No Doubt - Open The Gate
Submitted By: Anjel
EMail: chimchim221@yahoo.com
Tabbed by:GOo (goo69@hotmail.com)

Ok, no one has No Doubt tabs, so I'm taking a stab at some.
This rockin song is the first track of the Beacon Street
Collection. It's in standard 4 time.


Riff 1: Intro (Distortion)                                         
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   Bb5             G5 Ab5          C5 Db5          D5 Eb5          B 
       |1.                                                           |1.
E|-----||------------------------------------------------------------|----
B|-----||------------------------------------------------------------|----
G|-----||o-------------------------5-6-6---6-6-x-x-7-8-8---8-8-x-x---|----
D|-8-8-||o-8-8-x-x-5-6-6---6-6-x-x-5-6-6---6-6-x-x-7-8-8---8-8-x-x-7-|-8-8
A|-8-8-||--8-8-x-x-5-6-6---6-6-x-x-3-4-4---4-4-x-x-5-6-6---6-6-x-x-7-|-8-8
E|-6-6-||--6-6-x-x-3-4-4---4-4-x-x---------------------------------5-|-6-6

 |2.
e|--------------------------|              
B|--------------------------|    
G|--------------------------|     
D|--8-8---8-8---8-8---6--7--|            
A|--8-8---8-8---8-8---6--7--|  
E|--6-6---6-6---6-6---4--5--|

Riff 2: Verse (Light Distortion)
--------------------------------
     Bb                     Ab          Eb          Bb
e||--6-------|-----------|--4--------|--3--------|--6--------|
B||--6-------|-----------|--4--------|--4--------|--6--------|          
G||--7-------|-----------|--5--------|--3--------|--7--------|          
D||--8-------|-----------|--6--------|--5--------|--8--------|          
A||--8-------|-----------|--6--------|--6--------|--8--------|          
E||--6-------|-----------|--4--------|-----------|--6--------|          
 
     Bb         Cm          G           Ab          Eb   D C    Bb 
e||--6-------|-----------|--3--------|--4--------|--3--------|--6--------|
B||--6-------|--8--------|--3--------|--4--------|--4--------|--6--------|
G||--7-------|--8--------|--4--------|--5--------|--3--------|--7--------|
D||--8-------|--10-------|--5--------|--6--------|--5--------|--8--------|
A||--8-------|--10-------|--5--------|--6--------|--6----5-3-|--8--------|
E||--6-------|--8--------|--3--------|--4--------|-----------|--6--------|
 
          There's also some funking muting going on in the
          background during the verse. Just go nuts on the
          top string or two, or something...

Riff 3: Chorus (Distortion)
---------------------------
     (Strum each chord for 4 beats, 1/4 note rythm)        
e||--------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------||
B||--------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------||
G||--------|--6------|---------|---------|--6------|--8-----||
D||--6-----|--6------|--8------|--6------|--6------|--8-----||
A||--6-----|--4------|--8------|--6------|--4------|--6-----||
E||--4-----|---------|--6------|--4------|---------|--------||

  (Strum each note written once)
e|--------------|----------------|              
B|--------------|----------------|    
G|--------------|----------------|     
D|--8-8----8-8--|--8-8----6---7--|            
A|--8-8----8-8--|--8-8----6---7--|  
E|--6-6----6-6--|--6-6----4---5--|

Riff 4: Bridge A (Distortion)
--------------------

e||--------------|  This shows up a few times  e|-----------||
B||--------------|  in the song. Once at 2:08  B|-----------||      
G||--------------|  and again at 3:34. Just    G|-----------||
D||--8-8----8-8--|  repeat as many times as    D|---6---7---||
A||--8-8----8-8--|  necessary, then go to      A|---6---7---||
E||--6-6----6-6--|        this next riff:      E|---4---5---||

Riff 5: Bridge B (Distortion) (3:01)
-----------------------------

e||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
B||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
G||o--------------|--------------|--6--6--6--6--|--8--8--8--8--o||
D||o--8--8--8--8--|--6--6--6--6--|--6--6--6--6--|--8--8--8--8--o||
A||---8--8--8--8--|--6--6--6--6--|--4--4--4--4--|--6--6--6--6---||
E||---6--6--6--6--|--4--4--4--4--|--------------|---------------||
  Open the gate up ...