T1: Marcus Hynes, ozzy_osbourne23@hotmail.com, Offspring, The Kids Aren't Alright, 21/02/99 S1: ALl of the other tabs for this song are unaccurate, or they leave out parts, so here is the full ACCURATE song, THE KIDS AREN'T ALRIGHT by the OFFSPRING from the album AMERICANA tabbed by Marcus Hynes symbols used in this tab: / slide up \ slide down b bend r release INTRO This looks confusing, but it is easy to play, you just need the know how the song goes. You can also play this riff on G and D instead of D and A E:-------------------------------------------------- B:-------------------------------------------------- G:-------------------------------------------------- D:-----6-----6-----6--5-5-5/6------6-----6-5-5-5\6-- A:-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-- E:-------------------------------------------------- E:--------------------------------------- B:--------------------------------------- G:--------------------------------------- D:-----5----5----5-5-5/6---8--6--5-5-5/6- A:-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6/6---6--6--6-6-6/6- E:--------------------------------------- X2 E:--------------------------------------------------------------- B:--------------------------------------------------------------- G:--------------------------------------------------------------- D:--------------------------------------------------------------- A:-1--1--1/3--3/4------3-4----------3-4-6-4--3/4------------------- E:----------------2--2-----4--4-4/6------------------------------ X2 VERSE/CHORUS Strum each chord 8 times: E:---------------- B:---------------- G:---------6------ D:-8---4---6---6-- A:-8---4---4---6-- E:-6---2-------4-- SOLO The solo is kind of hard to tab. All the bends are full bends, and where it says 16b 18 16r, you have to bend 16 to sound like 18, then release it back on 16 FULL BENDS E:--------------------------------------------------------------- B:-----------------------------------------/-7b--9b----12b----14b G:--------------------------------------------------------------- D:--------------------------------------------------------------- A:-8-\----1-----1/3--4----4/6---6-6/8-------------------------- E:--------------------------------------------------------------- E:-------------16----------------------------13---13--13----13--- B:------16^----------16b-(18)-16r--14--16--16b--------------------- G:--------------------------------------------------------------- D:--------------------------------------------------------------- A:--------------------------------------------------------------- E:--------------------------------------------------------------- E:--13--13----13--13----13---13---13-------------------------------- B:-------------------------------------16b---16r--14-------14-16-14- G:------------------------------------------------------15---------- D:------------------------------------------------------------------ A:------------------------------------------------------------------ E:------------------------------------------------------------------ E:---------------------------------------9---9-------------------- B:-----14-\--9--------------------9---9--------------9------------ G:-15-----------11b---11---11---------------------------10---11/13 D:---------------------------------------------------------------- A:---------------------------------------------------------------- E:---------------------------------------------------------------- E:--------------------------------------------------------------- B:---------------14---14---16b--16--16--16--14---16b~~---14\----- G:-13--13---13/-------------------------------------------------- D:--------------------------------------------------------------- A:--------------------------------------------------------------- E:--------------------------------------------------------------- OUTRO Repeat as many times as needed: E:------------------------------------------- B:--11--9--11--9--11--9--11--9--11--9--11--9- G:------------------------------------------- D:------------------------------------------- A:------------------------------------------- E:-------------------------------------------