-3-x-3-5-x-5-3-x--|
E--3-x-3---x---3-x-3---x---3-x-3---x---3-x-3---x--|

Guitar 2 (only on intro)
e-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------5<-----------|
D------------------------------------x------------|
A------------------------------------3<-----------|
E-------------------------------------------------|
                                     Vol. swell

Main Riff
   G      C      G      C      G      C      D      C
e----------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------|
G---------5--5----------5--5----------5--5---7--7---5--5---|
D--5--5---5--5---5--5---5--5---5--5---5--5---7--7---5--5---|
A--5--5---3--3-0-5--5---3--3-0-5--5---3--3-0-5--5-0-3--3-0-|
E--3--3-0--------3--3-0--------3--3-0----------------------|

Verse G C G C You're not punk and i'm telling everyone G C D C Save your breath i never was one G C G C You don't know what i'm all about G C D C Like killing cops and reading Kerouac Chorus (All palm muted except for chords in [ ]'s and the main riff) G A C My enemies are all too familiar G A E C [G C G C] They're the ones who used to call me friend G A C I'm coloring outside your guidelines A C [G A B C] I was passing out while you were passing out your rules [E D] Main Riff 1, 2, 3, 4, who's punk? what's the score? Verse (same as first) I got a friend, her name is Boxcar Cigarettes and beer in El Sob Her hair was blue, now it's green I like her mind, she hates the scene Chorus (same as first)

Bridge
Guitar 1
e-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G--------5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5----|
D--5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-5-5-x--|
A--5-x-5-3-x-3-5-x-5-3-x-3-5-x-5-3-x-3-5-x-5-3-x--|
E--3-x-3---x---3-x-3---x---3-x-3---x---3-x-3---x--|

Guitar 2
e-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------55555555555--|
D------------------------------------55555555555--|
A------------------------------------33333333333--|
E------------------Just-C-played-really-fast-^----|

In the 24 Hour Revenge Therapy version,
                   guitar 2 plays this:
e------------------------------------12-----------|
B------------------------------------15b17--------|
G-------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|

Outro G C You're all alone G C All alone G C All alone D C On your own G C All alone G C All alone G C All alone D C You're on you're own End on G. I listened to the Dear You re-recording while tabbing this out. So that should explain any different words or anything like that.