guitar 2

———————-
———————-
———————-
———————- play 4 times
———————-
–7–7-7–7-7–7-5-9–

Verse 1
As I was walkin down rubadub square (Riff A, see at bottom)
Not a chill to the window a little to the air (Riff A)

It could be an illusion, but I might as well try
..might as well try

Verse 2
She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes (Riff A)
And I could tell without asking she was into the blues (Riff A)
She wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls
I knew right away she was not like other girls

Chorus
Well I ain’t never been right as I ain’t never been wrong
As everthing works out the way it does in this song
Cause once in a while you get shown in the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right

solo

————–1-2-1——————–3-4-3——————6-7-6—-
——1—4-4——-4———-3—6-6——-6——–6—9-9——-9–
–2-2———————-4-4——————–7-7——————
————————
————————
————————
–9-7-6—————–
——–9-7-9-7–6-7-6–
————————
—————————-7——
————————–7—-9b–
——————–6-8-9———-
————–6-7-9—————-
——–6-7-9———————-
9-7–7—————————–
————7-9-11–11p9–12-11-9—————
-9h10–9-7————————-10-9p7—-7–
————————————————
————————————————
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Verse 3 Same as above
It was the summer of love and I thank the stars above
Because the women took the lovin over me
And just to gain her trust, I bought a microbus
Because I sold off my personal property

A tie-dyed dress , she was a psychadelic mess
We toured to the north, south, east and west
We sold some mushroom tea,
Sold some ectacy,
Sold nitrus, opium, acid, herion and PCP
Now I hear the police coming after me
Now I hear the police coming after me
The one scarlet with the flowers in her hair,
She’s got the police coming after me

Well there ain’t nothing wrong with the way she moves
All scarlet begoinas and a touch of the blues
And there ain’t nothin wrong with the love that’s in her eyes
I had to learn the hard way just to let her pass by.

—————–4——————-
——–5-4—-4—7——5-4——–
–4—4——4———-4—–4—6–
—-4—————–4———7—- play 3 times
————————————-
————————————-
—————————————–
—————————————–
—————–1———————–
——–2-1——–4——2-1———— play 3 times and fade out
–2—2——–2——–2—–2—2h4-2–
—-2——–2——–2———5——–

Riff A

———————-
———————-
———————-
————-6-7-6—-
——6–9-9——-9–
–7-7—————–

Verse 1:
Sleepin’ by yourself at night can make you feel alone
your girlfriend said so, but I really don’t know
that don’t mean we ed around
that night last week when you left town

Verse 2:
Was tweakin’ by myself one night that’s when I wrote this tune

didn’t have no need for that bed in my hotel room
uh-huh, sometimes right now since I’ve left the pen
feels like I’m right back there again

Chorus:
sometimes I pray
waiting, waiting for some bright holiday (holiday)
So I bought myself a gun
and I’m right back, right back where I’m from

Verse 3:
sleepin’ by yourself at night can make you feel alone
my girfriend said so- she’s a little ho
that don’t mean I around
I like to keep that higher ground

Chorus:
sometimes I pray
waiting, waiting for some bright holiday (holiday)
So I bought myself a gun
and I’m right back, right back where I’m from

Break:
oohhh, don’t tease me
ohhh, don’t tease me
don’t tease me, oh

Chorus:
sometimes I pray
waiting, waiting for some bright holiday (holiday)
So I bought myself a gun
and I’m right back, right back where I’m from

Outro:
play C-Bb-A-A progression 3X then..
play C-Bb-G-G

This song is comprised of the following chords; these are not progressions. It has a
feel for eigth notes and the strum is a varied mixture of chops.
The three divisions below are patterns the song follows.

