Jack-Flash-Jr
Sounds minor and this guy agrees:
Artist: Jack Johnson
Piece: Mediocre Bad Guys
Instrument: Guitar
Submitter: nofriends182
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Song � Mediocre Bad Guys
Artist � Jack Johnson
Album � On and On
Tuning � Standard
Chords used in song
Bm A E
|-7-------5-------0-|
|-7-------5-------0-|
|-7-------6-------1-|
|-9-------7-------2-|
|-9-------7-------2-|
|-7-------5-------0-|
Intro
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--9----------9-----------2-----------------------------|
|--9�-7h9p7/--7---7h9p7/--0---7h9p7---------------5-5/9-|
|--7---------------------------------3-3-3/7-7----------|
Well don't give me no comic book sad looks no more,
please don't use those same excuses you've used before,
mmmh mhhmmm,
you told yourself so many times its okay,
so be good to try, but you just don't know how to come back down,
and now you beat me up and break me down,
hoping I don't come around,
kick me when I�m on the ground,
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|----------| this riff used often
|------5-9-|
|--3-7-----|
beating me up, breaking me down,
hoping I don't come around,
kicking me when I�m on the ground
Bm E
|------------7---------------------7------------------|
|------------7---------------------9------------------|
|------------7--7-9-7--------7-----9--------7-------7-|
|------------9---------9-7-9-------9-----7-9--9-7-9---|
|------5-9---9---------------------7--7-9-------------|
|--3-7-------7----------------------------------------|
well how about those people I know,
that you know the ones I mean,
not so good, not so bad,
only know what they have,
and they have only what they've seen,
those mediocre bad guys can really bring you down,
they can't be defeated, and you know,
they're never going to come around,
they just beat me up and break me down,
hoping I don't come around,
kick me when I�m on the ground,
beating me up, breaking me down,
hoping I don't come around,
kicking me when I�m on the ground,
Well somebody's something was left in the room,
and now that it's gone of course we assume,
that somebody else needed something so bad,
that they took everything somebody had,
somebody saw him jump yeah but nobody saw him slip,
I guess he lost a lot of hope and then he lost his grip,
and now he's lying in the freeway in the middle of this mess,
I guess we lost another one, just like the other one,
beat me up and break me down,
hoping I don't come around,
kick me when I�m on the ground,
beating me up, breaking me down,
hoping I don't come around,
kicking me when I�m on the ground,
beat me up, break me down,
hoping I don't come around,
kick me when I�m on the ground,
beat me up, break me down,
hoping I don't come around,
kick me when I�m on the ground.
domhatch
yup, no question. when using tab or chord progressions off the 'net, i often find things that don't ring true. this is a good example, a major where a minor should be, i've also seen 'slash chords' incorrectly used to indicate the completely wrong chord or inversion, as well as simply completely wrong chords in completely wrong places. best thing is generally to try figure it out yourself by playing both (or however many there are) options and seeing which fits the original recording. especially when you're SO SURE ? you're right, and everyone else seems to be telling you something else.
main problem here is that B - A - E is a relatively rational - if not particularly usual - progression (V - IV - I in E), and could sound right to many an ear trying to transcribe the song, especially just the chords. the E to me doesn't sound like the I here, and creating tension is something i find jack johnson does most lekkerly. to me, the Bm - A - E is more likely to be a ii - I - V progression in A. always landing on the V creates a constant need to resolve somewhere, and going back to the ii (Bm) doesn't do it.
on second listening, there is a heck of a lot of complex stuff going on behind the scenes in this track. conversations between the bass and the guitar, that E isn't as innocent as first it appears... the track could be in D. holy cow. but there are far more learned people here who could tackle this far better than i could ever hope to.
good luck
dh
