Just What I Needed 
by the Cars 

transcribed by Jeff Elkins 



I'm not quite sure about any sort of intro - I guess 
you need to listen to the album for that.  Also, I have
to comment that when I really sat down and listened to 
these songs (way back when), I was amazed that they used
so many "country" licks.  Check out "Best Friends Girl" 
- most of the band (excepting Mr. Orr the bass player)
came from Berkley College in Boston where they were 
music/composition majors.  TRIVIA:  They started out as
a band in a small bar in Boston called The Rat.

See the end for performance notes.

* = fretted note
@ = add for full chord

The 5 on the chord really only indicates the lack of a 
"3rd" step note.  When the 5 is indicated, I still fret
the full chord with my left hand, but I mute/muffle the 
x'd notes with my right palm (or left index finger).  
When the song calls for the chord (without the 5) play 
all of the _fretted_ notes.


                       (really a C#m)
                        |   
E5 xoooxx   B5 oooxxx   C#5 oooxxx   G#5 oooxxx   A5 oooxxx
   ------      ------       ------       ------      ------
  7|*||@@     7*|||@@      9*||@@@      4*|||@@     5*|||@@
   ||||||      |||@||       ||||||       |||@||      |||@||
   ||**||      |**|||       |**|||       |**|||	     |**|||




VERSE 1:
E5                 B5 
  I don't mind you coming here
C#5                  G#5
  And wasting all my time
E5                           B5
 'Cause when you're standing oh, so near
C#5                G#5
  I kind'a lose my mind, yeah
E5                     B5
  It's not the perfume that you wear...
C#5                    G#5
  It's not the ribbons in- your- hair-
E5                 B5
  I don't mind you coming here
G#5                  A5
  And wasting all my time


	-Riff 1-


VERSE 2:

I don't mind you hanging out
And talking in your sleep
It doesn't matter where you've been
As long as it was deep, yeah
I always knew you very well, and
You look so fancy I can tell...
I don't mind you hanging out
And talking in your sleep


CHORUS:
E   B                  A           C#m   B B      
        I guess you're just what I need-ed
                                       (just what I need-
E   B                A           C#m
ed)     I   needed   someone to bleed
E   B                  A           C#m   B B      
        I guess you're just what I need-ed
                                       (just what I need-
E   B                A          C#m
ed)     I   needed   someone to feed... so feed me


	-Guitar Solo-


VERSE 3:

(Some combination of the above two verses with a little 
more "Rik Okasic" thrown in... memory fails slightly!)


	-CHORUS-

	-REPEAT CHORUS-

	-Riff 2-


Riff 1 (& strumming pattern for rhythm guitar)
   _________________________________________________
  / / / / / / / // / / / / / / / // / / / / / / / // etc...  
  E5               B5               C#5              G#
e|7~--------------|7~--------------|12--11--9--\7---|/8~-----|
B|--------------9-|--------------9-|----------------|--------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1 2 3 4

  E5               B5               C#5              
e|7~--------------|7~--------------|12-\11-\9--\7---|
B|--------------9-|--------------9-|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    

  A5
e|/9-/7--/5-------|
B|----------------|
G|/9-/7--/6-------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
  1   2   3   4    



Riff 2
  .     _          _     .   .  .   .     _          _  _
  E5    B5         A5    C#5 B5 B5  E5    B5         A5 C#5
e|------------7---|----9/11~-------|------------7---|--------|   ||R
B|----9-7~------9~|----------------|----9-7~------9~|--------|  .||E
G|9---------------|----------------|9---------------|--9-----|   ||P
D|--9-------------|----------------|--9-------------|----11~-|   ||E
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|  .||A
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|   ||T
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1 2 3 4

  .     _          _     .   .  .   .     _       _
  E5    B5         A5    C#5 B5 B5  A5    B5      C#5~
e|------------7---|----9/11~-------|------------7-9~|
B|----9-7~------9~|----------------|----9-7~-----(9~)      E
G|9---------------|----------------|9---------------|      N
D|--9-------------|----------------|--9-------------|      D
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    


Performance notes:

The "Riffs" could be being played by Eliot Easton on 
keyboards, but I saw the Cars play this song on HBO (or 
somewhere), and the guitarist had a guitar synth... and 
appeared to be playing all of the riffs and lead.  Mr. 
Ocasic plays the rhythm guitar very muffled through the 
verses, and "brash" in the chorus [see notations for 
short/staccato (.) and long/legato (-) above the chords]; 
Mr. Orr is playing 8th note bass lines - pretty much just 
following the chords.  See above Riff 1 for the strumming 
pattern of the rhythm guitar.  The following is (I believe) 
the first few notes from the guitar solo - if anybody knows
it in it's entirety, please post:

          bend up 1 whole step
 (left over | | |  |     |    
 C#5 chord) | | |  |E5   |          
e|----------^-^-^-|^-----^---------|
B|---------/7-7-7-|7\7-5-----------|
G|----------------|------6~\6--4---|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
  1   2   3 + 4 +  1   2 + 3 + 4 +  
       ...sofeedme
          + 4   +


At the END, the C#5 gets held out and the lead guitar digital 
delay time is turned way down (smaller) and the effect is turned
up.  Cool stuff.



Have fun. Jeff 
As always, corrections/additions welcome. 

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