Tabbed by Tom, [email protected].
Adam’s Song
blink-182
Tune down one step (DGCFAD)
Clean throughout
Riff 1
|————————————————-
|————————————————-
|————————————————-
|—–0—–0—4—–4—–4—–4—–4—–4—
|—9—–9——-5—–5—–5—–5—–5—–5-
|-7—–7—–5—–5—–3—–3—–0—–3—–
Fig. 1
|—————————————————————–
|—————————————————————–
|—————————————————————–
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4—————–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4—————–
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|—————–3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3—————–3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
Heavy palm mute…………………………………………
Riff 2
|————————————————-
|————————————————-
|—–0—–0—–0—–0————————-
|—7—–7—–9—–9——-0—–0—4—–4—
|-5—–5—–7—–7——-9—–9——-5—–5-
|————————-7—–7—–3—–3—–
Fig. 2
|—————————————————————–
|—————————————————————–
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9———————————
|———————————9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7———————————
|———————————7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
|————————————————-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7—————–
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9———————————
|———————————9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7———————————
|———————————7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
|—————————————————————–
|—————————————————————–
|—————————————————————–
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9———————————
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|———————————7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
|—————————————————————–
|—————————————————————–
|—————————————————————–
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9———————————
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|———————————7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
Riff 3
|————————————————-
|————————————————-
|—–0—–0—–0—–0————————-
|—7—–7—–9—–9——-0—–0—2—–2—
|-5—–5—–7—–7——-9—–9——-5—–5-
|————————-7—–7—–3—–3—–
Riff 1 is the main riff, play twice at the beginning
Play Fig. 1 four times for the verse
Play Riff 2 twice through between the first verse and the chorus
Fig. 2 is the entire chorus
Play Riff 1 twice between the chorus and second verse
Play Fig. 1 four times for the verse again
Play Riff 3 twice through between second verse and chorus
Play Fig. 2 for chorus again
I’m not not exactly sure what the guitar plays right before the piano part,
but it sounds something like this:
|———————————–
|-7———-7—–7———-7—–
|-7–7—–7—7—7–7—–7—7—
|—-7–9——–7—-7–9——–7-
|-5—————-5—————-
|—-5—————-5————-
Then there’s the piano solo, which you can play like this on guitar:
|——————————————————————
|——————-8-8-8-7—————————-8-8-8-7–10-
|—–7-9-7–7-9-7———-7—-7-9——–7-9—7-9————–
|-7-7————————–7——-5–7—–7——————
|——————————————————————
|——————————————————————
or down an octave like this:
|—————————————————————–
|—————————————————————–
|—————————————————————–
|——————-5-5-5-4—————————5-5-5-4–7–
|—–5-7-5–5-7-5———-5—-5-7——-5-7—5-7————–
|-5-5————————–5——3–5—–5——————
Then after the piano solo, before the final chorus, the guitar plays
something like this:
|—————————————————————
|—————————————————————
|—–7—–7—–7—–7—–7——-7—–7—–7—–7—–7-
|—————————————————————
|-5-5—5-5—5-5—5-5—5-5—-5-5-5—5-5—5-5—5-5—5-5–
|—————————————————————
over another part that sounds kinda like this:
|———————————
|———————————
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-6-
|———————————
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-
|———————————
Then play this four times for the final chorus:
|—————————————————————–
|—————————————————————–
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9———————————
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|———————————7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
and you end on
|—
|—
|-7-
|-7-
|-5-
|—
:: Ultimate Guitar Archive ::
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com