Nada Surf - Popular
Version 2 is correct, but not complete, the last part
of the song is slightly different.
Riff1: little distortion
Play it 3.5x till ->|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-------0-----------0-----------0--------0------|
G|-------4-----------4-----------4---------4-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-3--3--------3--3-----0--2--2--------2--2-----0|
E|-------------------------------------0--0------|
|
Riff2
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------0-----------0---|
G|-------2-----------2-----------4-----------4---|
D|----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4|
A|-3-----------3-----------2-----------2---------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Riff1 3x
Riff2
Riff1 3x
Riff2
Chorus: more distorton, but not heavy
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5|
A|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5|
E|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3|
play it 3x
then you need 2 guitars, if you play along with the song,
just choose one, they both sound good.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nada_surf/popular_tab_ver_5.html ]
Guitar 1:
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|
A|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|
E|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8|
Guitar 2:
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|16\14-14----------------14\12-12---------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|14\12-12----------------12\10-10---------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Riff1 3x
Riff2
Chorus
Riff1 3x
Riff2b
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-------0--2-----0--------------2--4-----2------|
D|----4-----------------4-----4------------------|
A|-3-----------------------2--------------------0|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Riff1b: more distortion, play it 3x
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---|
G|-------4*----------4*----------4^----------4^--|
D|-2--2--------2--2------------------------------|
A|-3--3--------3--3-----0--2--2--------2--2------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
4* = no real bend, just pressing real hard is enough
4^ = bend and release 1/2 step
Riff2c
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16|
D|16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16|
A|15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Chorus 2x, I think the second time they hit every chord just 4 times,
instead of 8, but I’m not sure
Tip: if you have a gibson or gibson-type guitar (epiphone) with the large
switch for the 2 elements and don’t have any pedals to switch the distortion,
just put the rhythm-volume on 2 and the treble volume on 10, then put you
amplifier on half distortion. You can use the rhythm for the verses and
treble for the chorus and the hard part of the last verse. have fun.
