Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal Live guitar tab
Tuning: Dropped D (D A D G B E)
Use lots of distortion.
v = downstroke
^ = upstroke
Intro (4x) [0:00]
v v ^ v ^ v ^ v v v ^ v v v ^ v v
E|--------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------||
D|-7--7-7-7-7-5-5-9-9--7-7-10-10--10-10-10--5-------||
A|-7--7-7-7-7-5-5-9-9--7-7-10-10--10-10-10--5-------||
D|-7--7-7-7-7-5-5-9-9--7-7-10-10--10-10-10--5-------||
pm..........................................
Verse (4x) [0:16]
v v ^ v ^ v ^ v v v ^ v v v ^ v v
E|--------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------||
D|-7--7-7-7-7-5-5-9-9--7-7-10-10--10-10-10--5-------||
A|-7--7-7-7-7-5-5-9-9--7-7-10-10--10-10-10--5-------||
D|-7--7-7-7-7-5-5-9-9--7-7-10-10--10-10-10--5-------||
pm..........................................
Pre-Chorus (4x) [0:30]
v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^ v v v v v v ^ v v v v
E|------------------|-------|-----------------------||
B|------------------|-------|-----------------------||
G|------------------|-------|-----------------------||
D|-3333333333333333-|-5-5-x-|-2-2--2-2-5-3-5-7------||
A|-3333333333333333-|-5-5-x-|-2-2--2-2-5-3-5-7------||
D|-3333333333333333-|-5-5-x-|-2-2--2-2-5-3-5-7------||
endings: 1,2,3 4
Chorus (2x) [0:46]
v^v^ v^ v v v^ v v v^ v v v v
E|--------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------||
D|-7777-77-5-5--55-3-3--33-5-3-5-7------------------||
A|-7777-77-5-5--55-3-3--33-5-3-5-7------------------||
D|-7777-77-5-5--55-3-3--33-5-3-5-7------------------||
v^v^ v^ v v v^ v v v^ v v v v
E|--------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------||
D|-7777-77-5-5--55-3-3--33-2-2-5-7------------------||
A|-7777-77-5-5--55-3-3--33-2-2-5-7------------------||
D|-7777-77-5-5--55-3-3--33-2-2-5-7------------------||
^first time only
Post-Chorus (4x) [1:00]
v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^ v v v v v v v
E|------------------|-------|-----------------------||
B|------------------|-------|-----------------------||
G|------------------|-------|-----------------------||
D|-3333333333333333-|-5-5-x-|-3------2-2-----2------||
A|-3333333333333333-|-5-5-x-|-3------2-2-----2------||
D|-3333333333333333-|-5-5-x-|-3------2-2-----2------||
endings: 1,2,3 4
Verse (4x) [1:15]
v v ^ v ^ v ^ v v v ^ v v v ^ v v
E|--------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------||
D|-7--7-7-7-7-5-5-9-9--7-7-10-10--10-10-10--5-------||
A|-7--7-7-7-7-5-5-9-9--7-7-10-10--10-10-10--5-------||
D|-7--7-7-7-7-5-5-9-9--7-7-10-10--10-10-10--5-------||
pm..........................................
Pre-Chorus (4x) [1:30]
v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^ v v v v v v ^ v v v v
E|------------------|-------|-----------------------||
B|------------------|-------|-----------------------||
G|------------------|-------|-----------------------||
D|-3333333333333333-|-5-5-x-|-2-2--2-2-5-3-5-7------||
A|-3333333333333333-|-5-5-x-|-2-2--2-2-5-3-5-7------||
D|-3333333333333333-|-5-5-x-|-2-2--2-2-5-3-5-7------||
endings: 1,2,3 4
Chorus (2x) [1:46]
v^v^ v^ v v v^ v v v^ v v v v
E|--------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------||
D|-7777-77-5-5--55-3-3--33-5-3-5-7------------------||
A|-7777-77-5-5--55-3-3--33-5-3-5-7------------------||
D|-7777-77-5-5--55-3-3--33-5-3-5-7------------------||
v^v^ v^ v v v^ v v v^ v v v v
E|--------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------||
D|-7777-77-5-5--55-3-3--33-2-2-5-7------------------||
A|-7777-77-5-5--55-3-3--33-2-2-5-7------------------||
D|-7777-77-5-5--55-3-3--33-2-2-5-7------------------||
^first time only
Post-Chorus (4x) [2:00]
v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^ v v v v
E|-----------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------||
G|-----------------------------------------||
D|-3333333333333333--3------2-2-----2------||
A|-3333333333333333--3------2-2-----2------||
D|-3333333333333333--3------2-2-----2------||
Interlude [2:08]
v v ^ v ^ v ^ v v v ^ v v v ^ v v
E|--------------------------------------------|------||
B|----------------(2-times)-------------------|------||
G|--------------------------------------------|------||
D|-7--7-7-7-7-5-5-9-9--7-7-10-10--10-10-10--5-|--7---||
A|-7--7-7-7-7-5-5-9-9--7-7-10-10--10-10-10--5-|--7---||
D|-7--7-7-7-7-5-5-9-9--7-7-10-10--10-10-10--5-|--7---||
pm.......................................... ^tremolo pick this
Solo (8x) [2:23]
v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v
E|--------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------||
G|--5-4---4-----------------------|| play really fast
D|------7---7-5-0-5-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-||
A|--------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------||
Chorus (2x) [2:38] Let notes ring more this time
v^v^ v^ v v v^ v v v^ v v v v
E|--------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------||
D|-7777-77-5-5--55-3-3--33-5-3-5-7------------------||
A|-7777-77-5-5--55-3-3--33-5-3-5-7------------------||
D|-7777-77-5-5--55-3-3--33-5-3-5-7------------------||
v^v^ v^ v v v^ v v v^ v v v v
E|--------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------||
D|-7777-77-5-5--55-3-3--33-2-2-5-7------------------||
A|-7777-77-5-5--55-3-3--33-2-2-5-7------------------||
D|-7777-77-5-5--55-3-3--33-2-2-5-7------------------||
^first time only
