----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ocean Avenue-Yellowcard ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by:Rory Rodriguez Email:RVDFlyer89@aol.com Alright I've been studying this song for a long time and I mean a long long time. I've been seeing other tabs before this with power chords and those sounded pretty close but they weren't correct. I've seen them perform this song many times and it's obvious that Ben is bar chording for the first two chords and then the last one is a normal chord. I saw them perform on hard rock live and I'm pretty confident that this is the closest version out there right now. I was playing around with this and figured out it sounds best with dead strings on the G and B strings and I think that’s what Ben is doing.IM me or Email me if you have any questions at all. Tuning:Drop D tuning (DADGBe) Use some effects for both guitars. Intro/Verse GUITAR 1:Palm mute these chords for the intro and verse. e|-----0--------0------0--------------------------------------------------| B|-----x--------x------x--------------------------------------------------| G|-----x--------x------x--------------------------------------------------| D|-----2--------4------0--------------------------------------------------| A|-----2--------4------0--------------------------------------------------| D|-----2--------4------0-------------------------------------------------| Verse GUITAR 2:This is the picking part while he's singing "Stayin Up all night.." e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------9---------------------------9-----9-----------------------| D|--/6----6--7----7------------/6-----6--7-----7--------------------------| A|------7------------0-9----------7-----------------9--7--9-------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| Verse Cont'd GUITAR 2:This is the second picking part when he sings "Stayin up all night.." again. e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------7/10----------------------------7/5/7----------------| G|--------------9---------------------------------------------------------| D|--/6----6--7----7------------/6----6--7------7--------------------------| A|------7--------------------------7--------0-----0-----------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| (Now go into chorus after finishing with verse.) Chorus GUITAR 1 & 2:Both guitar's play this part.Stop palm muting and play these chords regular. e|-----0-------0-------0--------------------------------------------------| B|-----x-------x-------x--------------------------------------------------| G|-----x-------x-------x--------------------------------------------------| D|-----2-------4-------0--------------------------------------------------| A|-----2-------4-------0--------------------------------------------------| D|-----2-------4-------0--------------------------------------------------| (Go back into verse after finishing chorus.) Verse GUITAR 1:Palm mute these chords for the verse. e|-----0--------0-----0---------------------------------------------------| B|-----x--------x-----x---------------------------------------------------| G|-----x--------x-----x---------------------------------------------------| D|-----2--------4-----0---------------------------------------------------| A|-----2--------4-----0---------------------------------------------------| D|-----2--------4-----0---------------------------------------------------| Verse GUITAR 2:This is the picking part while he's singing "That your here tonight.." e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------9---------------------------9-----9-----------------------| D|--/6----6--7----7------------/6-----6--7-----7--------------------------| A|------7------------0-9----------7-----------------9--7--9-------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| Verse Cont'd GUITAR 2:This is the second picking part when he sings "That your here tonight.." again. e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------7/10----------------------------7/5/7----------------| G|--------------9---------------------------------------------------------| D|--/6----6--7----7------------/6----6--7------7--------------------------| A|------7--------------------------7--------0-----0-----------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| (Go back into chorus after finishing verse.) Chorus GUITAR 1 & 2:Both guitar's play this part.Stop palm muting and play these chords regular. e|-----0--------0------0--------------------------------------------------| B|-----x--------x------x--------------------------------------------------| G|-----x--------x------x--------------------------------------------------| D|-----2--------4------0--------------------------------------------------| A|-----2--------4------0--------------------------------------------------| D|-----2--------4------0--------------------------------------------------| (Play chorus until finishing but now were going into bridge instead of back to verse.) Bridge GUITAR 1:Play this after finishing chorus and Guitar 2 does the same riff over and over while guitar 1 plays the following. Play the first chord for awhile. Listen to the song to see what I’m doing with so many chords. e|-----0------0-----------------------------------------------------------| B|-----x------x-----------------3-----------------------------------------| G|-2---x------x-----1------2----2-----------------------------------------| D|-2---4------2-----2------2----------------------------------------------| A|-----4------2-----2-----------------------------------------------------| D|-----4------2-----------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 Riff e|---------0-----| B|------0----0---| G|----2-------2--| D|--2------------| A|---------------| D|---------------| (Play bridge and then go back into chorus.) Chorus GUITAR 1 & 2:Both guitar's play this part.Stop palm muting and play these chords regular.Note that there is a slight pause where every instrument in the song stops play for a couple seconds in between the first and second chord. When you listen to the song you'll know what I mean. e|-----0--------0------0--------------------------------------------------| B|-----x--------x------x--------------------------------------------------| G|-----x--------x------x--------------------------------------------------| D|-----2--------4------0--------------------------------------------------| A|-----2--------4------0--------------------------------------------------| D|-----2--------4------0--------------------------------------------------| Alright I know this is really long but Trust me, This song is very simple. I was just very thorough with my tab. It's basically the same the same 3 chords over and over for the verse and chorus with some additional picking. Once you get the bridge down it's no problem to play at all. Please leave feedback and email me or IM at RVDFlyer89 if you have any problems with this tab at all.
