Artist: Wheatus
Title: Punk a*s b***h
Tabbed by: gonzo2002 (gonzo2002@surfeu.de)
This song is easy to play, mainly just power chord strumming all the way through.
Riff A:
e |---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|
G |-9---9-----9---9-----9---7---7---|
D |-9---9---9-9-9-9---9-9-9-7---7---|
A |-7---7---9-7-9-7---9-7-9-5---5---|
E |-0---0---7-0-7-0---7-0-7---------|
e |---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|
G |---9-9-----9---9-----9---7---7---|
D |-9-9-9---9-9-9-9---9-9-9-7---7---|
A |-9-7-7---9-7-9-7---9-7-9-5---5---|
E |-7-0-0---7-0-7-0---7-0-7---------|
e |---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|
G |-9---9-----9---9-----9---7---7-9-|
D |-9---9---9-9-9-9---9-9-9-7---7-9-|
A |-7---7---9-7-9-7---9-7-9-5---5-7-|
E |-0---0---7-0-7-0---7-0-7-------0-|
e |---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|
G |-----------------9---------------|
D |---------9-9-9-9-9---------------|
A |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------|
E |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|
pm ..................
Verse 1: No guitar, only bass
Verse 2 (with quick releases after every strum):
e |---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|
G |-9---9---9---9-------------------|
D |-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
A |-7---7---7---7---9---9---9---9---|
E |-0---0---0---0---7---7---7---7---|
e |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-11---11---11---11---7---7---7---7---|
A |-11---11---11---11---7---7---7---7---|
E |-9----9----9----9----5---5---5---5---|
e |---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|
G |-9---9---9---9-------------------|
D |-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
A |-7---7---7---7---9---9---9---9---|
E |-0---0---0---0---7---7---7---7---|
e |-----------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------------|
G |-----------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A |-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E |-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
pm .........................................
Chorus:
e |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---------------------------------------------------------|
D |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
e |---------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
B |---------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
D |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Verse 3: Only bass again
Chorus x2, then riff A x1.
Verses 4 and 5: Only bass
Verse 6 (with quick releases after every strum):
e |---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|
G |-9---9---9---9-------------------|
D |-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
A |-7---7---7---7---9---9---9---9---|
E |-0---0---0---0---7---7---7---7---|
e |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-11---11---11---11---7---7---7---7---|
A |-11---11---11---11---7---7---7---7---|
E |-9----9----9----9----5---5---5---5---|
e |---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|
G |-9---9---9---9-------------------|
D |-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---|
A |-7---7---7---7---9---9---9---9---|
E |-0---0---0---0---7---7---7---7---|
e |-------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-11---11---11---11---7---------------|
A |-11---11---11---11---7---------------|
E |-9----9----9----9----5---------------|
Then chorus x2 and riff A, ending as:
e |-0---| e |-0---|
B |-0---| B |-0---|
G |-1---| or G |-9---|
D |-2---| D |-9---|
A |-2---| A |-7---|
E |-0---| E |-0---|
It doesn't matter which, E or E5, they both work. I think he actually plays E.
Also, instead of just waiting in the verses without guitar parts, you could play E5, B5, C#5 and A5 clean and palm-muted, or play arpeggios of E, B, C#m and A (it has to be C#m or it doesn't fit into the scale.)