A5 A6 D5 D6 E5 E6 F (RIFF 1)

E||--------|--------|------------|--8---|---------------||
B||---------|---------|------------|--10--|---------------||
G||---------|---------|------------|--10--|---------------||
D||---------|--7---9--|---9---11---|--10--|------------7--||
A||--7---9--|--5---5--|---7----7---|--8---|-----7s--9-----||
E||--5---5--|---------|--(0)--(0)--|------|--5------------||

E||---5---|--5--|--7--|--8---|
B||---5---|--6--|--9--|--10--|
G||--(5)--|--7--|--9--|--10--|
D||---7---|--7--|--9--|--10--|
A||---7---|--5--|--7--|--8---|
E||---5---|-----|-----|------|

E||---5---|--3--|-----|--2--|--5--||
B||---5---|--5--|--5--|--4--|--4--||
G||--(5)--|--5--|--5--|--4--|--4--||
D||---7---|--5--|--3--|--4--|--4--||
A||---7---|--3--|--3--|--2--|--2--||
E||---5---|-----|-----|-----|-----||

Here it is completely broken down…

A5A6 (RIFF 1)
Stolen from an africa land

A5A6
Chased out with a knife

D5D6 A5A6
With a face like Bob Marley and a mouth like a motor bike

E5E6 F Am
Oh well the bars are always open and the time is always right

Dm F A5A6
And if God’s good word goes unspoken the music goes all night

And it goes…

If I was Bob Marley I said could you be loved

If I’m half pint I’m a lord up above

If I was Mike Tyson I’d look for a fight

If I was a Boomtown Rat I would be stayin up all night

If I was the king I’d rock I would get stupid dumb

If rhymes were valium I’d be comfortably numb

If rhymes were valium I’d be comfortably numb

Giberish

Am A5A6
If I had a shotgun, you know what I’d do

D5D6
I’d point that sht straight at the sky

and shoot heaven on down for you

Because the bars are always open and the time is always right

And if God’s good word goes unspoken the music goes all night

And it goes…

I want a lover but I can’t find the time

I want a reason but I can’t find the rhyme

And I want to start static but I can’t afford

To get slammed to the ground I fall off my skateborad

Now a days as clear as you please

Get strap with protection or strap with disease

strap with protection or strap with disease

I’m strap with protection strap with disea(se)

uh ooh uh uh uh uh

daooh brah bump buh brump buh bump buh buh

ooooh ooh ooh oooh

ooh ooh ooooh

bah dah dah dah ba dah ba dah-pa da ba dah

oh I know I know I know

I know I.… know

Ina wanna wanna aauh uooh

bop bop bop bop bop-da da bah

B7 (5 times)

NOTE: When playing the choppy parts in the verses, the A5/A6 and D5/D6 can be played
the fifth and fourth strings open respectively.

verse:
could play a Bb between Ab and Eb see fig 1
C, Bb, Eb, C Bb Ab Eb
How can you say. “You torture me”, when you’re already thinking about
someone else.
C, Bb, Eb,
When he comes home you’ll be in his arms and I’ll be gone.
G, D, Db, Ab G, D, Db, Ab
But I know my day will come, I know someday I’ll be the only one.

So now you wait for a spark, you now it will turn you on.
He’s gonna make you feel the way you want to feel.
When he starts to lie, when he makes you cry you’ll now I’ll be there.
My day will come , I know someday I’ll be the only one.

bridge
Call me selfish, call it what you like I think it’s right.

To want someone for all your own and not to share their love.

But I'll have my way.
You don’t stand a chance anyway.

Cause I got to you, you don’t stand a chance.

So now you wait for his cock, you know it will turn you on.
He’s gonna make you feel the way you want to feel.
When he starts to lie, when he makes you cry you’ll now I’ll be there.
My day will come , I know someday I’ll be the only one.
My day will come , I know someday I’ll be the only one.
You say you want perfection, that’s your self-destruction.
You don’t know what you want, it’s gonna take you a year to find out.
I am not givin up.
And when you’ve had enough, you take your bruised little head
and you’ll come running back to me
G, D, Db, Ab
I know that I will be the only one.
distortion or not its a cool song you can have alot of fun with it.

