"Almost" by Bowling for Soup
TAB by Aaron Prescott
Whew! Complicated Song! Good luck!
I'm about 95% sure of this tab, there are little bits and pieces that probably aren't correct.
Guitar 1 (Clean): Standard Tuning
Guitar 2 (Clean): Standard Tuning
Guitar 3 (Distorted): Standard Tuning
Guitar 4 (Distorted): Standard Tuning
Key to Tab symbols:
/ Slide up
\ Slide down
h Hammer On
p Pull Off
x Muted Note
. Stacatto (play short)
[] Tied Note
INTRO:
Guitar 1
|-E|-------------0-----------|-------------0-----------|-------------0-----------|-------------0-----------|
| B|---------------4---0-2-4-|[4]------------4---0-2-4-|[4]------------4---0-2-4-|[4]------------4---0-2-4-|
| G|-------4-----------------|-------4-----------------|-------4-----------------|-------4-----------------|
| D|-----4-----4-------------|-----4-----4-------------|-----4-----4-------------|-----4-----4-------------|
| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Guitar 2
| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| G|-4-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| D|-4-----------------------|-4-----------------------|-6-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
| A|-2-----------------------|-4-----------------------|-6-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
| E|-------------------------|-2-----------------------|-4-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
|
| Guitar 4
| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------x-14\---|
Guitar 3
|-E||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
| B||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
| G||o------/8-----6---8-4-----|------/8-----6---8-4-----|------/8-----6---8-4-----|------/9-----8-----4-----o|| Play
| D||o-------x-----x---x-x-----|-------x-----x---x-x-----|-------x-----x---x-x-----|-------x-----x-----x-----o|| 2x
| A||-------/6-----4---6-2-----|------/6-----4---6-2-----|------/6-----4---6-2-----|------/7-----6-----2------||
| E||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| Guitar 4
| E||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
| B||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
| G||o-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------o|| Play
| D||o-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-6-----6-----6-----6---x-|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-o|| 2x
| A||--2-----2-----2-----2---x-|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-6-----6-----6-----6---x-|-2-----2-----2-----2---x--||
|-E||--------------------------|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-0-----0-----0-----0---x--||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
VERSE 1:
Guitar 3
|-E||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
| B||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
| G||o-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------o|| Play 1st
| D||o-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------6-----o|| Time Only
| A||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------4---6p4--||
| E||-[2]----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------4h6----------||
|
| "I almost got drunk at school at fourteen ..."
| Guitar 4
| E||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
| B||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
| G||o-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------o|| Play
| D||o-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-6-----6-----6-----6---x-|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-o|| 3x
| A||--2-----2-----2-----2---x-|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-6-----6-----6-----6---x-|-2-----2-----2-----2---x--||
|-E||--------------------------|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-0-----0-----0-----0---x--||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
REFRAIN:
Half-time feel
"I almost had you ..."
Guitar 1
|-E||--------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-------------2------------||
| B||--------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0------||
| G||o-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------o|| Play
| D||o-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------o|| 2x
| A||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
| E||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| Guitar 4
| E||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
| B||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
| G||o-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------o|| Play
| D||o-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-6-----6---6-6-----6---6-|-2-----2---2-2-----2---2-o|| 2x
| A||--2-----2---2-2-----2---2-|-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-6-----6---6-6-----6---4-|-2-----2---2-2-----2---2--||
|-E||--------------------------|-2-----2---2-2-----2---2-|-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-0-----0---0-0-----0---0--||
INTERLUDE:
End half-time feel
Guitar 3
|-E||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
| B||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
| G||o------/8-----6---8-4-----|------/8-----6---8-4-----|------/8-----6---8-4-----|------/9-----8-----4-----o|| Play
| D||o-------x-----x---x-x-----|-------x-----x---x-x-----|-------x-----x---x-x-----|-------x-----x-----x-----o|| 2x
| A||-------/6-----4---6-2-----|------/6-----4---6-2-----|------/6-----4---6-2-----|------/7-----6-----2------||
| E||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| Guitar 4
| E||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
| B||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
| G||o-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------o|| Play
| D||o-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-6-----6-----6-----6---x-|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-o|| 2x
| A||--2-----2-----2-----2---x-|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-6-----6-----6-----6---x-|-2-----2-----2-----2---x--||
|-E||--------------------------|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-0-----0-----0-----0---x--||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
VERSE 2:
"I almost held up a grocery store ..."
