Sublime - Wrong Way Chords & Tabs

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Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 11:22:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: Greg Stewart 
Subject: s/sublime/wrong_way.crd

Song: Wrong Way
Artist: Sublime
CD: Sublime
Tab: Greg Stewart

I have seen several versions of this song in the archives, but I couldn't
really follow them. Here is a simple version that fits the recording:

Intro:
   E (w/random picking)            D
E---------------------------------  --------------------------------
B--9-------------------------------7--------------------------------
G--9-------------------------------7--------------------------------
D--9-------------------------------7--------------------------------
A--7-------------------------------5-------------------------------- 
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
   Annie's twelve years old in two more she'll be a whore  
   Nobody ever told her it's the   wrong way  
   Don't be afraid with the        quickness you get laid for your  
   Family get paid it's the        wrong way


Verse:
   A (on upstrokes)       G
E--5----5----5----5-------3----3----3----3--------
B--5----5----5----5-------3----3----3----3--------
G--6----6----6----6-------4----4----4----4--------
D--7----7----7----7-------5----5----5----5--------
A-------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------
  I gave her all that I   had to give 
  I'm gonna make it       hard to live  
  Big salty tears running down her chin and it

   A                      C
E--5----5----5----5-------8----8----8----8-- 
B--5----5----5----5-------8----8----8----8-- 
G--6----6----6----6-------9----9----9----9-- 
D--7----7----7----7------10---10---10---10--
A-------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------
   Ruins up her makeup I never wanted

   F#                           E
E--6----6----6----6-------------7----7----7----7-----------------
B--7----7----7----7-------------9----9----9----9-----------------
G--6----6----6----6-------------9----9----9----9-----------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------
   A cigarette                  pressed between her lips as I’m 
   Staring at her tits it's the wrong way  
   Strong if I can but I        am only a man so I 
   Take her to the can it's the wrong way

   B                           A
E--7----7----7----7-------------5----5----5----5-------
B--7----7----7----7-------------5----5----5----5-------
G--8----8----8----8-------------6----6----6----6-------
D--9----9----9----9-------------7----7----7----7-------
A------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------
   The only family that         she’s ever had is her
   Seven horny brothers and her drunk-ass Dad
   He needed money so he        put her on the street

   B                                  D
E--7----7----7----7-------------------10---10---10---10--
B--7----7----7----7-------------------10---10---10---10--
G--8----8----8----8-------------------11---11---11---11--
D--9----9----9----9-------------------12---12---12---12—-
A--------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------
  Everything was going fine until the day she met me
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sublime/wrong_way_tab_ver_2.html ]
   E                                    D
E--4----4----4----4---------------------5----5----5----5--------------
B--5----5----5----5---------------------7----7----7----7--------------
G--4----4----4----4---------------------7----7----7----7--------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------
   Happy are you sad                    wanna shoot your Dad I’ll do
   Anything I can                       the wrong way
   We talked all night                  tried to make it right
   Believe me shit was tight it was the wrong way

   A                        G
E--5----5----5----5---------3----3----3----3----
B--5----5----5----5---------3----3----3----3----
G--6----6----6----6---------4----4----4----4----
D--7----7----7----7---------5----5----5----5----
A-----------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------
   Go run away if you don’t wanna stay cause I
   Ain’t here to make ya              oh no
   It’s up to you what you  really wanna do

   A                           C
E--5----5----5----5------------8----8----8----8-- 
B--5----5----5----5------------8----8----8----8-- 
G--6----6----6----6------------9----9----9----9-- 
D--7----7----7----7-----------10---10---10---10—-
A------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------
   Spend some time in America  dub-style

   F#                    E
E--6----6----6----6------7----7----7----7--
B--7----7----7----7------9----9----9----9--
G--6----6----6----6------9----9----9----9--
D------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------
  (horn solo, minimal guitar, play 4x)

   B                           A
E--7----7----7----7------------5----5----5----5-----------
B--7----7----7----7------------5----5----5----5-----------
G--8----8----8----8------------6----6----6----6-----------
D--9----9----9----9------------7----7----7----7-----------
A---------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------
  She’ll give you all that she’s got to give but
  I'm gonna make it              hard to live  
  Big salty tears rolling        down to her chin and it

   B                     D
E--7----7----7----7------10---10---10---10--
B--7----7----7----7------10---10---10---10--
G--8----8----8----8------11---11---11---11--
D--9----9----9----9------12---12---12---12—-
A-------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------
   Smears up her makeup I never wanted

   E                              D
E--4----4----4----4---------------5----5----5----5----------------
B--5----5----5----5---------------7----7----7----7----------------
G--4----4----4----4---------------7----7----7----7----------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
   So we ran away and I'm         sorry when I say that straight 
   To this very day it was the    wrong way 
   She took a hike                don't matter if I like it or 
   Not because she only wants the wrong way


Outro:
   B                              A
E--7----7----7----7---------------5----5----5----5-----
B--7----7----7----7---------------5----5----5----5-----
G--8----8----8----8---------------6----6----6----6-----
D--9----9----9----9---------------7----7----7----7-----
A------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------
   I gave her all that I          had to give but she 
   Still wouldn't take it                oh no 
   Her two brown eyes are leaking like a sieve and it

B                           D
E--7----7----7----7---------10---10---10-----
B--7----7----7----7---------10---10---10-----
G--8----8----8----8---------11---11---11-----
D--9----9----9----9---------12---12---12—----
A--------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------
   Still ruins her makeup I never wanted...


Notes:
- You can see that the Verse repeats. The chord patterns are:
  A G, F# E, B A, E D, and this is played twice.

- I separated the Outro because it doesn’t follow the pattern.
  You’d expect to play A G at that point.

- I don’t usually play all the strings I’ve indicated here. I
  find just playing the last two strings sounds good enough.