Skip to content
Cherry Bomb cover art

Cherry Bomb

Ash
Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

CHERRY BOMB

by ASH from the album FREE ALL ANGELS

INTRO:

There's a lot of feeding back and string scraping and stuff.

The bass plays the verse bassline twice, then the guitar starts playing the

verse riff.

C5 D5 G5

E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-5--------7-------------------| The rythmn's easy to pick up, just
D|-5--------7-----------------5-| listen.
A|-3--------5-----------------5-|
E|----------------------------3-|  (x2)

VERSE 1:

C5 D5 G5

Teenage queen, a sweet gamine

C5 D5 G5

Immortal youth a libertine

C5 D5 G5

Is she real, or just a dream

C5 D5 G5

My heart beats fast like benzadrine.

PRE-CHORUS:

F C Am

E|-1----------------------------------0---------------0------|
B|-1----------------------------------1---------------1------|
G|-2----------------------------------0---------------2------|
D|-3----------------------------------2---------------2------|
A|-3----------------------------------3---------------0------|
E|-1---------------------------------------------------------|

Everytime that she walks by, sends shivers down my spine

F Fm G

E|-1--------1----3----|
B|-1--------1----3----|
G|-2--------1----0----|
D|-3--------3----0----|
A|-3--------3----2----|
E|-1--------1----3----|

Makes me wanna die

VERSE 2:

(C5-D5-G5 progression again)

She is out there on her own

Perfection in her chromosome

She walks by, I need to know

Blood red lips, soft as snow.

PRE-CHORUS

CHORUS:

C5 A5 G5 C5 F

E|------------------------------------------1-------|
B|------------------------------------------1-------|
G|-5-------2-------------------------5------2-------|
D|-5-------2----------5--------------5------3-------|
A|-3-------0----------5--------------3------3-------|
E|--------------------3---------------------1-------|

She's a cherrybomb, she's a bullet in my head

Fm A# C A

E|-1-----------------------0---0-----|
B|-1----------------3------1---2-----|
G|-1----------------3------0---2-----|
D|-3----------------3------2---2-----|
A|-3----------------1------3---0-----|
E|-1---------------------------------|

Pull the trigger and I'm dead

F G

E|-1----------3------------|
B|-1----------3------------|
G|-2----------4------------|
D|-3----------5------------|
A|-3----------5------------|
E|-1----------3------------|

Oh whoa-oh-oh, oh yeah!

SOLO (ad-lib with wah effect)

VERSE 3:

(C5-D5-G5 progression again)

When she walks across the floor

Electric shock and my heart is raw

Is she real, or just a dream

My heart beats fast like benzadrine.

REPEAT PRE-CHORUS

REPEAT CHORUS

SOLO (ad-lib with wah effect)

OUTRO:

C5 A5 G5 C5 F

E|------------------------------------------1-------|
B|------------------------------------------1-------|
G|-5-------2-------------------------5------2-------|
D|-5-------2----------5--------------5------3-------|
A|-3-------0----------5--------------3------3-------|
E|--------------------3---------------------1-------|

She's a cherrybomb, she's a bullet in my head

Fm A#

E|-1----------------------|
B|-1----------------3-----|
G|-1----------------3-----|
D|-3----------------3-----|
A|-3----------------1-----|
E|-1----------------------|

Pull the trigger and I'm

C5 A5 G5 C5 F

E|------------------------------------------1-------|
B|------------------------------------------1-------|
G|-5-------2--------------------------5-----2-------|
D|-5-------2----------5---------------5-----3-------|
A|-3-------0----------5---------------3-----3-------|
E|--------------------3---------------------1-------|

She's a cherrybomb, dream about her in my bed

Fm A# C A

E|-1-----------------------0---0-----|
B|-1----------------3------1---2-----|
G|-1----------------3------0---2-----|
D|-3----------------3------2---2-----|
A|-3----------------1------3---0-----|
E|-1---------------------------------|

Pull the trigger and I'm dead

F G

E|-1----------3------------|
B|-1----------3------------|
G|-2----------4------------|
D|-3----------5------------|
A|-3----------5------------|
E|-1----------3------------|  (x3, end on C5)

Oh whoa-oh-oh, oh yeah!

Comments

Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

Sign in to join the conversation.

No comments yet. If you play this one, say what works.