Explanation:
I've seen a lot of versions of this, but most of them seem to be not quite right. This
how Rivers plays it. I watched him play it in a video and figured it out. I don't know
the parts to the second guitar. It does a lot of weird random crap.
You basically are just playing the power chords from the chorus, but you pick the
individually. And it just repeats through the whole song. Sometimes you can palm mute it
verses or just pick more softly to make it more quiet and let it roar during the chorus,
the second guitar plays the power chords for rhythm. I guess you could also play it
and then switch to distortion. Remember to give that certain string some vibrato.
Tuning: 1/2 step down
| / slide up
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| 0 play open string
| b^ bend up
________________________________________
|Intro (Lead Guitar - Clean or Palm Mute)|
|________________________________________|
e|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------7~--------------|
G|---------6~-------------------7-----------|
D|-------------7---------7------------------|
A|------7-------------5---------------------|
E|---5--------------------------------------| (x2)
"El Scorcho!"
"... Rock 'n Roll!"
(2nd Guitar joins in here - plays the same part. Just throws in
power chords here and there against the lead I think.)
e|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------7~--------------|
G|---------6~-------------------7-----------|
D|-------------7---------7------------------|
A|------7-------------5---------------------|
E|---5--------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------7~--------------|
G|---------6~-------------------------------|
D|-------------7---------7------------------|
A|------7-------------5---------------------|
E|---5--------------------------------------|
_____________________________________________
|Verse 1 "God damn you half-japanese girls..."|
|_____________________________________________|
e|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------7~--------------|
G|---------6~-------------------7-----------|
D|-------------7---------7------------------|
A|------7-------------5---------------------|
E|---5--------------------------------------| (x3)
e|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------7~--------------|
G|---------6~-------------------------------|
D|-------------7---------7------------------|
A|------7-------------5---------------------|
E|---5--------------------------------------|
"And I'm Jello baby..."
e|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------7~--------------|
G|---------6~-------------------7-----------|
D|-------------7---------7------------------|
A|------7-------------5---------------------|
E|---5--------------------------------------| (x2)
"Why you wanna go and do me like that..."
_________________________________
|Chorus (Lead Guitar - Distortion)|
|_________________________________|
e|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------7~--------------|
G|---------6~-------------------7-----------|
D|-------------7---------7------------------|
A|------7-------------5---------------------|
E|---5--------------------------------------| (x3)
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|---------6~-------------------------------|
D|-------------7----------------------------|
A|------7-------------7--5------------------|
E|---5----------------------9--7------------|
e|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------7~--------------|
G|---------6~-------------------7-----------|
D|-------------7---------7------------------|
A|------7-------------5---------------------|
E|---5--------------------------------------| (x2)
e|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------9~--------------|
G|---------6~-------------------9-----------|
D|-------------7---------9------------------|
A|------7-------------7---------------------|
E|---5--------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|---------6~-------------------------------|
D|-------------7----------------------------|
A|------7-----------------------------------|
E|---5--------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/weezer/el_scorcho_tab_ver_9.html ]
___________________________________
|Chorus (Rhythm Guitar - Distortion)|
|___________________________________|
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------7777--------7777--------7777--------9999--|
D|---7777--7777--7777--7777--7777--7777--7777--9999--|
A|---7777--5555--7777--5555--7777--5555--7777--7777--|
E|---5555--------5555--------5555--------5555--------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------0-----------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------0-----------|
G|---------7777--------7777--------9999----------7---------6~/---------|
D|---7777--7777--7777--7777--7777--9999--7777----7--10-----0-----------|
A|---7777--5555--7777--5555--7777--7777--7777----5--10-----0-----------|
E|---5555--------5555--------5555--------5555-------8------------------|
_______________________________________________________
|Verse 2 "I asked you to go to the Green Day concert..."|
|_______________________________________________________|
e|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------7~--------------|
G|---------6~-------------------7-----------|
D|-------------7---------7------------------|
A|------7-------------5---------------------|
E|---5--------------------------------------| (x3)
e|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------7~--------------|
G|---------6~-------------------------------|
D|-------------7---------7------------------|
A|------7-------------5---------------------|
E|---5--------------------------------------|
"Watching Grunge..."
e|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------7~--------------|
G|---------6~-------------------7-----------|
D|-------------7---------7------------------|
A|------7-------------5---------------------|
E|---5--------------------------------------| (x2)
"Cho Cho san"
______________________________________________________________
|Repeat Chorus (no slide this time at the end on rhythm guitar)|
|______________________________________________________________|
___________________________
|Bridge "How stupid is it?!"|
|___________________________|
(both guitars)
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------77777777------------99999999----------|
D|---77777777--77777777--99999999--99999999----------|
A|---77777777--55555555--99999999--77777777----------|
E|---55555555------------77777777--------------------|(x2)
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------777-------999-----------------------------|
D|---777---777--999--999-----------------------------|
A|---777---555--999--777-----------------------------|
E|---555--------777----------------------------------|
(then it changes with RHYTHM playing this part below)
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------777-------999-----------------------------|
D|---777---777--999--999-----------------------------|
A|---777---555--999--777-----------------------------|
E|---555--------777----------------------------------|
(and LEAD plays this before going into the solo)
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------7~-----------------------|
G|---------6~-------------------7--------------------|
D|-------------7---------7---------------9~----------|
A|------7-------------5---------------9--------------|
E|---5-----------------------------7-----------------|
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|--9-9--11h--9--12h--9--13h--9------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
_________________________
|Solo/Fill (Lead Guitar) |
|_________________________|
e|-------------------14-12-----19-17--16h17--------21---19h21----------------|
B|--12b^13---------------------------------17--------------------------------|
G|--------------14-16--------------------------------18----------------------|
D|--------15-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(And from here you just repeat the parts mentioned above and end on the power chord
letting it sustain)
e|--------|
B|--------|
G|--------|
D|--7-----|
A|--7-----|
E|--5-----|
=w=