Guitar 4
E||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
B||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
G||o-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------o|| Play
D||o-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-6-----6-----6-----6---x-|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-o|| 2x
A||--2-----2-----2-----2---x-|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-6-----6-----6-----6---x-|-2-----2-----2-----2---x--||
E||--------------------------|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-0-----0-----0-----0---x--||
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Guitar 3
"... that I almost got hooked on 'cause you ran away ..."
|-E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| G|-4-----4-----4-----4---4-|-4-----4-----4-----4---4-|-4-----4-----4-----4---4-|-4-----4-----4---4-4---4-|
| D|-x-----x-----x-----x---x-|-x-----x-----x-----x---x-|-x-----x-----x-----x---x-|-x-----x-----x---x-x---x-|
| A|-2-----2-----2-----2---2-|-2-----2-----2-----2---2-|-2-----2-----2-----2---2-|-2-----2-----2---2-2---2-|
| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| . . . . . . . . . . .
|
| Guitar 4
| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| G|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| D|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-6-----6-----6-----6---x-|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-|
| A|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-6-----6-----6-----6---x-|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-|
|-E|-------------------------|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-0-----0-----0-----0---x-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
REFRAIN:
Half-time feel
"I almost had you ..."
Guitar 1
|-E||--------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-------------2------------||
| B||--------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0------||
| G||o-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------o|| Play
| D||o-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------o|| 2x
| A||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
| E||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| Guitar 4
| E||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
| B||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
| G||o-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------o|| Play
| D||o-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-6-----6---6-6-----6---6-|-2-----2---2-2-----2---2-o|| 2x
| A||--2-----2---2-2-----2---2-|-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-6-----6---6-6-----6---4-|-2-----2---2-2-----2---2--||
|-E||--------------------------|-2-----2---2-2-----2---2-|-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-0-----0---0-0-----0---0--||
End half-time feel
"You kept me guessing ..."
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|
G|-6-----6-----6-----6-----|-------------------------|-------------------------|-4-----------------------|
D|-6-----6-----6-----6-----|-4-----4-----4-----4-----|-2-----2-----2-----2-----|-5-----------------------|
A|-4-----4-----4-----4-----|-4-----4-----4-----4-----|-2-----2-----2-----2-----|-2-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-2-----2-----2-----2-----|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bowling_for_soup/almost_tab_ver_6.html ]
INTERLUDE:
Guitar 3
|-E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| G|------/8-----6---8-4-----|------/8-----6---8-4-----|------/8-----6---8-4-----|/9-----8-----6-----4-----|
| D|-------x-----x---x-x-----|-------x-----x---x-x-----|-------x-----x---x-x-----|-x-----x-----x-----x-----|
| A|------/6-----4---6-2-----|------/6-----4---6-2-----|------/6-----4---6-2-----|/7-----6-----4-----2-----|
| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Guitar 4
| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| G|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| D|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-6-----6-----6-----6---x-|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-|
| A|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-6-----6-----6-----6---x-|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-|
|-E|-------------------------|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-0-----0-----0-----0---x-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
BRIDGE:
A. "Here I go thinking about all the things I could have done"
B. "I'm gonna need a forklift 'cause all the baggage weighs a ton"
Guitar 4
E||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
B||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
G||o-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------o|| Play
D||o-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------o|| 2x
A||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
E||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
"I know we have our problems, but I can't remember one"
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|
G|-8-----8-----8-----8---x-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-4-----------------------|
D|-8-----8-----8-----8---x-|-6-----6-----6-----6---x-|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-|-5-----------------------|
A|-6-----6-----6-----6---x-|-6-----6-----6-----6---x-|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-|-2-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-0-----0-----0-----0---x-|-------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
"I almost forgot to say something else ..."
Guitar 1
|-E|-------------0-----------|-------------0-----------|-------------0-----------|-------------0-----------|
| B|---------------4---0-2-4-|[4]------------4---0-2-4-|[4]------------4---0-2-4-|[4]------------4---0-2-4-|
| G|-------4-----------------|-------4-----------------|-------4-----------------|-------4-----------------|
| D|-----4-----4-------------|-----4-----4-------------|-----4-----4-------------|-----4-----4-------------|
| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Guitar 2
| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| G|-4-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| D|-4-----------------------|-4-----------------------|-6-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
| A|-2-----------------------|-4-----------------------|-6-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
|-E|-------------------------|-2-----------------------|-4-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
"... tore it all up and then I threw it away ..."
