I'll Be Waiting tab

I'll Be Waiting

"I'll Be Waiting" by the Offspring, from "Offspring"

This is my favorite song off their "new" album, cool lyrics and guitar.
the most part, alot of the lead is right, but there's some stuff I wasn'
sure about.  Didn't tab out the whole solo during the bassline in the mi
Sorry, for free, this is all you get :)

Standard Tuning (E A D G B E)

Lead Intro (Mild Distortion)

KEY:
/ -- Slide
h -- Hammer On
p -- Pull Off
~ -- Vibrato
) -- Bend

E|-----------------------------------------------15h17~-17p15-------|
B|-----------------------------------------14h17--------------15-18-|
G|-14/12-----------------------------14h16--------------------------|
D|-------15-12-----12-17p15-12h15/17--------------------------------|
A|-------------15---------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|


E|-----)-----)-----)------------------------------------------------|
B|-13/15-13/15-13/15-15p13------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------14p12------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------14p12--------------------------12~-|
A|-------------------------------------12----------------12h15------|
E|----------------------------------------15----12h14h15------------|

Verse

           D                  F(hi)             C                G
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--------7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------------------
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5
E|----------------------------------------8--8--8--8--8--8-3-3-3-3-3-3-3
  ..Once I had a friend that I could count on times of need are not enou

During the spoken word, strum A -> |---|  and finish it with A# -> |---|
                                   |-2-|                           |-3-|
                                   |-2-|                           |-3-|
                                   |-2-|                           |-3-|
                                   |-0-|                           |-1-|
                                   |---|                           |---|
Chorus
             F(hi)                C                D          A      A#
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/8-8
A|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7/8-8
E|-----------------------8--8--8--8--8--8--8---------------5-5-5-5-5/6-6

Halfway through chorus, play this little fill.

E|--------------------------------------|
B|-14p12-14p12-14p12-14p12-14p12--------|
G|-------------------------------12h15~-|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

Then this at the end of the chorus

E|--)--)--)--)--)-------------12h13~~~~-|
B|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13p12-12-----------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

The Bassline Bridge is something like.

G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|---0-0---0-0---0-0-----|
E|-3-----3-----3-----3-0-|

And for the solo, improvise something on this scale and it should sound
ok.

|----------------------------------15-17-|
|----------------------13-15-16-17-------|
|----------------12-14-------------------|
|-------12-13-14-------------------------|
|-12-15----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

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