Jimmy Eat World – Howd You Have Me (Guitar Tab)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)

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Good, rocking song from their album, "Damage". Dropped-D tuning: 1: e 2: B 3: G 4: D 5: A 6: D Played with a moderately overdriven electric guitar in the bridge pick-up setting. Scale the overdrive back to a very slight breakup tone for the bridge riff. [Intro] A5 volume swell:

e|----|
B|----|
G|-2--|
D|-2--|
A|-0--|
D|----|

then a repeating octave:

e|-----      ------|
B|-----      --12--|
G|-16--  or  ------|
D|-----      --9---|
A|-14--      ------|
D|-----      ------|

[Verse]

   E5(high)   C#5   A5    F#5
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-9-----------6-----2---------|
D|-9-----------6-----2-----4---|
A|-7-----------4-----0-----4---|
D|-------------------------4---|

[Chorus] Play an E5(high), B5, A5 progression a few times, then end on E5(low) as shown (could play all chords with open 1 & 2 strings)

   E5(high)    B5    A5    E5(low)
e|-------------------------0---|
B|-------------------------0---|
G|-9-----------4-----2-----X---|
D|-9-----------4-----2-----2---|
A|-7-----------2-----0-----2---|
D|-------------------------2---|

[Riff] (If there are chords played during this riff, I couldn't discern them.) (b = bend)

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-9-----9-9------9\------------9---9---10---10-10/12--9----9---9\-------------------5---5-4b-5--|
G|---9-9------9-9----9-9----------9---9----9-------------9----9----9-9-------------4---6---------|
D|-----------------------9-9-7-----------------------------------------9-9-7-7-6-7---------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse]

   E5(high)   C#5   A5    F#5
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-9-----------6-----2---------|
D|-9-----------6-----2-----4---|
A|-7-----------4-----0-----4---|
D|-------------------------4---|

[Chorus]

   E5(high)    B5    A5    E5(low)
e|-------------------------0---|
B|-------------------------0---|
G|-9-----------4-----2-----X---|
D|-9-----------4-----2-----2---|
A|-7-----------2-----0-----2---|
D|-------------------------2---|

[Bridge] C#5, B5, E5(low, mute 1-3 strings), A5, then C#5, B5, E5(low), B5, E5(low w/open 1 & 2 strings), then: Bridge riff (x2)

e|--------------------------------------|
B|-9---9--------9---9---9------0---0----|
G|---9---9-8-9----9---9---9------9------|
D|---------------------------7----------|
A|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|

*There's another instrument (keyboards?) playing a part during the Bridge riff. This is not tabbed, but sounds easy to figure out. [Chorus]

   E5(high)    B5    A5    E5(low)
e|-------------------------0---|
B|-------------------------0---|
G|-9-----------4-----2-----X---|
D|-9-----------4-----2-----2---|
A|-7-----------2-----0-----2---|
D|-------------------------2---|

[Outro] E chords. Use the shapes below that sound right to you:

e|--0---4---x                            e|--0
B|--0---5---9                            B|--5
A|--4---4---9                            G|--4
D|--2---2---7    then end on this chord  D|--2
A|--2---2---7                            A|--2
D|--2---2---x                            D|--2

Some minor riffing on the outro over the E chords listed above. Sounds like the guitar has some overdrive, reverb, minimal delay, and maybe chorus going on). There's some vibrato (~), then a slide (\) that fades the note down the neck. Upstroke (V) on last notes.

                       (V)
e|-0------0-----0------12-|
B|-9~-----9~\---12~----0--|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
D|------------------------|

BONUS: Some lyrics found online are incorrect. The right ones for the chorus are: "Only one thing left I wished I knew: how did you have me and I only got you? If it's all bad timing and there's no control, I'm gonna do anything, gonna do everything I want from now on!" Hope you liked the tab! ************************************ | b Bend | / Slide up | \ Slide down | ~ Vibrato ************************************