Offside - Why Chords & Tabs
Band: Offside or >o-side< , I've seen it written as both
Song: Why
Transcribed by: Daniel Roeth (e-mail daniel-roeth@uiowa.edu)
standard tuning: E,A,D,G,B,E
E|--0-----0----|
B|--0-----0----|
G|--0-----0----|
D|--14----10---|
A|--14----10---|
E|--0-----8----|
Strum these chords a few times, listen to the song
to get the pattern
E|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|----12----12--|
D|-12----12-----|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
A couple seconds into the strumming, there is either
a bass or a second guitar part the hits these notes
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|-----3--------------------3~-----------------|
G|-2/4---4\2-0~-------0--2/4-----4-2h4p2p0---0-|
D|-----------------2-----------------------2---|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-/-2~~---------------------------------------|
A|-/-2~~---------------------------------------|
E|-/-0~~---------------------------------------|
The electric guitar scrapes into an E and slowly
increases the feedback
E|---0-----0-----0---0---0-----0---0----0----0-----0----0-------|
B|-0---0-------0--h1---1-----1--h2----2----2----\1----1----1----|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Some of these notes are givin more emphasis than others so just listen
to the song to figure out how hard to pluck each of these notes. Also
I have stretched the bar out, but this is played sort of fast.
E|-------0----------0------|
B|---3-------3----3-----3--|
G|--4---4---4----4-4---4---|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
This is one measure, you play
these back to back, no pause in between
E|---------------------------0-------|
B|-------------------0-0-0-~-0-------|
G|--0--0-0-0--0-0--0-8-8-8-~-8-------|
D|--9--9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9-~-9-------|
A|--9--9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----|
E|--7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--0--|
this part builds the momentum before he sings
"WHYYYY"
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/misc_unsigned_bands/offside_why_tab.html ]
E|------3-3-3-x-0--0---0--0---0--0---|
B|------3-3-3-x-3--3---1--1-x-1--1---|
G|------0-0-0-x-2--2---0--0-x-0--0---|
D|------------x-0--0---2--2-x-2--2---|
A|--0------------------3--3-x-3--3---|
E|--0--------------------------------|
This is where he sings "WHY". There are x's
in the spots where you kinda dampen or mute the chord
E|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-0--0--0-0--0--0------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
D|-2--2--2-2--2--2------10---10--10-10---10---10-x-x--|-10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10---|
A|-2--2--2-2--2--2------10---10--10-10---10---10-x-x--|-10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10-10---|
E|-0--0--0-0--0--0--x-x-8----8---8--8----8----8--x-x--|-8--8--7---8--8--7---8--8--7---8--8--7---8--8--7----|
Do this a bunch of times do this on the last time
E|--0---0-0-0-----0-----0-0-0-------------|
B|--3---3-3-5-----3-----3-3-5-------------|
G|--4---4-4-4--4--4--4--4-4-4--4-4--------|
D|--0---0-0-0--0--0--0--0-0-0--0-0--------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
^ ^ ^ ^
mute these note slightly
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
B|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
G|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|
D|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
B|--7-7-7-8-8-8-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----|
G|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----|
D|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
I'm not going to bother with the solo because its pretty horrible.
The song has great potential for a solo but it doesn't really work out.
E|-------------------------------5--5-5-5-5--|
B|-------------------------------5--5-5-5-5--|
G|-----------------------5--5--5-5--5-5-5-5--|
D|--2--2--2-2---2--2-2---5--5--5-5--5-5-5-5--|
A|--2--2--2-2---2--2-2---3--3--3-3--3-3-3-3--|
E|--0--0--0-0---0--0-0-----------------------|
So heres the ending...
E|-------6---4/5------------6-5---------|
B|-------6-x-4/5----------x-6-5---------|
G|-------6-x-4/5----------x-6-5---------|
D|---------x--------------x-------2-----|
A|--x-/6----------x-x-/6----------2-----|
E|--x-------------x-x-------------0-----|
I think this part is played with a slide or
the same effect the solo is played in + a lot
of distortion.