COME OUT AND PLAY (Bassline)
As recorded by Offspring
(From the 1994 Album SMASH)
Words and Music by Dexter Holland
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'
Intro
Moderately Fast Rock Q=158
4/4
Gtr I
Wx8 Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q 4x
|------------||-----------------|-----------------||
|------------||o----------------|----------------o||
|------------||o-2----/5--------|-2----/5--------o||
|------------||------------2-5--|-----------2-5---||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-2-2-2-----------|-2-2-2-------5---|-2-2-2-----------|
||--------2-2-2-5-5-|-------2-2-5-----|-------2-2-2-5-5-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-------5---|-2-2-2-----------|-2-2-2-------5---|
|-------2-2-5-----|-------2-2-2-5-5-|-------2-2-5-----|
Verse
E E E E E E E E q Q H E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|------------||-----------------|
|-2-2-2-----------|-2----------||-2-2-2-----------|
|-------2-2-2-5-5-|------------||-------2-2-2-5-5-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2S5---------|-2-2-2-----------|-2-2-2S5---------|
|-----------2-5---|-------2-2-2-5-5-|-----------2-5---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-----------|-2-2-2S5---------|-2-2-2-----------|
|-------2-2-2-5-5-|-----------2-5---|-------2-2-2-5-5-|
Pre-Chorus
E E E E E E E E H Q Q E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------||--------------|--------------------|
|-----------------||--------------|--------------------|
|-2-2-2S5---------||-7----10--10--|-9-9----------------|
|-----------2-5---||--------------|-------7-(7)-7-10---|
H Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-7----10--10--|-9-9----------------|-2-2-2-----------|
|--------------|-------7-(7)-7-10---|-------2-2-2-5-5-|
E E E E E E E E W +Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------|------------------|
|-2-2-2S5---------|-9--------|-(9)--9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-----------2-5---|----------|------------------|
Chorus
Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-2----/5--------|-2----/5--------|-2----/5--------|
|-----------2-5--|-----------2-5--|-----------2-5--|
q Q H Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q
|------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------|----------------|----------------|
|-2----------|-2----/5--------|-2----/5--------|
|------------|-----------2-5--|-----------2-5--|
Q. E E E Q q Q H Q. E E E Q
|----------------|------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|
|-2----/5--------|-2----------|-2----/5--------|
|-----------2-5--|------------|-----------2-5--|
Q. E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E +E E E E
|----------------|-------------|------------------|
|----------------|-------------|------------------|
|-2----/5--------|-7--7--7--7--|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3p2-|
|-----------2-5--|-------------|------------------|
Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-2----/5--------|---------------|-2-2-2S5---------|
|-----------2-5--|-2----2-2-2-5--|-----------2-5---|
1. 2.
q Q H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-------------||-||------------------|-------------------||
|------------o||-||o-----------------|------------------o||
|-2----------o||-||o-2-2-2-----------|-2-2-2-------5----o||
|-------------||-||--------2-2-2-5-5-|-------2-2-5-------||
Pre-Chorus
H Q Q E E E E +E E E E H Q Q
|--------------|--------------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------------|--------------|
|-7----10--10--|-9-9----------------|-7----10--10--|
|--------------|-------7-(7)-7-10---|--------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9----------------|-2-2-2-----------|-2-2-2S5---------|
|-------7-(7)-7-10---|-------2-2-2-5-5-|-----------2-5---|
Chorus
W +Q E E E E E E Q. E E E Q
|----------|------------------||-----------------|
|----------|------------------||o----------------|
|-9--------|-(9)--9-9-9-9-9-9-||o-2----/5--------|
|----------|------------------||------------2-5--|
Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q q Q H
|----------------|----------------|-------------||
|----------------|----------------|------------o||
|-2----/5--------|-2----/5--------|-2----------o||
|-----------2-5--|-----------2-5--|-------------||
Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|-2----/5--------|-2----/5--------|-7--7--7--7--|
|-----------2-5--|-----------2-5--|-------------|
Q E E +E E E E Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q
|------------------|----------------|---------------|
|------------------|----------------|---------------|
|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3p2-|-2----/5--------|---------------|
|------------------|-----------2-5--|-2----2-2-2-5--|
E E E E E E E E q Q H
|-----------------|------------*|
|-----------------|------------*|
|-2-2-2S5---------|-2----------*|
|-----------2-5---|------------*|
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
