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Song: Spare me the details
 Band: The Offspring
 Album: Splinter
 Version: 1.0
 Tabbed by: Antony Ingram

Really cool song this and dead easy to play.

For this song I'd recommend an electro-acoustic guitar with either an overdrive pedal or an
effects pedal with an overdrive function.

Symbols:

 :   Let ring
 x   mute

Rhythm Intro (clean):            Lead Intro (starts on 3rd rhythm intro) (clean):
                                    
e|--------------------|          e|-------8-----6-----4---|
B|--------------------|          B|---9-----9-----8-----6-|
G|----------888x-666x-|          G|-8---8-----------------|
D|-66x-666x-888x-666x-|          D|-----------------------|
A|-66x-666x-666x-444x-|          A|-----------------------|
E|-44x-444x-----------| x4       E|-----------------------| x2


Chorus 1 (overdriven):

"My girlfriend..."
e|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|
G|----------8888-6666-|----------6666-8888-|
D|-66666666-8888-6666-|-66666666-6666-8888-|
A|-66666666-6666-4444-|-66666666-4444-6666-|
E|-44444444-----------|-44444444-----------| x2
   _______________________________________
                 |palm mute|


Bridge 1 rhythm (clean):         Bridge 1 lead (starts 3rd rhythm verse) (clean):

"And I don't really wanna know..."
e|--------------------|          e|-------8-----6-----4---|
B|--------------------|          B|---9-----9-----8-----6-|
G|----------888x-666x-|          G|-8---8-----------------|
D|-66x-666x-888x-666x-|          D|-----------------------|
A|-66x-666x-666x-444x-|          A|-----------------------|
E|-44x-444x-----------| x4       E|-----------------------| x2


Verse 1 rhythm (clean):

"And well I'm not the one..."
e|--------------------|          e|-----------------------|
B|--------------------|          B|-----------------------|
G|----------888x-666x-|          G|----------101010x-888x-|
D|-66x-666x-888x-666x-|          D|-66x-666x-101010x-888x-|
A|-66x-666x-666x-444x-|          A|-66x-666x--8-8-8x-666x-|
E|-44x-444x-----------| x3       E|-44x-444x--------------| x1

                                 Lead (Starts WITH rhythm):
e|--------------------|          e|-------8-----6-----4---|
B|--------------------|          B|---9-----9-----8-----6-|
G|----------888x-666x-|          G|-8---8-----------------|
D|-66x-666x-888x-666x-|          D|-----------------------|
A|-66x-666x-666x-444x-|          A|-----------------------|
E|-44x-444x-----------| x2       E|-----------------------| x2 


Chorus 2 (overdriven):

"Now, I can understand..."
e|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|
G|----------8888-6666-|----------6666-8888-|
D|-66666666-8888-6666-|-66666666-6666-8888-|
A|-66666666-6666-4444-|-66666666-4444-6666-|
E|-44444444-----------|-44444444-----------| x2
   _______________________________________
                 |palm mute|


Bridge 2 rhythm (clean):         Bridge 2 lead (starts 3rd rhythm verse) (clean):

"And I don't really wanna know..."
e|--------------------|          e|-------8-----6-----4---|
B|--------------------|          B|---9-----9-----8-----6-|
G|----------888x-666x-|          G|-8---8-----------------|
D|-66x-666x-888x-666x-|          D|-----------------------|
A|-66x-666x-666x-444x-|          A|-----------------------|
E|-44x-444x-----------| x4       E|-----------------------| x2


Verse 2 rhythm (clean):

"And well I'm not the one..."
e|--------------------|          e|-----------------------|
B|--------------------|          B|-----------------------|
G|----------888x-666x-|          G|----------101010x-888x-|
D|-66x-666x-888x-666x-|          D|-66x-666x-101010x-888x-|
A|-66x-666x-666x-444x-|          A|-66x-666x--8-8-8x-666x-|
E|-44x-444x-----------| x3       E|-44x-444x--------------| x1

                                 Lead (Starts WITH rhythm):
e|--------------------|          e|-------8-----6-----4---|
B|--------------------|          B|---9-----9-----8-----6-|
G|----------888x-666x-|          G|-8---8-----------------|
D|-66x-666x-888x-666x-|          D|-----------------------|
A|-66x-666x-666x-444x-|          A|-----------------------|
E|-44x-444x-----------| x2       E|-----------------------| x2


Middle eight (distorted):

                        "Now I don't need to hear..."
e|--------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------|-1010101010101010----------88888888-55555555-|
D|-6-6-6-6-6666666666-|-1010101010101010-88888888-88888888-55555555-|
A|-6-6-6-6-6666666666-|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-88888888-66666666-33333333-|
E|-4-4-4-4-4444444444-|------------------66666666-------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-1010101010101010----------8888888888888888-666666666666666:-|
D|-1010101010101010-88888888-8888888888888888-666666666666666:-|
A|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-88888888-6666666666666666-444444444444444:-|
E|------------------66666666-----------------------------------|

                                 Lead (Starts WITH rhythm):
e|--------------------|          e|-------8-----6-----4---|
B|--------------------|          B|---9-----9-----8-----6-|
G|----------888x-666x-|          G|-8---8-----------------|
D|-66x-666x-888x-666x-|          D|-----------------------|
A|-66x-666x-666x-444x-|          A|-----------------------|
E|-44x-444x-----------| x2       E|-----------------------| x2


Chorus 3 (bass):

"Now, lying in bed..."

G|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|
A|----------6666-4444-|----------4444------|
E|-44444444-----------|-44444444------0000-| x2

(guitar, clean)

"And it drives me insane..."
e|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|
G|----------888x-666x-|----------666x-888x-|
D|-66x-666x-888x-666x-|-66x-666x-666x-888x-|
A|-66x-666x-666x-444x-|-66x-666x-444x-666x-|
E|-44x-444x-----------|-44x-444x-----------| x2


Bridge 3 rhythm (distorted):

"And I don't really wanna know..."
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|----------8888-6666-|
D|-66666666-8888-6666-|
A|-66666666-6666-4444-|
E|-44444444-----------| x4


Verse 3 rhythm (distorted):

"And so I'm not the one..."
e|--------------------|          e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|          B|--------------------|
G|----------8888-6666-|          G|----------10-10-8-8-|
D|-66666666-8888-6666-|          D|-66666666-10-10-8-8-|
A|-66666666-6666-4444-|          A|-66666666--8--8-6-6-|
E|-44444444-----------| x3       E|-44444444-----------| x1


End (distorted):

e|--------------------|          e|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------|          B|-------------------------------|
G|----------888x-666x-|          G|----------888x-666x------------|
D|-66x-666x-888x-666x-|          D|-66x-666x-888x-666x-6-6-6-666:-|
A|-66x-666x-666x-444x-|          A|-66x-666x-666x-444x-6-6-6-666:-|
E|-44x-444x-----------| x3       E|-44x-444x-----------4-4-4-444:-| x1

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