Tabs
YOU MIGHT THINK
As recorded by The Cars
(From the 1984 Album HEARTBEAT CITY)
Words and Music by Ric Ocasek
Gtr I (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Ric Ocasek - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Elliot Easton - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=137
D5D5 G5G5 A5A5 D5D5
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.)
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-----------------|
G5G5 A5A5 B5B5
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-----|
|---------------0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ dist.)
| E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q Q. S S H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|---7-7-7-7-7-----|---5-5-5-5-5-----|---7-7-7-7-7-----|-4------4-4-4-------|
|---5-5-5-7-5-----|---5-5-5-7-5-----|---7-7-7-9-7-----|-2------2-2-2---0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
H Q Q
1st - 4th Verses
$
G5G5 D5D5 D5D5
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E H E MajorE Q. E MajorE E E MajorE E +H E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-----------------|---------------|----------------||-------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------||o------------------|
|-----------------|----------7----|-7-----7-(7)----||-------------------|
|-----------------|--7-------7----|-7-----7-(7)----||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|--5-------5----|-5-----5-(5)----||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|---------------|----------------||----------------0--|
|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E +W W W
|-----------------|---------------|----------------||-------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------||o------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------||-------------------|
|---5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-(7)-----------|----------------||-------------------|
|---5-5-5-7-5-4-5-|-(5)-----------|----------------||o------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------||-------------------|
G5G5 A5A5 D5D5
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-----------------|---------------0--|
Pre-Chorus
G5G5 A5A5 D5D5 B5B5 A5A5
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-----------------||-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5--|
|
| Gtr II
| W W W E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----3-------2----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||---4-------4------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-2-------0--------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|
Chorus
G5G5 B5B5 A5A5 G5G5 D5D5
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||---------------0--|
|
| E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E Q Q W
|-----------------|-----------------|---------2---0---||------------------|
|-----0---3-2---2-|-----3---2---2---|-----0-3---------||------------------|
|---0---------4---|---4-------4-----|---0-------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-2---------------|-----------------||------------------|
|-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------------||------------------|
G5G5 A5A5 B5B5 D5D5
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-|----------------0--|
|
| W W E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E W
|-----------------|-----------------|---2---2---2---2-|-^2----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---3-2---3---2---|-^3----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---4-2---4---2---|-^2----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-^0----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
Interlude
1.
To Coda
G5G5 A5A5 D5D5 G5G5 A5A5
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|------------------|-------------------||-----------------|------------------||
|------------------|-------------------||-----------------|-----------------o||
|------------------|-------------------||-----------------|------------------||
|------------------|-------------------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|------------------||
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-o||
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0--||---------------0-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--||
|
| W W E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-^3---------------|-^0----------------||-----------------|------------------||
|-^0---------------|-^2----------------||-----------------|-----------------o||
|-^0---------------|-^2----------------||-----------------|------------------||
|-^0---------------|-^2----------------||---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---5-5-5-7-7-7-7--||
|-^2---------------|-^0----------------||---5-5-5-7-5-4-5-|---5-5-5-7-5-4-5-o||
|-^3---------------|-------------------||-----------------|------------------||
Bridge
2.
D5D5 B minorBm G+G A augmentedA
W +W W W
|-----------|------------||-----------|-------------|
|-----------|------------||-----------|-------------|
|-----------|------------||-----------|-------------|
|--7--------|-(7)--------||-----------|-------------|
|--5--------|-(5)--------||-----------|-------------|
|-----------|------------||-----------|-------------|
|
| W +W W H H
|-^2--------|-(2)--------||-^2--------|-^3----^5----|
|-^3--------|-(3)--------||-^3--------|-^3----^5----|
|-^2--------|-(2)--------||-^4--------|-^4----^6----|
|-^0--------|-(0)--------||-^4--------|-^5----^7----|
|-----------|------------||-^2--------|-^5----^7----|
|-----------|------------||-----------|-^3----^5----|
B minorBm G+G A augmentedA B minorBm G+G A augmentedA
Gtr II
W H H W H H
|-^2--------|-^3----^5----|-^2--------|-^3----^5----|
|-^3--------|-^3----^5----|-^3--------|-^3----^5----|
|-^4--------|-^4----^6----|-^4--------|-^4----^6----|
|-^4--------|-^5----^7----|-^4--------|-^5----^7----|
|-^2--------|-^5----^7----|-^2--------|-^5----^7----|
|-----------|-^3----^5----|-----------|-^3----^5----|
B minorBm G+G A augmentedA G5G5 N.C.
