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Bad Fish Guitar Tablature
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From: [email protected]
Subject: Bad Fish by Sublime

	A pretty easy song with an interesting solo by Brad Nowel. This piece is 
a classic party song for an instrumental group or friends who know the words.
*** fine song.

            (Background chatter{A Party!!})
E  -----5--5--5-5-5-5-5-/--7--7--7-7-7-7-7---3--3--3-3-3-3-3-/--5--5-5-5-5-5---
B  -----5--5--5-5-5-5-5-/--7--7--7-7-7-7-7---3--3--3-3-3-3-3-/--5--5-5-5-5-5---
G  -----6--6--6-6-6-6-6-/--8--8--8-8-8-8-8---4--4--4-4-4-4-4-/--6--6-6-6-6-6---
D  -----7--7--7-7-7-7-7-/--9--9--9-9-9-9-9---5--5--5-5-5-5-5-/--7--7-7-7-7-7---
A  -----7--7--7-7-7-7-7-/--9--9--9-9-9-9-9---5--5--5-5-5-5-5-/--7--7-7-7-7-7---
E  -----5--5--5-5-5-5-5-/--7--7--7-7-7-7-7---3--3--3-3-3-3-3-/--5--5-5-5-5-5---
                                   repeat twice with the second half of the 
                                   sequence doing something like this....
                 (up stroke)
E  ---3-----5----5----0----------------
B  ---3-----5----5----0----------------        If you dont know,
G  ---4-----6----6----0----------------        this 0 = zero 
D  ---5-----7----7----0----------------        do this to achieve a hammer on
A  ---5-----7----7----0----------------        the first to the 3rd, then slide
E  ---3-0h3/5----5----0----------------        to 5, hit the chord once, give it
                                                a quick down stroke, then slide
                                                the chord off the frett board to
                                                get the variation thats in the 
                                                song before it goes into the 
                                                words.

E  --x--5--x--5--x--5--x--5--5-/-7-7--x--7--x--7--x--7--x--3--x--3--x--3--x--3--
B  --x--5--x--5--x--5--x--5--5-/-7-7--x--7--x--7--x--7--x--3--x--3--x--3--x--3--
G  --x--6--x--6--x--6--x--6--6-/-8-8--x--8--x--8--x--8--x--4--x--4--x--4--x--4--
D  --x--7--x--7--x--7--x--7--7-/-9-9--x--9--x--9--x--9--x--5--x--5--x--5--x--5--
A  --x--7--x--7--x--7--x--7--7-/-9-9--x--9--x--9--x--9--x--5--x--5--x--5--x--5--
E  --x--5--x--5--x--5--x--5--5-/-7-7--x--7--x--7--x--7--x--3--x--3--x--3--x--3--
           When you grab hold of me___                  tell me that ill never
           for im parasite____                          creep and crawl i slip
           Two pints of booze                           tel me are you a bad 
E  --3-/-5--5--x--5--x--5--x--5---------------
B  --3-/-5--5--x--5--x--5--x--5---------------
G  --4-/-6--6--x--6--x--6--x--6---------------      (repeat)
D  --5-/-7--7--x--7--x--7--x--7---------------
A  --5-/-7--7--x--7--x--7--x--7---------------
E  --3-/-5--5--x--5--x--5--x--5---------------
     be set free 
     into the night                             
     fish too(are you a bad fish too)



E  --x--3--x--3--x--3--x--3--x--5--x--5--x--5--x--5--
B  --x--3--x--3--x--3--x--3--x--5--x--5--x--5--x--5--
G  --x--4--x--4--x--4--x--4--x--6--x--6--x--6--x--6--
D  --x--5--x--5--x--5--x--5--x--7--x--7--x--7--x--7--
A  --x--5--x--5--x--5--x--5--x--7--x--7--x--7--x--7--
E  --x--3--x--3--x--3--x--3--x--5--x--5--x--5--x--5--  repeat this pattern until 
      aint got no money to spend                        he says "reef" then hit 
      i wish this night would never end                 this chord E  --7-
      lord knows im week                                           B  --7-
      wont somebody get me off a this                              G  --9-
                                                                   D  --9-
                                                                   A  --7-
                                                                   E  ----
   after this part the song starts over with these lyrics

   baby your a big blue whale, rap the reef and all the diomond fails
   i swim but i wish i never hurt her, the waters too polluted with germs
   i dive deep when its ten feet over head, grab the reef underneath my baby
   aint got no quarrels with god, aint got no time to grow old
   lord knows im week, wont somebody get me off of this reef.

  this time the music slows from the firts transition to the second, and the 
  mute/ up strokes turns back to the beggining with the full chords
  note: some of these chords are manipulated and just finger picked instead of
   strummed.

  solo:

E  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G  --4h6---------4h6---------6b--4-------------2--4--2--------------------------
D  ---------------------------------------2h4-----------4--0h2------------------
A  -------------------------------------------------------------0h4p0h4---------
E  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------


E  ------------------------------5----------------------------------------------
B  ---------------------------------7--5----------------------------------------
G  ---------------------------------------7--6-----4/6--------------------------
D  -----2h4--4--2--7p6--2--4--------------------7-------------------------------
A  --4--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

after this he goes through the chorus again and the songs ends.
Thats about it, this is my first tab so if there are any problems contact me.
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