Defeat You

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Song

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Defeat You- Smash Mouth

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Tabbed by:Danfan3

Email:N/A

Tuning:Tune Down 1/2 Step (Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb)

Intro (Riff 1):

e|----------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
G|---------9------7-7---------|----------------------|---9----7-7----------|
D|-------9---9--------------5-|--5--7---8\7--5-------|-9---9--------5------|
A|-5/7------------------------|-----------------7-5/7|---------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|

(End of Riff 1)

e|---------------------|--------------------|------------------------------|
B|---------------------|------9-----7-7-----|------------------------------|
G|---------------------|------9-----7-7---4-|--4---6---6--7---6--4---------|
D|-5-7--8\7--5---------|---9----9---------5-|--5---7---7--8---7--5---------|
A|-------------7---5/7-|--------------------|------------------------------|
E|---------------------|--------------------|------------------------------|

Verse 1:

Em C#m Em C#m

Born is a human with a kung fu spine, equipped with a detector of what's on

Em C#m Em

your mind, You jive you shuck you bob you weave and when you're down you've

C#m

got something up your sleeve and you've

(Riff 2)

Em C#m

got it good as bad as it gets (End of Riff 2)

e|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
D|--2----5--2---5--2--5--2--|-5--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------|-----4------4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------|
E|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

Repeat Riff 2 three more times

Em C#m

You make your own incisions that come with regrets, You're

Em C#m

in it to win it and make every minute count, You

Em C#m

put it all together and dish it out

Chorus:

E7 A7 D7 E5 D

Hey I know where you're from, it makes it that much

G5 A5 E7 A7 D7 E5

nicer to meet you, Hey I know what you've done It makes it

D G5 A5

that much better to defeat you

Repeat Riff one 1x

Repeat Verse 1x

Repeat Chorus 1x but instead of playing Riff 1 again, go into this

Interlude:

Repeat 1x

e|---------10--------12------|--15----12----12----|---10-------12----------|
B|-11--12-----11--12----11-12|------------------11|-12---11-12----11--12---|
G|---------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|

Bridge:

E D G5 A5 E D G5 A5 E D G5 A5 E

It's what we are It's what we are It's what we are

Then it goes into this riff:

e|-----------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----9------7--7----4--|--4-----6---6---7--6---4-|
D|--9--9--9-----------5--|--5-----7---7---8--7---5-|
A|-----------------------|-------------------------|
E|-----------------------|-------------------------|

Repeat Verse 1x

Repeat Chorus 2x

Outro:

E D G5 A5 E5 D G5

It makes it that much better to defeat you, It makes it that much better to

A5 E D G5 A5 E5 D

defeat you, It makes it that much better to defeat you, It makes it that

G5 A5 E

much better to defeat you

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on