------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Kids Aren't Alright - Offspring ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: You can play the intro through the entire song if you want to. Strum the intro with a lot of mutes, almost like your playing a ukulele. Chord Diagrams are at the bottom!! Also: If played in Half Step Down, all the annoying sharps are gone. Tabbed by: Brandon Email: footballnerd999@aol.com Tuning: Standard ----------------------------------------- Intro 1: Fm C# Ab Eb Intro 2/Verse: Bbm F# C# Ab ----------------------------------------- Verse: Bbm When we were young the future was so bright F# The old neighborhood was so alive C# And every kid on the whole damn street Ab Was gonna make it big in every beat Bbm Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn F# The kids are grown up but their lives are worn C# How can one little street Ab Swallow so many lives ------------------------------------------------ Chorus: Bbm Chances thrown F# Nothing's free C# Longing for Ab Used to be Bbm Still it's hard F# Hard to see C# Fragile lives Ab Shattered dreams ---------------------- Intro 2/Verse: x2 --------------------- Bbm Jenny had a chance, well she really did F# Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids C# Mark still lives at home cause he's got no job Ab He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot Bbm Jay committed suicide F# Brandon OD'd and died C# What the hell is going on? Ab The cruelest dream: reality ------------------------------------- Chorus: Bbm Chances thrown F# Nothing's free C# Longing for Ab Used to be Bbm Still it's hard F# Hard to see C# Fragile lives Ab Shattered dreams --------------------------------------------- Just Play Intro 2/Verse over the solo and hum. ---------------------------------------------- Chorus: Bbm Chances thrown F# Nothing's free C# Longing for Ab Used to be Bbm Still it's hard F# Hard to see C# Fragile lives Ab Shattered dreams Thank you very much for looking at my tab. It's my first one so be gentle. --------------- Chord Diagrams --------------- E A D G B E ------------------ Fm 1 2 2 1 1 1 ------------------ C# 4 4 6 6 6 4 ------------------ Ab 4 6 6 5 4 4 ------------------ Eb 6 6 8 8 8 6 ------------------- Bbm 1 1 3 2 2 1 ------------------- F# 2 4 4 3 2 2 -------------------