Band - Jimmy Eat World 
Album - Bleed American 
Track - 1 - Bleed American
Tabbed by Kevin Green

Drop-D tuning: D A D G B E 

Guitar 1 - left channel 
Guitar 2 - right channel 

Intro: 
Guitar 1 
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Guitar 2 
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Verse: 
Guitar 1 
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last time 
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Guitar 2 
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Chorus: 
Guitar 1 
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Guitar 2 
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Bridge: 
Guitar 1 
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Guitar 2 
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Solo: 
Guitar 1 continue Bridge riff 

Guitar 2 
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Structure + Lyrics 

Intro 

Verse 

I’m not alone cause the TV’s on, yeah 
I’m not crazy cause I take the right pills everyday 
and rest, clean your conscious, clear your thoughts, with speyside with your brain 
Clean your conscious, clear your thoughts, with speyside 

Chorus 

Salt, sweat, sugar on the asphalt 
Our hearts littering the topsoil 
Tune in and we can get the last call 
Our lives are coal!
Salt, sweat, sugar on the asphalt 
Our hearts littering the topsoil 
Sign up it's the picket line or the parade!
Our lives are Coal

Verse 

I’m not alone cause the TV’s on, yeah 
I’m not crazy cause I take the right pills everyday 
and rest, clean your conscious, clear your thoughts, with [?] and your brain 
clean your conscious, clear your thoughts, with [?] 

Chorus 

Salt, sweat, sugar on the asphalt 
Our hearts littering the topsoil 
Tune in and we can get the last call 
Our lives are coal!
Salt, sweat, sugar on the asphalt 
Our hearts littering the topsoil 
Sign up it's the picket line or the parade!
Our lives are Coal

Bridge 

real far out 
won’t they give it a rest now? 

Guitar Solo 

Chorus 

Salt, sweat, sugar on the asphalt 
Our hearts littering the topsoil 
Tune in and we can get the last call 
Our lives are coal!
Salt, sweat, sugar on the asphalt 
Our hearts littering the topsoil 
Sign up it's the picket line or the parade!
Our lives are Coal!

Ending

This is an Excellent song and this is my way of playing it. I've seen lots of versions of how to play this tab and they all equal sound the same although this version is not as easy as other but it still a nice song to play easy for beginners with a nice easy solo which you can get really into without it being too complicated. I'm going to see the band in November supporting Blink i really can't wait. If i hear any new material or old material I haven't tabbed yet i will try tab it after then. Enjoy!