JUST WHAT I NEEDED by: The Cars
Tab by: Aaron Meredith
~ = let ring
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
b = bend string
x = mute string
pm= palm mute
``= palm mute
Intro:
| e | x x x |
| B | 9 9 9 |
| G | 9 (x4) 9 9 (x4) |
| D | 9 9 9 |
| A | 7777777 7777777 7 |
| E | |
pm`````` ``````
Verse: #1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | | x2 |
| D | 99999999 |
| A | 77777777 99999999 1111111111111111 66666666 |
| E | 77777777 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 44444444 |
pm```````` ```````` ```````````````` ````````
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 9 9 9 11 9 9 9 11 |
| A | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 11 9 9 9 11 |
| E | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
pm````````````````` `````````````````
| e |
| B |
| G |
| D |
| A 11 11 11 12 11 11 11\ 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 |
| E 9 9 9 9 9 9 9\ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
pm````````````````````` ```````````````
| e | 00000000 xxxxxxxx 4 44 555555 |
| B | 00000000 44545444 4 44 555555 |
| G | 11212111 44444444 5 55 666666 |
| D | 22222222 44444444 66666666 77777777 |
| A | 22222222 22222222 66666666 77777777 |
| E | 00000000 xxxxxxxx 44444444 55555555 |
Guitar during Keyboard solo: (pm)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 9 9 9 11 9 9 9 9 |
| A | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 11 9 9 9 9 |
| E | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| e |
| B |
| G |
| D |
| A 11 11 11 12 11 11 11\ 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 |
| E 9 9 9 9 9 9 9\ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| e |
| B |
| G |
| D 9 9 9 11 9 9 9 9 |
| A 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 11 9 9 9 9 |
| E 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| e |
| B |
| G |
| D |
| A 11 11 11 12 11 11 11\ 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| E 9 9 9 9 9 9 9\ 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
Guitar riffs during keyboard break:
#1 #2
| e | 4 4 | 9 7 5 |
| B | | |
| G | /5 /5 | /9 /7 /6 |
| D | | |
| A | | |
| E | | |
Keyboard Solo: tab for guitar
| e | 12 11 12 11 |
| B | 12~~ 12~~ 14 12 13 12~~ 12~~ 14 12 14 |
| G | 13 13 13 13 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
Verse: #2
| e | x 7 9 4 |
| B | 9 7 9 4 |
| G | 9 8 10 5 | x2 |
| D | 9 999999 9 11 6 |
| A | 7 777777 9 999999 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 6 6666666 |
| E | 7 777777 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 4 4444444 |
Pm `````` `````` ````````````````` ```````
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 9 9 9 11 9 9 9 11 |
| A | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 11 9 9 9 11 |
| E | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
````````````````` `````````````````
| e |
| B |
| G |
| D |
| A 11 11 11 12 11 11 11\ 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 |
| E 9 9 9 9 9 9 9\ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
````````````````````` ```````````````
| e | 00000000 xxxxxxxx 4 44 5 5555 |
| B | 00000000 44545444 4 44 5 5555 |
| G | 11212111 44444444 5 55 6 6666 |
| D | 22222222 44444444 66666666 77777777 |
| A | 22222222 22222222 66666666 77777777 |
| E | 00000000 xxxxxxxx 44444444 55555555 |
Chorus:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 9 9 | x2 |
| D | 9 9 7 7 11 9 9 9 7 7 11 |
| A | 7 9 7 7 11 9 7 9 7 7 11 |
| E | 7 5 5 9 7 7 5 5 9 |
Guitar solo: rhythm same as outro
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 11b 11b 11b 11b 9 |
| D | 11b~~~~ 11b 9 11b 10~~~~~ |
| A | |
| E | |
| e |
| B 12b 10 12b~~ |
| G 9 11~ 9 |
| D 9 9 9/11 11/13 |
| A |
| E |
| e |
| B 12b 10 12b 12 12 12b 11b~~~ 11b 9 |
| G 11b 11 11 9 |
| D 11b 10 |
| A |
| E |
| e 9 9 11 12 14 15 16\ |
| B 9 12 |
| G 11b 11b 9 /9 /11 /13 /14 /15 16\ |
| D |
| A |
| E |
REPEAT VERSE: #2
REPEAT CHORUS:
Outro: structure varies slightly each time through
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 999 999 | x3 |
| D | 999 9 999 10 10 10 6 666 999 9 999 10 10 10 7 777 |
| A | 777 9 999 10 10 10 6 666 777 9 999 10 10 10 7 777 |
| E | 7 777 9 9 9 4 444 7 777 9 9 9 5 555 |
End with:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 999 |
| D | 999 9 999 10 10 10 6 666 777 9 99 11~~~ |
| A | 777 9 999 10 10 10 6 666 777 9 99 11~~~ |
| E | 7 777 9 9 9 4 444 555 7 77 9~~~ |