Going Away To College Tab by Blink-182

Going Away To College tab by Blink-182

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Song: Going Away To College
Album: Enema of the State, Track 4
Artist: Blink 182
Originally transcribed by Effigy - esper69@hotmail.com
Corrected by Resiak - vector2uk@hotmail.com

I decided to correct this TAB. Effigy's original is very good, but I found
a few niggling errors... I've corrected:

* The Intro. It's got more than just powerchords.
* One note in Riff A and B.
* The start and end of the Chorus.

🎸

Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

Intro: Rhy. Fig. 1   w/light distortion and low speed/depth phasing

Note: I'm not quite sure of the rhythm when changing between chords. Just
play what sounds right. You can get away without using any distortion at
this point, it sounds better with just the phasing in my opinion.

  B          Bsus2
e-------------------------|------------------------|
B-4-4--4-4-4-2--2-2--2-2-2|4-4--4-4-4-2--2-2--2-2-2|
G-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4--4-4-4|4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4--4-4-4|
D-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4--4-4-4|4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4--4-4-4|
A-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2|2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2|
E-------------------------|------------------------|

  Emaj7      E6
e-------------------------|------------------------|
B-4-4--4-4-4-2--2-2--2-2-2|4-4--4-4-4-2--2-2--2-2-2|
G-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4--4-4-4|4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4--4-4-4|
D-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2|2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2|
A-------------------------|------------------------|
E-------------------------|------------------------|



Riff A:   w/heavy dist

    B                       Emaj7       F#
e-|--------------------------------------------------|--
B-|--------------------------------------------------|--
G-|o----------8-----------8-----------8-------------o|--
D-|o----9-----------9-----------9-----------11----11o|9-
A-|-------------------------7-7---7-7---9-9---9-9----|9-
E-|-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7----------------------------|7-


Verse: Rhy. Fig. 2   w/heavy dist
  B         E       F#
e----------------------------------
B----------------------------------
G-----------9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11----
D-9--9-9-9--9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11----
A-9--9-9-9--7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9----
E-7--7-7-7-------------------------

Chorus: Rhy. Fig. 3   w/heavy dist
   G#m(from bass)    E               B               F#*                 x4
e---------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------
G--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------
D--------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--
A--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--
E----------------------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--

F# IS the correct chord. I removed the original alternative voicing of the
last F# because I thought it sounded dumb.

Riff B:   w/heavy dist
e--------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------
G------8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----9-------
D------------------------------------------------9-
A--------------------------7-7---7-7---9-9---9-9---
E--7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---------------------------

Note: Mute all the notes on the A and E strings.


Here's how it all comes together:
Rhy Fig. 1x2
Riff A
Rhy. Fig. 2 x2
Riff A
Rhy. Fig. 2 x2
Rhy. Fig. 3
Riff A
Riff B x2
Rhy. Fig. 2 x2
Rhy. Fig. 3
Rhy. Fig. 1 x2
Rhy. Fig. 3

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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