I Got You Tab by Jack Johnson

I Got You tab by Jack Johnson

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Jack Johnson-I Got You (Single)

This single was published today (09.06.2013). His website (
http://www.jackjohnsonmusic.com/welcome/) announced that his new album
"From Here To Now To You" will be coming out on September 17th. It will
be the first album since "To The Sea" (2010).
I really look forward to get this record. To shorten
the waiting time, listen his albums and play this song! Hope you like it! :)


Tuning: E-A-D-G-B-E

Chords:  E     7/7/9/9/9/7
         B     7/9/9/8/7/7
         F#    2/4/4/3/2/2/
         B/D#  X/6/9/8/7/6

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Intro: E    -     B
       E    -     B
       E    -     B
       F#- B/D# - F#

That's the easy way to play it.
If you play the song alone, you can pick the cords like that and
whistle the melody,
because than it sounds nicer:

    E                      B           E                   B

e|--7-------------------|-----------|--7----------------|------------------|
B|---------9------------|--7--------|--------9----------|--7---------------|
G|----9------9----8-----|----8------|----9-----9----8---|----9--8----------|
D|-----9------9-----9---|-----9-----|-----9-----9-----9-|------------------|
A|--7-----(7)----(7)----|------9----|--7----(7)----(7)--|------------------|
E|----------------------|--7--------|-------------------|--7----7----------|

    E                      B                  F#     B/D#        F#
e|--7-------------------|----------------|--2------------------|--2--------|
B|---------9------------|--7------7--4--|--2---------7--------|---2-------|
G|----9------9----8-----|----8-----------|--3----------8-------|-----------|
D|-----9------9-----9---|-----9----------|--4------------------|-----------|
A|--7-----(7)----(7)----|------9---------|--4--4--4/6-----64--|-----------|
E|----------------------|--7-------------|--2------------------|-----------|


Or the version Jack plays (including some bass tones I didn't fix but they belong to the
chords so it's no problem to play them):

    E         B          E            B                  E         B
e|--7------|----------|--7----------|-----------------|--7------|----------|
B|-----9---|--7~~~~~~~|----9----7---|-----------------|-----9---|--7~~~~~~~|
G|-------8-|----------|------8----9-|--8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-------8-|----------|
D|---------|----------|-------------|-----------------|---------|----------|
A|--7~~~~~~|----------|--7~~~~~~7~~~|-----------------|--7~~~~~~|----------|
E|---------|--7~~~~~~~|-------------|--7~~~~~~~~~~----|---------|--7~~~~~~~|

         F#          B/D#         F#
e|-------2----|----------------|--2-----------|
B|--7/4--2----|--------7-------|---2----------|
G|-------3----|---------8------|--------------|
D|-------4----|----------------|--------------|
A|-------4--4-|----4/6-----64-|--------------|
E|-------2----|----------------|--------------|


Verse 1:

          E                          B
Back when all my little goals seemed so important

E                          B
Every pot of gold fill and full of distortion

E                           B
Heaven was a place still in space not in motion

    F#
But soon

  ________________________________
  |                              |
  | Fill-In:                     |
  |                              |
  |        B/D#        F#        |
  | e|-------------|-------2--|  |
  | B|--------7----|--------2-|  |
  | G|----------8--|----------|  |
  | D|-------------|----------|  |
  | A|--4-4/6------|--64-----|  |
  | E|-------------|----------|  |
  |______________________________|


Refrain:

      E
I got you

     B
I got everything

         E
I've got you

        B
I don't need nothing

          E
More than you

      B
I got everything

         F#
I've got you
  ________________________________
  |                              |
  | Fill-In 1:                   |
  |                              |
  |        B/D#        F#        |
  | e|-------------|------2---|  |
  | B|--------7----|-------2--|  |
  | G|----------8--|----------|  |
  | D|-------------|----------|  |
  | A|--4-4/6------|--6/4-----|  |
  | E|-------------|----------|  |
  |______________________________|


Verse 2:

        E
We went walking through the hills

          B
Tryin' to pretend that we both know

E
Maybe if we save up

       B
We can build a little home

    E
But then the hell storm came and yelled,

 B                                  F#
"You need to let go, you've got no control. No."

