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Song: The Kids Aren't Alright
Artist: The Offspring
Album: Americana
Tabbed by: Papa Lemming (golarrazabal@hotmail.com)

This song is really easy but it's pretty fast.

I'll add the timing to the song just below the notes. That way at least you'll0
know which notes are longer. Listen to the guitar.

w: whole note        e: eighth note
h: half note         s: sixteenth note 
q: quarter note

Intro
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|   ': let ring
A|-1'----------4'-------|
E|-------2'----------4'-|
   w     w     w     w



The Part With No Vocals
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------*
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------*
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------------------------*
E|---------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-*
   e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e

G*-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D*-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A*-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------------|
E*---------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
   e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e



Verse
G|-------------------------------------------------------------*
D|-------------------------------------------------------------*
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------------------------------* 
E|-------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-*
   e e e e e e e e e e e e e e h e e e e e e e e e e e e e e h
                               
G*-------------------------------------------------------------|
D*-------------------------------------------------------------|
A*-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------|
E*-------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
   e e e e e e e e e e e e e e h e e e e e e e e e e e e e e h



Chorus
G|-----------------------------------------------------*
D|---------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-*
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------------------*  
E|-----------------------------------------------------*
   h e e h e e h e e e e e e h e e h e e h e e e e e e

G*-----------------------------------------------------|
D*-----------------------------------------------------|
A*-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------|    
E*---------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
   h e e h e e h e e e e e e h e e h e e h e e e e e e



Outro
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
   e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e 



Song Structure:
- Intro 1x
- The Part With No Vocals 2x
- Verse 2x
- Chorus 2x
- The Part With No Vocals 2x
- Verse 2x
- Chorus 2x
- The Part With No Vocals 2x (Guitar solo)
- Chorus 2x
- Outro 1x


Some notes about the song:
- In the 'Part With No Vocals' each note is played 16 times, all have the same
  lenght
- In the Verse each note is played 15 times, and the last time is longer
- In the Chorus each note is played 13 times, and the 1st, 4th and 7th
  time are longer
- In the Outro you play that A# 32 times, all have the same lenght
- The stars you find in the tab mean that the same riff continues in the lines
  below

Cool thing the guitar does at the beginning
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-1--1/3-4------3-4---1-3-4-4/6-4-3-4-|
E|----------2--2-----4-----------------|


Have fun playing this song.

That's it. Question, comments? E-mail me at golarrazabal@hotmail.com

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net