Motivation by Sum 41
Guitar tab by Adam Nopants
Hey everybody, I was tired of people leaving out the second guitar in some places and
the verses wrong, so I decided to write this...this is my first but I'll be working on a
waiting bass tab soon.
/ -slide
dot under parts of tab -palm mute
~ -let the note ring
Intro (0:01)
Guitars 1 & 2 right here, the second guitar does a pickslide
e|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|
G|--------------------*-----------------------------------------|
D|-22---22---22---22--9/----------------------------------------|
A|-22---22---22---22--9/----------------------------------------|
E|-00---00---00---00--7/----------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-222-6-7--7-6----222-6-7--7-6----222-6-7--7-6----999-6-777-6--|- x2
A|-222-6-7--7-6----222-6-7--7-6----222-6-7--7-6----999-6-777-6--|
E|-000-4-5--5-4----000-4-5--5-4----000-4-5--5-4----777-4-555-4--|
Verse 1 (0:23)
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-22-2---66-6---77-7---99-9-----------------|- x3
A|-22-2---66-6---77-7---99-9-----------------|
E|-00-0---44-4---55-5---77-7-----------------|
.. .. .. ..
Note: those are 11's, not 1's.
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-22-2---66-6------------------11-11--------|
A|-22-2---66-6---77--99--11-11--9--9---------|
E|-00-0---44-4---55--77--9--9----------------|
.. ..
Chorus! Yay! (0:34) Note the fast chords, which are close together
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---9-9-9-999-9-9-9-999-----------------------------|
D|---9-9-9-999-9-9-9-999-9-9-9-999-9-9-9-999---------|
A|---7-7-7-777-7-7-7-777-9-9-9-999-9-9-9-999---------|
E|-----------------------7-7-7-777-7-7-7-777---------|
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---9-9-9-999-9-9-9-999-----------------------------|
D|---9-9-9-999-9-9-9-999-7-7-7-777-9-9-9-999---------|
A|---7-7-7-777-7-7-7-777-7-7-7-777-9-9-9-999---------|
E|-----------------------5-5-5-555-7-7-7-777---------|
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|---7~---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------------------|
A|---7~---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------------------|
E|---5~---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------|
Play Intro, Verse and Chorus again
After you do all that over again, we have the lovely bridge.
Bridgeamabobber (1:27) "Nothing's new..."
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|---2222--9999--77777777---2222-9999-77777777--|
A|---2222--9999--77777777---2222-9999-77777777--|
E|---0000--7777--55555555---0000-7777-55555555--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sum_41/motivation_tab_ver_14.html ]
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|---2222--9999--77777777---44444444-77777777---|
A|---2222--9999--77777777---44444444-77777777---|
E|---0000--7777--55555555---22222222-55555555---|
Guitar solo (1:38)
Both guitars play these two chords, one guitar plays the rest
e|---|----------------------|
B|---|----------------------|
G|---|---------------2-44---|- x4
D|--22---------------2-44---|
A|--22--5-4-2-0------0-22---|
E|--00----------4-0---------|
Guitars split here
Guitar 1
Other bridge (1:49) "Can't depend..."
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|--9~--------9~--------------------------------------|
D|--9~---9~---9~-9-7~---9----9-9---9-9--99999999------|
A|--7~---9~---7~-9-7~---9----9-9---9-9--99999999------|
E|-------7~------7-5~---7----7-7---7-7--77777777------|
Guitar 2
Note: if you play it and it sounds like it clashes a bit, it's ok, it's meant to. play
lightly behind the rythym guitar.
e|--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0----0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--|
B|--5--4-2--5--4-2--7--5-4--7--5-4----2--0-2--4--5-4--2--0-2--|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00--------------------------|
B|-55-44-55-44-22-44-55-77--------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
Other bridge Part two (2:02)
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------44----------22----|- x8
D|--22----44----44----22----|
A|--22----22----44----00----|
E|--00----------22----------|
Guitar 2. This part is hard to hear and get at first, and kind of unnecessary, so leave
out if you want to. if you don't want to, go ahead. It comes in on the third time the
part plays. it plays four times with a palm mute, then twice without it.
e|--4-4-4-42-4-4-42-42-----|
B|--5-5-5-54-5-5-54-54-----|
G|-------------------------|- x6
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
Last chorus/bridge (2:25)
Guitar one It's just a strumming pattern so do whatever
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------4-44-------2-22---|- x3
D|--2-22--4-44--4-44-2-22---|
A|--2-22--2-22--4-44-0-02---|
E|--0-00--------2-22--------|
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|--------4-44--22222222-44444444---|
D|--2-22--4-44--22222222-44444444---|
A|--2-22--2-22--00000000-22222222---|
E|--0-00----------------------------|
Guitar two Like that last part, but with a twist at the end...
e|---4-4-4-42-4-4-42-42-------------|
B|---5-5-5-54-5-5-54-54-------------|
G|----------------------------------|- x3
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
e|---4-4-42-42-44424444-------------|
B|---5-5-54-54-55545555-------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
After all that, do the intro again, and end on
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|---2---|
A|---2---|
E|---0---|
That's all, if you have any questions or comments please don't hesitate!
