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Unskinny Bop Guitar Tablature
                                  UNSKINNY BOP
                              As recorded by Poison
                      (From the 1991 Album FLESH AND BLOOD)

Words and Music by Poison
Arranged by James Stewart
Transcribed by James Stewart

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Guitar 2'

 Intro
  Moderate Rock Q=95(s8=8
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          Wx3
|----------|------------|
|----------|------------|
|----------|------------|
|----------|------------|
|----------|------------|
|----------|------------|


 )
                                        A5
                                          |-3-|
  Q     +E  E  E      +E      +Q        E S S S S S E H
|-----------------------------------||---------------------|
|-----------------------------------||o--------------------|
|-----------x-<3>pb8r(<3>)b6-(<3>)--||------------2--------|
|-----------------------------------||--2-----2-4----------|
|-0pb4r=(0)-------------------------||o-0-3h4--------------|
|-----------------------------------||---------------------|


                    G5/D  D
                  PM
  |-3-| |-3-|
  S S S S S S S S E S S S S +Q
|-------------------3---3-2-(2)---||
|-------------------3---3-3-(3)--o||
|-4p2p0---------2-----------------||
|-------4p2p0---------------------||
|-------------4---0--------------o||
|---------------------------------||


 1st Verse
  A5                                     G5/D  D
                                       PM
    |-3-|              |-3-| |-3-|
  E S S S S S E H      S S S S S S S S E S S S S +Q
|--------------------|-------------------3---3-2-(2)--|
|--------------------|-------------------3---3-3-(3)--|
|-----------2--------|-4p2p0---------2----------------|
|-2-----2-4----------|-------4p2p0--------------------|
|-0-3h4--------------|-------------4---0--------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|


  A5                                     G5/D  D        A5
                                       PM
    |-3-|              |-3-| |-3-|                        |-3-|
  E S S S S S E H      S S S S S S S S E S S S S +Q     E S S S S S E H
|--------------------|-------------------3---3-2-(2)--|--------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------3---3-3-(3)--|--------------------|
|-----------2--------|-4p2p0---------2----------------|-----------2--------|
|-2-----2-4----------|-------4p2p0--------------------|-2-----2-4----------|
|-0-3h4--------------|-------------4---0--------------|-0-3h4--------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------|


                    G5/D  D
                  PM
  |-3-| |-3-|
  S S S S S S S S E S S S S +Q
|-------------------3---3-2-(2)--|
|-------------------3---3-3-(3)--|
|-4p2p0---------2----------------|
|-------4p2p0--------------------|
|-------------4---0--------------|
|--------------------------------|


  A5                                     G5/D  D
                                       PM
    |-3-|              |-3-| |-3-|
  E S S S S S E H      S S S S S S S S E S S S S +Q
|--------------------|-------------------3---3-2-(2)--||
|--------------------|-------------------3---3-3-(3)--||
|-----------2--------|-4p2p0---------2----------------||
|-2-----2-4----------|-------4p2p0--------------------||
|-0-3h4--------------|-------------4---0--------------||
|--------------------|--------------------------------||


 Pre-Chorus
  $
  E
            PM        PM            PM    PM    PM       ~~~~~~~~
  E +E  S S S S     S S S S S E S   E S S S S S S S S S  S  +E. S
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------5b5.5---------------|---------------------[5]-(5)p0-|
|-------7p0-------------7p0-------|---7p0---7p5---7h8-------------|
|-0-(0)-----0---------0-----3-3-3-|-0-----0-----0-----0-----------|
|
| Gtr II
| W                                 W
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|


                        Dsus2
  E S S S S S S S S S E        E.
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|---7px---5s7---7p0-----------------|
|-0-----0-----0-----0-3--------3----|
|
|                              ~~~~~
| H             Q        S     e.
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------17----17----|
|-----------------------19b21-19b21-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|


                                Chorus
                                 A5                               G5   D5
                                                      |---3---|
  E. S S S S S S S S  S  +Q      E. S S S S S E   E E S   +S  S   H    Q  E E
|-----------------------------||--------------------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------------||--------------------------------|------3--3---|
|-----------------------------||-2----------2-4b6-4-2-4b6r(4)p2-|------2--2---|
|--------------------[5]-(5)--||-2------2-4---------------------|-5----0--0-0-|
|----7p0---5-----7p0----------||-0--3h4-------------------------|-5-----------|
|-0------0-----0--------------||--------------------------------|-3-----------|


