Off the album Second Hand Smoke
Chords by Evan Hughes (lov3slav3@yahoo.com)
Standard Tuning, but really if the guitar hasn't been tuned is has a nice sound to
it, just get it close.
intro progression:(pattern is basic)
A, Bm, G, A, A, Bm, G, A
verse: these aren't too tricky to remember, but I've tabbed them anyway
A Bm G A5 D E
e|-9----7-----------------------------------|
B|-10---7--8—10---7--9----------------------|
G|-9----7--7--9---7--9----------------------|
D|---------9------7--9----------------------|
A|-------------------7----------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
pattern on the verse is like this:
A Bm
When you grab a hold of me
G A5
Tell me I will never be set free
Bm
But I'm a parasite,
G A
Creep and crawl I step into the night
D
Two pints of booze,
G A
Tell me are you a bad fish too? (are you a badfish too?)
e|------------------------------------------|
B|--2h3p2-----------------------------------|
G|--------2-----2h4-4-----------------------|
D|----------2h4-----------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
D A
Ain't got no money to spend
D A
I know the night will never end
D A
Lord knows I'm weak
D E
Won't somebody get me off of this reef?
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sublime/badfish_crd.html ]
Verse 2:
A Bm
Baby you're a big blue whale
G A5
Grab the reef when all duck diving fails
Bm G
I swim, but I wish I never learned
D G A
The water's too polluted with germs
e|------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------2h3p2---2h3p2------|
G|-------------------------------------2----|
D|---------------------------------------2--|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
D A
I dive deep when it's ten feet over head
D A
Grab the reef from underneath my bed. (underneath my bed but)
e|------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------7-10--10-7---------------|
G|-------------7-9--------------------------|
D|---------7-9-----------------11-7h9-7-----|
A|-----7-9----------------------------------|
E|-7-9--------------------------------------|
D A
Ain't got not quarrels with God.
D A
Ain't got no time to grow old.
D A
Lord knows I'm weak.
D E
Won't some body get me off of this reef?
Intro then,
solo:
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-4h6--- 4h6----4br-----------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-------2-4—1h2p1--------------------------|
D|--2h4-----------2h4----------let-ring-----|
A|--------------------2-2p0—--2/4-----------|
E|------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|---------------2p1------------------------|
D|----2h4-4----4-----2/4--------------------|
A|--4---------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
e|--5---------------------------------------|
B|-----7------------------------------------|
G|--------6—4\2--4-2------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| / slide up
| \ slide down
