First Date Chords by Blink-182

First Date chords by Blink-182

Guitar chords with lyrics

Artist: Blink 182
Song: First Date
Album: Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
Tabbed by: Eric Ocasio (erector@writemail.com)

Standard tuning

Correction to my previous tab.  Changed the intro and changed one
of the chords in the chorus.  If you have any suggestions or comments
please email me.  This is all my own work.

Intro:

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Guitar 1
E |-0-------------------------------------------
B |---3---1---3-1---1---3-1---1---3-1---0----1*-
G |-----0---0-----0---0-----0---0-----0---0-----
D |---------------------------------------------
A |---------------------------------------------
E |---------------------------------------------

* - Let ring on last rep only

While guitar 2 plays this
E |-------------------------------------------
B |-------------------------------------------
G |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-----
D |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-----
A |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-----
E |-------------------------------------------

E |-------------------------------------------
B |-------------------------------------------
G |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4---5-
D |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4---5-
A |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2---3-
E |-------------------------------------------

Verse/Fill:

This is just repeated over and over PALM MUTED
E |-----------
B |-----------
G |-5-5-5-----
D |-----------
A |-----------
E |-----------

Pre-Chorus:

E |---------------------------------------------------
B |---------------------------------------------------
G |-5-5-5----4-4-4----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------
D |-5-5-5----5-5-5----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-
A |-3-3-3----2-2-2----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-
E |-----------------------------------1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-

Chorus:

E |-------------------------------------------------------------------
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------
G |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------
D |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-
A |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-
E |---------------------------------------------------1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-

Interlude:
   <------------------- PALM MUTED!! ---------------------------->
E |---------------------------------------------------------------
B |---------------------------------------------------------------
G |-5--5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------------------------
D |-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
A |-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
E |-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0--1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-

Then this comes in on top of the above palm muted part:

E |--------------------------------------------------------------------
B |--------------------------------------------------------------------
G |-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--9-9-9-9-9-5-5--10-10-10-10-10-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
D |-x--x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x--x--x--x--x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-
A |-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--7-7-7-7-7-3-3---8--8--8--8--8-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------


Order:

Intro
Verse/Fill 16x (only for second part of verse)
Pre-Chorus 2x
Chorus 2x
Intro
Verse/Fill 16x (only for second part of verse)
Pre-Chorus 2x
Chorus 2x
Interlude 2x (only palm muted part)
Interlude 4x (both parts)
Pre-Chorus 2x
Chorus 2x
Chorus 2x w/ Intro

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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