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ACK! - Bowling For Soup

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Tabbed by: Kotie A.

Email: LastRockShow@hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)

I doubt anyone else will take the time to tab this song out, so I decided to

just in case anyone ever needed it. It's a pretty tough song to tab in the

sense that Jaret and Gary both use alot of distortion. It may be a little

long (sorry about that) but I hope it's good. This is off of Bowling For

Soup's first album, "Rock On Honorable Ones", but they haven't really

changed their sound since then. This is a pretty good song for beginners

(cause it has an easy solo that kind of gives you the feel of how it all

works). Sorry for the rambling, just rock on.

Intro: Play Two Times (2nd Time With 'Wah')

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|-7--7---xxxx---------------6--xx--4--4-4--4---6---|
D|-7--7---xxxx---4--4---xx---6--xx--4--4-4--4---6---|
A|-5--5---xxxx---4--4---xx---4--xx--2--2-2--2---4---|
E|---------------2--2---xx--------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-7--7---xxxx--------------4--4-4--4--4--44---6---|
D|-7--7---xxxx---4--4---xx--4--4-4--4--4--44---6---|
A|-5--5---xxxx---4--4---xx--2--2-2--2--2--22---4---|
E|---------------2--2---xx-------------------------|

Verse: Play Two Times

e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-7--7---------4--4---------|
D|-7--7---7-7---4--4---4-4---|
A|-5--5---7-7---2--2---4-4---|
E|--------5-5----------2-2---|
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-7-7---------4-4-4-4-4-4-4--6---|
D|-7-7---7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4--6---|
A|-5-5---7-7---2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4---|
E|-------5-5----------------------|

Chorus: Play Five Times

e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|--------------7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
D|-7--7---5-5---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
A|-7--7---5-5---5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E|-5--5---3-3-------------------------|

Post-Chorus:

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|O----------------------------------------------------|
G|----7--7---xxxx---------------6--xx--4--4-4--4---6---|
D|----7--7---xxxx---4--4---xx---6--xx--4--4-4--4---6---|
A|O---5--5---xxxx---4--4---xx---4--xx--2--2-2--2---4---|
E|------------------2--2---xx--------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------O|
G|-7--7---xxxx--------------4--4-4--4--4--44---6----|
D|-7--7---xxxx---4--4---xx--4--4-4--4--4--44---6----|
A|-5--5---xxxx---4--4---xx--2--2-2--2--2--22---4---O|
E|---------------2--2---xx--------------------------|

Verse: Play Two Times

e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-7--7---------4--4---------|
D|-7--7---7-7---4--4---4-4---|
A|-5--5---7-7---2--2---4-4---|
E|--------5-5----------2-2---|
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-7-7---------4-4-4-4-4-4-4--6---|
D|-7-7---7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4-4--6---|
A|-5-5---7-7---2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4---|
E|-------5-5----------------------|

Chorus: Play Five Times

e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|--------------7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
D|-7--7---5-5---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
A|-7--7---5-5---5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E|-5--5---3-3-------------------------|

Post-Chorus:

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

NOTE: The rhythm guitar plays a variation of the G5 and A5 power chords in

the first part of the solo. At the second part (starting at '4vvv'), the

rhythm guitarist plays the verse while the lead plays the solo. That being

said, here it is.

Guitar Solo:

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|O----------------------------------------10------------------15----15---|
G|---/11--11-11-12-11-------------------11-------11--11-11-11--11-11-11---|
D|---------------------12--12-12-12-12--------12--------------------------|
A|O-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|
B|------------------------ Play ------O|
G|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---- Three -----|
D|--------------------------- Times ---|
A|------------------------------------O|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-/11--11-11-12-11-11------------------12-11---------|
D|---------------------12--12-12-12-12--------12-12---|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-4vvv-----2-4-2---4vvv--2--------|-2h4p2---2-4-4b4r4b-2--------|
D|--------4-----------------4vvv---|-------4--------------4vvv---|
A|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-14h16p14-----14-16-14--16vvv--14-------|-14h16p14----14--16b16r16r16b---|
D|-----------16----------------------16---|----------16--------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Chorus: Play Five Times

e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|--------------7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
D|-7--7---5-5---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
A|-7--7---5-5---5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E|-5--5---3-3-------------------------|

Post-Chorus:

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus: Play Five Times

e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|--------------7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
D|-7--7---5-5---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
A|-7--7---5-5---5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E|-5--5---3-3-------------------------|

Post-Chorus:

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

End On:

e|---|
B|---|
G|---|

D|-7-|

A|-7-|

E|-5-|

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| v vibrato

| x Mute note

|--------|

|O------O| REPEAT

|--------| -MEANS- WITHIN

|--------| ZEROES

|O------O|
|--------|

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