FIg 1

e|——————————————-|
B|——————————————-|
G|———-8———————————|
D|——6—8———————————–
A|——6—6———————————-
E|——4/6————————————–

I listened to the song and also used the bass tab on the site to figure
this out if you are a big sublime fan check out stories tales lies and
exaggerations its a great documentry about sublime and their is a killer
version of this song solo electric with bradley. My day will come! rock on

Notation:
hhammer on
ppull off
b bend (the line up that says “full” or “1/4” “1/2”, etc. is how much you bend the note)
xmuted note
(number here)after bend a release of the bend

hope you got it, cuz here it is.

Intro

|---------------0--------------------------------5-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------8------------------0---------------|
|--------7---------7-------7--------6---6---------------7------6--------------------7--|
|-----6-----6-------------------------------7----------------------x-------------------|
|--7-------------------7---------0--------------------------0---------------7---7------|
|-----------------------------0--------------------------------------------------------|

|------0------------------------5------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------8-----------------------------------0--------------|
|---------------7---------6----------------------------8-------------------9-----------|
|--6------6--------------------------------------------------8-------8-----------------|
|------------7--------7------7---------7------------9-----9-----9-------------------9--|
|------------------5----------------------5---7--7----------------------------7--7-----|

|---------------------------------------------------------------0|
|--------------0---------------------------0--------------------0|
|-----------------9---------------------------9-----------------3|
|--7--------8------------------7--------8-----------------7-----4|
|-----7--7------------------9-----9--9-----------------9---------|
|--------------------7---7-----------------------7--7--------0---|

Verse:

the first part of the verse doesn’t have any guitar. it starts up after the lyric goes like this
“. . .someone else’s dick. . .”

|---7--7--5--5--|
|---8--8--6--6--|
|---7--7--5--5--| over and over and over. . .
|---9--9--7--7--|
|---------------|
|---------------|

Interlude

|--3----------75--5--5--7--7--5--5--4--|
|--3-------6--86--6--6--8--8--6--6--5--|
|--4-------7--75--5--5--7--7--5--5--4--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

Guitar Solo
[1/4] [1/4]

|--------------/--------------------3-----------------/--------------------------------------|
|-------------/----------------3h5-----5p3-----3-----/---------------------------------------|
|------------/------------/4----------------4-----2b/-(2)p0--2--0--2--------0----------------|
|--0h2----5b/--2--0--0h2----------------------------------------------0--2-----2p0--2--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0--|

full___ full full_____
/ / / full

|--12b-/----12-------------------------------------------/-----------7 b-/-7---7---------10b|
|--15b/-----15--(15)-------------------------------------/------------10b/--10--10-(10)-------|
|----------------------------------------------------10b/---h7--7/9---------------------9-----|
|---------------------------5------------0----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------/7-----/7---0h2-----0--0--0-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

full full full

|------------------------------------------------------------------------/--------/--------/---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------/--------/--------/----|
|--9-----------------------9---(9)-------------------------------0--2b/--h0--2b/--h0--2b/--h0-|
|------10--12--10--13--12-------------7/8/9--7--5-----------0--2-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------7---0h2-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

full

|----------------------------------------------------------------------/--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------8b/---|
|-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--------------7h9---(9)---------|
|--0h2-----0h2-----0h2-----0h2-----0h2-----0h2---/7h9---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

