Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi
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Tabbed by Charles de la Cruz (http://www.comeunglued.com/avril/)
Tuning - Standard (EADGBE)
\ = Slide down
/ = Slide up
~ = vibrato
* = strum chord
^ = bend up
+ = wah pedal closed
o = wah pedal open
<> = Natural Harmonic on specified fret
p.s. = pick scrape
p.m. = palm mute
[INTRO] [RIFF1]
Guitar 1
e/|-------|-------------------------------------------------|\
B||-------|-------------------------------------------------||
G||-------|--/11-9~~~\--/11-9~~~\--/11-9~~~\--/11-9~~-7~~~--||
D||-------|-------------------------------------------------||
A||-------|--/-9-7~~~\--/-9-7~~~\--/-9-7~~~\--/-9-7~~-5~~~--||
E\|--10\--|-------------------------------------------------|/
| | |
| |Guitar 2 |
| | ******** ******** ******** **** **** |
e/|-------|-------------------------------------------------|\
B||-------|-------------------------------------------------||
G||-------|-7-----------------------------------------------||
D||-------|-7----------7----------9----------8------7-------||
A||-------|-5----------7----------9----------8------7-------||
E\|-------|------------5----------7----------6------5-------|/
[VERSE]
Guitar 2 plays these chords about 8 times each...
e/|---------------------------------------------------------|\
B||---------------------------------------------------------||
G||--7---------------------------7--------------------------||
D||--7------7------9------8------7------7------9-----10-----||
A||--5------7------9------8------5------7------9-----10-----||
E\|---------5------7------6-------------5------7------8-----|/
Guitar 1 plays these fills during the first verse...
{ballet, what more can I say...}
e/|---------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------|
G||--4----4----5--------------------------------|
D||-----------------------------0--2--4--0------|
A||---------------------------------------------|
E\|---------------------------------------------|
{wanted her, she'd never tell...}
e/|---------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------|
G||--2----2----4----4----3----------------------|
D||-----------------------------0--2--4--0------|
A||---------------------------------------------|
E\|---------------------------------------------|
{friends, stuck up...} p.s.
e/|------------------------------------|\
B||------------------------------------||
G||--4----4----5----------------x\-----||
D||-----------------------------x\-----||
A||------------------------------------||
E\|------------------------------------|/
[CHORUS]
** chords are played about 8 times each **
e/|---------------------------------------------13---13---13----|\
B||---------------------------------------------16^--16^--16^---||
G||--10------------------10-------------------------------------||
D||--10---10----8----7---10---10----8----7----8-----------------||
A||---8---10----8----7----8---10----8----7----8-----------------||
E\|--------8----6----5---------8----6----5----6-----------------|/
[VERSE 2] Guitar 2 plays the same chords
Guitar 1 plays the following...
p.m..........................................
e/|----5-------------------------------------------|
B||--7---7~~~----5---------7-----------------------|
G||------------6---6~~~--7---7~~~---7--7--7--7-7-7-|
D||------------------------------------------------|
A||------------------------------------------------|
E\|------------------------------------------------|
p.m...............
e/|----5-------------------------------------------|
B||--7---7~~~----5--------<7>----------------------|
G||------------6---6~~~-<7>-<7>--------------------|
D||------------------------------------------------|
A||------------------------------------------------|
E\|--------------------------------/8~~\--/8~~~\---|
p.m..........................................
e/|----5-------------------------------------------|
B||--7---7~~~----5---------7-----------------------|
G||------------6---6~~~--7---7~~~---7--7--7--7-7-7-|
D||------------------------------------------------|
A||------------------------------------------------|
E\|------------------------------------------------|
p.m.........................
