The Cars – Just What I Needed (Guitar Tab)
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Tab by: Aaron Meredith
The cars are one of the bands that inspired me to become a musician cuz it wasn't
Rick's good looks that got him that model. Hope this tab helps out!
[Intro]
e|-------x-------------x-x-------------| B|-------9-------------9-9-------------| G|-------9-(x4)--------9-9-(x4)--------| D|-------9-------------9-9-------------| A|-7777777-------7777777-7-------------| E|-------------------------------------| pm`````` ``````
[Verse 1]
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|x2
D|-99999999---------------------------------------|
A|-77777777-99999999-1111111111111111--66666666---|
E|----------77777777--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--44444444---|
pm```````` ```````` ```````````````` ````````
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|-9-9-9-11-9-9-9-11------------------------|
A|-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7----9-9-9-11-9-9-9-11---|
E|----------------------7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7---|
pm````````````````` `````````````````
e| --------------------------------------------|
B| --------------------------------------------|
G| --------------------------------------------|
D| --------------------------------------------|
A| -11-11-11-12-11-11-11\--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|
E| --9--9--9--9--9--9--9\--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----|
pm````````````````````` ```````````````
e|-00000000--xxxxxxxx----4---44----555555---|
B|-00000000--44545444----4---44----555555---|
G|-11212111--44444444----5---55----666666---|
D|-22222222--44444444--66666666--77777777---|
A|-22222222--22222222--66666666--77777777---|
E|-00000000--xxxxxxxx--44444444--55555555---|
Guitar during Keyboard solo: (pm)
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-9-9-9-11-9-9-9-9-----------------------|
A|-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7----9-9-9-11-9-9-9-9---|
E|---------------------7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7---|
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-11-11-11-12-11-11-11\--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
E|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9\--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-9-9-9-11-9-9-9-9-----------------------|
A|-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7----9-9-9-11-9-9-9-9---|
E|---------------------7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7---|
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|-11-11-11-12-11-11-11\--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
E|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9\--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
Guitar riffs during keyboard break:
#1 #2
e|----4----4----|----9----7----5--|
B|--------------|-----------------|
G|--/5---/5-----|--/9---/8---/6---|
D|--------------|-----------------|
A|--------------|-----------------|
E|--------------|-----------------|
Keyboard Solo: tab for guitar
e|-----------------12-11----------------------------12-11-----------|
B|-12~~----12~~----------14-12-13---12~~----12~~----------14-12-14--|
G|------13------13-----------------------13------13-----------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|[Verse 2]
e|-x---------7----------9----------------------4-----------------| B|-9---------7----------9----------------------4-----------------| G|-9---------8---------10----------------------5-----------------|x2 D|-9-999999--9---------11----------------------6-----------------| A|-7-777777--9-999999--11--11-11-11-11-11-11---6-6666666---------| E|-----------7-777777---9---9--9--9--9--9--9---4-4444444---------| Pm `````` `````` ````````````````` ``````` e|------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------| D|-9-9-9-11-9-9-9-11------------------------| A|-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7----9-9-9-11-9-9-9-11---| E|----------------------7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7---| ````````````````` ````````````````` e|--------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------| A|-11-11-11-12-11-11-11\--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----| E|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9\--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----| ````````````````````` ``````````````` e|-00000000--xxxxxxxx----4---44----5-5555---| B|-00000000--44545444----4---44----5-5555---| G|-11212111--44444444----5---55----6-6666---| D|-22222222--44444444--66666666--77777777---| A|-22222222--22222222--66666666--77777777---| E|-00000000--xxxxxxxx--44444444--55555555---|
[Chorus]
e|----------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------| G|--9-------------------9-----------------|x2 D|--9--9---7-7--11--9---9--9---7-7--11----| A|--7--9---7-7--11--9---7--9---7-7--11----| E|-----7---5-5---9--7------7---5-5---9----|
[Guitar solo] rhythm same as outro
e|---------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------| G|-11b-11b-11b-11b-9---------------------------| D|-------------------11b~~~~-11b-9-11b-10~~~~~-| A|---------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------| B|------------------------12b-10-12b~~--| G|----------9-------11~-9---------------| D|-9-9-9/11---11/13---------------------| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------| B|-12b-10-12b-12-12-12b--------------------11b~~~-11b-9-| G|----------------------11b-11-11-9---------------------| D|----------------------------------11b-10--------------| A|------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------| e|-----9---------------9----11---12---14---15-16\---| B|------9-12----------------------------------------| G|-11b-------11b-9---/9--/11--/13--/14--/15---16\---| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------|
REPEAT VERSE: #2
REPEAT CHORUS:
[Outro] structure varies slightly each time through
e|-----------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------| G|-999-------------------------999---------------------------|x3 D|-999-9-999-10-10-10--6-666---999-9-999-10-10-10--7-777-----| A|-777-9-999-10-10-10--6-666---777-9-999-10-10-10--7-777-----| E|-----7-777--9--9--9--4-444-------7-777--9--9--9--5-555-----| End with: e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-999-------------------------------------------| D|-999-9-999-10-10-10--6-666--777-9-99-11~~~-----| A|-777-9-999-10-10-10--6-666--777-9-99-11~~~-----| E|-----7-777--9--9--9--4-444--555-7-77--9~~~-----|
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~ = let ring
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
b = bend string
x = mute string
pm= palm mute
``= palm mute
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