Offspring - I Choose Chords & Tabs

 

I Choose Chords & Tabs

Offspring Chords & Tabs

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I Choose Tab

song:i choose
artist:offspring
album:ixnay on the hombre (the best offspring album ever)
tunong:standard

okay, there is only chords solo and bass tabs for 
dis song so here is the proper version:

*-repeat about 4 times 
x-left hand mute


intro:  play once with guitar only then 3 times with bass and drums
---------------------------
-7--8--7-XXXX--------------
-7--7--7-XXXX--------------
-7--7--7-XXXX-3--3--5--5-5-
-5--5--5-XXXX-3--3--5--5-5-
--------------1--1--3--3-3-

verse: just bass and precussion until 'when i was a...' then play 
       the intro again 4 times.

chorus riff 1:   play this 2 times...
----------------
----------------
-7*-7*-5*-------
-7*-7*-5*-5*----
-5*-5*-3*-5*----
----------3*----
chorus riff 2:   play this ('...or on a playground if we choose') once
---------------------------
---------------------------
-7*-7*-10*-12*-------------
-7*-7*-10*-12*-8*-8*-7*-7--
-5*-5*-8*--10*-8*-8*-7*-7--
---------------6*-6*-5*-5--

repeat all this again then go into the solo.

solo: fairly complicated. tabbing a bit off here

---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
-14--12--14-12----------------------------12-12--19*-17*-19*---
---------------15-15-14-15-14-12--15--15---------19*-17*-19*---
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/o/offspring/i_choose_tab.html ]
--------------------17-22-22-22-17-----------------------------
-17-17-17-18*--18------------------20-18-17-15-15hold----------
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------
                         solo played with guitar 2 based around this
-----------------------  ----------------------------------------
-----------------------  ----------------------------------------
-----------------------  14--14--14-14-17-17--14-----------------
-12--14-12-14-15-15-17-  ------------------------15-12-12-15-12--
-----------------------  ----------------------------------------
-----------------------  ----------------------------------------

riff after solo for guitar 2:  solo still continues above this riff
---------------------------------------------------------------
------------5--5---------7--7--7-8-7--7--7--7-------------5--5-
------------5--5---------7--7--7-7-7--7--7--7-------------5--5-
-7--7--7-7--5--5--5-5-5--7--7--7-7-7--7--7--7--7--7--7-7--5--5-
-7--7--7-7--3--3--5-5-5--5--5--5-5-5--5--5--5--7--7--7-7--3--3-
-5--5--5-5--------3-3-3------------------------5--5--5-5-------

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--------------------------------
--------------------------------
-5-5-5--8*-8*-8*-8*-7*-7*-7*-7*-
-5-5-5--8*-8*-8*-8*-7*-7*-7*-7*-
-3-3-3--6*-6*-6*-6*-5*-5*-5*-5*-

repeat from the start again but at chorus riff 3 do this:
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
-7*-7*-10*-12*-------------------------------------
-7*-7*-10*-12*-8*-8*-7*-7*-8*-8*-7*-7*-8*-8*-7*-7*-
-5*-5*-8*--10*-8*-8*-7*-7*-8*-8*-7*-7*-8*-8*-7*-7*-
---------------6*-6*-5*-5*-6*-6*-5*-5*-6*-6*-5*-5*-
then finish on this:
---
-7-
-7-
-7-
-5-
---

tah, dah, there you have it