Learning How To Smile Bass Tab

Songs From An American Movie Vol. 1: Learning How To Smile Tabs:

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Everclear
Learning How To Smile
Songs From An American Movie
Vol. One: Learning How To Smile

Tabbed by Patrick McFadden and Jason Pan

Jason tabbed out this song on for guitar on two guitars, but I noticed that his one guitar 
tab was the same as what the bass played. I converted it to Bass style and made it shorter 
and easier to read, but made sure it's all right. It is. You are dead wrong if you think 
it's not. Or maybe just dead. And if not, then you will be soon oh ye of little faith.

As terribly awful and demeaning to bass players everywhere, I'm afraid due to the speed 
of this song you WILL need a pick. I know, I know, but hey, at least you can now play the song, 
huh? So quit your bitching and eat your vegetables! This hurts me more than it hurts you! 
And so help me God if you spill your milk one more time!


Intro
G|-----------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------| 
E|-6-6-6-6----6-6-6-6----6-6-6-6----6-6-6-6------|

G|-----------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------| 
E|-6-6-6-6----6-6-6-6----6-6-6-6----6-6-6-6------|

Verse
G|-----------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------| 
E|-6-6-6-6----6-6-6-6----5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5------| 

G|-----------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------| 
E|-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-1------| 

Chorus
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------| 

G|-----------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|--6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1--------------|

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

Break
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-1-1-----3-3-----5-5-----6-6-5-3---------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------|

Intro		X2
Verse		X2
Intro		X2
Verse		X2
Chorus		X1
Intro		X1
Verse		X2
Chorus		X1
Break		X1
Intro		X1
Verse		X2
Chorus		X2
Break		Sparkle And Fade Out

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: BassMasta.net
http://www.bassmasta.net/e/everclear/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Peter Average	#1 by Peter unknown at Feb 3, 1970 at 3:46 PM EST
	this song is one of few that make me cry,in a good way. the line "5 miles outside of vegas 5 years down the line,we got married in the desert in the sunshine"that part makes me happy,even though he and his wife broke up,i feel bad for him,but i just love that line

No Picture keith Wanna Be	#2 by keith mckinlay at Jan 8, 1972 at 2:10 PM EST
	"Why there is no perfect place, yes I know this is true I'm just learning how to smile, that's not easy to do I know there will come a day When we can leave and just go running away." This may not relate to everclear themselves, but it seems to me that it could relate to being in rehab. When they say that there is no perfect place and he knows that, but he is now learning how to smile and that life can be good, or they could run away from wherever they are getting help and leave the place behind and start new.

No Picture AfroMan Average	#3 by AfroMan at Jun 12, 1980 at 6:48 AM EST
	And this is my favorite Everclear song ever. I love it. 1

No Picture jUsT_tHe_PoStAl Wanna Be	#4 by jUsT_tHe_PoStAl_SeRvIcE at Mar 9, 1987 at 10:32 AM EST
	One of my favorite lines from the song is: "I can handle all the hell that happens every day, When you smile and touch my face you make it all just go away," Great song, and a great feeling when you can find someone like that.

No Picture ben Average	#5 by ben doherty at Aug 2, 1988 at 11:32 PM EST
	this song is about finding happiness in a world thats full of bullshit. even if life throws you a curve ball, like it normally does, the ones that you love can make life feel better. find confort in the little things in life

No Picture J. Wanna Be	#6 by J. Stone at Sep 1, 1988 at 2:38 AM EST
	Well basically this song, to me, means that no matter what you are doing, no matter how bad it is... If you are happy, it doesn't matter... Cause some day you'll be able to run away with the ones you love... Nothing will ever be perfect, oh well that's life...

No Picture Zac Wanna Be	#7 by Zac McCollum at May 22, 1992 at 7:33 PM EST
	this song reminds me of I will buy you a new life. Alexakis said he wrote that song when he and his wife had these visions of their life being perfect once they got rich. but then they realized money can't buy everything. I think this song is about people thinking they want these things and that life CAN be perfect. Nothing can be perfect.

No Picture `Wanna Be`	#8 by `Rob .C at Oct 8, 1993 at 7:52 PM EST`
	THis is one of my most favorite songs in the world and one of my favorite songs by everclear who are one of my favorite bands in the world.... I agree with john that it is about running away from life with some one you love because your life was not perfect and will never be perfect.

No Picture Colleen Average	#9 by Colleen Shmeltin at Oct 21, 1994 at 7:45 AM EST
	i like the 1st 2 verses, particularly the 2nd.. they're just good lyrics.

No Picture My Life is Rule Average	#10 by My Life is Ruled by 4 Strings at Aug 19, 1997 at 11:26 PM EST
	This is one of those songs...The ones I have absolutely no idea how to explain, but they affect me more than I would have ever thought... It has lines that tend to make me laugh, then there are parts that just make me want to cry, I dunno...but, the whole song sticks out because it keeps mentioning running away, but they always end up someplace far away and exotic from where they were before...It cracks me up because the go from vegas to Philly to Pheonix

No Picture † james † Average	#11 by † james † at Nov 23, 2004 at 4:47 PM EST
	It's about when you seem to forget how to be happy, because it seems like everything's wrong. But this girl is "teaching" him how to smile. She makes him happy when everything's wrong. That's what I get out of it, anyway.

No Picture Millhouse Wanna Be	#12 by Millhouse van Houten at Apr 3, 2005 at 10:23 AM EST
	who ever fucked up these everclear lyrics needs to die. you DO NOT fuck up everclear lyrics. andd this is the best song ever written.

No Picture Pysio Wanna Be	#13 by Pysio xD at Jun 23, 2007 at 8:41 AM EST
	What more can be said, one of the best songs ever