Worker Bees Chords & Tabs
Since all the other tabs for this awesome song aren't that great, I decided to tab the
myself. The only part that's missing is the solo since I couldn't seem to get it right
I think everything I put here is right, or at least closer than the other tabs. I thank my
guitar teacher Kevin for helping me out with the intro and the verse.
Intro: For this part, you could strum each note just make the 4th string a deadnote,
in the verse. Really, I think it sounds more correct like this.
|-----------------------------------------|
|-8----4----6--8--9----1----3----4--8--6--|
|-8----5----7--8--10---1----4----5--8--7--|
|----------------------1------------------|- x2
|-6----3----5--6--8---------2----3--6--5--|
|-----------------------------------------|
Verse: It's just like the intro except that you're strumming it. Figure out the
pattern on your own.
|-----------------------------------------|
|-8----4----6--8--9----1----3----4--8--6--|
|-8----5----7--8--10---1----4----5--8--7--|
|-x----x----x--x--x----1----x----x--x--x--|- x2
|-6----3----5--6--8---------2----3--6--5--|
|-----------------------------------------|
Pre-chorus:
|---------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9--888-666-444----------------888-|
|-101010-888-777-555-----8----7-----888-|
|-x-x-x--xxx-xxx-xxx----------------xxx-| - x3
|-8-8-8--666-555-333-5555-5555-5555-666-|
|--------------------5555-5555-5555-----|
|--------------------|
|-4444-3333----------|
|-5555-3333----------|
|-xxxx-xxxx-66666666-|
|-3333-1111-66666666-|
|-----------66666666-|
Play the intro, verse and pre-chorus again.
Chorus:
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------44444444|
|-----------------------------------55555555|
|-111-0-111-0-6666666-0-111-0-111-0-xxxxxxxx|
|-111-0-111-0-6666666-0-111-0-111-0-33333333|
|-111-0-111-0-6666666-0-111-0-111-0---------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------4444-3333----------|
|----------------------5555-3333----------|
|-555-0-555-0-66666666-xxxx-xxxx-66666666-| - x2
|-555-0-555-0-66666666-3333-1111-66666666-|
|-555-0-555-0-66666666-----------66666666-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/billy_talent/worker_bees_tab_ver_4.html ]
After the second time you play the chorus, add this on:
|--------------------|
|-4444-3333----------|
|-5555-3333----------|
|-xxxx-xxxx-66666666-|
|-3333-1111-66666666-|
|-----------66666666-|
Solo: I finally figured it out! I'm not sure it's perfect, but it sounds pretty good.
in case you don't notice, those are all double digit numbers, so don't get confused.
|-----------------------------------------|
|-8888888844444444666688889-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-8888888855555555777788881010101010101010|
|-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-6666666633333333555566668-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-9999999913131313131313131212121212121212|
|-9999999913131313131313131212121212121212|
|-xxxxxxxxx-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-7777777711111111111111111010101010101010|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-131313131515151516161616161616161313131313131313|
|-131313131515151517171717171717171313131313131313|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-111111111313131315151515151515151111111111111111|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-1515151516161616181818181818181816161616181818182020202020202020|
|-1616161617171717191919191919191917171717191919192020202020202020|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-1414141415151515171717171717171715151515171717171818181818181818|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20|
|-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-20|
|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-| <----for this part, bend the strings that you are
|-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18| strumming
|------------------------|
Now play the chorus again except this time the second time you play it play the post
riff twice and finish it off like this:
|--------------------|
|-4444-3333----------|
|-5555-3333----------|
|-xxxx-xxxx-66666666-| - x2
|-3333-1111-66666666-|
|-----------66666666-|
|----|
|-4~-|
|-5~-|
|-x--|
|-3~-|
|----|