Times Like These - Jack Johnson

Intro - Strum B chord at 7th fret.
Verse
A E
In times like these and times like those
A E
What will be will be and so it goes, and it always goes
F#m B
On and on and on and on and on
F#m B A
On and on and on and on and on it goes
E A E
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm always been
F#m
laughin and cryin and birth and dyin
B
and boys and girls well hearts are taken given, breakin'
F#m B
heal and grow and recreate and raise and nurture but then hurt from time
Chorus
A E
to times like these and times like those
A E
what will be will be and so it goes and theres always been
Verse
F#m
stop and go and fast and slow and action,
B
Reaction, sticks and stones and broken bones
F#m
those for peace and those for war and god bless
B (fill B Bb)
these ones not those ones but these ones
Chorus then the on and on and mmm mmm mm bit
Outro
F#m E
|--2----------------|
|--2----------------| somehow i know it won't be the same x2
|--2----------------|
|--4----------------| (Note slide up to the 11th fret and let the open E
|--4-----7--9--/11--| string ring out - just right!)
|--2--/9--------0---|
Note that at the chords are E shape barré chords (ie. 7 9 9 8 7 7) but
sometimes he uses B at 2nd position (ie. X 2 4 4 4 x)

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Gone - Jack Johnson

Intro (p=thumb i=index f*=flick fingers a and i down to play chord)
E                 C#min
|-----------------------------| fingerstyle: p i f*
|------------------------5----| on each chord
|--------9---------------6----|
|----9---9-----------6---6----| repeat x4
|-7------7--------4------4----|
|-----------------------------|
Verse
E G# C#min A x3 F#m x2 B x2
|-------------------------------------------------| |---------||-------7---|
|----------------------------------5--------------| |------2--||-------7---|
|---------9-----------5------------6-----------6--| |------2--||-------8---|
|-----9---9-----------6--------6---6-----------7--| |------4--||-------9---|
|--7------7-------6---6-----4------4-------7---7--| |---4--4--||----9--9---|
|--------------4------4-----------------5------5--| |-2----2--||--7----7---|
Well look at all those fancy clothes
but these could keep us warm just like those
and what about your soul? is it cold?
is it straight from the mold and ready to be sold?
...and cars and phones and diamond rings, bling bling
those are only removable things
and what about your mind does it shine org
are there things that concern you more than your time
Chorus
E B C#min A x3
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------5--------------|
|---------9-----------8------------6-----------6--| then play intro progression
|-----9---9-----------9--------6---6-----------7--|
|--7------7-------9---9-----4------4-------7---7--|
|--------------7------7-----------------5------5--|
gone, going, gone everything gone give a damn
gone be the birds when they don't wanna sing
gone people all awkward with their things, gone.
Verse look at you out to make a deal
you try to be appealing, but you lose your appeal
and what about those shoes you're in today
they'll do no good on the bridges you've burnt along the way, oh
Verse(but with chorus chords!!) then Chorus (finish on E)
you were willing to sell anything gone with your hurt
leave your footprints we'll shame them with our words,
gone people all careless and consumed, gone

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Traffic in the Sky - Jack Johnson

D                               F#m                               C                          Em Fill into ch.

|--------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------5-|
|----7---7---------10-----10----------5---5--------8--8--------| |-----------5-|
|-----7---7----------11-----11---------5---5--------9--9-------| |-----------6-|
|------7---------------11---------------5------------9---------| |-7----7----7-|
|-5---------5 / 9--------------9 \ 3---------3 / 7-------7-----| |-7^9--7^9--7-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------5-|

Verse 1
There’s traffic in the sky and it doesn’t seem to be getting much better
There’s kids playing games on the pavement
Drawing waves on the pavement Mmm hmm
Shadows of the planes on the pavement Mmm hmm
It’s enough to make me cry
But that don’t seem like it will make it feel better
Maybe it’s a dream and if I scream, it will burst at the seams
Whole place would fall into pieces
Chorus
(fill) A G# G A
And then they’d say Well how could we have known
(A) D Bm G
I’ll tell them it’s not so hard to tell Nah Nah Nah
(G) A D
You keep adding stones Soon the water will
(D) Bm G A (play octave B to D)
Be lost in the well Mmmm mmmmm
Verse 2 (same as above)
And puzzle pieces in the ground, No one ever seems to be digging
Instead they’re looking up towards the heavens
With their eyes on the heavens, Mmm hmmm
The shadows on the way to the heavens, Mmm hmm
It’s enough to make me cry
That don’t seem like it will make it feel better
The answers could be found, We could learn from digging down
But no one ever seems to be digging
Chorus (diff lyric - Instead they’ll say)
Verse 3
And words of wisdom all around, But no one ever seems to listen
They’re talking about the plans on the paper,
Building up from the pavement, Mmm hmm
The shadows from the scrapers on the pavement, Mmm hmm
It’s enough to make me sigh
But that don’t seem like it will make it feel better
The words are all around, But the words are only sounds
And no one ever seems to listen
Chorus (end on D)

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