Tabs
Song: 1985
Artist: Bowling For Soup
Transcribed by The Grey Elf
There are actually 2 guitars in this song, but the transcription below is designed for play by a single guitar.
Tuning: Standard
Key:
/=slide up
\=slide down
p=pull off
x=ghost note/false harmonic (mute string with fret hand and let ring)
Intro 1. 2.
E MajorE||---------------|---------------|---------------||--------------||------------
BB||---------------|---------------|---------------||--------------||------------
G+G||-(4)6/8--4/6/8-|-4/6\4/6/8\6\4-|-4/6/8--4/6/8--||-4/6\4/6/8\6--||------------
D MajorD||:--------------|---------------|---------------||-------------:||--44xx44xx44
A augmentedA||-(2)4/6--2/4/6-|-2/4\2/4/6\4\2-|-2/4/6--2/4/6--||-2/4\2/4/6\4--||6\44xx44xx44
E MajorE||---------------|---------------|---------------||--------------||--22xx22xx22
-----||
-----||
-----||
xx44-||
xx22-||
xx22-||
Verse
2x 2x
E MajorE|---------------||--------------------------------------||------------------||
BB|---------------||--------------------------------------||------------------||
G+G|-44------------||-44444444-----------------------------||------------------||
D MajorD|-44-22-66-44--:||-44444444-22222222-66666666-44444444-:||-44xx44xx44xx44-9\||
A augmentedA|-22-22-66-44---||-22222222-22222222-66666666-44444444--||-44xx44xx44xx44-9\||
E MajorE|----00-44-22---||----------00000000-44444444-22222222--||-22xx22xx22xx22-7\||
........ ........ ........ ........
Chorus 1. 2.
E MajorE||------------------------------||------------||-----------------||
BB||------------------------------||------------||-----------------||
G+G||--44444444--------------------||------------||-----------------||
D MajorD||:-44444444-22222222-66666666-:||-77777777--:||-77xx77xx77xx77-:||
A augmentedA||--22222222-22222222-66666666--||-77777777---||-77xx77xx77xx77--||
E MajorE||-----------00000000-44444444--||-55555555---||-55xx55xx55xx55--||
(Repeat Intro, Verse, and Chorus)
Solo
E MajorE|--------|---------|--------|------------------||
BB|--------|---------|--------|------------------||
G+G|-/8-6-4-|^×/4-6-8-|-/8-6-4-|-9-8-9-8-9-8-6-4--||
D MajorD|--------|---------|--------|--p---p---p-------||
A augmentedA|--------|---------|--------|------------------||
E MajorE|--------|---------|--------|------------------||
Bridge (clean)
E MajorE|-----0--------|------0--------|------0---------|-----0--------||
BB|----------0-2-|-----------0-2-|-----------0-2--|----------0-2-||
G+G|---4---4------|----4---4------|----4---4-------|---4---4------||
D MajorD|-4------------|--2------------|--1-------------|-0------------||
A augmentedA|--------------|---------------|----------------|--------------||
E MajorE|--------------|---------------|----------------|--------------||
Chorus (2x) to end
Other versions of 1985
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for 1985 by Bowling For Soup