  A5                         G5/DG5   D5     A5
                           ~
  E. S S S S S  e      e   E E   H    H      E. S S S S S E    e   E   E
|------------------------------|-----------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------3----|------------------------------|
|-2------2-4p2-[4]b6==[4]r-2-0-|------2----|-2----------2-4b6-[4]-[2]-[4]-|
|-2------2-------------------0-|-5----0----|-2------2-4-------------------|
|-0--3h4-----------------------|-5---------|-0--3h4-----------------------|
|------------------------------|-3---------|------------------------------|


                           To Coda
  G5    D5D G5/D  E5
  Q  Q  E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------2-3-4-|-----------------|
|-------3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
|-------2-------|-----------------|
|-5--5--0-------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-5--5----------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-3--3----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


                       2nd Verse
                        A5              A     A/E
                ~~
                          |-3-|
  S E S E S E S Q.      E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|--------------------||---------------------------------|
|--------------------||---------------x-2---x-2-----x---|
|--------------------||-----------2---x-2---x-2-----x---|
|--------------------||-2-----2-4-------------2---------|
|--------------------||-0-3h4---------------------------|
|-x-2-x-3-x-4-x-5----||---------------------------------|


      A/E           A     G5/D  D       Bb
  S   S   S   S   S S S S S S S E     E S
|-------------------------3---3-2-----2---|
|-x---2-------x---x-2---x-3---3-3-----3-3-|
|-x---2-------x---x-2---x---------------3-|
|-----2-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|                     PM
| |--3--| |--3--|
| S S   S S S   S S S E   S S S S +Q
|-------------------------3---3-2-(2)-----|
|-------------------------3---3-3-(3)-----|
|-4p2p==0-----------2---------------------|
|---------4p2p==0-------------------------|
|-----------------4---0-------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|


  A5AE        A/A
  S S S   S   S S S S S S S S E E   W
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---2-----x---2-2---x-x-2---x-2-x-|----------------------------------|
|-2-2-----x---2-2---x-x-2---x-2-x-|----------------------------------|
|-2-----------2-------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
|                                                   PM
|     |--3--|                       |-3-| |-3-|
| E   S S   S S S E   H             S S S S S S S S E S S S S +Q
|---------------------------------|-------------------3---3-2-(2)----|
|---------------------------------|-------------------3---3-3-(3)----|
|---------------2-----------------|-4p2p0---------2------------------|
|-2---------2-4-------------------|-------4p2p0----------------------|
|-0---3h4-------------------------|-------------4---0----------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|


  A5              A/E   A                           G5/D  D
    |-3-|                         |-3-| |-3-|
  E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S E S S S S +Q
|-------------------------------|-------------------3---3-2-(2)--|
|-------------x-x-2---x-2---x-x-|-----------------x-3---3-3-(3)--|
|-----------2-x-x-2---x-2---x-x-|-4p2p0---------2-x--------------|
|-2-----2-4-------2-------------|-------4p2p0--------------------|
|-0-3h4-------------------------|-------------4------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|


  A5              A
    |-3-|
  E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|-------------x-x-2---x-2---x-x----|
|-----------2-x-x-2---x-2---x-x----|
|-2-----2-4------------------------|
|-0-3h4----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|


                                               Bridge
                   D.S. al Coda   &
  A5AE            G5/D  D         G5            D5                 A5
                                                                ~~
  S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q      H    Q  Q     Q..   S S S S S E. S
|-----------------3---3-2-(2)--||------------||----------------------|
|---2---x-x-2---x-3---3-3-(3)--||------------||-3--------------------|
|-2-2---x-x-2---x--------------||------------||-2---------------7--2-|
|-2----------------------------||-5----5-----||-0-----------9p7----2-|
|------------------------------||-5----5-----||-------7h9p7--------0-|
|------------------------------||-3----3--4--||----------------------|


                 D/A5/ED5                          A5       D/FA/E
                       ~
                                            |-3--|
  +H     S S S S e e   H    a S S S S S    +S  S S S   +Q   Q  Q  Q
|--------------------|-------------------------------|----------------|
|----------------3---|-3-----------------------------|------3--2------|
|-(2)------------2-2-|-2--------------9b11r(9)p7p0-2-|-(2)--2--2--x--|
|-(2)------2-4p2-4-2-|-0--------7h9p7--------------2-|-(2)--4--2--x--|
|-(0)----4-----------|------7s9--------------------0-|-(0)------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------------|----------------|


