Email: Kenster85hero@hotmail.com
I havn't seen any tab online of this song that was correct so i sat down and tabbed
it all out note for note. I'm pretty sure it's just like the album version. Let me
know what you think.
Tuning: Standard- EADGBE
1st Guitar: Acoustic: Strums this progression through the whole song non-stop
[A Bm D A]
2nd Guitar: Electric: with a bit of distortion playing this:
Intro Riff:
|-------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------------|-----3-----------|
|--7/9--9--9--9-----|-----------------2-----------2-----2-|--2-----2--4/6---|
|----------------7--|--7-7-7/4--2--4-----4--2--4-----4----|---------------7-|
|-------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------|
Verse Riff:
25 years of my life and still...
|----------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------2-|-----------------2-----------2-----2-|--------2-----2--|
|--2--4--2--4----|--7-7-7/4--2--4-----4--2--4-----4----|--2--4-----4-----| x2
|----------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------|
Pre Chorus: 2nd guitar electric with distortion:
A Bm D A
And so I cry sometimes, when I'm lying in bed...
|--0-------|--2----------2-------|--2----2--------|--0-------|
|--2-------|--3-------3-----3----|--3-------3-----|--2-------|
|--2-------|--4----4-----------4-|--2-------------|--2-------|
|--2-------|--4------------------|--0-------------|--2-------|
|--0-------|--2------------------|----------------|--0-------|
|----------|--2------------------|----------------|----------|
A Bm D A
And so I wake in the morning... "What's going on?"...
|--0----0-----|--2----------2-------|--2----2--------|--0-------|
|--2-------2--|--3-------3-----3----|--3-------3-----|--2-------|
|--2----------|--4----4-----------4-|--2-------------|--2-------|
|--2----------|--4------------------|--0-------------|--2-------|
|--0----------|--2------------------|----------------|--0-------|
|-------------|--2------------------|----------------|----------|
Chorus:
2nd Electric guitar strumming with 1st guitar.
And I say, "Hey yeah yeah hey, hey yeah yeah."
[A Bm D A] x2
Intro Riff: x2
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/0-9/4_non_blondes/whats_up_tab_ver_5.html ]
Verse:
And I try, oh my god, do I try...
|----------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------2-|-----------------2-----------2-----2-|--------2-----2--|
|--2--4--2--4----|--7-7-7/4--2--4-----4--2--4-----4----|--2--4-----4-----| x2
|----------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------|
Prechorus:
A Bm D A
And so I cry sometimes, when I'm lying in bed...
|--0-------|--2----------2-------|--2----2--------|--0--------0--------|
|--2-------|--3-------3-----3----|--3-------3-----|--2-----------2-----|
|--2-------|--4----4-----------4-|--2-------------|--2-----2--------2--|
|--2-------|--4------------------|--0-------------|--2-----------------|
|--0-------|--2------------------|----------------|--0-----------------|
|----------|--2------------------|----------------|--------------------|
A Bm D A
And so I wake in the morning... "What's going on?"...
|--0-------------|--2--------------|--2----2----------|--0------7b--5--7b--|
|--2----2--------|--3--------------|--3-------3-----3-|--2---5-------------|
|--2-------2-----|--4----3/5--3----|--2----------2----|--2-----------------|
|--2--2-------2--|--4--------------|--0---------------|--2-----------------|
|--0-------------|--2--------------|------------------|--0-----------------|
|----------------|--2--------------|------------------|--------------------|
Chorus:
A Bm D A
And I say, "Hey yeah yeah hey, hey yeah yeah."
|--0---------|--2---------|--2-------------------|--0-------|
|--2---------|--3---------|--3-------------------|--2-------|
|--2---------|--4---------|--2----------2-----2--|--2-------|
|--2---------|--4---------|--0----2--4-----4-----|--2-------| x4
|--0---------|--2---------|----------------------|--0-------|
|------------|--2---------|----------------------|----------|
Outro:
Ooh ooh ooh.....
|-------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------------|-----3-----------|
|--7/9--9--9--9-----|-----------------2-----------2-----2-|--2-----2--4/6---|
|----------------7--|--7-7-7/4--2--4-----4--2--4-----4----|---------------7-|
|-------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------|
End with 1st Acoustic guitar playing one riff:
[A Bm D A]
25 years of my life and still
Tryin' to get up that great big hill of
Hope, for a destination. . .
