Intro: C G Am F 
  
C	           G 
I can't stand to fly 
Am		  F 
I'm not that naive 
C		    G 
I'm just out to find 
Am		   F 
The better part of me 
 
		     C			  G 
I'm more than a bird...I'm more that a plane 
		     Am		F 
More than some pretty face beside a train 
	    C	     G F C 
It's not easy to be me 
  
C	           G 
Wish that I could cry 
Am		  F 
Fall upon my knees 
C		 G 
Find a way to lie 
	   Am	        F 
About a home I'll never see 
 
		   C   		 G 
It may sound absurd...but don't be naive 
	 Am		     F 
Even heroes have the right to bleed 
		C			 G 
I may be disturbed...but won't you concede 
	 Am		     F 
Even heroes have the right to dream 
	    C	     G  F C G 
It's not easy to be me  
 
Am	   G		F   Am 
Up, up ahead...away from me 
	     D		 Am		  D 
It's all right...you can all sleep sound tonight 
 
	    F		   G 
I'm not crazy...or anything... 
 
I can't stand to fly 
I'm not that naive 
Men weren't meant to ride 
With clouds between their knees 
 
I'm only a man in a silly red sheet 
Digging for kryptonite on this one-way street 
Only a man in a funny red sheet 
Looking for special things inside of me 
 
It's not easy to be me

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Song:  Superman
Artist:  Five For Fighting
Album:  America Town

(G*)
(C)I can't stand to (D)fly
(C)I'm not that na(D)ive
(C)I'm just out to (D)find
(C)The better part of (D)me

(G*)I'm more than a (C)bird...
(G*)I'm more than a (C)plane
(G*)More than some (D)pretty face
(Am)beside(Am7) a (F7)train
(G$)It's not easy to be (C)me

(G*)
(C)Wish that I could (D)cry
(C)Fall upon my (D)knees
(C)Find a way to (D)lie
(C)About a home I'll never (D)see

(G*)It may sound ab(C)surd...
(G*)but don't be na(C)ive
(G*)Even (D)heroes have the 
(Am)right (Am7) to (F7)bleed
(G*)I may be dist(C)urbed...but 
(G*)won't you con(C)cede
(G*)Even (D)heroes have the 
(Am)right (Am7) to dream (F7)
$(G)It's not easy to be (C)me

(Am)Up, (G)up and a(C)way...
a(Dm)way from (Am)me
It's all (D)right...you can 
(C)all sleep sound to(D)night
I'm not (F)crazy...or any(G)thing

(G*)
(C)I can't stand to (D)fly
(C)I'm not that na(D)ive
(C)Men weren't meant to (D)ride
(C)With clouds between their (D)knees

(G*)I'm only a (C)man in a 
(G*)silly red (C)sheet
(G*)Digging for (D)kryptonite on this 
(Am)one-(Am7)way (F7)street
(G*)Only a man (C(in a (G*)funny red (C)sheet
(G*)Looking for (D)special things 
In(Am)side(Am7) of (F7)me
(F7)In(G)side of (C) me

(G$ slowly)It's not easy to be (C)me

Notes:
I'm left handed so this is probably upside 
down or backwards or both.  Sorry righties.

*(G mini riff)=	E[-3-----	
		A[--0h2--
		D[-----0-	
		G[------0  
					

$(G--C mini riff)=
E[-3-------3-----------------
A[---0h2-3-----------0h2-3--- 
D[------0-2-----0h2-0-----2--
G[-----------0--0---0---—--0-
B[------------0-------------1
e[------------3--------------

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Superman (It's Not Easy)

C   Gsus   Am7   Fsus
I can't stand to fly    I'm not that nапvе

C   Gsus   Am7   Fsus   C   G
I'm just out to find    the better part of me
I'm more than a bird    more than a plane

Am7   F   C   G   F   C
More than some pretty face beside a train and it's not easy to be me.

C   Gsus   Am7   Fsus
Wish that I could cry   Fall upon my knees

C   Gsus   Am7   Fsus   C   G
Find a way to lie   About a home I'll never see
It may sound absurd     But don't be naive

Am7   F
Even heroes have the right to bleed

C   G   Am7   F
I may be disturbed but won't you concede even heroes have the right to dream

C   G   F   C
And it's not easy to be me

Amin   G/B   C   Dmin   Amin   D
Up up and away away from me well it's alright

C   D   F   Gsus
You can all sleep sound tonight  I'm not crazy or anything

C   Gsus   Am7   Fsus
I can't stand to fly    I'm not that naive

C   G   Am7   F
Men weren't meant to ride with clouds between their knees

C   Gsus   Am7   Fsus
I'm only a man in a silly red sheet digging for kryptonite
on a one-way  street

C   G   Am7   F
Only a man in a silly red sheet looking for special things inside of me

C   Gsus   Am7   F   C   Gsus   Am7   F
Inside of me   Inside of me   Inside of me   Inside of me

C   G   Am7   Fsus
I'm only a man in a funny red sheet only a man looking for a dream

C   G   Am7   F
Only a man in a funny red sheet and it's not easy

C   G   C   Gsus   Am7   F   C
It's not easy to be me.

