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Watch the World - Acoustic Guitar Tablature
**I found a video of Tom playing Watch the World on an acoustic guitar, and it
sounded amazing when he played it. It's not the whole song; it's only an intro, 
the first verse, and the pre-chorus. Still, it sounds great. Here's a link for 
the video: http://english.blink182.ru/video.shtml--the video is at the very, 
very bottom of the page. I seriously recommend you download this video and 
learn how to play the song.

Band: Box Car Racer
Song: Watch the World
Played by: Tom Delonge
Tabbed by: Lauren 
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  **TUNE YOUR GUITAR DOWN 1/2 STEP**
         (Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,eb)
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The strumming pattern is not "to scale" (in other words, it's not in sync 
with the song).

Intro
eb|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
Bb|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
Gb|-11-11-11-9--9--9--7--7--7--9--9--9--6--6--6--|    x2
Db|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
Ab|-9--9--9--7--7--7--5--5--5--7--7--7--4--4--4--|
Eb|----------------------------------------------|

VERSE
eb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-7-7-7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4---------------|
Db|-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
Ab|-5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
Eb|----------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3--|
    I saw this man get rid of hunger and soap operas, too

eb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-7-7-7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4---------------|
Db|-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
Ab|-5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
Eb|----------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3--|
    I saw this field that grew perfection full of things you do

eb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-7-7-7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4---------------|
Db|-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
Ab|-5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
Eb|----------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3--|
    I saw this box dispose of heartache and cure cancer, too

eb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-7-7-7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4---------------|
Db|-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
Ab|-5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
Eb|----------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3--|
    When I awoke, I sat there hoping that this is what we'll do

PRE-CHORUS
eb|------------------------------------------0--0----------|
Bb|------------------------------------------0--0----------|
Gb|-7-7-7-7-7/9-9--7-7-7-7-7/9-9--7-7-7-7-7--0--0---6-6/7--|
Db|-7-7-7-7-7/9-9--7-7-7-7-7/9-9--0-0-0-0-0--11-11--0-0/0--|
Ab|-5-5-5-5-5/7-7--5-5-5-5-5/7-7--5-5-5-5-5--0--0---4-4/5--|
Eb|-7-7-7-7-7/-----5-5-5-5-5/-----3-3-3-3-3--9--9---5-5/---|

eb|-------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-7-7-7-7-7/9-9--7-7-7-7-7/9-9--7-7-7-7-7--6-6----|
Db|-7-7-7-7-7/9-9--7-7-7-7-7/9-9--0-0-0-0-0--7-7----|
Ab|-5-5-5-5-5/7-7--5-5-5-5-5/7-7--5-5-5-5-5--4-4----|
Eb|-7-7-7-7-7/-----5-5-5-5-5/-----3-3-3-3-3--5-5----|

ENDING
eb|----|
Bb|----|
Gb|-7--|
Db|-0--|
Ab|-5--|
Eb|-3--|

Like I said, it’s just a very short clip of the song. Still, it’s probably the 
best song I’ve ever heard Tom play acoustic. Also, the intro sounds a lot like 
the intro for “there is”...I don’t know what’s going on there, but that’s how 
he plays the intro in this song. I tabbed this song out completely by ear, and 
I’m almost certain that there’s no other tab for this particular version of 
“watch the world” on the internet. 
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