------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: BbmWhen (x13321@1)we were young the future was so bright F#The (244322@1)old neighborhood was so alive C#And (x43121@1)every kid on the whole damn street AbWas (xx1114@1)gonna make it big in every beat BbmNow (x13321@1)the neighborhood's cracked and torn F#The (244322@1)kids are grown up but their lives are worn C#How (x43121@1)can one little street AbSwallow (xx1114@1)so many lives ------------------------------------------------ Chorus: BbmChances (x13321@1)thrown F#Nothing's (244322@1)free C#Longing (x43121@1)for AbUsed (xx1114@1)to be BbmStill (x13321@1)it's hard F#Hard (244322@1)to see C#Fragile (x43121@1)lives AbShattered (xx1114@1)dreams ---------------------- Intro 2/Verse: x2 --------------------- BbmJenny (x13321@1)had a chance, well she really did F#Instead (244322@1)she dropped out and had a couple of kids C#Mark (x43121@1)still lives at home cause he's got no job AbHe (xx1114@1)just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot BbmJay (x13321@1)committed suicide F#Brandon (244322@1)OD'd and died C#What (x43121@1)the hell is going on? AbThe (xx1114@1)cruelest dream: reality ------------------------------------- Chorus: BbmChances (x13321@1)thrown F#Nothing's (244322@1)free C#Longing (x43121@1)for AbUsed (xx1114@1)to be BbmStill (x13321@1)it's hard F#Hard (244322@1)to see C#Fragile (x43121@1)lives AbShattered (xx1114@1)dreams --------------------------------------------- Just Play Intro 2/Verse over the solo and hum. ---------------------------------------------- Chorus: BbmChances (x13321@1)thrown F#Nothing's (244322@1)free C#Longing (x43121@1)for AbUsed (xx1114@1)to be BbmStill (x13321@1)it's hard F#Hard (244322@1)to see C#Fragile (x43121@1)lives AbShattered (xx1114@1)dreams Thank you very much for looking at my tab. It's my first one so be gentle. --------------- Chord Diagrams --------------- EA DG BE ------------------ Fm (133111@1)1 2 2 1 1 1 ------------------ C# (x43121@1)4 4 6 6 6 4 ------------------ Ab (xx1114@1)4 6 6 5 4 4 ------------------ Eb (x43121@3)6 6 8 8 8 6 ------------------- Bbm (x13321@1)1 1 3 2 2 1 ------------------- F# (244322@1)2 4 4 3 2 2 -------------------