“What happened to you?” – Offspring
From the album Smash
Tab transcription by Mark van ‘t Zet (tmvtzet@cs.vu.nl)

NOTE

This is played in the usual punk kind of fashion
so don’t strum all the strings of the chords below.
Mostly only the 3 strings lowest in pitch (which gives
the incredibly complex note formation known as the powerchord)

USED CHORDS

Name E A D G B E

Bb 6-8-8-7-6-6-

C 8-10109-8-8-

Dm x-5-7-7-6-5-
E x-7-9-9-9-7-
Eb x-6-8-8-8-6-

F x-8-1010108-

TAB NOTATION
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X play staccato
XbY bend from fret X to pitch Y
XrY release from bend at pitch X to fret Y
X…X hold bend at pitch X

INTRO

What in the world happened to
you?

VERSE 1

Before you started joking you used to have a brain
But now you don’t get even the simplest of things
I draw a little picture or even use my hands
I try to explain, but you just don’t understand

CHORUS

(Hey, hey) Now you’re really losing it
(Hey, hey) Now you you really don’t allow that you’re gone
(Hey, hey) But you keep on abusing it
What in the world happened to
you?

VERSE 2
It’s not enough to do it, to do it to yourself
You’re taking someone with you well you know there’s something else
I said `I’m not that kind of person, I’m not that kind of man’
I try to explain, but you just don’t understand
CHORUS
(Hey, hey) Now you’re really losing it..
SOLO – Over verse chords

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------------5--7--5--7b9...9----9r7--5------------------
-------5--7---------------------------------------------
--5--8--------------------------------------------------
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--------------10--12--10--12b14r12--10--12--------------
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--10b11r10---13-10-13---15-13-15b17---15b17---15-13-----
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CHORUS
(Hey, hey) Now you’re really losing it..
VERSE 4
I’m not unsympathetic, I cut a little snack
I thought that you were willing to give a little back
But you do it in the morning, you do it in the night
You lie to a friend from this daze in your life
So I’ll see you there tomorrow, be jacking off again
I’ll see you when I’m talking, by the time you understand
I think of all the times that I tried to lend a hand
I try to explain but you just don’t understand
CHORUS
(Hey, hey) Now you’re really losing it..
ENDING

What in the world happened to
What in the world happened to
What in the world happened to you?

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