If I Left the Zoo Written by Jars of Clay, tabbed by David Schroder Notes about song: The second single from If I Left the Zoo is a loaded song musically, with at least two acoustic guitars, at least two electric guitars, along with a prominent organ and various types of percussion. If you listen closely to the acoustic guitar, there are two of them playing at different times; the first is played consistently throughout the song, and is played without a capo. The second, used only for the intro, choruses, and bridge, is capoed on the fifth fret. I have included chords for both, with the capoed chords at the bottom. GUITAR ONE: Acoustic with no capo GUITAR TWO: Acoustic with capo on 5 INTRO (guitars one and two, electric intro riff) D Bm C2 Em7 (2x) VERSE ONE (guitar one only) D BCG DBC2 GCD CHORUS (guitars one and two, electric chorus riff) DBC2 Em7 DBm C2 Em7 VERSE TWO (just guitar one, electric pre-chorus riff) DBCG D BC2 GC2 CHORUS (Guitars one and two, electric chorus riff) VOCAL BRIDGE (Guitars one and two) EGEm7 GCD INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE (Guitars one and two, electric bridge riff) DBCEm DECBC2 CHORUS 2x (Guitars one and two, electric chorus riff for chorus #1, final chorus riff for chorus 2) CHORDS: Guitar one (the high e-string is muted most of the time--listen to it really closely on the verses--but it sounds okay with standard chords) D x00232 Bm 224432 C2 x32033 Em7 022033 G 320033 E 022100 B113331 Guitar two (first is the guitar one chord, then the chord after capo, then the tab with fret 5=0 cause of the capo) D A 002220 Bm F#m 244220 (hit the low e-string w/ thumb if possible) C2 G 320033 EmBm224332 G D x00232 EB224442 BF132211 ELECTRIC PARTS: Steve plays stuff throughout most of the song with the exception of the verses where its solo acoustic guitar and the vocal bridge. There is one main theme used throughout the whole song in different fashions, and to be complete I included all the variations of that theme. There is also a very faint riff in the background of the chorus that changes slightly each time. INTRO RIFF: ------------------- ---3--------------- -2----------------- ------------------- ------------------- ------------------- D Bm C2 Em7 Acoustic chords -----0-2-2------0-2-3-2-----0-2------- ---3----------3-----------3------3---- -2----------2-----------2--------4---- ---------------------------------4---- -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- DBCEm7 CHORUS RIFF -------0- -----0-- -0------ ---- -3---3--- -3------ ---3---- ---- ---2----- ---2---- -----2-- ---- --------- -------- -------- ---- --------- -------- -------- ---- --------- -------- -------- ---- DBCEm7 -0------- -0------ -0------ ---- ---3----- ---3---- ---2---- ---- -----2--- -----0-- -------- ---- --------- -------- -------- ---- --------- -------- -------- ---- --------- -------- -------- ---- DBCEm7 PRE-CHORUS RIFF (only before chorus #2) last two chords: ---3---- -------3- -----3-- -----2--- -0------ ---0----- -------- --------- -------- --------- -------- --------- GC2 NO PARTS DURING VOCAL BRIDGE BRIDGE RIFF (during instrumental bridge) -----0-2-2- -----0-2-3-2- -----0--- ---3------- ---3--------- -3-3---3- -2--------- -2----------- --------- ----------- ------------- --------- ----------- ------------- --------- ----------- ------------- --------- DBC2 --------------- --------------- -3-2----------- -----4h5-4-2-0- --------------- --------------- Em7 -----0-2-2- -----0-2-3-2- -----0--- ---3------- ---3--------- -3-3---3- -2--------- -2----------- --------- ----------- ------------- --------- ----------- ------------- --------- ----------- ------------- --------- DEC2 -1-0----- -1-0--------- -----3--- -----3------- --------- ------------- --------- -------6-6p4- --------- ------------- --------- ------------- BC2 FINAL CHORUS RIFF -----0-2-2- -----0-2-3-2- -----0-2-2-7- ---3------- ---3--------- ---3--------- -2--------- -2----------- -2----------- ----------- ------------- ------------- ----------- ------------- ------------- ----------- ------------- ------------- DBC2 -7-7-7-5- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Em7 -2h3-2- ---0-2-3-2- --------------- --- ------- -3--------- -2h4-2--------- --- ------- ----------- -------2h4-2--- --- ------- ----------- -------------0- -3- ------- ----------- --------------- --- ------- ----------- --------------- --- DBCEm7 There ya go. Questions, comments, email me at JCBoyz@aol.com. c1999 Bridge Building Music, Inc./Pogostick Music (both admin. by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc.)/BMI/Pyanagrin Music/SESAC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.