Offspring - Fix You Chords & Tabs

 

Fix You Chords & Tabs

Offspring Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Tab

Fix You Tab

   
Song: Fix You
Artist: The Offspring
Album: Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008)
Tuning: Standard E

Intro:
E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------| x4
D|--------------------------|
A|--------14---------14-14--|
E|--12-12-----12--12--------|

Main Riff (play each individual bar twice):
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A|--------14---------14-14--|--------14---------14-14--|
E|--12-12-----12--12--------|--10-10-----10--10--------|

E|----------------------|-------------------|
B|----------------------|-------------------|
G|----------------------|-------------------|
D|----------------------|-------------------|
A|------12-------12-12--|------7-------7-7--|
E|--9-9-----9--9--------|--5-5----5--5------|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/o/offspring/fix_you_tab_ver_2.html ]
Implied Chords:
(these are the chords I feel like playing
when the main riff and main chords aren't
being played. I don't know if they're perfect,
but they don't sound too bad to me. Just
listen to the song to work out where they fit.)
E|-----------|-----------|-----|-----|
B|-----------|-----------|-----|-----|
G|--------9--|--------7--|-----|-----|
D|--14----9--|--12----7--|--7--|--9--|
A|--14-or-7--|--12-or-5--|--7--|--9--|
E|--12-------|--10-------|--5--|--7--|
       E5          D5       A5    B5


Main Chords:
(these are the chords that are distinctly
played. You'll know when they fit.)
E|-----------|-----|-----------|-----|
B|-----------|-----|-----------|-----|
G|--------9--|-----|--------7--|-----|
D|--14----9--|--9--|--12----7--|--7--|
A|--14-or-7--|--9--|--12-or-5--|--7--|
E|--12-------|--7--|--10-------|--5--|
       E5       B5       D5       A5

To end the song, just play the main riff, and
end on an A5 chord, and let it ring.

End:
E|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|---7~--|
A|---7~--|
E|---5~--|
     A5


Anyway, some more information you probably don't want to know:

Main Riff:
E, B (perfect 5th)
D, B (major 6th)
C#, A (minor 6th)
A, E (perfect 5th)

Implied Chords:
E5 (E,B)
D5 (D,A)
A5 (A,E)
B5 (B,F#)

Main Chords:
E5 (E,B)
B5 (B,F#)
D5 (D,A)
A5 (A,E)