------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEADPHONES - Jars of Clay ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning: Standard, with capo on 3rd fret Intro tab: e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| B|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| D|----0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0--| A|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| E|--2---2---2---2---|-3---3---3---3---|-5---5---5---5---|-7---7---7---7----| (the intro riff is played through most of the song, but this is the chord progression if you want to just strum, or use a different instrument.) (all chords relative to capo) F#m G I don't have to hear it A Bm If I don't want to F#m G I can drown this out A Bm Pull the curtains down on you F#m G It's a heavy world A Bm F#m It's too much for me to care G If I close my eyes A Bm It's not there CHORUS: F#m G With my headphones on A Bm With my headphones on ( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jars_of_clay/headphones_crd.html ) Piano part: e|-15--13----------|-15--13-----------| B|---------13------|---------13-------| G|-------------14--|-------------15---| D|-----------------|------------------| A|-----------------|------------------| E|-----------------|------------------| F#m G We watch television A Bm But the sound is something else F#m G Just a song played against the drama A Bm So the hurt is never felt F#m G I take in the war fires A Bm And I'm chilled by the current events F#m G It's so hopeless A Bm But there's a pop song in my head (CHORUS) BRIDGE (play intro riff throughout) At the tube stop You sit down across from me (I can see you looking back at me) I think I know you By the sad eyes that I see And I wanna tell you (It's a heavy world) Everything will be ok But you wouldn't hear it (I don't wanna have to hear it) So we go our separate ways (CHORUS) (The lyrics below are sung over the chorus, except the last line which is played with the intro riff) I don't wanna be the one who Tries to figure it out I don't need another reason I should care about you You don't wanna know my story You don't wanna own my pain We're living in a heavy, heavy world And there's a pop song in my head yeah there's a pop song in my head Yeah it's a heavy world Oh no, I don't wanna have to hear it Heavy world I don't want to have to hear it