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Artist: Sublime
Song: What I Got
Tabbed by: John Leadman
CHORDS:
D (xx0232)
G (320033)
There are only two chords through the entire song. He just picks
them kind of randomly, you don't have to be accurate but you
should pick them a bit like this:
D G D G
E|--------------------------------------------| / = slide up
B|------3---3-------3--------3---3-------3----| \ = slide down
G|------2---2-----0---0------2---2-----0-0-0--| h = hammer-on
D|--0-0------------------0-0-----------0---0--| p = pull-off
A|--------------------------------------------| b = bend
E|------------3-3------------------3-3--------| r = release bend
The above tab is just meant to give you the general idea.
here is the bassline. It's simple but it
sounds very cool. It's the same throughout the song.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sublime/what_i_got_tab_ver_7.html ]
D G
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-------------4h7-------------------|
A|---5---5---5-------------------3---|
E|-------------------3---3---3-------|
VERSE 1:
GUITAR-SOLO:
D G D G
E|------------------------------------
B|-----------6------------7--5--3-3---
G|------5-7----7-5-5h7----7--5--4-4---
D|---/7-------------------------------
A|------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------
D G D G
E---------------12-----------------------------------------------|
B--------10h12----12-12p10--13-12--10----------------------------|
G--11h12--------------------------------12b13r12p10--12-10-------|
D----------------------------------------------------------12----|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE 2:
D [guitar stops, bass keeps playing]
Life is too short so love the one ya got
[In this chorus you play the GUITAR-SOLO (above) again while the
singer is singing]
CHORUS:
D G D
Loving, is what I got
G
I said remember that
D G D
Loving, is what I got
G
I said remember that
[After the chorus come some weird sounds that I don't
know how to play. Just let the guitar be silent and
let the bass play 'D G' 4 times]
VERSE 3:
CHORUS: [no guitar solo in this chorus]
OUTRO:
D [strum once, then stop]
Loving, is what I got
I said remember that
D [strum once, then stop]
Loving, is what I got
I said remember that
[the rest of the outro is just repeating the chorus
like usual many times, but there's a lot of picking
in it that I've transcribed below]
D G D G D G D G
E|------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---7--------7--------7--------7--------7---7b8-7---7b8-7----5--3--
G|------7--------7--------7--------7--------------------------------
D|---------7--------7--------7--------7-----------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------
D G D G D G D [chords stop]
E------------------------------------------------------------|
B---3---\1-1-0------------0-----7--------7--------7----------|
G---------------2-2----2-----2-----7--------7----------------|
D-------------------------------------7--------7-------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|
"...I got, I got, I got..."
Then comes a distorted electric guitar
that plays this:
D G D G D G D G D
E|----------------------------------------------8---7-7-5-------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------7b8-7----------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------7---|
A|---5---------------------------5--------------------------5---|
E|---------8-8-7-5-5----7-8--7-5--------------------------------|