Real World tab by Matchbox Twenty

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Here is my tab for Matchbox 20's new song "Real World"
Matchbox 20
"Real World"
Yourself Or Someone Like You
Written By Rob Thomas and some other guys....
Tabbed by: Lane Haygood

This is a very shaky tab. Corrections please
([email protected])
Riff A:
Gtr 1: med. dist
e|-----------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------|
A augmentedA|----11---8---8-11-11-8--11---| =4x
E MajorE|-----------------------------|
I'm not real sure about that. It's the catchy
litte intro riff and it's been giving me fits.

Verse:
Rhy. Fig 1
Gtr 2: distortion
 A#5A#5 F5F5  G5G5   F5F5
e|--|-----------------------------|
BB|--|-----------------------------|
G+G|3-|-----------------------------|
D MajorD|3-|-3--3-5---5--5-3-------------|
A augmentedA|1-|-3--3-3---5--5-3-------------|
E MajorE|--|-1--1-3---3--3-1-------------|
{repeat 2nd measure for verse}

Verse lyrics:

1st:
I ..
I wonder ..
The rain.......yeah...

2nd:
(I ..
(I ..)
(Downtown.......yeah)

3rd:
[I ..
[I ..
I ..

Prechorus
Gtr 1: (Play at end of Prechorus)
Riff BB
e|--------------------------|
BB|--------------------------|
G+G|-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------|
D MajorD|-------------5--5-5-------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------|
Not real sure 'bout this lead either.

Gtr 2:
Rhy. Fig 2
e|--------------------------|
BB|--------------------------|
G+G|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------|
D MajorD|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5--5-5----|
A augmentedA|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--5--5-5----|
E MajorE|----------------3--3-3----|

1st:
I'd ..
And ..
{Fill Riff A augmentedA 4x}
When ..*To verse*

2nd:
(From ..
Sun; ..
{Fill Riff A augmentedA 4x}
Their stunned) *To Chorus*

3rd:
[I'd ..
Get me ..
{Fill Riff A augmentedA 4x}
My tone.... *to chorus*

1st Chorus:
Gtr 2:
Rhy. Fig 3
(Yeah....)
A#5A#5     G5G5      F5F5
Straight ..?
A#5A#5       G5G5          F5F5
If I .?
A#5A#5           G5G5   F5F5
Strange, ..?
A#5A#5    F5F5  G5G5      F5F5    A#5A#5
I wish ...
Riff A augmentedA (Gtr 1)
And .....

Gtr 1:
Riff C:
  A#5A#5     G5G5      F5F5
e|-------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------|
G+G|-----15------------------------------|
D MajorD|---15--15--------17---------15-------|
A augmentedA|-13------13----17--17-----15--15-----|
E MajorE|-------------15-----15--13------13---|
I'm sure about this part here. Whenever
Gtr 2 changes chords, so does Gtr 1 playing the
arpeggioed major chords here. Then fill Riff A augmentedA
at the end.

2nd chorus: w/riff C majorC

(Yeah....)
A#5A#5     G5G5      F5F5
Straight ..
A#5A#5       G5G5          F5F5
If I ..?
A#5A#5           G5G5   F5F5
Strange, ..?
A#5A#5    F5F5  G5G5      F5F5    A#5A#5
I wish ...
A#5A#5         G5G5
Please ..
F5F5               A#5A#5      G5G5 F5F5
Well ..
A#5A#5         G5G5    Riff A augmentedA
Please ..

You.... to me.... yeah......

Solo:
Gtr 2 plays A#5A#5 and G5G5 in the background
Gtr 1: (Strum each chord /////)
e|---------------------------------------------------|
BB|-10--13-16-18-14-15-12-16-19-17-13-12-10-10-10-----|
G+G|--9--12-15-17-13-14-11-15-18-16-12-12-10--9--9-----|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
This is a very weak solo attempt. It sounds
decent, though, and most people you play for
probably won't notice if you play quickly enough.

3rd chorus: w/Riff C majorC

(Yeah....)
A#5A#5     G5G5      F5F5
Straight ..?
A#5A#5       G5G5          F5F5
If I ..?
A#5A#5           G5G5   F5F5
Strange..?
A#5A#5    F5F5  G5G5      F5F5    A#5A#5
I wish ...

A#5A#5    F5F5  G5G5      F5F5    A#5A#5
I ...

A#5A#5    F5F5  G5G5      F5F5    A#5A#5
I ...
A#5A#5    G5G5   F5F5
And you... annnnnnnd me

Fills:

After the first chorus:

Gtr 1:
Fill A:
e|-------------------------------|
BB|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13/---|
G+G|-------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------|

During the third verse (head honcho) fill:

Gtr 3: acoustic
The exact strumming is hard to figure out, so I left
that to you, but the chords are:
G+G major, A augmentedA major, FF major (Barre FF major).

Gtr 4: clean w/delay:
e|-----------------|
BB|-7h8h9p8p7-------|
G+G|-----------------|
D MajorD|-----------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|
Actually, a synth plays this, but this is pretty close.

Fill Gtr 3 during the 3rd chorus at:
A augmentedA barred, FF barred, G+G barred.

That's my attempt at tabbing this. Corrections, comments,
death threats, pledges of love, money, can all be sent
to me via e-mail at [email protected].

Lane Haygood
Guitarist of Winner Take All


Lane Haygood
Check out the homepage of new hard rock band Winner Take All at:
>http://www.geocities.com\sunsetstrip\studio\9379

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