Guitar 1
|-E|-------------0-----------|-------------0-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| B|---------------4-2-0-2-4-|[4]------------4-2-0-2-4-|[4]----------------------|-------------------------|
| G|-------4-----------------|-------4-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| D|-----4-----4-------------|-----4-----4-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Guitar 2 Guitar 4
| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| G|-4-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| D|-4-----------------------|-4-----------------------|-6-----6-----6-----6---x-|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-|
| A|-2-----------------------|-4-----------------------|-6-----6-----6-----6---x-|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-|
|-E|-------------------------|-2-----------------------|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-0-----0-----0-----0---x-|
. . . . . . . .
FINAL REFRAIN:
Half-time feel
"I almost had you ..."
Guitar 1
|-E||--------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-------------2------------||
| B||--------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0------||
| G||o-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------o|| Play
| D||o-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------o|| 2x
| A||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
| E||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| Guitar 4
| E||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
| B||--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
| G||o-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------o|| Play
| D||o-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-6-----6---6-6-----6---6-|-2-----2---2-2-----2---2-o|| 2x
| A||--2-----2---2-2-----2---2-|-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-6-----6---6-6-----6---4-|-2-----2---2-2-----2---2--||
|-E||--------------------------|-2-----2---2-2-----2---2-|-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-0-----0---0-0-----0---0--||
End half-time feel
"You kept me guessing ..."
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|
G|-6-----6-----6-----6-----|-------------------------|-------------------------|-4-----------------------|
D|-6-----6-----6-----6-----|-4-----4-----4-----4-----|-2-----2-----2-----2-----|-5-----------------------|
A|-4-----4-----4-----4-----|-4-----4-----4-----4-----|-2-----2-----2-----2-----|-2-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|-2-----2-----2-----2-----|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|-------------------------|
OUTRO:
"I almost had you ..."
Guitar 1
|-E|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|
| B|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|
| G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Guitar 4
| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| G|-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| D|-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-2-----2---2-2-----2---2-|-2-----2---2-2-----2---2-|
| A|-2-----2---2-2-----2---2-|-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-2-----2---2-2-----2---2-|-2-----2---2-2-----2---2-|
|-E|-------------------------|-2-----2---2-2-----2---2-|-0-----0---0-0-----0---0-|-0-----0---0-0-----0---0-|
"I almost had you ..."
Guitar 1
|-E|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-------------------------|
| B|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------------------------|
| G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Guitar 4
| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| G|-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| D|-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-6-----6---6-6-----6---6-|-2-----2-----2---2-2-2-2-|
| A|-2-----2---2-2-----2---2-|-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-6-----6---6-6-----6---6-|-2-----2-----2---2-2-2-2-|
|-E|-------------------------|-2-----2---2-2-----2---2-|-4-----4---4-4-----4---4-|-0-----0-----0---0-0-0-0-|
Guitar 3
|-E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| G|------/8-----6---8-4-----|------/8-----6---8-4-----|------/8-----6---8-4-----|------/9-----8-----4-----|
| D|-------x-----x---x-x-----|-------x-----x---x-x-----|-------x-----x---x-x-----|-------x-----x-----x-----|
| A|------/6-----4---6-2-----|------/6-----4---6-2-----|------/6-----4---6-2-----|------/7-----6-----2-----|
| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Guitar 4
| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| G|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| D|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-6-----6-----6-----6---x-|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-|
| A|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-6-----6-----6-----6---x-|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-|
|-E|-------------------------|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-0-----0-----0-----0---x-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Guitar 1
|-E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------0-----------||--------------0------------||
| B|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------4---0-2-4-||-[4]------------4---0-2-4--||
| G|------/8-----6---8-4-----|-------------------------|---------4---------------||o---------4---------------o|| Repeat
| D|-------x-----x---x-x-----|-4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-|-----4-----4-------------||o-----4-----4-------------o|| and Fade
| A|------/6-----4---6-2-----|-x---x---x-x-x---x---x-x-|-------------------------||---------------------------||
| E|-------------------------|-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-|-------------------------||---------------------------||
|
| Guitars 3 & 4
| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------------||
| B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------------||
| G|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-------------------------|-------------------------||o-------------------------o|| Repeat
| D|-4-----4-----4-----4---x-|-4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-|-2-----------------------||o[2]----------------------o|| and Fade
| A|-2-----2-----2-----2---x-|-x---x---x-x-x---x---x-x-|-x-----------------------||---------------------------||
|-E|-------------------------|-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-|-0-----------------------||-[0]-----------------------||
. . . .