1/4 1/4 1/4 full full full full full full

|--------/------/------/---10--------/---------/-----12----/----12----/----12----/----12----/--|
|-----8b/----8b/----8b/----------15b/------15b/--------15b/-------15b/-------15b/-------15b/---|
|--9------9------9------9----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

full full full full full

|--12----/---15----/--12--12-----/---12--15b/---17p15--12--15b/---12------12------12--|
|----15b/------15b/----------15b/-------------------------------------15------15-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[1/4] [1/2]

|------/--------------------------------------------------------------------------------/-------|
|-----/--------------------------------------------------------------------------------/--------|
|--2b/---h0--2-----0h2----------------------0---------0------------0------------0---2b/------0--|
|---------------2-------2--5/6/15---0h1h2-----0h1h2-----2--0h1h2-----2--0h1h2------------2-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[1/2] [1/2]

|----------------------------------------------------------/--------------/--------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------/--------------/---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------/--------------/----------------------|
|--2-----2-----------------------5--7--8--------5--6--7b/--h5-----8--7b/--h5--5--7----5--7--5--|
|-----2-----0--2--------------------------5--7-----------------7-------------------------------|
|-----------------3---0---0--------------------------------------------------------------------|

1/4 |wammy w/ bar“““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““|

|-------/---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------/----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----/---------9--rest--12--9--12--9--12--9--12--9--12--9--12---9---12--9--12--9--12--9--12--9-|
|--7b/----5--7----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------7---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

whew. . .well thats all of it. hope you understand the bends the way i notated them. good luck
and all that good stuff

Verse 1

I swear sometimes your taking me for granted.

I swear sometimes that your a whore.

I swear but I know there ain’t no reason

‘cuz everything is such a bore

Verse 2(just G F progression)
(N.C.)
I had a dream, don’t make me sick, saw you in your bedroom
suckin’ someone elses dick (my goodness!)
My friends all laughed, said it was my fault, said it’s
time that it happened to me, but i know that the show was
much more than a low, so I’m waiting for the tide to get
low, waiting for the tide to get low

Break(Just bass)

Verse 3(same chord progession)

If I was an ant crawlin’ upon the wall, tell me baby,
would it make no difference at all? If I was a roach on a
tree tell me, would you smoke me?
Bright lights put me in trance but it ain’t house music,
makes me wanna dance, word, I don’t gamble but I bet I’m
gonna die if I don’t get a cigarette, trust me close I
always play the mac put the monkey on my back, mmmmhhmmm

Outro

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Intro:

|------------------|------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-9-9-9-10-10-10-9-|-9-9-9-10-10-10-9-|-14-14-14-15-15-15-14-|-9-9-9-10-10-10-9-|
|-7-7-7-8--8--8--7-|-7-7-7-8--8--8--7-|-12-12-12-13-13-13-12-|-7-7-7-8--8--8--7-|
|------------------|------------------|----------------------|------------------|

If I’m playing by myself, I like to do the little bass fills in there too,
so I’ll tab them out.

After the first one:

|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-6-5-3-------|
|-------6-5-3-|

Second:

|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-----0-2-1---|
|-0-3-------3-|

Third:

|------|
|------|
|------|
|------|
|------|

|-12/0-|

After the fourth there isn’t one, just hold the chord until you go to the last part of the intro:

Strum these chords a bit.

|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-12-12-12-11-11-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-9--9--8--8--|
|----------------------|

Alright, now for the bulk of the song. Here’s the chords that get used:

|-7-|-5-|-7-|-8--|----|-10-|
|-8-|-5-|-7-|-8--|-12-|-10-|
|-9-|-5-|-8-|-9--|-12-|-11-|
|-9-|-7-|-9-|-10-|-12-|-12-|
|-7-|-7-|-9-|-10-|-10-|-12-|
|-7-|-5-|-7-|-8--|----|-10-|

And here we go.

