tabbed by PJ
All the chords in the song are skanky, thats the same as syncopated, I =
think 😛
I think www.guitarfret.com has a very good lesson on playing ska guitar =
they even have a short video showing how to do it. It’s very simple once =
you get it.
Intro:
e————9-9~——-1010~—–77~ x2
B—-77~—–1010~——1212~—–88~
G—-77~—————————-
D———7~——–9~———5~—
A-5~——————————–
D A Bm G x2
e-5—5—7—3
B-7—5—7—3
G-7—6—7—4
D-7—7—9—5
A-5—7—9—5
E-5—5—7—3
Verse:
Same fingerings for the chords as in the intro
D A Bm G x4
Chorus:
Same chords, but ska fingerings. You could always just play the same =
chords and just play the top 4 strings harder.
D A Bm G
e-2–5–7–3 x4
B-3–5–7–3
G-2–6–7–4
D-4–7–9–5 (optional, you don’t have to play the notes on the D =
string)
Bridge:
Bass solo for 4 bars then
G-7~–6~–7~–4~–2~—– (this is played w/ horns)
D———————2-0~
and D A Bm G w/ horn solo on top for 8 bars
End:
in the end everything stops and the bass plays
D-0-0-54~
Intro
Verse #1
Chorus
Bridge
Verse #2
Chorus x2
End
