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Grace  Jars of Clay

Grace-Acoustic Chords
"If I Left the Zoo"
Music and lyrics by Jars of Clay, tabbed by David Schroder
NOTES ABOUT SONG: During the verses, all the instruments but bass and
acoustic guitar drop out.
INTRO
Bm/F# A E (4x)
play electric intro riff starting the 3nd time through
VERSE ONE
[Bm]God, I admi[A]t I haven't changed[E]
[Bm]Playing card houses [A]still covering m[E]y landscape
[Bm]I never expe[F#m]cted you to stay[E]
When I'm grabbin[Bm]g for these crumbs and c[F#m]old loose change[E]
CHORUS
[D]I feel your grac[A]e come runni[Bm]ng over every road
[D]I love the way Y[A]ou're calling overflow[G]
[D]I feel your grac[A]e come runni[Bm]ng over every road
[D]You break the floodg[A]ates down and carry all[B]
BRIDGE-TO-CHORUS TRANSITION
Bm A E (2x)
play electric post-chorus riff during above chords
VERSE TWO
[Bm]God, I a[A]dmit I've loved these chains[E]
[Bm]And crawling around [A]this cage sometimes [E]has its advantages
[Bm]I know som[F#m]eday this could get old[E]
And I'll[Bm] need your healing w[F#m]ater to find my[B] home
CHORUS
INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE
B A E/G# E (3x)
[B]play[A] ele[G]ctric bridge solo on top of above chords
CHORUS
no music for the first line, only acoustic strums for the second
line
REPEAT CHORUS
after chorus, repeat post-chorus electric riff and chords then outro riff to end
CHORDS:
[Bm/F#]A [and] [Bm] [224432]002220
E 022100
E/G# 422100
F#m 244220
G 320033
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jars_of_clay/grace_tab_ver_2.html )
NOTES ABOUT ELECTRIC GUITAR PARTS: These are the tabs for the major electric
solos, and there's frankly not too much variety in them cause they mainly
accentuate the main musical theme of the song. You can hear Steve's
electric during the chorus, but the verses are solo acoustic guitar.
Intro riff (remember: starts third time through chord
progression)
 
 |-7-|-5----0h2-|-0-----|-7-|-5-|-10s7-|
 |---|----------|---3-0-|---|---|------|
 |---|----------|-------|---|---|------|
 |---|----------|-------|---|---|------|
 |---|----------|-------|---|---|------|
 |---|----------|-------|---|---|------|

[Bm] [A] [E] [Bm] [A] [E]  
Post-chorus riff
 
 |-7-|-5----0h2-|-0-----|-7-|-5----0h2-|-0-----|
 |---|----------|---3-0-|---|----------|---3-0-|
 |---|----------|-------|---|----------|-------|
 |---|----------|-------|---|----------|-------|
 |---|----------|-------|---|----------|-------|
 |---|----------|-------|---|----------|-------|

[Bm] [A] [E] [Bm] [A] [E]  
Bridge riff (starts on the 3rd measure, or the E/G# chord)
 
 |----|---------|--|-----|-----------|-----------------|
 |-0--|-2h3-0-0-|--|-0-0-|-0-2h3-0-0-|-------------4-4-|
 |----|---------|--|-----|-----------|-4-4-2-2-4-4-----|
 |----|---------|--|-----|-----------|-----------------|
 |----|---------|--|-----|-----------|-----------------|
 |----|---------|--|-----|-----------|-----------------|

[E/G#] [E] [A] [B] [E/G#] [E]  
 
 |-7-|-5-7-|-7--|10h12-|-7-|-7-|--|---|
 |---|-----|----|------|---|---|--|-0-|
 |---|-----|----|------|---|---|--|---|
 |---|-----|----|------|---|---|--|---|
 |---|-----|----|------|---|---|--|---|
 |---|-----|----|------|---|---|--|---|

[B] [A] [E/G#] [E] [B] [A] [G] [G]  
Outro riff
 
 |-7-|-5----0h2-|-0-----|---|---|-7-|
 |---|----------|---3-0-|---|---|---|
 |---|----------|-------|---|---|---|
 |---|----------|-------|---|---|---|
 |---|----------|-------|---|---|---|
 |---|----------|-------|---|---|---|

[Bm] [A] [E] [Bm] [A] [B]  
c1999 Bridge Building Music, Inc./Pogostick Music (both admin. by
Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing Inc.)/BMI/Universal-MCA Publishing, a
division of Universal Studios, Inc./Beef Puppet Music/ASCAP/IRS Music/Greg
Wells Music/BMI. All rights reserved.
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