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Leave it Behind

The Offspring
Tab

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Song

Leave it behind

h - hammer on

: - let ring

pm - palm mute

x - scratch

* - repeat 7 or 8 times

intro - 2 guitars

guitar 1

|----0-2-2h3-2-0----0-2-2h3-2-0----0-2-2h3-2-0----0-2-2h3-2-0--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0:-------------0:-------------0:-------------0:--------------|

> > >

wait till guitar 1 plays the piece before the second arrow,

then play on

guitar 2

|                               |------------------------------|
|                               |------------------------------|
|          wait                 |---9----9--9-9---9----9--9-9--|

| |-2-9-9--9--9-9-2-9-9--9--9-9--|

| |-2-7-9--7--7-7-2-7-9--7--7-7--|

|                               |-0---7---------0---7----------|

verse

pm

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9x-9x-9x-9x-7x-7x-9x-9x--9x-9x-9x-9x-7x-7x--------9x-9x-9x-9x-7x-7x-9x-9x-|
|-9x-9x-9x-9x-7x-7x-9x-9x--9x-9x-9x-9x-7x-7x-9x-9x--9x-9x-9x-9x-7x-7x-9x-9x-|
|-7x-7x-7x-7x-5x-5x-7x-7x--7x-7x-7x-7x-5x-5x-9x-9x--7x-7x-7x-7x-5x-5x-7x-7x-|
|--------------------------------------------7x-7x--------------------------|

chorus

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-5-----7-9*--5-----7-9--|
|-5-3-5-7-9*--5-3-5-7-9--|
|-3-3-5-5-7*--3-3-5-5-7--|
|---1-3---------1-3------|

bridge

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------|

end note

|-----|
|-----|
|--9--|
|--9--|
|--7--|
|-----|

lyrics

rage burns can't push it aside now

can't forgive this grudgeis alive now

all the rage eats you up inside

can you leave it behind

what a surprise-

you're fucked with again yeah

it's a way of life you need to get over

all the rage just eats you alive

can you leave it behind

i don't know where it'll end

the sun has set

and i can't be friends

i don't know if i can forgive

the day is long

but you were so dead wrong

Date: Sat, March 15 1997

From: Peter Ferragine (iginition@yesic.com)

Group: Offspring

Album: Ixnay on the Hombre

Released: 1997 columbia records

Track: 7

Title: gone away

/ \ - slide

: - let ring

h - hammer on

* - repeat 7 or 8 times

main riff

guitar 1

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|

guitar 2 joins with

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-1
0-10-10-10--|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-1
0-10-10-10--|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--8--8--8--8--
8--8--8--8--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------|

guitar 2 plays

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--------10:--------8:--------8--8/10--3-3-5-----|
|-8h10--------5h6-------3h5------------------3:--|
|------8----------6---------6--------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

guitar 1 plays this chord behind the riff above

|-1:--|
|-1:--|
|-2:--|
|-3:--|
|-3:--|
|-1:--|

"i reach to the sky....."

|-----8:------6:------6:------------------|
|---6-------4-------4-------6-4-6/9-8-6:--|
|-5-------3-------3-------3---------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

acoustic guitar

|-1:--1-4:--4-6--6--6-6-6--6--6--6-6-1--1--1-1-4--4--4-4-6--6--6-6--6**---|
|-1:--1-4:--4-6--6--6-6-6--6--6--6-6-1--1--1-1-4--4--4-4-6--6--6-6--6**---|
|-2:--2-5:--5-7--7--7-7-7--7--7--7-7-2--2--2-2-5--5--5-5-7--7--7-7--7**---|
|-3:--3-6:--6-8--8--8-8-8--8--8--8-8-3--3--3-3-6--6--6-6-8--8--8-8--8**---|
|-3:--3-6:--6-8--8--8-8-8--8--8--8-8-3--3--3-3-6--6--6-6-8--8--8-8--8**---|
|-1:--1-4:--4-6--6--6-6-6--6--6--6-6-1--1--1-1-4--4--4-4-6--6--6-6--6**---|

final note

|-1:--|
|-1:--|
|-2:--|
|-3:--|
|-3:--|
|-1:--|

lyrics

maybe in another life

i could find you there

pulled away before your time

i can't deal it's so unfair

and it feels

and it feels like

heaven's so far away

and it feels

yeah it feels like

the world has grown cold

now that you've gone away

leaving flowers on your grave

show that i still care

but black roses and hail marys

can't bring backwhat's taken from me

i reach to the sky

and call out your name

and if i could trade

i would

and it feels

and it feels like

heaven's so far away

and it stings

yeah it stings now

the world is so cold

now that you've gone away

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