Losing A Whole Year - Third Eye Blind
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
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Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 09:41:46 -0800 (PST)
From: jamie sweeten
Subject: t/third_eye_blind/losing_a_whole_year.tab

hello. this is my first time doing this so bear with
me :). it's "losing a whole year" by third eye blind
and it's a great song to rock out too.

tuning: 1st string E
2nd G#
3rd F#
4th C#
5th A
6th F#
90bpm
opening riff:
e -------0---------0-----------0---------0-----
B -----h8-8------h3-3--------h7-10-----h7-10---
G -----7---7\----2---2/9-----9----9----9----9--
D ----8---------3-----/10--10--------10--------
A ---7---------2--------------------9----------
E --7---------2--------------------9-----------

A/C# E/G# Badd4/D#
0 0 0
8 3 10
7 2 9
8 3 10
7 3 9
7 2 9

These are the main chords used thruout the song.

The bridge is played using Aadd2/6 which is like this:
0
3
0
3
0
3 with the E string variating between 3 and 2.

solo:

e ----0---------------------------------------------
B ------8---------------3---------------10----------
G -------7b.5b7-7--------2b.5b2-2-----------9b.5b9--
D ---8---------8--8h0--3-------3-3h0--10--10------10
A --------------------------------------------------
E 5/7-----------------2-------------/9--------------

e --------------------------------------------------
B -----------10-------------------------------------
G 9---------------9b.5b9--9-------------------------
D ---10h0--10---10------10--10\---------------------
A --------------------------------------------------
E -------/9-----------------------------------------

Not to be confused.. 9b.5b9 means to bend the string
half a note up then to return it to the original note.

The outro is played using this note:

0
15
0
15
x
15 with the E string variating between 15 14 and 12.

Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Standard Tuning

intro
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b---------4h5p4h5-5-----------2h5p2------------------7----------------7---|
g-------6-----------6-------1-------4-1/8----8-8h9-8---8----8---8h9-8---8-|
d-----7-------------------2----------------9--------------9---9-----------|
a---7-------------------2-------------------------------------------------|
e-5-------------------0---------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
e-------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------------------------------------|
g-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
d-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
a-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
e-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

Verse
(You basically fiddle around with the chorus chords anyway you want to.
Here's how I usually wing it)
e--------------------------------------|
b-----5---5---5-5--------0---0---0-0---|
g-----6---6---6-6--------1---1---1-1---|
d-----7---7---7-7--------2---2---2-2---|
a---7-------7---7-7----2-------2---2-2-|
e-5-----5-------5----0-----0-------0---|

e--------------------------------------|
b-----7---7---7-7--------7---7---7-7---|
g-----8---8---8-8--------8---8---8-8---|
d-----9---9---9-9--------9---9---9-9---|
a---9-------9---9-9----9-------9---9-9-|
e-7-----7-------7----7-----7-------7---|

Breakdown
e------------------------------|
b------------------------------|
g------------------------------| 2x
d-777-666-44-6--777-666-44-6-6-|
a-777-777-44-6--777-777-44-6-6-|
e-555-444-22-4--555-444-22-4-4-|

Solo
e----------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------|
g-----9--6h7p6---6--------4--1h2p1---1---|
d---7----------7---7----2----------2---2-|
a-7-------------------2------------------|
e----------------------------------------|

e------------------------------------------|
b------------------------------------------|
g-----11--8h9p8---8--------11--8h9p8---8---|
d---9-----------9---9----9-----------9---9-|
a-9--------------------9-------------------|
e------------------------------------------|

That's the whole song. Know when to play which part.
Song info
Losing A Whole Year
Third Eye Blind
2001
  • Rock
  • Alternative Rock
  • Pop Rock
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