Justin Jay Wang

When I visited my childhood home last year, I brought back a binder filled with guitar tab printouts of songs I played throughout my teen years:

  1. The Trapeze Swinger by Iron & Wine
  2. Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles
  3. Starman by David Bowie
  4. Knock Yourself Out by Jon Brion
  5. Dirty Dream Number Two by Belle & Sebastian
  6. Girlfriend in a Coma by The Smiths
  7. Mother by Pink Floyd
  8. You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away by The Beatles
  9. There is a Light That Never Goes Out by The Smiths
  10. Song 2 by Blur
  11. In My Eyes by Minor Threat
  12. Some Song by Elliott Smith
  13. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
  14. Today by Smashing Pumpkins
  15. Say It Ain’t So by Weezer
  16. Green Eyes by Coldplay
  17. Sunday Morning by The Velvet Underground
  18. Vincent by Don McLean
  19. Disarm by Smashing Pumpkins
  20. After Hours by The Velvet Underground
  21. Flake by Jack Johnson
  22. Yellow by Coldplay
  23. Creep by Radiohead
  24. Photograph by Weezer
  25. Over the Hills and Far Away by Led Zeppelin
  26. Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd
  27. The Biggest Lie by Elliott Smith
  28. Karma Police by Radiohead
  29. Velouria by Pixies
  30. Say It Ain’t So by Weezer
  31. No Name #3 by Elliott Smith
  32. Tourette’s by Nirvana
  33. While My Guitar Gently Weeps by The Beatles
  34. Free Fallin’ by Tom Petty
  35. Ask by The Smiths
  36. Rose Parade by Elliott Smith
  37. Pale Blue Eyes by The Velvet Underground
  38. I Melt With You by Modern English
  39. Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison
  40. New Slang by The Shins
  41. The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts by Sufjan Stevens
  42. Casimir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens
  43. Romulus by Sufjan Stevens
  44. John Wayne Gacy, Jr. by Sufjan Stevens
  45. Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us by Sufjan Stevens
  46. Michelle by The Beatles
  47. Nothing Better by The Postal Service
  48. I’m a Cuckoo by Belle & Sebastian
  49. The Mistress Witch from McClure by Sufjan Stevens
  50. Me and the Major by Belle & Sebastian
  51. I Don’t Love Anyone by Belle & Sebastian
  52. My Wandering Days Are Over by Belle & Sebastian
  53. The King of Carrot Flowers by Neutral Milk Hotel
  54. The King of Carrot Flowers, Pts. Two & Three by Neutral Milk Hotel
  55. The Boy with the Thorn in His Side by The Smiths
  56. Boys Don’t Cry by The Smiths
  57. First Day of My Life by Bright Eyes
  58. Something Vague by Bright Eyes
  59. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right by Bob Dylan
  60. Julia by The Beatles
  61. Piazza, New York Catcher by Belle & Sebastian
  62. Fox in the Snow by Belle & Sebastian
  63. Kissing the Lipless by The Shins
  64. The Avalanche by Sufjan Stevens
  65. Such Great Heights by Iron & Wine
  66. Communist Daughter by Neutral Milk Hotel
  67. Butterfly by Weezer
  68. Norwegian Wood by The Beatles
  69. Movement of a Hand by Bright Eyes
  70. Say Yes by Elliott Smith
  71. Girl by Beck
  72. The State I Am In by Belle & Sebastian
  73. Such Great Heights by Iron & Wine
  74. Expectations by Belle & Sebastian
  75. I Love My Car by Belle & Sebastian
  76. The Rollercoaster Ride by Belle & Sebastian
  77. Signal in the Sky by Apples in Stereo

We did some spring cleaning this weekend, so I moved the physical printouts to a digital archive. I spent a rare couple of hours to myself in the afternoon with a guitar and played through them again for old times’ sake.

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