Jack Johnson - Constellation guitar tab
Constellations
Jack Johnson
Capo: 1st
Tuning (High to Low) D-B-G-D-G-C
I used to play this song how it was posted until I saw my friend John play it in some
tuning. He gave me the chords and here you go. If ya'll know the name of this tuning,
me at webmaster at tabs-database.com.com.
I copped the intro from John, but the verses are all me, and pretty exact if I do say so...
Intro: The hammer-ons and pull-offs are all "drawn out," that is, they are slowly
Be sure to let all notes ring out.
Rhy. Fig. 1
e|-5-h-4-h-5-/-7-p-4-p-0-|----------7-p-5-------0-|----------0----------|
B|-----------------------|-6---------------6------|--1-----------1------|
G|-----------------------|----5---------------0---|----0------------0---|
D|-----------------------|-------7------------0---|------2----------0---|
A|-----------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
E|-0---------------------|-5----------------------|--0------------------|
End Rhy. Fig. 1 Rhy. Fig. 2
e|---------4-p-2---------|--5--5--7------5--5--4--|/-5--0--0--0---0-0-0-|
B|-3--------------3------|--0--0--0------0--0--0--|-(0)-0--0--0---------|
G|----2--------------0---|------------------------|---------------------|
D|------4------------0---|-----------0------------|-------------0-------|
A|-----------------------|--0---------------------|--0------------------|
E|-2---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
End Rhy. Fig. 2
e|---2--0--0----0--0--0--|-----0--0--0----0--0--0-|---------------------|
B|---1--1--`----1--1--1--|-----1--1--1----1--1--1-|---------------------|
G|-----------------------|---0----------2---------|---------------------|
D|------------4----------|------------------------|---------------------|
A|-----------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
E|-0---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
The Verse Riff is Rhy. Fig. 2. and is played twice the first time, four times the second.
*Accenting the bass notes will give you the sound that this song requires. Make sure to sing!
Verse 1:
The light was leavin' in the west it was blue.
The children's laughter sang, skipping just like the sones they threw.
Their voices echoed across the waves.
Verse 2:
The west winds often last too long,
and when they calm down nothing ever seems the same.
Sheltered under the Kamani tree, waiting for the passing rain.
Clouds keep moving to uncover the sea
of stars above us chasing the day away
to find the stories that we sometimes need.
Pre-Chorus: Simple enough. Only two chords.
e|---2--2--2----2--2--2--|-----------------------|---2--2--2----2--2--2-|
B|---1--1--1----1--1--1--|-----------------------|---3--3--3----3--3--3-|
G|---0--0--0----0--0--0--|----repeat previous----|---2--2--2----2--2--2-|
D|------------2----------|--------measure--------|------------4---------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
E|-0---------------------|-----------------------|--2-------------------|
e|-(2)--2--2-2---2--0--0-|
B|-(3)--3--3-3---3--0--0-|
G|-(2)--2--2-2---2--0--0-|
D|--------------4--------|
A|-----------------------|
E|--2--------------------|
Here are the Pre-Chorus lyrics:
1st: It's getting late
2nd: Fade's Away
Chorus: Here's the main chord progression (G-Fadd2-C-Dadd2) coupled with open strings on
top three strings (which sounds out a G chord by the way.)
e|----5--5-----5--0--0---|-----5--5--5----5--0--0-|----2--2--2---2-0-0--|
B|----0--0-----0--0--0---|-----6--6--6----6--0--0-|----1--1--1---1-0-0--|
G|----0--0-----0--0--0---|-----5--5--5----5--0--0-|----0--0--0---0-0-0--|
D|----------0------------|--------------7---------|------------2--------|
A|--0--------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
E|-----------------------|---5--------------------|--0------------------|
e|------2--2-2---2--0--0-|
B|------3--3-3---3--0--0-|
G|------2--2-2---2--0--0-|
D|--------------4--------|
A|-----------------------|
E|--2--------------------|
And the lyrics:
It was just another lonely night,
with the sunset and a moon rise
not so far behind to give us just enough light
to lay down underneath the stars, listen to (Papa's/ All the)
translations of the stories across the sky.
We drew our own constellations.
The interlude is a complex combination of hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides.
Again this is how I play it, but I think Jack would approve.
e|----5-------7--------0-|---9---------7-------0-|---2-p-0--------0---0-|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------1------------|
G|------4/5------5/4-----|------7-/-5-----5/4----|-----------0h2----4---|
D|-(0)-------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
A|--0--------------------|-0---------------------|----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-0--------------------|
e|----5------7-------5---|---9-p-7---------------|---------0------5-p-2-|
B|------0------0---------|----------8-----10-8---|----8---------3-------|
G|--------7------7-------|-------------9------9--|------9-----4---------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
A|--0--------------------|-0---------------------|----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|--0-------------------|
e|---2-----0----4-p-0----|
B|-----------------------|
G|------0--------------0-|
D|------------4--------0-|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
For the outro just repeat the intro and end on this chord:
e|-5-|
B|-0-|
G|---|
D|---|
A|-0-|
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