  ________________________________
  |                              |
  | Fill-In 1:                   |
  |                              |
  |        B/D#        F#        |
  | e|-------------|------2---|  |
  | B|--------7----|-------2--|  |
  | G|----------8--|----------|  |
  | D|-------------|----------|  |
  | A|--4-4/6------|--6/4-----|  |
  | E|-------------|----------|  |
  |______________________________|

Refrain:

      E
I got you

      B
I got everything

         E
I've got you

        B
I don't need nothing

          E
More than you

      B
I got everything

         F#
I've got you
   ________________________________
  |                              |
  | Fill-In 1:                   |
  |                              |
  |        B/D#        F#        |
  | e|-------------|------2---|  |
  | B|--------7----|-------2--|  |
  | G|----------8--|----------|  |
  | D|-------------|----------|  |
  | A|--4-4/6------|--6/4-----|  |
  | E|-------------|----------|  |
  |______________________________|

3.Verse: (Same chords with some variations, but play it like you want to)

     E                  B
This weight's too much alone

     E            B
Some days I can't hold it at all

    E              B
You take it on for me

       E
When tomorrow's too much

     F#
I'll carry it all

       Fill-In 2 x2
I've got you
 _____________________________
 |                           |
 |  Fill-In 2:               |
 |                           |
 |      B/D#        B        |
 | e|----------|-----------| |
 | B|------7---|---5-------| |
 | G|--6/8---8-|-6---4-----| |
 | D|----------|-----------| |
 | A|----------|-----------| |
 | E|----------|-----------| |
 |___________________________|

           E
And when tomorrow's too much

     F#
I'll carry it all

      Fill-In 2 x2
I got you

 _____________________________
 |                           |
 |  Fill-In 2:               |
 |                           |
 |      B/D#        B        |
 | e|----------|-----------| |
 | B|------7---|---5-------| |
 | G|--6/8---8-|-6---4-----| |
 | D|----------|-----------| |
 | A|----------|-----------| |
 | E|----------|-----------| |
 |___________________________|


Refrain:

      E
I got you

      B
I got everything

         E
I've got you

        B
I don't need nothing

          E
More than you

      B
I got everything

         F#
I've got you
  ________________________________
  |                              |
  | Fill-In 1:                   |
  |                              |
  |        B/D#        F#        |
  | e|-------------|------2---|  |
  | B|--------7----|-------2--|  |
  | G|----------8--|----------|  |
  | D|-------------|----------|  |
  | A|--4-4/6------|--6/4-----|  |
  | E|-------------|----------|  |
  |______________________________|

Outro=Intro:

    E                      B           E                   B

e|--7-------------------|-----------|--7----------------|------------------|
B|---------9------------|--7--------|--------9----------|--7---------------|
G|----9------9----8-----|----8------|----9-----9----8---|----9--8----------|
D|-----9------9-----9---|-----9-----|-----9-----9-----9-|------------------|
A|--7-----(7)----(7)----|------9----|--7----(7)----(7)--|------------------|
E|----------------------|--7--------|-------------------|--7----7----------|


    E                      B                  F#     B/D#        F#
e|--7-------------------|----------------|--2------------------|--2--------|
B|---------9------------|--7------7--4--|--2---------7--------|---2-------|
G|----9------9----8-----|----8-----------|--3----------8-------|-----------|
D|-----9------9-----9---|-----9----------|--4------------------|-----------|
A|--7-----(7)----(7)----|------9---------|--4--4--4/6-----64--|-----------|
E|----------------------|--7-------------|--2------------------|-----------|



    B (let it ring)
e|--7-------------------|
B|--7-------------------|
G|--8-------------------|
D|--9-------------------|
A|--9-------------------|
E|--7-------------------|



I hope you like the song and that you agree with my tabs.
Buy Jack's Music and support him. Most of the money he owns he gives to protect the
nature of Hawaii. Find out more about him on http://jackjohnsonmusic.com/welcome/ .

And if you liked the tab or you want to tell me something, rate or comment the tab.

Aloha!

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