Band: Blink 182
Album: Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
Song: The Rock Show
Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
Transcribed by: Ryan Nunes
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This tab is 100% correct because I have seen Tom playing this on the David Letterman Show and Tom plays it exactly like this!!
Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
Intro (2x) Distortion Pedal on
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------2-------0-----------------------2-------0-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-----0-0--4--0---0-0-0-0-----0-0-----0-0--4-5-4-0---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre Verse/Palm Muted (Distortion Pedal still on)
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|----------------------------------|
Verse 1 (2x) (Distortion Pedal still on)
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--2-22222222222222--7-777777--9-999999-|
|--2-22222222222222--7-777777--9-999999-|
|--0-00000000000000--5-555555--7-777777-|
|---------------------------------------|
|....pm......| |.pm.| |.pm.|
Repeat Intro (2x)
Verse 2/Dist (Let it Ring, Distortion pedal still on)
|----------------|
|----------------|
|--2-------------|
|--2-------------|
|--0-------------|
|----------------|
Chorus/Part A (3x) (Distortion pedal still on)
|------------------|
|------------------|
|----------------7-|
|--7--7--7---4---7-|
|--7--7--7---4---5-|
|--5--5--5---2-----|
Chorus/Part B (Distortion pedal still on)
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------77777777------------77777777------------7--6-|
|--2-222222--77777777--22222222--77777777--22222222--7--6-|
|--2-222222--55555555--22222222--55555555--22222222--5--4-|
|--0-000000------------00000000------------00000000-------|
|.....................p.m......................|
Repeat Intro
Repeat Verse
Solo (2x) (Distortion Pedal OFF)
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--2-----2-----2-----3------2-----2-----2-----3-----2-----2-----2-----3-----|
G|-----2-----2-----2-----2------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--0-----0-----2-----0---------------|
|-----2-----2-----2-----2------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
Repeat Chorus (Distortion pedal back on)
Repeat Intro (Distortion on)
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