Jimmy Eat World - Rockstar (from the album Static Prevails)

Drop-D Tuning (D A D G B E)

Intro (distortion, heavy palm-muting; notes in parenthesis are guitar 2):
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------(0)------
|-------------------------2-2-2-2----------------(7)------2-2-2-2-
|-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|

Guitar 1
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------9b---------0--------0-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-x---3333-3---3333-3---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-7b--3333-----3333-----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-----3333-----3333-----|

Guitar 2
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12----------------|
|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---3333-----3333-|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10--3333-----3333-|
|--------------------------------------------------3333-----3333-|
 

Verse:
Guitar 1 (light distortion, palm-muting)
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|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 

Guitar 2 (clean)
|------------------------------------|
|-6---6---6---5-----6---6---6--------|
|---5---5---5---8h6---5---5---5---5b-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
 

Chorus:
  F5              C5              Bb5
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|

  F5              C5              Bb5
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------9b------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-x-------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7b------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---------|

  F5              C5              Bb5
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|

  F5              C5
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 

Chorus 2:
Guitar 1
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|
 

Outro (clean guitar):
|---------------5---------------5---------------5---------------5-|
|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---|
|-5-5---5---5-----5-5---5---5-----5-5---5---5-----5-5---5---5-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 

Structure + Lyrics

Intro

Verse (4x)
where are you hiding?
you shine off the wall
start giving it up now cause
you're gonna find yourself a mastermind in time

Chorus (4x)
rockstar
what's mine is yours
rockstar
you're looking good you're looking fine (i'm fine)

Interlude (2nd part of intro riff)

Verse (4x)
i'm the stranger of here
you know
can't you understand that things
always work out my way, today

Chorus (4x)

Chorus 2 (10x)
rockstar
rockstar
get off the battlefield
you could not take it back from me
its all the way attack
cannot ?? on your ??
get off my battlefield
we could not take it back from you
its all the way attack
cannot figure out your way
that's all

can't fall, away
i'm back, i'm back

End on F

Outro