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From: neil.james@tclbbs.com (Neil James)
Subject: TAB:  I'll Be Waiting, by the Offspring
Date: Sun,  3 Dec 1995 21:05:09 GMT

"I'll Be Waiting" by the Offspring, from "Offspring"

TABBED by Neil James <Neil.James@tclbbs.com>

This is my favorite song off their "new" album, cool lyrics and guitar.
the most part, alot of the lead is right, but there's some stuff I wasn'
sure about.  Didn't tab out the whole solo during the bassline in the mi
Sorry, for free, this is all you get :)

Standard Tuning (E A D G B E)

Lead Intro (Mild Distortion)

KEY:
/ -- Slide
h -- Hammer On
p -- Pull Off
~ -- Vibrato
) -- Bend

E|-----------------------------------------------15h17~-17p15-------|
B|-----------------------------------------14h17--------------15-18-|
G|-14/12-----------------------------14h16--------------------------|
D|-------15-12-----12-17p15-12h15/17--------------------------------|
A|-------------15---------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|


E|-----)-----)-----)------------------------------------------------|
B|-13/15-13/15-13/15-15p13------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------14p12------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------14p12--------------------------12~-|
A|-------------------------------------12----------------12h15------|
E|----------------------------------------15----12h14h15------------|

Verse

           D                  F(hi)             C                G
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--------7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------------------
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5
E|----------------------------------------8--8--8--8--8--8-3-3-3-3-3-3-3
  ..Once I had a friend that I could count on times of need are not enou

During the spoken word, strum A -> |---|  and finish it with A# -> |---|
                                   |-2-|                           |-3-|
                                   |-2-|                           |-3-|
                                   |-2-|                           |-3-|
                                   |-0-|                           |-1-|
                                   |---|                           |---|
Chorus
             F(hi)                C                D          A      A#
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/8-8
A|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7/8-8
E|-----------------------8--8--8--8--8--8--8---------------5-5-5-5-5/6-6

Halfway through chorus, play this little fill.

E|--------------------------------------|
B|-14p12-14p12-14p12-14p12-14p12--------|
G|-------------------------------12h15~-|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

Then this at the end of the chorus

E|--)--)--)--)--)-------------12h13~~~~-|
B|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13p12-12-----------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

The Bassline Bridge is something like.

G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|---0-0---0-0---0-0-----|
E|-3-----3-----3-----3-0-|

And for the solo, improvise something on this scale and it should sound
ok.

|----------------------------------15-17-|
|----------------------13-15-16-17-------|
|----------------12-14-------------------|
|-------12-13-14-------------------------|
|-12-15----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

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