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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:
(w/random picking)
[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:
(on upstrokes)
[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
[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
[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-]---------------------------------------------------------------
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
[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
[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--
-9----9----9----9-------------------12---12---12---12—-
[A-]-------------------------------------------------------
[E-]-------------------------------------------------------
Everything was going fine until the day she met me
[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
[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
[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--
-7----7----7----7-----------10---10---10---10—-
[A-]-----------------------------------------------
[E-]-----------------------------------------------
Spend some time in America dub-style
[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)
[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
[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--
-9----9----9----9------12---12---12---12—-
[A-]------------------------------------------
[E-]------------------------------------------
Smears up her makeup I never wanted
[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:
[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
[E-]-7----7----7----7---------10---10---10-----
[B-]-7----7----7----7---------10---10---10-----
[G-]-8----8----8----8---------11---11---11-----
-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:
G, E, A, D, and this is played twice.
- I separated the Outro because it doesn’t follow the pattern.
You’d expect to play 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.