"Episode IV" by Jimmy Eat World
Transcribed by Jon Ritts (BigEarl192000@yahoo.com)
This is a pretty simple song, but it's one of my favorites by J.E.W.
Any questions/comments/corrections you have will be much appreciated.
Also, I know that most J.E.W. songs are tuned in Drop D, but I
think that this song is easier to play in standard tuning. Enjoy.
Standard tuning
Intro: (0:00)
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|-9-9-9---|---------|-7-7-7-7-|-7-------|
A|-------7-|---------|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------| (play 2x)
Verse A: (0:12)
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|-2-2-2---|---------|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|
E|-------0-|-0-0-0-0-|---------|---------| (play 3x)
Verse B: (0:30)
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|-2-2-2---|---------|-0-------|---------|
E|-------0-|-0-0-0-0-|---------|---------|
Play Verse A 1x (0:36), then Verse B 1x (0:42)
Pre-chorus: (0:48)
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|-4-------|-5-------| (play 2x)
Fill A: (1:12)
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|
E|-0-------|---------|---------|---------|
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Chorus A: (1:18)
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|---------|---------|---------|-0-0-0-2-|
E|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|---------| (play 1x)
Chorus B: (1:30)
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|
E|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-| (play 2x)
Transition to 2nd Verse: (1:54)
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|-2-2-2---|---------|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|
E|-------0-|-0-0-0-0-|---------|---------|
Play Verse A 2x (2:06), then Verse B 1x (2:18)
Play Pre-chorus 2x (2:24), then Fill A 1x (2:48)
Play Chorus A 1x (3:00)
Fill B: (3:12)
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|---------|---------|---------|-0-0-0-2-|
E|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|---------| (play 1x)
Play Chorus B 4x (3:18)
Ending: (4:06)
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|---------|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-0-------| (play 1x)
