Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag Chords & Tabs

TEENAGE DIRTBAG, by WHEATUS

Tabbed by ROB ZONNEVELD

Questions and comments are expected to make this tab better...
email me at robzonneveld@home.com or tc789506@hotmail.com


*LISTEN TO SONG BEFORE WHILE OR BEFORE ATTEMPTING, AS TABLATURE
 DOES NOT PORTRAY CORRECT TIMING*

This tab is a simpler version written with-out the frequent muting
(which can only really be heard during the soft part anyway... 
however, i wrote it in during the soft part (2:19))

Times are approximate

Figure 1a - Verse part 1, played clean (0:05)
Play 5 times*
e|------|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|	
B|------|-----0-----0-----2-----0-|
G|------|-------------------------|
D|------|-------------------------|
A|------|-------2-2---------0-0---|
E|-(7\)-|-0-0---------0-0---------|

*(the slide down, on E from 7th fret to open, is played only
during the introduction on the upbeat of the bar prior to the main 
riff. other times omit slide)

Figure 1b - Verse part 2, played clean (0:30)

e|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----0-----| 
B|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----0-----|
G|-------------------------|-----------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------|
A|-4-4---0-0---2-2---2-2---|-4-4---0-0---2-2---2-2-|
E|-------------------------|-----------------------|

Now you want to hit that distortion pedal.

Figure 2 - Chourus, distortion (0:40)

Other guitar (clean) plays chords displyed above (strumming copies
main guitar picking) 

Play first 3 times	      Play this the 4th time
   E    A    B    C#5 G#5        E    A    B    C#5 G#5 A   B   
e|------------------------|   e|--------------------------------|
B|------------------------|   B|--------------------------------|
G|------2-2--4-4----------|   G|------2-2--4-4------------------|
D|-2-2--2-2--4-4----6-----|   D|-2-2--2-2--4-4----6-------2---4-|
A|-2-2--0-0--2-2--4-----6-|   A|-2-2--0-0--2-2--4-----6-0---2---|
E|-0-0----------------4---|   E|-0-0----------------4-----------|

Figure 1a - Verse part 1, played clean (1:02)
Play 5 times
e|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|
B|-----0-----0-----2-----0-|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------2-2---------0-0---|
E|-0-0---------0-0---------|

Figure 1b - Verse part 2, played clean (1:27)

e|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----0-----| 
B|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----0-----|
G|-------------------------|-----------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------|
A|-4-4---0-0---2-2---2-2---|-4-4---0-0---2-2---2-2-|
E|-------------------------|-----------------------|

Figure 2 - Chourus, distortion (1:37)
Play this first 3 times	      Play this the 4th time
   E    A    B    C#5 G#5        E    A    B    C#5 G#5 A   B
e|------------------------|   e|--------------------------------|
B|------------------------|   B|--------------------------------|
G|------2-2--4-4----------|   G|------2-2--4-4------------------|
D|-2-2--2-2--4-4----6-----|   D|-2-2--2-2--4-4----6-------2---4-|
A|-2-2--0-0--2-2--4-----6-|   A|-2-2--0-0--2-2--4-----6-0---2---|
E|-0-0----------------4---|   E|-0-0----------------4-----------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/wheatus/teenage_dirtbag_tab_ver_4.html ]
Figure 3 - Bridge, distortion (1:59)
Play 2 times					    NOTE:
   E   E A*  E   E A*  E   E A*  C#5 G#5 A   B	    (do not play)
e|---------|---------|---------|-----------------|   A* = e|-0-|
B|-----0-0-|-----0-0-|-----0-0-|-----------------|	  B|-0-|
G|-1-1-1-2-|-1-1-1-2-|-1-1-1-2-|-----------------|	  G|-2-|
D|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-|---6-------2---4-|	  D|-2-|
A|-2-2---0-|-2-2---0-|-2-2---0-|-4-----6-0---2---|	  A|-0-|
E|-0-0-----|-0-0-----|-0-0-----|-----4-----------|	  E|-0-|
Let Ring

Figure 1a - Verse part 1, played clean (2:19)

The x's don't have to be played on those exact strings, just use
the idea to make the effect

Play 4 times
e|--------0--------0--------0--------0-|
B|--------0--------0--------2--------0-|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-----xxx--2-2-xxx------xxx--0-0-xxx--|
E|-0-0-xxx------xxx--0-0-xxx------xxx--|

Figure 1b - Verse part 2, played clean (2:39)

e|--------0--------0--------0--------0-| 
B|--------0--------0--------0--------0-|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-4-4-xxx--0-0-xxx--2-2-xxx--2-2-xxx--|
E|-----xxx------xxx------xxx------xxx--|

e|--------0--------0--------0-----|
B|--------0--------0--------0-----|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|-4-4-xxx--0-0-xxx--2-2-xxx--2-2-|
E|-----xxx------xxx------xxx------|

Figure 2 - Chourus, soft distortion and palm muted (2:49)
Play first 3 times	      
e|---------------------------------|   
B|---------------------------------|   
G|---------2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4---------|   
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4---6-----|   
A|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-4-----6-|   
E|-0-0-0-0---------------------4---|   

Play this the 4th time
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|---------2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-----------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4---6-------2---4-|
A|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-4-----6-0---2---|
E|-0-0-0-0---------------------4-----------|

Figure 3 - Bridge, distortion (3:11)
Play 2 times
   E   E A*  E   E A*  E   E A*  C#5 G#5 A   B
e|---------|---------|---------|-----------------|
B|-----0-0-|-----0-0-|-----0-0-|-----------------|
G|-1-1-1-2-|-1-1-1-2-|-1-1-1-2-|-----------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-|---6-------2---4-|
A|-2-2---0-|-2-2---0-|-2-2---0-|-4-----6-0---2---|
E|-0-0-----|-0-0-----|-0-0-----|-----4-----------|
Let Ring

Figure 4 - Outro, distortion (3:31)
   E	      B        E          A  
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------4-4-x-x--x------------2-2-----|
D|-2-2-x-x--x-4-4-x-x--x-2-2-x-x--x-2-2-----|
A|-2-2-x-x--x-2-2-x-x--x-2-2-x-x--x-0-0---0-|
E|-0-0-x-x--x------------0-0-x-x--x-----4---|

   E          B          E      A               E
e|----------------------------------------------0-|
B|----------------------------------------------0-|
G|------------4-4-x-x--x------------------------1-|
D|-2-2-x-x--x-4-4-x-x--x-2--2-------------------2-|
A|-2-2-x-x--x-2-2-x-x--x-2--2---0---------------2-|
E|-0-0-x-x--x------------0--0------4--2--4--2---0-|
			      Slow down here