Skatanic Tab by Reel Big Fish


Skatanic
Reel Big fish
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Transcribed by Vennie

here are the chords you figure out the strumming pattern

chord chart
    am b  c   e  f  g
e|--5--7--8---0--1--3--|
b|--5--7--8---0--1--3--|
g|--5--8--9---1--2--4--|
d|--7--9--10--2--3--5--|
a|--7--9--10--2--3--5--|
e|--5--7--8---0--1--3--|

devil riff #1
e|-----------------|
b|--5-----------5--|
g|----5-------5----|
d|------7---7------|
a|--------7--------|
e|-----------------|

or, you can play it using the open am
e|--0-----------0--|
b|----1-------1----|
g|------2---2------|
d|--------2--------|
a|-----------------|
e|-----------------|

whichever one you use, try bending the third note slightly.

intro: riff 1

       am for 2 beats
       up to c for 1 beat, slide down to b for one beat
       slide down to am for last beat
       (for c and b, strum mostly on mids)
       x3

       c b

       am for 2 beats
       up to c for 1 beat, slide down to b for one beat
       slide down to am for last beat
      (for c and b, strum mostly on mids)
       x3

       am for 4 beats, c for 1 beat, slide down to b for 1 beat
       mute for remaining 2 beats
       x4

verse 1: am for 4 beats, c for 2 beats, slide down to b for 2 beats
         x7 (including last line)
         on last line, same progression but last b for 1 beat
         starts "watchin' you sleep I'm lookin' in your window..."

chorus: am for 4 beats, b for 1 beat, up to c for 1 beat
        mute for remaining 2 beats
        x4
        starts "it must be love..."

verse 2: am for 4 beats, c for 2 beats, slide down to b for 2 beats
         x7 (including last line)
         on last line, same progression but last b for 1 beat
         starts "walkin' up to her now she's walkin' away..."

chorus: am for 4 beats, b for 1 beat, up to c for 1 beat
        mute for remaining 2 beats
        x4
        starts "it must be love..."

bridge: e for 1 beat, f for 1 beat, g for 1 beat, e for 4 beats
        x 4 (including last line)
        on last line, same progression but last e for 1 beat
        starts "I'm gonna make you love me..."

devil riff #2
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|--2-------3-------4-------5-------6-------7-------8-------9---------10--|
a|----3-2-3---4-3-4---5-4-5---6-5-6---7-6-7---8-7-8---9-8-9---10-9-10-----|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

am for 1 beats, c for 1/2 beat, b for 1/2 beat, am for 1/2 beat

(bass riff and then) devil riff #1

       am for 2 beats
       up to c for 1 beat, slide down to b for one beat
       slide down to am for last beat
       (for c and b, strum mostly on mids)
       x3

       c b

       am for 2 beats
       up to c for 1 beat, slide down to b for one beat
       slide down to am for last beat
       (for c and b, strum mostly on mids)
       x3

chorus: am for 4 beats, b for 1 beat, up to c for 1 beat
        mute for remaining 2 beats
        x8
        starts "it must be love..."

outro devil riff #3
e|-------------|
b|-------------|
g|-------------|
d|--2-0--------|
a|------3-2-0--|
e|-------------|