Just What I Needed
by the Cars
transcribed by Jeff Elkins
I'm not quite sure about any sort of intro - I guess
you need to listen to the album for that. Also, I have
to comment that when I really sat down and listened to
these songs (way back when), I was amazed that they used
so many "country" licks. Check out "Best Friends Girl"
- most of the band (excepting Mr. Orr the bass player)
came from Berkley College in Boston where they were
music/composition majors. TRIVIA: They started out as
a band in a small bar in Boston called The Rat.
See the end for performance notes.
* = fretted note
@ = add for full chord
The 5 on the chord really only indicates the lack of a
"3rd" step note. When the 5 is indicated, I still fret
the full chord with my left hand, but I mute/muffle the
x'd notes with my right palm (or left index finger).
When the song calls for the chord (without the 5) play
all of the _fretted_ notes.
(really a C#m)
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E5 xoooxx B5 oooxxx C#5 oooxxx G#5 oooxxx A5 oooxxx
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
7|*||@@ 7*|||@@ 9*||@@@ 4*|||@@ 5*|||@@
|||||| |||@|| |||||| |||@|| |||@||
||**|| |**||| |**||| |**||| |**|||
VERSE 1:
E5 B5
I don't mind you coming here
C#5 G#5
And wasting all my time
E5 B5
'Cause when you're standing oh, so near
C#5 G#5
I kind'a lose my mind, yeah
E5 B5
It's not the perfume that you wear...
C#5 G#5
It's not the ribbons in- your- hair-
E5 B5
I don't mind you coming here
G#5 A5
And wasting all my time
-Riff 1-
VERSE 2:
I don't mind you hanging out
And talking in your sleep
It doesn't matter where you've been
As long as it was deep, yeah
I always knew you very well, and
You look so fancy I can tell...
I don't mind you hanging out
And talking in your sleep
CHORUS:
E B A C#m B B
I guess you're just what I need-ed
(just what I need-
E B A C#m
ed) I needed someone to bleed
E B A C#m B B
I guess you're just what I need-ed
(just what I need-
E B A C#m
ed) I needed someone to feed... so feed me
-Guitar Solo-
VERSE 3:
(Some combination of the above two verses with a little
more "Rik Okasic" thrown in... memory fails slightly!)
-CHORUS-
-REPEAT CHORUS-
-Riff 2-
Riff 1 (& strumming pattern for rhythm guitar)
_________________________________________________
/ / / / / / / // / / / / / / / // / / / / / / / // etc...
E5 B5 C#5 G#
e|7~--------------|7~--------------|12--11--9--\7---|/8~-----|
B|--------------9-|--------------9-|----------------|--------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E5 B5 C#5
e|7~--------------|7~--------------|12-\11-\9--\7---|
B|--------------9-|--------------9-|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
A5
e|/9-/7--/5-------|
B|----------------|
G|/9-/7--/6-------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
1 2 3 4
Riff 2
. _ _ . . . . _ _ _
E5 B5 A5 C#5 B5 B5 E5 B5 A5 C#5
e|------------7---|----9/11~-------|------------7---|--------| ||R
B|----9-7~------9~|----------------|----9-7~------9~|--------| .||E
G|9---------------|----------------|9---------------|--9-----| ||P
D|--9-------------|----------------|--9-------------|----11~-| ||E
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------| .||A
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------| ||T
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
. _ _ . . . . _ _
E5 B5 A5 C#5 B5 B5 A5 B5 C#5~
e|------------7---|----9/11~-------|------------7-9~|
B|----9-7~------9~|----------------|----9-7~-----(9~) E
G|9---------------|----------------|9---------------| N
D|--9-------------|----------------|--9-------------| D
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Performance notes:
The "Riffs" could be being played by Eliot Easton on
keyboards, but I saw the Cars play this song on HBO (or
somewhere), and the guitarist had a guitar synth... and
appeared to be playing all of the riffs and lead. Mr.
Ocasic plays the rhythm guitar very muffled through the
verses, and "brash" in the chorus [see notations for
short/staccato (.) and long/legato (-) above the chords];
Mr. Orr is playing 8th note bass lines - pretty much just
following the chords. See above Riff 1 for the strumming
pattern of the rhythm guitar. The following is (I believe)
the first few notes from the guitar solo - if anybody knows
it in it's entirety, please post:
bend up 1 whole step
(left over | | | | |
C#5 chord) | | | |E5 |
e|----------^-^-^-|^-----^---------|
B|---------/7-7-7-|7\7-5-----------|
G|----------------|------6~\6--4---|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
1 2 3 + 4 + 1 2 + 3 + 4 +
...sofeedme
+ 4 +
At the END, the C#5 gets held out and the lead guitar digital
delay time is turned way down (smaller) and the effect is turned
up. Cool stuff.
Have fun. Jeff
As always, corrections/additions welcome.
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with your comments or suggestions.
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