Artist: Jimmy Eat World
Title: Softer 
Album: Self-Titles EP
Release Date: 1998
Tuning: Drop D-Tuning

This song isn’t on any of Jimmy Eat World main albums. It is off a Self-Titled EP they released in 1998, I was amaized at how many albums they’ve made and believe me these guys have been around a while and deserve to be appreciated for what they’ve achieved. Anyways this song is mistakenly known as “She’s Perfect” but it aint called that just so you don’t get confused.
Anyways here’s the tab , enjoy it!!! Get into this band, they’re amazing.

Intro
Gtr.1
E||  ----------------------------------------------------
B||  ----------------------------------------------------
G||  333333 33 333333  777777 77 777777------------------
D||  333333 33 333333  777777 77 777777------------------
A||  111111 11 111111  555555 55 555555------------------
D||  ---------------------------------------------------- 

Gtr.2 
E|| --------------------------------------------------
B|| --------------------------------------------------
G|| --------------------------------------------------
D||  8  0 --------------------------------------------
A||  8  0 --------------------------------------------   
D||  8--0---------------------------------------------

Verse (PM with a strange effect, one guitar plays it slightly open)
             (Work out timing and strumming, those are the chords)
Gtr.1
E||  -------------------------------------------------
B||  -------------------------------------------------
G||  3   7 -------------------------------------------
D||  3   7 -------------------------------------------
A||  1   5 -------------------------------------------   
D||  -------------------------------------------------

Gtr.2 (Palm Muted)
E|| --------------------------------------------------
B|| --------------------------------------------------
G|| --------------------------------------------------
D||  8  0 --------------------------------------------
A||  8  0 --------------------------------------------   
D||  8--0---------------------------------------------

Pre-Chorus:  
Can be picked or strummed
Gtr.1
E||  ------------- |  ----------------- |
B||  ------------- |  ----------------- |
G||  3------------ |  7---------------- |
D||  ---3----3--- -|  ---7---7--------- |
A|| -------1------ |  -----5----------- |
D|| -------------- |  ----------------- |      REPEAT EACH MEASURE x 2
           X 4                 X 4

Gtr.2  (sounds a bit like a piano but play this or just play chords with Gtr.1)
E||  --------------------------- 
B||  ----6-5-6-----6-5-6-------- 
G||  7-----------7-------------- 
D||  ---------------------------
A|| ----------------------------
D|| ---------------------------- 




Chorus  (Work out timing and strumming)
Gtr.1
E||  ----------------------------------------------- |
B||  ----------------------------------------------- |
G||  ---------------------------------3------------- |
D||  5 ---- 8 --- 0 ----5 -----1 -----3------------- |
A||  5 ---- 8 --- 0 ----5 -----1 -----1------------- |
E||  5 -----8-----0-----5 -----1 ------------------- | 

Gtr.2 (listen carefully to the middle part of the measure for timing and strumming)
E||  ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
B||  ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
G||  ---------- 7---10—9--10—-10—10--10--9-----------------3 ---------- |
D||  5 ---8 --- x –-x—-x—-x—--x—-x—--x—--x----5----1 ------3 ---------- |
A||  5 ---8 --- 5---8—-7—-8—--8—-8-—-8---7----5----1 ------1 ---------- |
E||  5 ---8-----------------------------------5----1 ------------------ |

Bridge Part 1 ,  after chorus 2
Gtr.1 and Gtr.2 play verse

Bridge part 2 
Gtr.1
E||  -------------------------------------------------
B|| --------------------------------------------------
G|| --------------------------------------------------
D||  8  0 --------------------------------------------
A||  8  0 --------------------------------------------   
D||  8--0---------------------------------------------

Gtr.2
E||  
B||  
G|| 2-2-2—0-2-2--2--2-2--0-5-5/--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2—5-5—7-7/  
D||  
A||  
D||  

Outro (Guitars just carry on playing this one chord)      
             
Gtr.1
E||  ----------------------------- ||
B||  ----------------------------- ||
G||  333333 33 333333 ------------ ||
D||  333333 33 333333 ------------ ||
A||  111111 11 111111 ------------ ||
D||  ----------------------------- ||    

Gtr.2        
E||  -------------------------------------------------------------
B||  -------------------------------------------------------------
G|| --------------------------------------------------------------
D||  888888---88---888888-----------------------------------------
A||  888888---88---888888-----------------------------------------   
D||  888888---88---888888-----------------------------------------


STRUCTURE
Intro           X 2
Verse           X 2
Pre-Chorus      X 2
Chorus          X 1
Play Intro      X 2
Verse           X 2
Pre-Chorus      X 2
Chorus          X 2    
Bridge 1        X 2
Bridge 2        X 4
Chorus          X 2
Outro           X 4                   


LYRICS

Verse 1
She's perfect in her own way
Smoke rings rising to the winter grey.
She's perfect in her own way
Shining, stepping off a silver train.

Chorus 
Now I'm getting a sick taste in my mouth
From the medicine that I can't keep down...

Verse 2
She's amazing in her own way
Always moving to a better place
She's amazing in her own way
Laughing, you won't get to her better traits*

Chorus
Now I'm getting that sick taste in my mouth
From the medicine that I can't keep down...
You know time heals nothing by itself
I see that ever so clearly now

Bridge 1
She looks a little bit different now
Maybe a little bit softer round the eyes

Bridge 2
The lights had just gone out at Rockerfeller Center.
Take it slow and make it softer.
Easy likes it nice and steady.

Chorus
Now I'm getting that sick taste in my mouth
From the medicine that I can't keep down...
You know time heals nothing by itself
I see that ever so clearly now