What You Thought You Need Chords
by Jack Johnson
What You Thought You Need by Jack Johnson is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, C, Dm and Cm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Song: What You Thought You Need chords (live)
Artist: Jack Johnson
Album: Sleep Through the Static
My first tab!
This is from the video on Yahoo! music. I'm thinking its only 3 to 4 real chords. On
of being a noob, I'm not gonna tackle that amazing outro.
Hammer on fret 2 on the D string hard and keep strumming till the last chord
Intro + most of song
C
e|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|
B|-1-----1---1--1----1-1-11--1-|-1-----1---1--1----1-1-11--1-|
G|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|
D|-0h2---2---2--2----2-2-22--0-|-0h2---2---2--2----2-2-22--0-|
A|-3-----3---3--3----3-3-33--3-|-3-----3---3--3----3-3-33--3-|
E|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|
Verse:
"Well I can't give you everything you want"
e|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|
B|-1-----1---1--1----1-1-11--1-|-1-----1---1--1----1-1-11--1-|
G|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|
D|-0h2---2---2--2----2-2-22--0-|-0h2---2---2--2----2-2-22--0-|
A|-3-----3---3--3----3-3-33--3-|-3-----3---3--3----3-3-33--3-|
E|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|
"But I can give you what you thought you need"
C Dm
e|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|-5----5-5-XX---5-5---5-5-XX--|
B|-1-----1---1--1----1-1-11--1-|-6----6-6-XX---6-6---6-6-XX--|
G|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|-7----7-7-XX---7-7---7-7-XX--|
D|-0h2---2---2--2----2-2-22--0-|-7----7-7-XX---7-7---7-7-XX--|
A|-3-----3---3--3----3-3-33--3-|-5----5-5-XX---5-5---5-5-XX--|
E|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|----------XX-------------XX--|
"A map to keep beneath your seat you read to me in time I'll get you …”
e|-5----5-5-XX---5-5---5-5-XX--|-5----5-5-XX---5-5---5-5-XX--|
B|-6----6-6-XX---6-6---6-6-XX--|-6----6-6-XX---6-6---6-6-XX--|
G|-7----7-7-XX---7-7---7-7-XX--|-7----7-7-XX---7-7---7-7-XX--|
D|-7----7-7-XX---7-7---7-7-XX--|-7----7-7-XX---7-7---7-7-XX--|
A|-5----5-5-XX---5-5---5-5-XX--|-5----5-5-XX---5-5---5-5-XX--|
E|----------XX-------------XX--|----------XX-------------XX--|
“…there”
e|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|
B|-1-----1---1--1----1-1-11--1-|-1-----1---1--1----1-1-11--1-|
G|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|
D|-0h2---2---2--2----2-2-22--0-|-0h2---2---2--2----2-2-22--0-|
A|-3-----3---3--3----3-3-33--3-|-3-----3---3--3----3-3-33--3-|
E|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|
"But fold it up so we don’t find our way back so nobody knows we’re…”
e|-5----5-5-XX---5-5---5-5-XX--|-5----5-5-XX---5-5---5-5-XX--|
B|-6----6-6-XX---6-6---6-6-XX--|-6----6-6-XX---6-6---6-6-XX--|
G|-7----7-7-XX---7-7---7-7-XX--|-7----7-7-XX---7-7---7-7-XX--|
D|-7----7-7-XX---7-7---7-7-XX--|-7----7-7-XX---7-7---7-7-XX--|
A|-5----5-5-XX---5-5---5-5-XX--|-5----5-5-XX---5-5---5-5-XX--|
E|----------XX-------------XX--|----------XX-------------XX--|
“…here”
e|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|
B|-1-----1---1--1----1-1-11--1-|-1-----1---1--1----1-1-11--1-|
G|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|
D|-0h2---2---2--2----2-2-22--0-|-0h2---2---2--2----2-2-22--0-|
A|-3-----3---3--3----3-3-33--3-|-3-----3---3--3----3-3-33--3-|
E|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|
Verse 2, play the same:
Well we can park the van and walk to town
Find the cheapest bottle of wine we can find
Talk about the road behind
how getting lost is not a waste of time
the (waterlo?) will take us home
in the morning we will sing as the forest sleeps
Chorus:
“Well its all… For the sake of arriving…”
Dm Cm
e|-5----5-5-XX---5-5---5-5-XX--|-3----3-3-XX---3-3---3-3-XX--|
B|-6----6-6-XX---6-6---6-6-XX--|-4----4-4-XX---4-4---4-4-XX--|
G|-7----7-7-XX---7-7---7-7-XX--|-5----5-5-XX---5-5---5-5-XX--|
D|-7----7-7-XX---7-7---7-7-XX--|-5----5-5-XX---5-5---5-5-XX--|
A|-5----5-5-XX---5-5---5-5-XX--|-3----3-3-XX---3-3---3-3-XX--|
e|----------XX-------------XX--|----------XX-------------XX--|
“…with you”
C
e|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|
B|-1-----1---1--1----1-1-11--1-|-1-----1---1--1----1-1-11--1-|
G|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|
D|-0h2---2---2--2----2-2-22--0-|-0h2---2---2--2----2-2-22--0-|
A|-3-----3---3--3----3-3-33--3-|-3-----3---3--3----3-3-33--3-|
E|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|-0-----0---0--0----0-0-00--0-|
(play chorus again)
Dm
Well its all
Cm C
For the sake of arriving with you
Verse 2:
Well I will make the table into a bed
The candles burnin down its time to rest
Take back things already gone
I can give you promises for keeps
And I’ll only take them back
If they become yours and you give them to me
Chorus
Well its all
For the sake of arriving with you
Well its all
For the sake of arriving with you
Bridge: (Same as the chorus)
We can make this into anything
We can make this grow and become what will be
This can make this into anything
It can make us become more then what we seek
Outro: ?