Wave Goodnight To Me Tab by Jeff Rosenstock

Wave Goodnight To Me tab by Jeff Rosenstock

Guitar Tab

Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: A

🎸 Intro Riff:

e|-0-0-0-0--5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0--5--5-5--5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
B|-5-4-2-0--5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0--5-4-2-0--5--5-5--5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
G|----------6--6-6--6-6--6--6-6--6-6--1--1-1--1-1--1-----------6--6-6--6-6--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|----------7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--2-----------7--7-7--7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A|----------7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--2-----------7--7-7--7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|----------5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0-----------5--5-5--5-5--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|




🎸 Verse 1:

🎸

Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

(Mute these in the typical skate-punkish way and just listen to the song for timings)

e|-0----0----4----4----4----4----5----5-|
B|-0----0----5----5----4----4----5----5-|
G|-1----1----6----6----4----4----6----6-|
D|-2----2----6----6----6----6----7----7-|
A|-2----2----4----4----6----6----7----7-|
E|-0----0----x----x----4----4----5----5-|

"I used to walk down to the docks in spring

And drink tallboys on the rocks by the water

Under the watchful eye of day-glo cranes

That spread like floods from corner to corner"


🎸 Pre-Chorus 1:

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

"Wave goodnight to me"

e|-0---0---5-4-2-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------------------------|
B|---0---0---------5-4-2-0--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

🎸 Chorus 1:

e|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-|
B|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0--5-4-2-0-|
G|-6--6-6--6-6--6--6-6--6-6--1--1-1--1-1--1----------|
D|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--2----------|
A|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--2----------|
E|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0----------|

"When it all fell down

I should've been prepared"

e|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--4--4-4--4-4|
B|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--5--5-5--5-5|
G|-6--6-6--6-6--6--6-6--6-6--1--1-1--1-1--6--6-6--6-6|
D|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--6--6-6--6-6|
A|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--4--4-4--4-4|
E|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--x--x-x--x-x|

"They've spent the last five years

Yelling come on, come on, come on get out of here."

e|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-|
B|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0--5-4-2-0-|
G|-6--6-6--6-6--6--6-6--6-6--1--1-1--1-1--1----------|
D|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--2----------|
A|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--2----------|
E|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0----------|

"I wish it didn't hurt

I wish I didn't care"

e|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--4--4-4--4-4|
B|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--5--5-5--5-5|
G|-6--6-6--6-6--6--6-6--6-6--1--1-1--1-1--6--6-6--6-6|
D|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--6--6-6--6-6|
A|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--4--4-4--4-4|
E|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--x--x-x--x-x|

"They've spent the last five years

Yelling come on, come on, come on get out of here."


🎸 Verse 2:
(Same as verse 1)

e|-0----0----4----4----4----4----5----5-|
B|-0----0----5----5----4----4----5----5-|
G|-1----1----6----6----4----4----6----6-|
D|-2----2----6----6----6----6----7----7-|
A|-2----2----4----4----6----6----7----7-|
E|-0----0----x----x----4----4----5----5-|

"Yeah ignorance is bliss until the day

The things you ignored all come into focus

And those conveniences leave cavities

That can't get filled cos you didn't notice"

🎸 Pre-Chorus 2:

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

"Wave goodnight to me"

e|-0---0---5-4-2-0-|
B|---0---0---------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

🎸 Chorus 2:

e|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-|
B|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0--0--0-0--0--5-4-2-0-|
G|-6--6-6--6-6--6--6-6--6-6--1--1--1--1-1--1----------|
D|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2--2--2-2--2----------|
A|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2--2--2-2--2----------|
E|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0--0--0-0--0----------|

"When it all fell down

I should've been prepared"

e|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--4--4-4--4-4|
B|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--5--5-5--5-5|
G|-6--6-6--6-6--6--6-6--6-6--1--1-1--1-1--6--6-6--6-6|
D|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--6--6-6--6-6|
A|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--4--4-4--4-4|
E|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--x--x-x--x-x|

"They've spent the last five years

Yelling come on, come on, come on get out of here."

e|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-|
B|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0--5-4-2-0-|
G|-6--6-6--6-6--6--6-6--6-6--1--1-1--1-1--1----------|
D|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--2----------|
A|-7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--2--2-2--2-2--2----------|
E|-5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--0--0-0--0-0--0----------|

"I wish it didn't hurt

I wish I didn't care"

e|-5--5-5--5-5--2--2-2--2-2--0--0--0-0-0-0--4--4-4--4-4-|
B|-5--5-5--5-5--2--2-2--2-2--0--0--0-0-0-0--5--5-5--5-5-|
G|-6--6-6--6-6--2--2-2--2-2--1--1--1-1-1-1--6--6-6--6-6-|
D|-7--7-7--7-7--4--4-4--4-4--2--2--2-2-2-2--6--6-6--6-6-|
A|-7--7-7--7-7--4--4-4--4-4--2--2--2-2-2-2--4--4-4--4-4-|
E|-5--5-5--5-5--2--2-2--2-2--0--0--0-0-0-0--x--x-x--x-x-|

"They've spent the last five years

Yelling come on, come on, come on get out of here."

