Badfish Sublime
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 03:22:36 -0800
From: MEYHAIM31
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: news, i.e. Tab: Bad Fish
Author: Sublime
Title: Bad Fish
Album: MOM Music For Our Mother Ocean
TAB by: Bobby Mills of Moreno Valley, CA
Email in care of Bobby Mills: meyheim31@prodigy.net .
****************************SUBLIME****************************
Play the intro. in a rhythm type manner:
[A] [Bb7] [Gb]
-|-----------------------|--------------------|----------------- -|2--2--2-2--2--2-2-2-(2)|-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4|----------------- -|2--2--2-2--2--2-2-2-(2)|-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5- -|2--2--2-2--2--2-2-2-(2)|-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5- -|0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5- -|-----------------------|--------------------|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-
[A] [A] [Bb7]
------|----------------------|-----------------------|---------- ------|-2--2--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2--2-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-4--4-4-4- 5-5-5-|-2--2--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2--2-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-4--4-4-4- 5-5-5-|-2--2--2-2--2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2--2-2--2--2-2-2-2-|-4--4-4-4- 5-5-5-|-0--0--0-0--0-3-0-3-0-|-0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-|-2--2-2-2- 3-3-3-|----------------------|-----------------------|----------
notice that part ^
[Gb]
[A]
------------|-----------------------|--------------------------- --4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------------|-2------------------------- --4-4-4-4-4-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2------------------------- --4-4-4-4-4-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2------------------------- --2-2-2-2-2-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0------------------------- ------------|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------------------
let it ring
(play this next part using the same tab as shown above, but in a
slow ska type manner instead of the rhythm style)
W[A]hen you grab a hold of me[Bb7]. . . . . .
[Gb]Tell me that I'll never be set [A]free. . . .
[A]Well I'm a parasit[Bb7]e . . . .
[Gb]Creep and craw I step into the [A]night . . .
[A]Two pints of [Bb7]boose . . . .
[Gb]Tell me are you a bad fish [A]too (are you a bad fish too)
[A]Ain't got no money to s[Bb7]pend. . .
[Gb]I hope the night will[A] never end. . .
[A]Lord knows I'm [Bb7]weak. . .
[Gb]Wont some body get me off of this r[A]eef. . .
(pause)
[A]Baby your a big blue [Bb7]whale. . .
[Gb]Grab the reef when all the timing [A]fails. . .
[A]I swim but I wish I never h[Bb7]urt her. . .
[Gb]Waters too polluted with [A]germs. . . .
[A]A dog deep when its ten feet over [Bb7]head. . .
[Gb]Grab the reef underneath my[A] bed (underneath my bed)
[A]Aint got no corals with [Bb7]God. . . .
[Gb]Aint got no time to grow [A]old. . .
[A]Lord knows I'm [Bb7]weak. . .
[Gb]Wont somebody get me off of this r[A]eef. . .
[A] [Bb7] [Gb]
-|-----------------------|--------------------|----------------- -|2--2--2-2--2--2-2-2-(2)|-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4|----------------- -|2--2--2-2--2--2-2-2-(2)|-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5- -|2--2--2-2--2--2-2-2-(2)|-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5- -|0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2|-5--5-5-5--5-5-5- -|-----------------------|--------------------|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-
[A]
------|--------- ------|-2------- 5-5-5-|-2------- pause for 2 sec. Then go strait to solo | 5-5-5-|-2------- \ / 5-5-5-|-0------- . 3-3-3-|---------
SOLO: #: let ring >: slide ~: bend ^: half bend
------------------------------------------|--------------------- --^-------~------^-----------------|---------------------------- --2---2---4----4-4--------2>4--2----------|----------4--2---~~~- --------------------2>(4)--------3-2------|------2-4------3-2--- --------------------------------------2>3#|--2>3---------------- ------------------------------------------|---------------------
Notice those bends^
--5--2---------------------------------------------------------- -------3-2--2--#-#-#-#----------------------------------------- ------------2--#-#-#-#------------------------------------------ ------------2--#-#-#-#------------------------------------------ ------------0--#-#-#-#------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------
(Back to slow ska style play)
[A]Aint got no corals with G[Bb7]od. . . .
[Gb]Aint got no time to grow [A]old. . .
[A]Lord knows I'm [Bb7]weak. . .
[Gb]Wont somebody get me off of this r[A]eef. . .
Well that's it. I hope I helped out some of you sublime
fans out there. If you know how to play a song then you should
take the time to post it on this page. If anyone has any comments
or questions feel free to e-mail me at the address on top of the
page.
~Bobby Mills~
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