Gtr I
W W E MajorE E Q H W
|-----------|-------------|-------------|------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|------|
|-----------|-------------|-5-----------|------|
|-----------|-------------|-3-----------|------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H H E MajorE E Q H W
|-^2--------|-^3----^5----|-------------|------|
|-^3--------|-^3----^5----|-------------|------|
|-^4--------|-^4----^6----|-------------|------|
|-^4--------|-^5----^7----|-------------|------|
|-^2--------|-^5----^7----|-5-----------|------|
|-----------|-^3----^5----|-3-----------|------|
Guitar Solo
A5A5 D MajorD D5D5 G5G5
E MajorE E Q H W E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-------------|------------||-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------|------------||-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------|------------||-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------|------------||-7-7-7-7-7-7---7---|--------------------|
|-7-----------|------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---|-5-5-5-5-5-5---5----|
|-5-----------|------------||-----------------0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-0--|
|
| E MajorE E Q H Q H. H E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE S S E MajorE E
|-------------|------------||-----------5-5-5-5-|---7-------7-7-7-5--|
|-------------|----7-------||-----------7-7-7-5-|-8-8-------8-8-8-7--|
|-------------|----7-------||-----------7-7-7-6-|-7-7-------7-7-7-7--|
|-------------|----7-------||-------------------|--------------------|
|-7-----------|----5-------||-------------------|--------------------|
|-5-----------|------------||-------------------|--------------------|
A5A5 D5D5
E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---7---7--7-7--7------7--7-----7-|
|-7--7-7-7-7--7--7----------|---5---5--5-5--5------5--5-----5-|
|-5--5-5-5-5--5--5-------0--|---------------------------------|
|
| E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
|-7s=9-------10-10------10--|-(10)-10-10---10-----10----------|
|-8s10----------10pb12r(10)-|-(10)-10--7---10pb12r10-10-------|
|-7s=9----------------------|-------------------------9pb11r9-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
G5G5
E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|-7-7-7--7-7-7-7---|---------------------------|
|-5-5-5--5-5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-5--5----5---------|
|----------------0-|-3-3-3-3-3--3----3----0----|
|
| Q Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE S S S S S S
|------------8-8-8-|-8-7-------10-10---10---10-|
|------------8-8-8-|-8-8-------10-10---10---10-|
|-7----------9-9-9-|-9-7-------11-11---11---11-|
|-----9\---9-------|---------9-----------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
A5A5 B5B5
E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|--7--7--7--7-7-7-7-----|---9---9-9--9-9------9-9------|
|--5--5--5--5-5-5-5---0-|---7---7-7--7-7------7-7-5----|
|
| |-3--|
| E MajorE E MajorE Q Q E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE S S S E MajorE E E MajorE
|-10--9-------------/12-|-(12)-10-7--------------------|
|-10-10-10\---------/12-|-(12)-10-7-10-7h10p7----------|
|-11--9-----------------|---------------------9-7------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------9b11-|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
G5G5 D5D5
E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--7--7--------7---7--7-7-7---7---|
|--5--5-5------5---7---7---7--7-|--5--5--------5---5--5-5-5---5---|
|--3--3-3------3---5---5---5--5-|---------------------------------|
|
| +E MajorE E MajorE E +E MajorE +E MajorE +E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE +Q a +E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------8b10==(8)r(8)-7-----------|
|-----7-9b12==(9)-(9)-(9)r(9)-7-|-(7)---9b11==(9)r(9)-7-----------|
|-(9)---------------------------|-----------------------9---------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------9s7-5---|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Outro
D.S. al Coda &
D5D5 G5G5 B5B5
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|---------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7--||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-----------------|-----------------|
|--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5--||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|
|---------------------||---------------0-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-|
|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|---------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------7-(7)--------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------7-(7)--------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----7-9-7-(7)--------||---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-/9------------------||---5-5-5-7-5-4-5-|---5-5-5-7-5-4---|---2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|
|---------------------||-----------------|---------------7-|-----------------|
G5G5 D5D5
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E W +W
|-----------------|----------|--------*|
|-----------------|----------|--------*|
|-----------------|----------|--------*|
|-----------------|-7--------|-(7)----*|
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5--------|-(5)----*|
|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|----------|--------*|
|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E W +W
|-----------------|----------|--------*|
|-----------------|----------|--------*|
|-----------------|----------|--------*|
|-----------------|-7--------|-(7)----*|
|---5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5--------|-(5)----*|
|---3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|----------|--------*|
Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E MajorE - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths