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Defeat You- Smash Mouth
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Tabbed by:Danfan3
Email:N/A
Tuning:Tune Down 1/2 Step (Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb)
Intro (Riff 1):
e|----------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
G|---------9------7-7---------|----------------------|---9----7-7----------|
D|-------9---9--------------5-|--5--7---8\7--5-------|-9---9--------5------|
A|-5/7------------------------|-----------------7-5/7|---------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
(End of Riff 1)
e|---------------------|--------------------|------------------------------|
B|---------------------|------9-----7-7-----|------------------------------|
G|---------------------|------9-----7-7---4-|--4---6---6--7---6--4---------|
D|-5-7--8\7--5---------|---9----9---------5-|--5---7---7--8---7--5---------|
A|-------------7---5/7-|--------------------|------------------------------|
E|---------------------|--------------------|------------------------------|
Verse 1:
Em C#m Em C#m
Born is a human with a kung fu spine, equipped with a detector of what's on
Em C#m Em
your mind, You jive you shuck you bob you weave and when you're down you've
C#m
got something up your sleeve and you've
(Riff 2)
Em C#m
got it good as bad as it gets (End of Riff 2)
e|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
D|--2----5--2---5--2--5--2--|-5--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------|-----4------4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------|
E|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
Repeat Riff 2 three more times
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Em C#m
You make your own incisions that come with regrets, You're
Em C#m
in it to win it and make every minute count, You
Em C#m
put it all together and dish it out
Chorus:
E7 A7 D7 E5 D
Hey I know where you're from, it makes it that much
G5 A5 E7 A7 D7 E5
nicer to meet you, Hey I know what you've done It makes it
D G5 A5
that much better to defeat you
Repeat Riff one 1x
Repeat Verse 1x
Repeat Chorus 1x but instead of playing Riff 1 again, go into this
Interlude:
Repeat 1x
e|---------10--------12------|--15----12----12----|---10-------12----------|
B|-11--12-----11--12----11-12|------------------11|-12---11-12----11--12---|
G|---------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
Bridge:
E D G5 A5 E D G5 A5 E D G5 A5 E
It's what we are It's what we are It's what we are
Then it goes into this riff:
e|-----------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----9------7--7----4--|--4-----6---6---7--6---4-|
D|--9--9--9-----------5--|--5-----7---7---8--7---5-|
A|-----------------------|-------------------------|
E|-----------------------|-------------------------|
Repeat Verse 1x
Repeat Chorus 2x
Outro:
E D G5 A5 E5 D G5
It makes it that much better to defeat you, It makes it that much better to
A5 E D G5 A5 E5 D
defeat you, It makes it that much better to defeat you, It makes it that
G5 A5 E
much better to defeat you
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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