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Still Waiting Tab by Sum 41

Still Waiting tab by Sum 41

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Artist: Sum 41
Song: Still Waiting
Album:  Does This Look Infected?
Transcribed by: Jay
e-mail: jay@murphystigma.com (<--- check out my site :)


Pretty well-written song by these guys.  The verse is actually a
combination of "Holier Than Thou" and "Master of Puppets" by Metallica,
and the hook of the song totally reminds me of "Dammit, I Changed Again"
by The Offspring, and they're both played pretty similarly (hmmmmm).
It sounds like they totally EQ'd his voice or something during
all the high screaming parts.  Ah, The magic of studios.  Anywhoo...
--
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
 v - downstroke
 ^ - upstroke
 .
 . - rest (vertical dots)
 .

Standard tuning


Intro:

  0:00
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
E|----------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------|
   pm..............................................................

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------7--|
D|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|----------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------|
   pm..............................................................


Repeat 2x:

  0:11
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------5--5--5--5--5--------------------5--5--5--5--5----|
D|---2--2--2--2--2---5--5--5--5--5---2--2--2--2--2----5--5--5--5--5----|
Guitar 1
A|-7\2--2--2--2--2---3--3--3--3--3---2--2--2--2--2----3--3--3--3--3----|
(intro slide only
E|-0\0--0--0--0--0-------------------0--0--0--0--0---------------------|
the first time)
 |                                                                     |
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----12-\-11-/-12-.--12-\-11-/-12-.--12-\-11-/-12-/-14-\-12-\-11-\-7--|
Guitar 2
D|-----------------.---------------.-----------------------------------|
(dots mean rest)
A|----10-\-9--/-10-.--10-\-9--/-10-.--10-\-9--/-10-/-12-\-10-\--9-\-5--|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
     no need to emphasize the sliding, it's mainly here just for flow


Verse:
At first I thought this was a punk downstroking type of verse, but then
I heard a better quality version of the song and was shocked.  You can add
the octave to the sliding chords if you want, but this sounds fine as is.

  0:22, 0:58
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-------------------------------2---------------5---5-.-5-----------|
A|--2---------------8\7-.-8\7-.-5/7-0---------------5---5-.-5-----------|
E|--0---000-000-000-6\5-.-6\5-.-3/5-0---000-000-000-3-0-3-.-3-----------|
        pm. ... ...                     ... ... ...   .
        v^v v^v v^v                     v^v v^v v^v

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-/-7-7-7---|
D|--2-------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-/-7-7-7---|
A|--2---------------8\7-.-8\7-.-8/7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-/-5-5-5---|
E|--0---000-000-000-6\5-.-6\5-.-6/5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------|
        pm.........                 .................................
        v^v v^v v^v

Chorus:

  0:42, 1:19
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9---------------5-------------------------------4----------------|
D|--9---------------5---------------5---------------4----------------|
(just strum)
A|--7---------------3---------------5---------------2----------------|
E|----------------------------------3--------------------------------|


  0:53
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------5-5-5-.----------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
Guitar 1
D|-2-2-2-.---------5-5-5-.---------2-2-2-.------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
(dots mean rest)
A|-2-2-2-.---------3-3-3-.---------2-2-2-.------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
E|-0-0-0-.-------------------------0-0-0-.------------------------------|
 |                                                                      |
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----12-\-11-/-12-.--12-\-11-/-12-.--12-\-11-/-12-/-14-\-12-\-11-\-7---|
D|-----------------.---------------.------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
A|----10-\-9--/-10-.--10-\-9--/-10-.--10-\-9--/-10-/-12-\-10-\--9-\-5---|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|


Bridge:

  1:29
  Repeat 2x
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-----5----------7--4--7-----------|
D|-2---5-----5----7--4--7-----------| Guitar 1
A|-2---3-----5----5--2--5-----------|(just strum)
E|-0---------3----------------------|
 |                                  |
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-----------12---11-9--11----------| Guitar 2
D|----------------------------------|
A|-----------10---9--7--9-----------|
E|----------------------------------|


  1:39
  Repeat 4x
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|--9----------5----7--------|
D|--9----------5----7--------| (just strum)
A|--7----------3----5--------|
E|--0----------0----0--------|


  1:49
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-----|
Guitar 1
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--9------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |                                                                  |
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------5-5-5-.-----------------------4-4-4-.------------|
Guitar 2
D|--2-2-2-.--------5-5-5-.--------5-5-5-.--------4-4-4-.------------|
A|--2-2-2-.--------3-3-3-.--------5-5-5-.--------2-2-2-.------------|
E|--0-0-0-.-----------------------3-3-3-.---------------------------|


  1:54 Guitar 1
  Repeat 4x
e|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------- --|
B|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------- --|
G|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------- --|
D|----9------------|----9-----------|-----9-----------|--------------------- --|
A|-7-----10-9---9--|-7-----10-9---9-|-10-----10-9---9-|-10-9-9-10-12-10-9- 10--|
E|-----------10----|-----------10---|------------10---|--------------------- --|
 | (no matter how punk you are, don't try to downstroke this)                 |
e|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------- --|
B|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------- --|
G|-----------------|-5--5--5--------|-----------------|-4--4--4---4--4--4--- --|
D|-2--2--2---------|-5--5--5--------|-5--5--5---------|-4--4--4---4--4--4--- --|
A|-2--2--2---------|-3--3--3--------|-5--5--5---------|-2--2--2---2--2--2--- --|
E|-0--0--0---------|----------------|-3--3--3---------|--------------------- --|
                                                                 pm     pm
Guitar 2
You can transpose the above to the 2nd fret of the D string
(rather than the 7th of the A string) for a subtly "sharper"
sound, but IMO, that doesn't seem like the correct place
for a run like this.  This lick is a good pinky exercise. ;)

  2:14
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|--\\\\\\\\\\\///////////\\\\\\\\\\\///////////-----|
A|--\\\\\\\\\\\///////////\\\\\\\\\\\///////////-----|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
  This means pick scrape wildly


Repeat chorus 2x, then end the song with:

  2:35
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------------|
D|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------------|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------|
E|-------------------------------|


I can't hear the end of the chorus well enough to know if anything
else is going on there.

Praise?  Hate mail?  Send 'em on over.

-Jay
The Murphy Stigma
http://www.murphystigma.com

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