I will tab all the riffs first of all and then the basic structure at the end to
make this more readable. It's very easy to figure out where everything goes though.
Notation
b - bend
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
r - release
() - used after bend or release, shows the target note
/ - slide
~ - vibrato
Riff 1
A D/F# G
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 |
| E | 2 2 3 3 |
Riff 2
D G D G
| e | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| B | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| G | 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| A | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
Riff 3
A G D/F#
| e | 3 2 |
| B | 3 3 |
| G | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 |
| D | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 |
| E | 3 2 3b |
Riff 4
D F
| e | 1 |
| B | 3 1 |
| G | 2 2 |
| D | 0 3 |
| A | 3 |
| E | 3b 1 |
Riff 5
D
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 2 2 4 5 4 2 | x4 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| A | |
| E | |
E
| e | |
| B | |
| G | | x3 |
| D | |
| A | 2 2 4 5 4 2 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
Lick 1 (tip: shape your hand like the Dsus4 chord and move it up and down the fretboard)
| e | 3/4 5 3/4 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 |
| B | 4/5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 |
| G | 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
Lick 2 (after "I wanted to be a vet")
| e | 8 |
| B | 7b(8)r(7)b(8) 5~ |
| G | 5~ | | t's a quick bend up, then release, then bend up again |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
Lick 3 (after "TDK D90 cassette")
| e | |
| B | |
| G | (6)r4p2 4 2 | A pre bend on the G string, release it and then pull off |
| D | 4 4 |
| A | |
| E | |
Lick 4 (after "last class")
| e | 14~ |
| B | 15~ |
| G | |
| D | 15/16 |
| A | |
| E | |
Solo
| e | 12b(14)r(12) 12b(14) | 10 |
| B | 10 | 13b(15) 13 |
| G | | 10h11 |
| D | | 12b(14)r(12)p10 12b(14) |
| A | | |
| E | | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 12b(14)r(12)p10 10h12p10 10 12b(14) 10 |
| D | 12 12 12 12 |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 12 12 12 12 12 12 |
| B | 15b(17) 15b(17) 15b(17) 15b(17) 15b(17) |
| G | 14b(16) |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 15 17 17b(19) 17b(19)r(17)p15 15 17 15 | 17 |
| B | 15/17 | 17b(20) 17b(20) 17b(20) 17b(20)r(17) |
| G | | |
| D | | |
| A | | |
| E | | |
Structure
Riff 1 x6 (last time break it down, listen to the song)
Riff 2
Riff 3 x2
EM chord + Lick 1
Riff 1 x2 (also Lick 2, Lick 3)
Riff 2
Riff 3 x2
Riff 4 + Lick 4
Solo (base is Riff 5 and then GMaj chord)
Riff 3 x4
Ends in A