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"I'll Be Waiting" by the Offspring, from "Offspring"
TABBED by Neil James <Neil.James@tclbbs.com>
This is my favorite song off their "new" album, cool lyrics and guitar. the most part, alot of the lead is right, but there's some stuff I wasn' sure about. Didn't tab out the whole solo during the bassline in the mi Sorry, for free, this is all you get :)
Standard Tuning (E A D G B E)
Lead Intro (Mild Distortion)
KEY: / -- Slide h -- Hammer On p -- Pull Off ~ -- Vibrato ) -- Bend
E|-----------------------------------------------15h17~-17p15-------| B|-----------------------------------------14h17--------------15-18-| G|-14/12-----------------------------14h16--------------------------| D|-------15-12-----12-17p15-12h15/17--------------------------------| A|-------------15---------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----)-----)-----)------------------------------------------------| B|-13/15-13/15-13/15-15p13------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------14p12------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------14p12--------------------------12~-| A|-------------------------------------12----------------12h15------| E|----------------------------------------15----12h14h15------------|
Verse
D F(hi) C G E|---------------------------------------------------------------------- B|---------------------------------------------------------------------- G|--------7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----------------------- D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5 A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5 E|----------------------------------------8--8--8--8--8--8-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 ..Once I had a friend that I could count on times of need are not enou
During the spoken word, strum A -> |---| and finish it with A# -> |---| |-2-| |-3-| |-2-| |-3-| |-2-| |-3-| |-0-| |-1-| |---| |---| Chorus F(hi) C D A A# E|---------------------------------------------------------------------- B|---------------------------------------------------------------------- G|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------- D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/8-8 A|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7/8-8 E|-----------------------8--8--8--8--8--8--8---------------5-5-5-5-5/6-6
Halfway through chorus, play this little fill.
E|--------------------------------------| B|-14p12-14p12-14p12-14p12-14p12--------| G|-------------------------------12h15~-| D|--------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------|
Then this at the end of the chorus
E|--)--)--)--)--)-------------12h13~~~~-| B|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13p12-12-----------| G|--------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------|
The Bassline Bridge is something like.
G|-----------------------| D|-----------------------| A|---0-0---0-0---0-0-----| E|-3-----3-----3-----3-0-|
And for the solo, improvise something on this scale and it should sound ok.
|----------------------------------15-17-| |----------------------13-15-16-17-------| |----------------12-14-------------------| |-------12-13-14-------------------------| |-12-15----------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|
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