------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A REALLY COOL DANCE SONG – Bowling For Soup ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: NorwegianMoose E-mail: sindre.deschington@gmail.com NOTE: This tab already existed, I’m just improving it a bit by adding a couple of stuff missing. I use this video for time references: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWHhc-trXIA Tuning:EADGBe INTRO (00:00) e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|--------------------55555555-----------| D|--22222222-55555555-55555555-77777777--| x2 A|--22222222-55555555-33333333-77777777--| E|--00000000-33333333----------55555555--| PM xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxx RIFF (00:14) Guitar 1 e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|--------------------55555555-----------| D|--22222222-55555555-55555555-77777777--| A|--22222222-55555555-33333333-77777777--| E|--00000000-33333333----------55555555--| Guitar 2 (this is actually the keyboard playing, but I thought it could be cool playing it on guitar if you lack a keyboard) e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|----------------------------5-5-4------| A|-7-7-5/7--7-7-5/7--7-7-5/7--------7-5--| E|---------------------------------------| VERSE (00:21) e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|--------------------55555555-----------| D|--22222222-55555555-55555555-77777777--| x2 A|--22222222-55555555-33333333-77777777--| E|--00000000-33333333----------55555555--| PM xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxx PRECHORUS (00:34) e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|--5555555555555555-77777777777---------| D|--5555555555555555-77777777777---------| A|--3333333333333333-55555555555---------| E|---------------------------------------| CHORUS (00:41) Guitar 1 e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|--------------------55555555-----------| D|--22222222-55555555-55555555-77777777--| x2 A|--22222222-55555555-33333333-77777777--| E|--00000000-33333333----------55555555--| Guitar 2 e|-12--12--10--10---8---8---5---5--------| B|---12--12--12--12---8---8---5---5------| G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------| RIFF (00:51) VERSE (01:02) Guitar 1 e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|--------------------55555555-----------| D|--22222222-55555555-55555555-77777777--| x2 A|--22222222-55555555-33333333-77777777--| E|--00000000-33333333----------55555555--| PM xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxx Guitar 2 (after Guitar 1 plays the VERSE once, Guitar 2 plays something like this in the background) e|---------------------------------------| B|--5~-------8~-------13~------10~-------| G|---------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------| PRECHORUS (01:15) CHORUS (01:21) e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|--------------------55555555-----------| D|--22222222-55555555-55555555-77777777--| x4 A|--22222222-55555555-33333333-77777777--| E|--00000000-33333333----------55555555--| -Short keyboard part- BRIDGE (01:56) e|---------------------------------------| B|--4--4--5--5--4--4--5--5--4--4--5------| G|---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--------| D|---------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------| After all the techno-parts and the vocal’s solo-chorus, just keep playing the chorus (around 02:27). And around 03:28, Guitar 2’s part of the chorus becomes very apparent for a short while. END ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend ************************************