  D5                          A5             A5/E          E5
  ~                                                        PM------------|
                       |-3--|
  H    a S S S S S    +S  S S S   +Q..   S E E S E   +S    E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
|-3-----------------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
|-2--------------9b11r(9)p7p0-2-|-(2)--------2-x---------|-----------------|
|-0--------7h9p7--------------2-|-(2)--------2-x---------|-----------------|
|------7s9--------------------0-|-(0)----3h4-------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-------------------------------|----------------3b4-(3)-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


                       Guitar Solo
                        A5
                                                               ~~~~~
  S E S E S E S Q.        Q          +E       E          +E    Q.
|--------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------||-[20]pb22r==([20])---[20]pb22r==([20])-20b22-------------|
|--------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
|-x-2-x-3-x-4-x-5----||---------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|                                                                     |---3---|
| W                       E.     S    S   S   S      S    E    E    E S   +S  S
|--------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------||---2--------------------------2----4b6--4----2-4b6r(4)p2-|
|--------------------||---2---------------2---4---------------------------------|
|--------------------||---0------3h===4-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|


  G5                                    D5                       D5
                                |--3--|  |-3--|  |-----3------|   |--3--|
   E     +S   T  T  T  T  T  T  S  S  S  S S  S  S      +S   +S   S  S  S  T  T  T  T
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-20b22r(20)-20-19-17h20p17----17-------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------20----20-19-17---17-17b18==(17)r(17)-17p16p14-16h17p16p14---|
|------------------------------------------x--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|  H                                     Q                        E        E
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------3------------------------3---------------------|
|----------------------------------------2------------------------2---------------------|
|--5-------------------------------------0------------------------0--------0------------|
|--5------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


                                                              4
                                                   ~~~~~~
   T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  Q          Q
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------17-20b22------------|
|----------14-------------------------------19----------------0----|
|-17p16h17----17-16h17h19----------16h17h19------------------------|
|-------------------------16h17h19---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|                                                             ~~
|  E.                S     S     S     S     S     e      e   E  E
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-----------------------------2-----4p====2----[4]b6==[4]r-2--0-|
|--2-----------------------------2-------------------------------0-|
|--0-----------------3h====4---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


               1/
   Q      +E   E     +Q    +E   E
|-------------------------------0--|
|-------------------------------0--|
|-14b15--(14)-14b15-(14)--(14)----|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|
|  H                  H
|----------------------------------|
|---------------------3------------|
|---------------------2------------|
|--5------------------0------------|
|--5-------------------------------|
|--3-------------------------------|


  A5
                                                                     ~~~~~~~
   |--3--|  |---3---|  |---3---|  |---3---|  |---3---|
   S  S  S  S  S    S  S  S    S  S  S    S  S    S  S  T   T  T  T  E   E
|-17p15----15---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------17----17p==14-17p14------14-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------16----16p==14-16p==14----14h=16-14----14--14--|
|---------------------------------------------------16-----------16---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|  E.            S     S    S     S    S     E          e            E   E
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-----------------------------------2-----4b6-------[4]----------[2]-[4]-|
|--2------------------------2-----4-----------------------------------------|
|--0-------------3h====4----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


  G5                            D5    D G5/D
               |-----3-----|
   Q      +E   S     S     S     Q       +S   S  S  T  T
|-22b24r=(22)-22b24-22b24-22b24-22b24r==(22)-22-20-22-19-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
|  Q       Q                     E    E   E      E
|-------------------------------------2---3------4-------|
|--------------------------------3----3---3------3-------|
|--------------------------------2-----------------------|
|--5-------5---------------------0-----------------------|
|--5-------5---------------------------------------------|
|--3-------3---------------------------------------------|


  E5
                                                 1/  1/    1/
                         |--3--|  |--3--|        |-----3-----|
  T  T  T  T  T  T  T T  S  S  S  S  S  S  Q     E    E      E
|-x-17p15----15p12-12-x------------------------------------------|
|---------15------------15-12------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------14-12------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------14-12------------14-----12---|
|-----------------------------------------15---15---------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E           E          E        E        E  E  E        E
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-----------9----------9--------9--------9--9--9--------9------|
|-7-----------7----------7--------7--------7--7--7--------7------|
|-0-----------0----------0--------0--------0--0--0--------0------|


