Come Out Swinging guitar tab by Offspring

Come Out Swinging guitar tab

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Title: Come Out Swinging
Artist: The Offspring
CD: Conspiracy Of One

Tabbed by: the Goldsmith (zelda@unet.com.mk)
Date: 7.10.2000

Wow! I hope the entire album rocks like OP and this one do. This song has a heav

Intro1
F|-11-9-11-9-11-13-14-14-14-14-------14-13--|
C|-11-9-11-9-11-13-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-13--|
G|-9--7--9-7--9-11-12-12-12-12-14-14-12-11--|
D|-----------------------------12-12--------|
See? This riff is pure "moticity". Not really that hard to play, though.

Intro2, ()=X4
F|-(11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11)-11-11-11\--|
C|-(11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11)-11-11-11\--|
G|-(-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9)--9--9--9\--|
D|------m--m--m--m--------m--m----------------|

Pre-chorus, *=X6
F|--------------------------------------7-7-9-9--|
C|----------6-7-6-----------------------7-7-9-9--|
G|-9*-7*-9*-------7-9*-7*-9-9-9-9-9-9\5-5-5-7-7--|
D|-----------------------------------------------|

Chorus ("Don't turn away, don't turn away, come out swinging...")
F|-11-9-11-11---------------------7-7-9-9->
C|-11-9-11-11-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-7-7-7-9-9->
G|--9-7--9--9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-7-5-5-7-7->
D|------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-5--------->
("Dream away, dream away, as long as you're swinging strong...")
<-11-9-11-11---------------------4-2------|
<-11-9-11-11-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-7-4-2-4-2--|
<--9-7--9--9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-7-2-0-4-2--|
<------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-5-----2-0--|

Verse, *=X6 with fast palm-muting
F|----2*-4*-4*----2*-4--4--7-7-9-9--|
C|-4*-2*-4*-4*-4*-2*-4--4--7-7-9-9--|
G|-4*-0*-2*-2*-4*-0*-2--2--5-5-7-7--|
D|-2*----------2*-------------------|

After that play the chorus, but instead of playing the whole thing once, play th

Bridge startBridge, everything palm-muted X8
F|-7--7--6--6--9--11--|F|-11------9-----|
C|-7--7--6--6--9--11--|C|-11-12-9-9-11--|
G|-5--5--4--4--7---9--|G|--9-12-9-7-11--|
D|--------------------|D|----10-7----9--|

After the second time he lays off the palm muting.
For the bridge end, he plays the last bridge chord with fast palm muting.
After that, it's the first chorus half twice again.

End, *=X11
F|-7*-9*-4-2-4-2-4-2---------|
C|-7*-9*-4-2-4-2-4-2-4-2-4\--|
G|-5*-7*-2-0-2-0-2-0-4-2-4\--|
D|-------------------2-0-2\--|

And some final notes...
1. I'm not sure that the low D powerchords aren't high D powerchords,  so correc
2. This song's structure is kinda like AFI's Porphyria, only with the added chor
3. I don't have the lyrics, I figured out the quotes.

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