Let me tell you ‘bout a girl I know

Had a drink about an hour ago
Sitting in a corner by herself
In a bar in downtown hell

She heard a noise and she looked to the door

And saw a man she’d never seen before
Light skin, light blue eyes
A double chin and a plastic smile

Her heart raced as he walked through the door

And took an empty seat next to her at the bar
’My brand new car is parked right outside
How’d you like to go for a ride?’ And she said

’Wait a minute I have to think’

He said ‘That’s fine may I please buy you a drink?’
One drink turned into 3 or 4
And they left and got into his car
And they drove away some place real far

Now babe, the time has come

How’d you like to have a little fun? And she said
’If we could only please be on our way,
I would not run’

That’s when things got out of control

She didn’t want to
He had his way
She said let’s go
He said no way

Come on babe it’s your lucky day
Shut your mouth we’re gonna do it my way
Come on baby don’t be afraid
If it wasn’t for date rape, I’d never get laid

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Now it’s solo time! This is the general gist of it, though there are some subtle
tweaks that I couldn’t catch, but I know are there. When I’ve tabbed out the 10^^^10,
You have to hit the ten, bend it up to a 12 and hold it while you hit 12 on the high E string,
and then hit the bent ten again while bringing it down. It’s a Chuck Berry riff, a little
difficult to get used to but sounds great. It’s also used in the latter half of the solo,
where you bend up 10 and hit 7 as well.

/ – Slide up
– Slide down
H – Hammer
P – Pick off
^ – Bend up the next note, so if it’s says 10^12, bend the 10 up to a 12
~ – Vibrato (very little in this song, so don’t overdo it)

|------------|----12-----|--------------------------------|
|-----8-10p8-|-10^^^108-|-10p8---8-----------------------|
|-7/9--------|-----------|------9---9-7~---7--------------|
|------------|-----------|---------------9---9-7h9P7------|
|------------|-----------|---------------------------10-7-|
|------------|-----------|--------------------------------|
|----------------|-----------------||--------|
|----------------|-10~~8~7~----8---||-10P8---|
|----------7-9-9-|---------7-9---9-||------9-|(This section is
|------7-9-------|-----------------||--------|played about 7x)
|-7-10-----------|-----------------||--------|
|----------------|-----------------||--------|

….PM…..

|----7--|

|-10^12-|

|-------|(This section is
|-------|played around 5x)
|-------|
|-------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-10^12-8---10P8----------------------|
|---------9------9-7-9-9-9-10-10-10-9-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

Then play the intro again, and we’re back into the second verse.

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He finished up, started the car

He turned around and drove back to the bar
He said ‘Now baby, don’t be said,’
’In my opinion, you weren’t half bad.’

She picked up a rock.

Threw it at the car.

Hit him in the head

Now he’s got a big scar
Come on, party people won’t you listen to me

The next day, she went to her drawer

Looked up her local attorney-at-law
Went to the phone and filed a police report
And then she took the guys ass to court

The day he stood infront of the judge

He screamed ‘She lies, that little slt!’
The judge knew he was full of sht
So he gave him 25 years
And now his heart is filled with tears

One night in jail, it was getting late

He was but-raped by a large inmate
And he screamed
But the guards payed no attention to his cries

That’s when things got out of control

The moral of the

It does not pay
To be drunk and horny

But that’s the way it had to be
They locked him up and threw away the key
Well I can’t take pity on men of his kind
Even though he now takes it in the behind

But that’s the way it had to be
They locked him up and threw away the key
Well I can’t take pity on men of his kind
Even though he now takes it in the behind

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The horns play the next part, but if you don’t have any (most likely)
I tabbed it out.

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------12------12-----------------------------------------------------|
|-9-12----9-12---------11------11-------12-------12-------------------|(x2)
|-----------------9-13----9-13----10-14----10-14----------12-------12-|
|---------------------------------------------------10-14----10-14----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Nanana na na na
Nanana na na na
Nanana na na na
Nanana na na na

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She didn’t want to

She didn’t want to

She didn’t want to

She didn’t want to

Take it!

^^Those lyrics are sung over this riff:

|---------|
|---------|
|---------|(X4)
|-9---7---|

|-7-9-5-7-|

|---7---5-|

And end on this, with TAKE IT!:

|—–|
|—–|
|—–|
|-9-9-|
|-7-7-|
|—–|

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And that’s that, you’ve successfully learned Date Rape by Sublime.