'Adams Song (ver 14)' by Blink 182 - Guitar Tutorial

            blink-182, Adam's Song.
Tabbed by Tom, [email protected].
  
Adam's Song
blink-182

Tune down one step (DGCFAD)

Clean throughout
Riff 1

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|-------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------
|-----0-----0---4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4---
|---9-----9-------5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-
|-7-----7-----5-----5-----3-----3-----0-----3-----


Fig. 1

|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
  Heavy palm mute................................................

Riff 2

|-------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-------------------------
|---7-----7-----9-----9-------0-----0---4-----4---
|-5-----5-----7-----7-------9-----9-------5-----5-
|-------------------------7-----7-----3-----3-----

Fig. 2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---------------------------------
|---------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------------
|---------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-

|-------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---------------------------------
|---------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------------
|---------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-

|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---------------------------------
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|---------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-

|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---------------------------------
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|---------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-

Riff 3
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|-----0-----0-----0-----0-------------------------
|---7-----7-----9-----9-------0-----0---2-----2---
|-5-----5-----7-----7-------9-----9-------5-----5-
|-------------------------7-----7-----3-----3-----

Riff 1 is the main riff, play twice at the beginning

Play Fig. 1 four times for the verse

Play Riff 2 twice through between the first verse and the chorus

Fig. 2 is the entire chorus

Play Riff 1 twice between the chorus and second verse

Play Fig. 1 four times for the verse again

Play Riff 3 twice through between second verse and chorus

Play Fig. 2 for chorus again

I'm not not exactly sure what the guitar plays right before the piano part, 
but it sounds something like this:
|-----------------------------------
|-7----------7-----7----------7-----
|-7--7-----7---7---7--7-----7---7---
|----7--9--------7----7--9--------7-
|-5----------------5----------------
|----5----------------5-------------

Then there's the piano solo, which you can play like this on guitar:
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------8-8-8-7----------------------------8-8-8-7--10-
|-----7-9-7--7-9-7----------7----7-9--------7-9---7-9--------------
|-7-7--------------------------7-------5--7-----7------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------

or down an octave like this:

|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------5-5-5-4---------------------------5-5-5-4--7--
|-----5-7-5--5-7-5----------5----5-7-------5-7---5-7--------------
|-5-5--------------------------5------3--5-----5------------------


Then after the piano solo, before the final chorus, the guitar plays 

something like this:

|---------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------
|-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-------7-----7-----7-----7-----7-
|---------------------------------------------------------------
|-5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5----5-5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5--
|---------------------------------------------------------------


over another part that sounds kinda like this:

|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-6-
|---------------------------------
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-
|---------------------------------

Then play this four times for the final chorus:

|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---------------------------------
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|---------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-

and you end on

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|-7-
|-5-
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