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Walkin' On The Sunby Smash Mouth
Transcribed by: Matt Miller
mmiller@carroll1.cc.edu
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This is a cool tune from the California-based band that's touring soon 
here in the U.S thats getting a lot of airplay recently, so I decided 
to TAB it for ya.

-- Tuned 1/2 step down Low to high:  Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

Time signature is 4/4 throughout.
Key of A-minor (Ab-minor)

Intro: Guitar 1 plays this riff: (staccato)
  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  |  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
  C        D                G5        D
E-------------------------|------------------------
B-------------------------|------------------------
G-------------------------|------------------------
D-------2--------4--------|--------5--------4------
A-------3--------5--------|--------5--------5------
E-------------------------|------------------------

After a couple measures, Guitar 2 plays this riff under guitar 1:


  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  |  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E-------------------------|------------------------
B-------------------------|------------------------
G-------------------------|------------------------
D-------2-----4--4--------|--------2-----4--4------
A----0--3--0--5--5--------|-----0--3--0--5--5------
E-------------------------|------------------------


Verses:  C - D - G - D

Chords are played staccato (kinda ska-style)

  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  |  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
E-------0-----------2-----|--------3--------2-----2
B-------1-----------3-----|--------0--------3-----3
G-------0-----------2-----|--------0--------2-----2
D-------2-----------0-----|--------0--------0-----0
A-------3-----------------|--------2---------------
E-------------------------|--------3---------------



At the end of the verse, Guitar 2 does this fill:

  +  4  +
E---------
B---------
G---------
D-5//4//2-
A---------
E---------


Chorus:  (Guitar 2 keeps playing the riff it played in the intro)
Same chords, different rhythm.

 1  +  2 +  3 +  4 +  |  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +

E---0-----0-----2-----2--|-----3-----3-----2-----2
B---1-----1-----3-----3--|-----0-----0-----3-----3
G---0-----0-----2-----2--|-----0-----0-----2-----2
D---2-----2-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0
A---3-----3--------------|-----2-----2------------
E------------------------|-----3-----3------------
"So, don't delay, act now, supplies are running out..."
  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  |
  E           E
E-0-----------0-----------|
B-0-----------0-----------|
G-1-----------1-----------|
D-2-----------2-----------|
A-2-----------2-----------|
E-0-----------0-----------|
(hold)       (hold) 
"You might as well be walking on the sun..."
Solo: (Guitars 1+2 play their intro riffs)
I think it's all played by a keyboard, just a bunch of stuff in A-minor 
penatonic.

  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  + 
E-------17-------17----17-|
B-------------------------|  
That should get you started, 
G-14----------14----14----|  just listen to the song.
D-------------------------|
A-------------------------|
E-------------------------|
That's about all of the parts to the song.  Any questions/corrections are 
welcome.  I'm not 100% sure of the chord fingerings.  I know the names are 
correct, but they don't sound like the ones in the song.  Any help would
be appreciated.

Bye for now!

-Matt   (mmiller@carroll1.cc.edu)

			

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