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. ------------------ Chords Used: Of course there's multiple ways to play these chords but these sound the best to me. EECGDFCB7 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----|---------|| BBBBDCms4 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----|---------|---------|---------| -------------------- 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: Riff A G F C Em So here I lay dreaming, looking at the brilliant sun Riff B G F C Em Raining its guiding light upon everyone Em Em6 C/E 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/F# And a sickened smile illegal in every town CHORUS: Riff A G F C Em So here I lay dreaming, looking at the brilliant sun Riff B G F C Em Raining its guiding light upon everyone Riff A G F C Em Here I lay dreaming, looking at the brilliant sun Riff B G F C Em 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: EECGD/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): BGEB7 |---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: BBBBEB7# And thats about it...enjoy