   1/    1/  1/    1/  1/    1/    1/    1/     1/  1/  1/  1/
   |-----3-----|      |-----3-----|      |------3-------|    |----3----|
   E      E    E      E    E      E      E      E       E    E    E    E
|-----------------------------------------------------------17---19---20-----||
|---------------------------------------17-----19------20--------------------||
|--------12---14-----16---17-----19------------------------------------------||
|-15-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|
|                                                   ~~
|  S   E           S  E        S      E      S      Q.
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--x---2-----------x--3--------x------4------x------5------------------------||


                         D5/A
   S    S S S   S  S S S +Q    Q
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--2h===3-3-3---2h=3-3s5-(5)s=17--|
|
| Gtr II
|  Q           +Q         H
|-22b24-------(22)-----------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|------------------------12-------|
|------------------------12-------|
|----------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S +Q    Q     e e e e e e q
|---------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------|-0-0-0---2------|
|---------------------------|-------3---3----|
|-2h3-3-3-2h3-3s5-(5)S=17--|-------------3--|
|
| W                           W
|---------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------|----------------|


               Out Chorus
  G5            A5
                                     |---3---|
  H    Q  Q     E. S S S S S E   E E S   +S  S
|------------||--------------------------------|
|------------||--------------------------------|
|------------||-2----------2-4b6-4-2-4b6r(4)p2-|
|-5----5-----||-2------2-4---------------------|
|-5----5-----||-0--3h4-------------------------|
|-3----3--4--||--------------------------------|


  G5    D5D G5/D  A5
  Q  Q  E E E E   E. S S S S S  E    E   E   S S
|---------2-3-4-|---------------------------------|
|-------3-3-3-3-|---------------------------------|
|-------2-------|-2------------[4]b6-4b6-4b6-4p2--|
|-5--5--0-------|-2------2-4p2--------------------|
|-5--5----------|-0--3h4--------------------------|
|-3--3----------|---------------------------------|


  G5   D5       A5                                   G5   D5
  H    Q  E.S   E. S S S S S E   S S S S  S    +S    H    Q  E E
|-------------|------------------------------------|-------------|
|------3--3---|------------------------------------|------3--3---|
|------2--2p0-|-2------------4b6-4-2-2-0-[4]b6r(4)-|------2--2---|
|-5----0--0---|-2------2-4-2-----------------------|-5----0--0---|
|-5-----------|-0--3h4-----------------------------|-5-----------|
|-3-----------|------------------------------------|-3-----------|


  A5
                           |---3---|          |---6---|
  E. S S S S S   +S  S S S E   E   E    E  E  E S S S S E   +S  T T  Q
|---------------------------------10-|--------9--------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-2----------4b6r(4)-----2---[12]----|-12p<7>---2p0-2p0-4b6r(4)p2p0------|
|-2------2-4-------------------------|------------------------------<7>--|
|-0--3h4-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


  A5
               |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-2----------2-4p2p0-------4p2p0-------|
|-2------2-4---------4p2p0-------4p2p0-|
|-0--3h4-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|


       |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  H    S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-5----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-5----------------------------|
|-3----------------------------|


  A5                                 G5   D5
  E. S S S S S E   E S S   +S  T T   H    Q.   E
|----------------------------------|---------------|
|----------------------------------|------3----3---|
|-2------------4b6-4-2-4b6r(4)p2p0-|------2----2---|
|-2------2-4p2---------------------|-5----0----0---|
|-0--3h4---------------------------|-5-------------|
|----------------------------------|-3-------------|


  A5         A5/E
                                        |-3--|  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  E. S S S S S  E    E E   E     +S  E. E   +S  S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-2----------2-[4]b6-0-4b6-4b6r|=(4)-2--4b6r(4)p2p0-2h4p2p0---------------|
|-2------2-4-2-----------------|----------------------------4-2-0---------|
|-0--3h4-----------------------|----------------------------------4p2p0-3-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------------------|


  A5                                 G5   D5D G5/D
  E. S S S S S E   +E  E S   +T  T   H    E E E E
|----------------------------------|--------2-3-4-*|
|----------------------------------|------3-3-3-3-*|
|-2------------4b6r(4)-2-4b6r(4)p2-|------2-------*|
|-2------2-4-2---------------------|-5----0-------*|
|-0--3h4---------------------------|-5------------*|
|----------------------------------|-3------------*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting

/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 
  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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