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Submitted by: Switchfoot_

I Need You
Relient K
Five Score And Seven Years Ago

Tunning: Half/step down, Drop D



|-----------------|     |-----------------| 
|--------6-6-6-6-6|     |-----------------|
|--------9-9-9-9-9|     |-----------------|
|------0----------|     |------0-0-0-0-0-0|
|------0----------|     |------0-0-0-0-0-0|
|7~8~7-0----------|3x   |7~8~7-0-0-0-0-0-0|

Verse: there are three guitars, and I'm tabbing the rythm guitar
G A (Palm Mute)

Pre-chorus: ( "I have not been abandoned...")
|---------------------------------------------------------------- 
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------5-5
|-----3----3-----3-----3-----3-----------3-----3-----3-----3-----   
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|-0-0---0-0--0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-------

|------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------  
|-----5-----5-----5-----5------5---99999999
|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3------99999999
|------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------

Chorus: D F A# C

Verse, then Pre-chorus, then, this little fill:

|----------
|----------
|----------
|-0-0-0-0-5
|-0-0-0-0-5
|-0-0-0-0-5

Chorus: D F A# C A# C

Bridge: no guitar

Chorus: D F A# C A# C D A# C 

then Intro, end on D


Chords:

 D  F  A#  C  G  A
|------------------
|------------------
|------------------
|0--3---8--10-5--7-
|0--3---8--10-5--7-
|0--3---8--10-5--7-

Comments about this tab

Switchfoot_ - 2007-05-12

Hi. I tabbed this. I just realized, the verse for the rhythm guitar is 'F G (palm muted), not G A. so, like this:

I Need You
Relient K
Five Score And Seven Years Ago

Tunning: Half/step down, Drop D

|-----------------| |-----------------|
|--------6-6-6-6-6| |-----------------|
|--------9-9-9-9-9| |-----------------|
|------0----------| |------0-0-0-0-0-0|
|------0----------| |------0-0-0-0-0-0|
|7~8~7-0----------|3x |7~8~7-0-0-0-0-0-0|

Verse: there are three guitars, and I'm tabbing the rythm guitar
F G (Palm Mute)

Pre-chorus: ( "I have not been abandoned...")
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------5-5
|-----3----3-----3-----3-----3-----------3-----3-----3-----3-----
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|-0-0---0-0--0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-------

|------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------
|-----5-----5-----5-----5------5---99999999
|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3------99999999
|------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------

Chorus: D F A# C

Verse, then Pre-chorus, then, this little fill:

|----------
|----------
|----------
|-0-0-0-0-5
|-0-0-0-0-5
|-0-0-0-0-5

Chorus: D F A# C A# C

Bridge: no guitar

Chorus: D F A# C A# C D A# C

then Intro, end on D

Chords:

D F A# C G A
|------------------
|------------------
|------------------
|0--3---8--10-5--7-
|0--3---8--10-5--7-
|0--3---8--10-5--7-


Switchfoot_ - 2007-05-12

Hi I tabbed this. I messed a few things up. like, the little fill after the second pre-chorus. here's the right way.

I Need You
Relient K
Five Score And Seven Years Ago

Tunning: Half/step down, Drop D

|-----------------| |-----------------|
|--------6-6-6-6-6| |-----------------|
|--------9-9-9-9-9| |-----------------|
|------0----------| |------0-0-0-0-0-0|
|------0----------| |------0-0-0-0-0-0|
|7~8~7-0----------|3x |7~8~7-0-0-0-0-0-0|

Verse: there are three guitars, and I'm tabbing the rythm guitar
F G (Palm Mute)

Pre-chorus: ( "I have not been abandoned...")
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------5-5
|-----3----3-----3-----3-----3-----------3-----3-----3-----3-----
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|-0-0---0-0--0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-------

|------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------
|-----5-----5-----5-----5------5---99999999
|-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3------99999999
|------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------

Chorus: D F A# C

Verse, then Pre-chorus, then, this little fill:

|----------
|----------
|----------
|-0-0-0-0-7
|-0-0-0-0-7
|-0-0-0-0-7

Chorus: D F A# C A# C

Bridge: no guitar

Chorus: D F A# C A# C D A# C

then Intro, end on D

Chords:

D F A# C G A
|------------------
|------------------
|------------------
|0--3---8--10-5--7-
|0--3---8--10-5--7-
|0--3---8--10-5--7-


lonlaser - 2007-05-14

switchfoot, looks good man, have you tryed adding this to the site? also, the original tab looks good too. a lot better than my attempt to play this by ear


Switchfoot_ - 2007-05-15

Which site it's on this one.


Switchfoot_ - 2007-05-15

Do you mean the corrected one?


madguitarist - 2007-05-23

yea, he does.


lonlaser - 2007-05-28

yeah, sorry, I left for Arizona the day after and didn't get a chance until today to check back. yeah, you should resubmit it with the corrections.


schecter777 - 2007-06-03

here's the intro. i'll submit the whole song later.

Drop D tuning down 1/2 step(Drop C#/Db)

harmonics, then
Eb[----------------0-0-0-0-0--]
Bb[----------------6-6-6-6-6--] and so on...
Gb[---------------------------]
Db[--0~~~~-------0------------]
Ab[--0~~~~-0h1s5-0------------]
Db[--0~~~~-------0------------]

s=slide
h=hammer-on
~=let it ring


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