e/|----5-------------------------------------------|\
B||--7---7~~~----5---------7--------8--------------||
G||------------6---6~~~--7---7~~~-----9----0-------||
D||-------------------------------------10---2-----||
A||--------------------------------------------3---||
E\|----------------------------------------------3-|/
[CHORUS 2]
During this chorus there sounds like there's a wah pedal
F C Bb A
o +
e/|-------------------|\
B||-------------------||
G||-------------2-----||
D||-------------2-----||
A||-------------0-----||
E\|-------------------|/
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/avril_lavigne/sk8er_boi_tab_ver_4.html ]
[RIFF 2]
Guitar 1
e/|------------------------------------------------|
B||------------------------------------------------|
G||---/14-12~~~\--/14-12~~~\--/14-12~~~\-----------|
D||------------------------------------------------|
A||---/12-10~~~\--/12-10~~~\--/12-10~~~\-----------|
E\|------------------------------------------------|
| |
| Guitar 2 |
| ******** ******** ******** |
e/|------------------------------------------------|
B||------------------------------------------------|
G||--------------5-----------3------------6--6--6--|
D||--3-----------5-----------3------------6--6--6--|
A||--3-----------3-----------1------------4--4--4--|
E\|--1---------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1
e/|------------------------------------------------|\
B||------------------------------------------------||
G||---/14-12~~~\--/14-12~~~\--/14-12~~~\-----------||
D||------------------------------------------------||
A||---/12-10~~~\--/12-10~~~\--/12-10~~~\-----------||
E\|------------------------------------------------|/
| |
| Guitar 2 |
| ******** ******** ******** |
e/|------------------------------------------------|\
B||------------------------------------------------||
G||--------------5-----------3------------6--6-----||
D||--3-----------5-----------3------------6--6--7--||
A||--3-----------3-----------1------------4--4--7--||
E\|--1------------------------------------------5--|/
[BRIDGE]
D5 F5
e/|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B||----------------10-----------------------------10-------------|
G||--7--10--9--10------10--9--10-------10--9--10------10--9--10--|
D||--------------------------------10----------------------------|
A||--------------------------------------------------------------|
E\|--------------------------------------------------------------|
C5 Bb5 A5
e/|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B||-----------------8--------------------------------------------|
G||-----10--9--10------10--9--10-------10--9--10------10--9--10--|
D||-10------------------------------8--------------7-------------|
A||--------------------------------------------------------------|
E\|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D5 F5
e/|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B||----------------10-----------------------------10-------------|
G||--7--10--9--10------10--9--10-------10--9--10------10--9--10--|
D||--------------------------------10----------------------------|
A||--------------------------------------------------------------|
E\|--------------------------------------------------------------|
C5 Bb5 A5
e/|--------------------------------------------------------------|\
B||-----------------8--------------------------------------------||
G||-----10--9--10------10--9--10-------10--9--10------10--9--7~~-||
D||-10------------------------------8--------------7-------------||
A||--------------------------------------------------------------||
E\|--------------------------------------------------------------|/
[BRIDGE 2]
Guitars 1 & 3
e/|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------------------------------10~~~~-|
G||------------------------------------------------------------------|
D||-----------------------------------------------------------0-2-4--|
A||------------------------------------------------------------------|
E\|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|Guitar 2 |
| p.m............................................................ |
e/|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------------------|
D||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
A||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
E\|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
e/|--------------------------------------------------------/32--|\
B||-(10)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------------||
G||-------------------------------------------------------------||
D||-0-----------------------------------------------------------||
A||-------------------------------------------------------------||
E\|-------------------------------------------------------------|/
| |
| |
| p.m............................................ |
e/|-------------------------------------------------------------|\
B||-------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------------------------||
D||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10----------||
A||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10----------||
E\|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--8----------|/
I feel a little explanation is needed to explain why I wrote 32
for that note. The reason being is that there's a screechingly
high note just at the end there that sounds like a very high C.
There are a few ways to get this note using an octave pedal, a
whammy pedal, or you could reach above the fretboard past the
neck pickup of your guitar and hold down the string to the point
where the 32nd fret would be. Either way it does give the same
basic effect.
That is pretty much the whole song.
Just repeat the parts as necessary.
