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YOU MIGHT THINK

As recorded by The Cars
(From the 1984 Album HEARTBEAT CITY)

Words and Music by Ric Ocasek


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Ric Ocasek - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Elliot Easton - Electric Guitar'


 Intro
  Q=137
  D5                G5                A5                D5
 4/4
  Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.)
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E 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-|-----------------|

🎸

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                    G5                A5                B5
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E  E E S S E E E 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 E E E E E Q     E E E E E E Q     E E E E E 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
                                                   $
  G5                D5                                 D5
  E E E E E E E E    H     E Q.     E E E E +H         E E E E E E E 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 E E E E E E E   +W              W                  W
|-----------------|---------------|----------------||-------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------||o------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------||-------------------|
|---5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-(7)-----------|----------------||-------------------|
|---5-5-5-7-5-4-5-|-(5)-----------|----------------||o------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------||-------------------|


  G5                A5                D5
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E 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
  G5                A5                D5                 B5      A5
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E 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 E Q   E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----3-------2----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||---4-------4------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-2-------0--------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|


                                                        Chorus
  G5                B5      A5        G5                 D5
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E 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 E Q   E E E E   E E Q   E E Q     E E E E Q   Q      W
|-----------------|-----------------|---------2---0---||------------------|
|-----0---3-2---2-|-----3---2---2---|-----0-3---------||------------------|
|---0---------4---|---4-------4-----|---0-------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-2---------------|-----------------||------------------|
|-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------------||------------------|


  G5                A5                B5                D5
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E 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 E E E E E E E    W
|-----------------|-----------------|---2---2---2---2-|-^2----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---3-2---3---2---|-^3----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---4-2---4---2---|-^2----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-^0----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|


                                         Interlude
                                         1.
                               To Coda
  G5                 A5                   D5                G5      A5
   E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E 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 E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E 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.
  D5                        Bm          G     A
   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----|


  Bm          G     A       Bm          G     A
  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----|


  Bm          G     A       G5            N.C.
  Gtr I
   W           W            E E Q  H      W
|-----------|-------------|-------------|------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|------|
|-----------|-------------|-5-----------|------|
|-----------|-------------|-3-----------|------|
|
| Gtr II
|  W           H     H      E 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
  A5               D          D5                  G5
  E E Q  H      W             E E E E E E   E E   E E E E E E   E 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 E Q  H      Q  H.         H       E S S E E   E E Q   E S S E 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-----------|------------||-------------------|--------------------|


  A5                          D5
  E  E E E E  E  E       E      E   E  E E  E      E  E     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-------0--|---------------------------------|
|
| E  E Q   E  E  E       E     +E   E  Q    E      E  E     E
|-7s=9-------10-10------10--|-(10)-10-10---10-----10----------|
|-8s10----------10pb12r(10)-|-(10)-10--7---10pb12r10-10-------|
|-7s=9----------------------|-------------------------9pb11r9-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|


                     G5
  E E E  E E E E E   E E E E E  E    E    E
|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|-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 E E E   E E Q   E  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-----------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|


  A5                      B5
   E  E  E  E E E E   E     E   E E  E E      E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|--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  E  Q    Q   E   E    +E   E E  E S  S S E E E
|-10--9-------------/12-|-(12)-10-7--------------------|
|-10-10-10\---------/12-|-(12)-10-7-10-7h10p7----------|
|-11--9-----------------|---------------------9-7------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------9b11-|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|


  G5                              D5
   E  E E      E   E   E   E  E    E  E        E   E  E E E   E
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--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  E E     +E  +E  +E  +E  E   +Q    a     +E  +E  E E S S E
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------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 &
                         D5                G5                B5
   E E E E  E  E E E     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E 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 E E E +Q    Q       E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E 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-|-----------------|


  G5                D5
  E E E E E E E E   W          +W
|-----------------|----------|--------*|
|-----------------|----------|--------*|
|-----------------|----------|--------*|
|-----------------|-7--------|-(7)----*|
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5--------|-(5)----*|
|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|----------|--------*|
|
| E E E E E E E 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 - 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

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