Offspring - The kids aren t allright guitar tab
The Kids Aren't Allright
The Offspring
/=slide up
=slide down
X=muted
h=hammer on
p=pull off
m=palm muted (printed above the note/chord that is to be palm muted)
^=bend (the note that you are supposed to bend to will be in brackets
beside it)
All of this is for first guitar
Riff A
I think this entire riff may be palm muted, although I could be wrong
E:-----------------------------------------------------------------------:
B:-----------------------------------------------------------------------:
G:-----6---6-----5---5---5-5/6-6-------6---6-----5---5---5-5/6-6---------:
D:-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------:
A:-----------------------------------------------------------------------:
E:-----------------------------------------------------------------------:
Here's more of Riff A
E:------------------------------------------------------:
B:------------------------------------------------------:
G:-----6---6-----5---5-5-5/6-6-6/8-8-6--6-5-55/66-------:
D:-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-66-66-------:
A:------------------------------------------------------:
E:------------------------------------------------------:
Riff B (kind of an intro solo)
This part has tremlo picking
(----------------------)
E:-------------------------------------------------------:
B:-------------------------------------------------------:
G:-------------------------------------------------------:
D:-------------------------------------------------------:
A:-1---1/3--4--------3--4-----1--3--4--4/6--4--3--4----:
E:--------------2---2/-------4---------------------------:
Riff C (the main part)
Alot of quick palm muting here
mmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmm
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------:
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------:
G:-------------------------------------------------------------------:
D:-----------------------------------6-6666666666666-----------------:
A:--8--88888888888884-4444444444444/4-4444444444444-6-6666666666666/:
E:--6--66666666666662-2222222222222/----------------4-4444444444444/:
Riff D
This isn't anywhere close to the exact rhytm, but you can probably
figure the right one out by listening to it.
E:-------------------------------------------------------:
B:-------------------------------------------------------:
G:-------------------------------------------------------:
D:-------------10-10--10-10-10--------------13--13-13--13:
A:-8-8-8888-8-8-9--9---9--9--9-10-10--10-10-11--11-11--11:
E:-6-6-6666-6-6-----------------9--9---9--9--------------:
Riff E (the real solo)
(Swith on overdrive distortion here
E:---------------------------------------------16--------------------:
B:----------------------/9--/11--/14--/16--/18----16^(18)-16--14--16-:
G:-------------------------------------------------------------------:
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------:
A:-1--1/33--3/44-4/66-8----------------------------------------------:
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------:
E:-------------------------------------------------------:
B:-18-/18--/18-18-18-16-14----14h16-14-------------------:
G:-------------------------13----------/13-13-11---------:
D:-------------------------------------------------------:
A:-------------------------------------------------------:
E:-------------------------------------------------------:
Here's the funky part of the solo it reminds me of that song that goes:
Do your ears hang low do they wobble too and fro, can you tie them in a
knot, can you tie them in a bow.
Well, it kinda does
E:------------------------------------------------------------------------:
B:---------14-14-14----------------------14-16-18-18-18-16 14 16 18 16 16-:
G:-13--15--------------12-13-15-13-12-13----------------------------------:
D:------------------15----------------------------------------------------:
A:------------------------------------------------------------------------:
E:------------------------------------------------------------------------:
Riff F (not very hard)
Too many notes to tab out, so just stop playing when noodles does
E:-----------------------------------------------------------:
B:--11----11----11----11----11----11----11----11----11---11-:
G:-----13----13----13----13----13----13----13----13---13-----:
D:-----------------------------------------------------------:
A:-----------------------------------------------------------:
E:-----------------------------------------------------------:
SONG ORDER:
Riff A*2
Riff B*2
Riff C*2
Riff D*2
Riff B*2
Riff C*2
Riff D*2
Riff E
Riff D*2 (First Guitar plays Riff F at same time)
