Dare To Be Stupid Chords & Tabs
Alrighty, this is a tab for Dare to be Stupid. This was just for fun.
Note: Most parts of the song are played using a keyboard. I just transcribed it to
guitar. If you'd like to play it on guitar, be my guest.
intro
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----12-12-----12-------10-10-----10--------------------------------|
|-9-9-------9-9----9-7-7-------7-7----7------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| x3
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------12----10----7---5----------------------------|
|-----------12-12----------12----10---7---5--------------------------|
|-----11-11-------11-11----------------------------------------------|
|-9-9----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
enter band
|-------------------------| |-------------------------|
|-------------------------| |-------------------------|
|-9-9-7-7-----------------| |-------------------------|
|---------10-7-9----------|x3 and then |-12-11-9-12-11-9-11-12---|
|----------------7--------| |-------------------------|
|-------------------------| |-------------------------|
A variation of the enter band part:
|-------------------------| |-------------------------|
|-------------------------| |-------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-x-x-x-x---------| |-------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-x-x-x-x---------|x3 then |-12-11-9-12-11-9-11-12---|
|-7-7-7-7-x-x-x-x---------| |-------------------------|
|-------------------------| |-------------------------|
actually you might not need to mute, but that's just how I play it and its easier to play.
verse
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------8-8--------------8-8----------------|
|-9-9-7-7----------9-9-7-7--------------9-7--------------9-7------------|
|---------10-7-9-----------10-7-9-----------10-7-9-----------10-7-9-----|
|----------------7----------------7----------------7----------------7---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------7-8-8--------------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------9-7--------------9-7--------7-9-9-7-7----------9-9-7-7------------|
|-----------10-7-9-----------10-7-9-----------10-7-9-----------10-7-9-----|
|----------------------------------------------------7----------------7---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
pre chorus
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/weird_al_yankovic/dare_to_be_stupid_tab_ver_3.html ]
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------0-0---0----0---0-2-2-0-2----2-0-2-2-2-0-2-----2-0-2--|
|-2-2---2----2---2-----2--------2---------------------------------------|
|-----2--------2--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------0-0---0----0---0-------------------------------------|
|-2-2---2----2---2-----2--------2---------------------------------------|
|-----2--------2--------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar solo(ish)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------2-222---0-2-2----4-444---2-4-4----------------------|
|-2-222---0-2-2-----------2----------------4----------------------------|
|-------2---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12----10---------------|
|----12----10-12----10---|
|----------------11----9-|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
When he says "it's like spitting on a fish"
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7---7-------7---9-9---9----9---13-13----13-----13----9-9---9----9---|
|-----7-------7---7-----7----9---9-------13-----13----13-----9----9---9-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
"it's like I said you gotta buy one if you wanna get one free"
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7---7-------7---9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------|
|-----7-------7---7-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
When he says "dare to be stupid, its so easy to do we're all waiting for you!" do this:
|-7-----------------------------------|
|-----10---8---10---------------------|
|---9----9---9----9-9-9-7-7-----------| x2
|---------------------------10-7-9----|
|----------------------------------7--|
|-------------------------------------|
and for the instrumental do the enter band part again
And when he says "you can be a coffee achiever..."
do the verse again but when he says "What did I say?", do this:
|-7-----------------------------------|
|-----10---8---10---------------------|
|---9----9---9----9-9-9-7-7-----------| x11
|---------------------------10-7-9----|
|----------------------------------7--|
|-------------------------------------|
and for the final part
|-7---------------------------------------------|
|-----10---8---10-------------------------------|
|---9----9---9----9-9-9-9-7---9-----------------|
|-------------------9-9-9-7---9-----------------|
|-------------------7-7-7-5---7-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
this song was kind of hard to tab. Enjoy, and make the further adjustments if ever
thera are any mistakes.