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Superman
By Five For Fighting

Chords:
C	x32010
G	320033
Am	002210
F	133211
D	xx0232

Intro:
C G Am F


C			G
I can't stand to fly
Am		   F
I'm not that naive
C		     G
I'm just out to find
Am			 F
The better part of me


		     C			     G
I'm more than a bird...I'm more that a plane
		     Am		F
More than some pretty face beside a train
	    C	     G   F C
It's not easy to be me


C			 G
Wish that I could cry
Am		   F
Fall upon my knees
C		   G
Find a way to lie
	   Am			 F
About a home I'll never see


		   C				 G
It may sound absurd...but don't be naive
	 Am		     F
Even heroes have the right to bleed
		C				 G
I may be disturbed...but won't you concede
	 Am		     F
Even heroes have the right to dream
	    C	     G   F C G
It's not easy to be me





Am	   G		F	    Am
Up, up ahead...away from me
	     D		 Am			  D
It's all right...you can all sleep sound tonight

	    F		     G
I'm not crazy...or anything...

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees

I'm only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one-way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me

It's not easy to be me

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Artist: Five for Fighting
Song: Superman (It's not easy)
Tabbed By: Rishesh Singh
           Sheesh@attbi.com
           

Give me your comments....I tabbed out the two riffs
and told y'all how to play the chords...the verse
chords were done by Dave Gaskin, props to him...
The spacing is right in Courier 12 or less...


Riff A (used for the intro, and occassionally during verses)
       (piano for guitar):

E:--------------------------|
B:---1-1---3-3--3-3-3--1-1--|
G:---0-0---0-0--0-0-0--0-0--|
D:--------------------------|
A:-3------------------------|
E:--------------------------|

Riff A (continued):

E:--------------------------|
B:---1-1---3-3--3-3-3--1-1--|
G:---0-0---0-0--0-0-0--0-0--|
D:--------------------------|
A:-0------------------------|
E:--------------------------|

Riff B (played after Riff A in intro, and occasionally during verse):
       

E:-8-----8------8-----6-----6------6---|
B:---8-8---8-8----8-----8-8----8-8---8-|
G:-------------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------|

Riff B (continued):

E:-8-----8------8----10-----10-----10---|
B:---8-8---8-8----8-----8-8----8-8----8-|
G:--------------------------------------|
D:--------------------------------------|
A:--------------------------------------|
E:--------------------------------------|

Verse:

C		  G
I can't stand to fly
C	       F
I'm not that naive
C		G
I'm just out to find
     C             F
The better part of me

                 C			G
I'm more than a bird...I'm more than a plane
		F
More than some pretty face beside a train
          C      G   C
It's not easy to be me

C                  G
Wish that I could cry
C             F
Fall upon my knees
C             G
Find a way to lie
         C               F
About a home I'll never see

	        C		    G
It may sound absurd...but don't be nieve
	F
Even Heroes have the right to bleed
	    C			    G
I may be disturbed...but won't you concede
      F
Even Heroes have the right to dream
          C      G   C
It's not easy to be me

Am         E	   C        G         C		G
Up, up and away...away from me Well It's all right...
	C		  Am  
you can all sleep sound tonight
	  F            G
I'm not crazy...or anything...

C                G
I can't stand to fly
C             F
I'm not that naive
C                    G
Men weren't meant to ride
C			  F
With clouds between their knees

	   C			G
I'm only a man in a silly red sheet
		F
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
C	G        C	   G
Only a man in a funny red sheet
	    F
Looking for special things inside of me
          C      G  C
It's not easy to be me


Have fun :-)

Later gang

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Song:  Superman
Artist:  Five For Fighting
Album:  America Town
Tabbed by:  Jake Boone 
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)

-----------------
Chord Progression
-----------------

Verse and Chorus:
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|C         |Gsus      |Am7       |Fsus      |
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
 I can't ...

Bridge:
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|Am   G/B  |C    Dm   |Am        |D         |
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
 Up, up and away ...              ... You can

|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|C         |D         |F         |G/B       |
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
 all sleep ...

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Piano arranged for solo guitar
------------------------------

This guitar arrangement of the piano part is not exactly like the song, I just
took the basic piano melody and added some arpeggios and syncopated notes so
it was easy to play on guitar, while keeping the original feel of the song.

