Artist: Elliott Smith
Song: Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands
Album: XO (1998)
Tabbed by Kevin Tracy
Standard Tuning
This is one of my favorite Elliott Smith songs, but there were no tabs for it on
UG so I figured it out myself. This is my first ever tab submission so go easy on me.
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Chords Used: Of course there's multiple ways to play these chords but these sound the best to me.
Em Em6 C/E G D/F# F C/E B7
e |----0----|----0----|----0----|----3----|---------|----1----|----0----|----2----||
B |----0----|----2----|----1----|----3----|----3----|----1----|----1----|----4----||
G |----0----|----0----|----0----|----0----|----2----|----2----|----2----|----2----||
D |----2----|----2----|----2----|----0----|----0----|----3----|----0----|----4----||
A |----2----|----4----|----3----|----2----|----0----|----3----|----3----|----2----||
E |----0----|----0----|----0----|----3----|----2----|----1----|----0----|---------||
B7/A B7/G B7/F# B7sus4 D7 Cm
e |----2----|----2----|----2----|----x----|----5----|----3----|
B |----4----|----4----|----4----|----5----|----7----|----4----|
G |----2----|----2----|----2----|----2----|----5----|----5----|
D |----4----|----4----|----4----|----4----|----7----|----5----|
A |----0----|----x----|----x----|----2----|----5----|----3----|
E |---------|----3----|----2----|---------|---------|---------|
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INTRO: Em
VERSE:
Em Em6 C/E G D/F#
Everybody cares, everybody understands
F C B7-B7sus4-B7
Yes everybody cares about you
F C B7-B7sus4-B7
Yeah, and whether or not you want them to
Em Em6 C/E G D/F#
It's a chemical embrace that kicks you in the head
F C B7-B7sus4-B7
To a pure synthetic sympathy
F C B7-B7sus4-B7
that infuriates you totally
F C B7 B7/A B7/G B7/F#
And a quiet lie that makes you want to scream and shout
CHORUS:
G F C Em [Riff A]
So here I lay dreaming, looking at the brilliant sun
G F C Em [Riff B]
Raining its guiding light upon everyone
Em Em6 C/E G D/F#
For a moment's rest you can lean against the banister
F C B7-B7sus4-B7
After running upstairs again and again
F C B7-B7sus4-B7
From wherever they came to fix you in, but
Riff A:
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------0----|
|--2---------------------------------2h4-2-2-------|
|--2------------------0--2---2-3-2-----------------|
|--0---0---2-2---3-3-------------------------------|
Riff B:
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------7--------------------------------------0---|
|---------7h9-----9--7-----7------------------------------|
|------10--------------10-------------------7h9-7-7-------|
|--------------------------------7-7h8--7-----------------|
VERSE:
Em Em6 C/E G D/F#
Always fair city's finest follow right behind
F C B7-B7sus4-B7
You've got a pretty vision in your head
F C B7-B7sus4-B7
A pencil full of poison lead
F C B7 B7/A B7/G B7/F#
And a sickened smile illegal in every town
CHORUS:
G F C Em [Riff A]
So here I lay dreaming, looking at the brilliant sun
G F C Em [Riff B]
Raining its guiding light upon everyone
G F C Em [Riff A]
Here I lay dreaming, looking at the brilliant sun
G F C Em [Riff B]
Raining its guiding light upon everyone
BRIDGE:
C G
You say you mean well, you don't know what you mean
Cm D7 Em
Fucking oughta stay the hell away from things you know nothing about
CODA:
My favorite part of the song. I'll tab out the main guitar part but there's a few
layers of guitar/keyboard so just jam out and mess around with a wah pedal or whatever if you can
First chords are the same as verse:
Em Em6 C/E G D/F#
sweet guitar part at ~2:43
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|------------4------------|
|-----0h2-0---------|------4-----------4------|
|--3----------------|----4----4-----4-----4---|
|--3------------3---|-2-----------------------|
|--1----------------|-------------------------| x 2
Then 3:08:
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-----0h2-0---------|------4---------4----------|
|--3----------------|----4--------4-------------|
|--3------------3---|-2--------0----------------|
|--1----------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|---------4-----------4---|
|------4----------4-------|
|-------------------------|
|--3----------2-----------|
|------------------------|------------------2--------------|
|---------------------3--|------------------0--------------|
|------------------2-----|------------------2--------------|
|--------2------0--------|---2--------------1---2---4---5--|
|-----2------------------|---3---0---1---2-----------------|
|--0---------------------|---------------------------------|
Then the rhythm guitar goes a little something like this (3:17):
B7 G Em D C B7
|---2-------------------|---0---0-0------------------------------|
|---0-------------------|---0---0-0-----3-3-3--------------------|
|---2-------------------|---0---0-0-----2-2-2--------------2-----|
|---1----2--4------5----|---2---2-2-----0-0-0-----2--------1-----|
|---2-------------------|---2---2-2---------------3--0--1--2-----|
|-----------------------|---0------------------------------------|
And the last chord progression (3:40) is:
B7 B7/A B7/G B7/F# Em D C B7
And thats about it...enjoy
