Just Like Everybody Else (song)
| Name | Just Like Everybody Else |
| Album/single | The General Electric |
| Length | 2.48 (album version), 2.37 (B-Sides EP), 2.38 (Bitter single) |
| Alternative titles | Like Everybody Else (B-Sides EP) |
| First live performance | |
| Recorded | 1999 |
| Writer/composer | Shihad |
| Producer | GGGarth |
Additional Information
Song meaning as told by Jon: "Originally, we recorded it (as a b-side on the 'Bitter' single) so scratchily in a 16-track studio, so when we went to this big Motley Crue recording studio I wanted to do it again. It's about everyone being on an even keel and that whole thing about being insecure when there's no reason to be because everyone's as insecure as you are. And don't let anyone else make you feel inferior. I know what it's like at school, being cool or uncool, it's just a big game". (Real Groove, September 1999)
Lyrics
Sometimes Feel at the edge of reason I get strung out Feel like I'm going nowhere And then you wind me up Just like you did before Gotta thrill, gotta chill, gotta spill So I can rise again Just like everybody else Just like everybody else Just like everybody else Just like everybody else Just like everybody else Just like everybody else Just like everybody else Just like everybody else Sometimes, Question mark, full-stop This process is powerless There's no way to the top I get fucked up just to fill me up Or so I tell myself And this makes me wonder Process to order Every now and then Right place, right time I get going with the flow of things And I'm feeling fine (it's alright) Getting back to basics Back to the common mind (it's alright) I got a chance to rise above I got a chance to be myself Like everybody else Just like everybody else Just like everybody else Just like everybody else Just like everybody else Just like everybody else Just like everybody else Just like everybody else Just like everybody else Just like everybody else Just like everybody else Just like everybody else
Guitar
By RJ13 on Shihad forums Standard Shihad Tuning Intro and Verse ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- -7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7---------------------------------- -7-8-7-8-7-8-7-8-7--7-5-2-2------------------------- -5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5--7-5-2-2------------------------- --------------------5-3-0-0------------------------ Chorus ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- -7-7-7-7-7-8-9-9----7-7-7-7-8-9-9-9-9--------------- -7-7-7-7-7-8-9-9----7-7-7-7-8-9-9-9-9--------------- -5-5-5-5-5-6-7-7----5-5-5-5-6-7-7-7-7--------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Bridge ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- -7-7-7-7-7-8-9-9----7-7-7-7-8-9-9-9-9--------------- -7-7-7-7-7-8-9-9----7-7-7-7-8-9-9-9-9--------------- -5-5-5-5-5-6-7-7----5-5-5-5-6-7-7-7-7--------------- ---------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ -----------------------------------15-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-- ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ -10-10-10-x-x-x-10-x-x-x-10-etc----------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ -7-9-9-9-7-5--------------------------------7-9-9-9-7-5----------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ This last bit probably on two guitars but this works ------------------------------------------------------------------ --10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---------------8-10------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------7-9-9-9-7-5--7------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------