Verses and Chorus:
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----
|-------1---3---3-|-----3---3-1---1-|-------1---3---3-|-----
|-----0---0---0---|---0---0-----0---|-----0---0---0---|---0-
|---2-------------|-----------------|---2-------------|-----|-3---------------|(2)--------------|-0---------------|-----|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|-1---
      I can't stand to fly ...
... a bird, more than a plane ...
    I wish that I could cry ...

|-----------------| |---------| |-------------1-0-|---------
|-------1---3---3-| |-------0-| |-------1---1-1-0-|-1-----1-
|-----0---0---0---|2|-----0---|4|-----2-2---2-----|-0---0---
|---2-------------|4|---0-----|4|-3---3-----------|---2-----
|-3---------------| |-2-------| |-3---------------|-3-------
|-----------------| |---------| |-1---------------|---------
It's not easy      to        be          me

Bridge:
|-----------------|---------1-1-----|-0-------0-0-----|-2---
|-------1-------1-|---------3-3-----|-1-------1-1-----|-3---
|-----2-------0-0-|---------2-2-----|-2-------2-2-----|-2---
|---2-------0-----|---------0-0-----|-2-------2-2-----|-0---
|-0-------2-----3-|-----------------|-0-------0-0-----|-----
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----
  Up, up  and  away ...                                       ... You can

|-----------------|-2---------------|-------------1---|---|
|-1-------1-------|-3---------------|-------------1---|---|
|-0-------0-------|-2---------------|-------2---------|---|
|-2-------2-------|-0---------------|-------3---------|---|
|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-3---------------|---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-1---------------|---|
  all sleep sound tonight ...                         ... or anything

Send corrections or comments to JakeBoone02@yahoo.com

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Five For Fighting - Something About You

Tabbed by Shameer

Cadd9 - x32033
Am7 - x02213

Verse 1
G			Cadd9
I don't know where to begin
			G		Cadd9
I don't know how to get out there to see you
G			  Cadd9
I don't know where to dig in
			Am7	      D	
I don't know how to get in there to feel you
G    F        E             Am7            D
It's been too long and I'm about to be in time for me
G    F        E             Am7             D
It's been too long and I'm in time...I'm in time

Chorus
G			  Cadd9
Baby there's something about you that
           G
I can hold on to
                  Cadd9
I'm going to hold on to that
G			  Cadd9
Baby there's something about you that
           G
I can hold on to
                  Cadd9
I'm going to hold on to that

G			Cadd9
I never thought I would win
		      G				       Cadd9	
I never thought much about that..it's been a long time coming
G		     Cadd9
I never stopped to begin
		   Am7				  D
Thinking about the process..it's been a long time coming
G    F        E             Am7            D
It's been too long and I'm about to be in time for me
G    F        E              Am7            D
It's been too long and I'm in time...I'm in time 

Chorus
	  Am7	       D	 G  F  E
I'm gonna be there..be there..alrite
G  F  E
Alriteeee...
     Am7          D
Whoo hoo whoo hoo hoo hoo

(kinda play softly for this part..could try plucking)
G                       Cadd9
I don't know where to begin
                        G             Cadd9
I don't know how to get out there to see you

Chorus (x4)

		      G
It's been a long time coming
		      Cadd9	
It's been a long time coming 
		      G
It's been a long time coming 
		      Cadd9
It's been a long time coming 
		      G
It's been a long time coming 
		      Cadd9
It's been a long time coming 
		      G	
It's been a long time coming 
                  Cadd9
I'm going to hold on to that

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Song: Easy Tonight
Artist: Five For Fighting
Album: America Town
Tabbed By: Arkadies 
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)

This is the song as I learned it off the recording.  It was a case of fiddling with the same two chords over and over again until it just hit me to throw the Bsus2 in there and then everything else all came together beautifully. Be sure to let the open strings ring when playing the Asus2 and Bsus2 chords, it fills out the sound nicely.  Listen to the track a few times to get the feel and timing of the chords down. (Of course, it all depends on what you're viewing this tab with!)  I like to fingerpick the verses rather than strum and build intensity through the pre-chorus and then get heavy on the chorus to match the intensity of the vocals.

Any questions, feel free to email me at: kitchenninjas@home.com 

here are the chords for the song:
  EADGBE
Asus2  x02200
Bsus2  x24400
E      022100
C#m    x46654
F#     244322

**intro**
Asus2    Bsus2
Asus2    E

**verses**
Asus2       Bsus2   
You were wrong     You were right...
Asus2        E
  =20
C#m      F#=20

Asus2      E


[the pre-chorus works the same as the verses, just switch out the Bsus2 for an E in the first line and then switch out the E for a Bsus2 on the last line]

**pre-chorus**
Asus2        E
Shot down said you never had the chance...
Asus2    E


C#m     F#

Asus2    Bsus2



***chorus***
E
Shotgun fire anybody home...
F#     Asus2

E



[pre-chorus]

[chorus]


[the bridge works the same as the chorus, but try playing only downstrokes on the lower notes for the first couple bars.  I think that gives it a nice feel]

**bridge**
E    F#
She's in over my head...
Asus2

E


[chorus]

**outro**
Asus2    Bsus2
Asus2    E

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