e|-0--0--0-0-0-0--4--4-4--4-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--5--5-5--5-5-|
B|-0--0--0-0-0-0--5--5-5--5-5--4--4--4-4-4-4--5--5-5--5-5-|
G|-1--1--1-1-1-1--6--6-6--6-6--4--4--4-4-4-4--6--6-6--6-6-|
D|-2--2--2-2-2-2--6--6-6--6-6--6--6--6-6-6-6--7--7-7--7-7-|
A|-2--2--2-2-2-2--4--4-4--4-4--6--6--6-6-6-6--7--7-7--7-7-|
E|-0--0--0-0-0-0--x--x-x--x-x--4--4--4-4-4-4--5--5-5--5-5-|

"Come on, come on get out of here." x4

As he starts singing the "come on" bit, a second guitar plays this:
Each one is played 8 times, bending up gradually throughout all 8 strums - hard to describe but relatively
easy if you listen to the song

e|-17-------------|
B|-19b21--17------|
G|--------19b21---|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

🎸 Bridge:

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------|

"Wave goodnight to the sleepless city, too tired to fight"

e|-5----5----5----5-|
B|-5----5----5----5-|
G|-6----6----5----5-|
D|-7----7----7----7-|
A|-7----7----7----7-|
E|-5----5----5----5-|

"They're pushing you out in the name of progress

Selling your memories to the tourists"

🎸 Solo:

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-13-13-13-13-13-11----11-------------------13-13-13-13-13-11----11-------------------|
D|-------------------14----14-11-------------------------------14----14-11-------------|
A|-------------------------------11-12-14-11-------------------------------11-12-14-11-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-13-13-13-13-13-11----11-13----------------13-13-13-13-13-11----11-13----------------|
D|-------------------14-------13-13-14-13-11-------------------14-------13-13-14-13-11-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

You can tremolo pick this part if you want, or add delay/reverb
e|-16-16-16-16-16-14-12-14-16----------------16-16-16-16-16-14-12-14-16----------------|
B|----------------------------16-16-17-16-14----------------------------16-16-17-16-14-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-16-16-16-16-16-14-12-14-16-19-21-19-16----16-16-16-16-16-14-12-14-16-19-21-19-16----|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

This bit is as he says "Wave goodnight to me"
e|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19\0--------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm part during the 🎸 Solo:

e|-0--0--0-0-0-0--4--4-4--4-4--0--0--0-0-0-0--4--4-4--4-4-|
B|-0--0--0-0-0-0--5--5-5--5-5--0--0--0-0-0-0--5--5-5--5-5-|
G|-1--1--1-1-1-1--6--6-6--6-6--1--1--1-1-1-1--6--6-6--6-6-|
D|-2--2--2-2-2-2--6--6-6--6-6--2--2--2-2-2-2--6--6-6--6-6-|
A|-2--2--2-2-2-2--4--4-4--4-4--2--2--2-2-2-2--4--4-4--4-4-|
E|-0--0--0-0-0-0--x--x-x--x-x--0--0--0-0-0-0--x--x-x--x-x-|

e|-2--2--2-2-2-2--2--2-2--2-2--2--2--2-2-2-2--2--2-2--2-2-|
B|-2--2--2-2-2-2--4--4-4--4-4--2--2--2-2-2-2--4--4-4--4-4-|
G|-2--2--2-2-2-2--4--4-4--4-4--2--2--2-2-2-2--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|-4--4--4-4-4-4--2--2-2--2-2--4--4--4-4-4-4--2--2-2--2-2-|
E|-2--2--2-2-2-2--x--x-x--x-x--2--2--2-2-2-2--x--x-x--x-x-|

This bit is as he says "Wave goodnight to me"
e|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|
G|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-1-|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-0-|

🎸 Chorus 3:

I like to turn my distortion off for this bit but you don't have to
e|-5--------0--------5-|
B|-5--------0--------5-|
G|-6--------1--------6-|
D|-7--------2--------7-|
A|-7--------2--------7-|
E|-5--------0--------5-|

"When it all fell down

I should've been prepared

They've spent the last five years yelling"

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|

"Come on, come on, come on, get out of here"

e|-5--------0--------5-5-5-|
B|-5--------0--------5-5-5-|
G|-6--------1--------6-6-6-|
D|-7--------2--------7-7-7-|
A|-7--------2--------7-7-7-|
E|-5--------0--------5-5-5-|

"I wish it didn't hurt

I wish I didn't care

They've spent the last five years"

e|-0--0--0-0-0-0--4--4-4--4-4--4--4--4-4-4-4--5--5-5--5-5-|
B|-0--0--0-0-0-0--5--5-5--5-5--4--4--4-4-4-4--5--5-5--5-5-|
G|-1--1--1-1-1-1--6--6-6--6-6--4--4--4-4-4-4--6--6-6--6-6-|
D|-2--2--2-2-2-2--6--6-6--6-6--6--6--6-6-6-6--7--7-7--7-7-|
A|-2--2--2-2-2-2--4--4-4--4-4--6--6--6-6-6-6--7--7-7--7-7-|
E|-0--0--0-0-0-0--x--x-x--x-x--4--4--4-4-4-4--5--5-5--5-5-|

"Yelling come on"

"Come on, come on, come on, get out of here" x4

Once again another guitar plays this as he sings the "come on" bit
e|-17-------------|
B|-19b21--17------|
G|--------19b21---|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

e|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|
G|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-1-|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-0-|

"Yeah, wave goodnight to me"

e|-0---0---5-4-2-0-|
B|---0---0---------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

************************************

| x   Dead note
| b   Bend
| \   Slide down

************************************

Published: June 22, 2022

Last updated: June 22, 2022

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