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A REALLY COOL DANCE SONG – Bowling For Soup
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Tabbed by: NorwegianMoose
E-mail: sindre.deschington@gmail.com
NOTE: This tab already existed, I’m just improving it a bit by adding a couple of stuff missing.
I use this video for time references: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWHhc-trXIA
Tuning:EADGBe
INTRO (00:00)
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--------------------55555555-----------|
D|--22222222-55555555-55555555-77777777--| x2
A|--22222222-55555555-33333333-77777777--|
E|--00000000-33333333----------55555555--|
PM xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxx
RIFF (00:14)
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--------------------55555555-----------|
D|--22222222-55555555-55555555-77777777--|
A|--22222222-55555555-33333333-77777777--|
E|--00000000-33333333----------55555555--|
Guitar 2 (this is actually the keyboard playing, but I thought it could be cool playing
it on guitar if you lack a keyboard)
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------5-5-4------|
A|-7-7-5/7--7-7-5/7--7-7-5/7--------7-5--|
E|---------------------------------------|
VERSE (00:21)
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--------------------55555555-----------|
D|--22222222-55555555-55555555-77777777--| x2
A|--22222222-55555555-33333333-77777777--|
E|--00000000-33333333----------55555555--|
PM xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxx
PRECHORUS (00:34)
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--5555555555555555-77777777777---------|
D|--5555555555555555-77777777777---------|
A|--3333333333333333-55555555555---------|
E|---------------------------------------|
CHORUS (00:41)
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/b/bowling-for-soup/321199.html ]
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--------------------55555555-----------|
D|--22222222-55555555-55555555-77777777--| x2
A|--22222222-55555555-33333333-77777777--|
E|--00000000-33333333----------55555555--|
Guitar 2
e|-12--12--10--10---8---8---5---5--------|
B|---12--12--12--12---8---8---5---5------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
RIFF (00:51)
VERSE (01:02)
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--------------------55555555-----------|
D|--22222222-55555555-55555555-77777777--| x2
A|--22222222-55555555-33333333-77777777--|
E|--00000000-33333333----------55555555--|
PM xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxx
Guitar 2 (after Guitar 1 plays the VERSE once, Guitar 2 plays something like this
in the background)
e|---------------------------------------|
B|--5~-------8~-------13~------10~-------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
PRECHORUS (01:15)
CHORUS (01:21)
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--------------------55555555-----------|
D|--22222222-55555555-55555555-77777777--| x4
A|--22222222-55555555-33333333-77777777--|
E|--00000000-33333333----------55555555--|
-Short keyboard part-
BRIDGE (01:56)
e|---------------------------------------|
B|--4--4--5--5--4--4--5--5--4--4--5------|
G|---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
After all the techno-parts and the vocal’s solo-chorus, just keep playing the chorus
(around 02:27). And around 03:28, Guitar 2’s part of the chorus becomes very apparent for a
short while.
END
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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