Big Star Guitar Tab

Why Do They Rock So Hard? Tabs:

Somebody Hates Me
She's Famous Now
You Don't Know
I'm Cool
I Want Your Girlfriend To Be My Girlfriend Too
Everything Is Cool
Scott's A Dork
Big Star »
The Kids Don't Like It
Down In Flames
We Care

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T1: Geoff Morrissey, pmorrissey032snet.net, Reel Big Fish, Big Star, 
1998 

S1:  
Intro: (acoustic, fade in) 
E-----------0-0-0-3-3-3--| 
B--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3--| 
G.-0--0-0-0-2-2-2-0-0-0-.| 
D.-2--2-2-2-3-3-3-0-0-0-.| 
A--3--3-3-3-------2-2-2--| 
E-----------------3-3-3--|Play 4x 

Verse:             Play 4x 
E------0------------------|-----0---------------3-|-----0-----------------| 
B--------1----------------|-1-1---1---------------|-------1---1-1-1-3-3-3-| 
G.---------0-----2-----0-.|-0-0-----0-----2-------|---------0-2-2-2-0-0-0-| 
D.---2-----------3-----0-.|-2-2-----------3-------|---2-------3-3-3-0-0-0-| 
A--3-----------3-----2----|-3-3---------3-----2---|-3---------3-3-3-2-2-2-| 
E------------1-----3------|-----------1-----3-----|-----------1-1-1-3-3-3-| 

Chorus: 
E------3----------3------|-----3--------| 
B--1---3---3--1---3---3--|-1---3---1-1--| 
G.-2---0-0-0--2---0-0-0-.|-2---0---2--2-| 
D.-3---0-0-0--3---0-0-0-.|-2---0---3----| 
A--3---2-2-2--3---2-2-2--|-0---2---3----| 
E------3----------3------|-----3--------| 

Guitar Solo:  
Guitar 2 (Guitar 1 plays first bar of Verse twice) 
E----8--------------7-7/57-|---------------------------------| 
B-8---8-------10~--8-8/68-|-8-------------------------------| 
G--------9----------7-7/57-|---------------------------------| 
D----------10------9-9/79-|---10---10/9-7----7---9--9/7-9--| 
A---------------------------|----------------8----10-10/810--| 
E---------------------------|---------------------------------| 

2nd Verse: 
Guitar 2 (Guitar 1 plays Verse) 
E--|--------------------------------|--|--|--|----8---------------------| 
B--|-8-----------------------------|--|--|--|-8-----------------------| 
G--|--------------------------------|--|--|--|-------10p9---------------| 
D--|----10--10/9-7----7---9--9/7-9-|--|--|--|------------10-1012/10/9-| 
A--|----------------8----10-10/810-|--|--|--|--------------------------| 
E--|--------------------------------|--|--|--|--------------------------| 

Chorus: 
Guitar 2: (Guitar 1 plays chorus) 
E--------8--10-|--------------3-|-5--7---8-|----| 
B--6-8--6---8-|--6--8----6--3-|-5--8--10-|-13-| 
G--5-7--------|--5-57-7--5----|-5--7--10-|-12-| 
D--------------|----------------|-7--9--10-|-10-| 
A--------------|----------------|----------|----| 
E--------------|----------------|----------|----| 

Instrumental Interlude:  
        Guitar 1 plays intro 4 times 
Repeat Chorus with Guitars 1 and 2 


Electric with Heavy Distortion: 
E--------------| 
B--------------| 
G-2------------| 
D-2--5--3----5-| 
A-0--5--3----5-| 
E----3--1----3-| 

Guitar 3: 
E-----------------------------------------------| 
B-----------------------------------------------| 
G-----5-------5-------5-------5-------5-------5-| 
D-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5-| 
A-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-| 
E-----------------------------------------------| 
  PM-     PM-     PM-     PM-     PM-     PM- 
Guitar 4: 
E-----------------------------------------------| 
B-----------------------------------------------| 
G-5--------------------17----| 
D-5--------------------17----| 
A-----------------------------------------------| 
E-----------------------------------------------| 

3rd Verse:                 Play 4x                    Play 4x  
E---------------------------------|---------------------------| 
B---------------------------------|---------------------------| 
G.-5-5-5-------------------------.|.-------------------------.| 
D.-5-5-5-------2-------3-------5-.|.-5-5-5-------------------.| 
A--3-3-3---2-2-2---3-3-3---5-5-5--|--3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-5-5--| 
E----------0-0-0---1-1-1---3-3-3--|--------0-0-0-1-1-1-3-3-3--| 
           PM-     PM-     PM-      PM--------------------- 

                     Play 8x End on: 
E---------------------------|---| 
B---------------------------|---| 
G--5-5-5--------------------|-5-| 
D--5-5-5-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-5-5--|-5-| 
A--3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-5-5-5--|-3-| 
E--------0-0-0-1-1-1-3-3-3--|---|

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Rhythm Player	#1 by riotsk8team001 (jason) at Jan 24, 1980 at 1:13 AM EST
	some of these lyrics are wrong...but i love this song it reminds me a lot of Im Cool and the fast part is great...im a BIG FUCKIN star too!

No Picture a Average	#2 by a a at Jan 13, 1995 at 8:05 PM EST
	this song is fucken awesome because of the wya that it plays......it starts off fucken slow as hell and aaron's whispering the words and then 2 minutes into it he busts out rocken. its awesome. its like hes trying to prove to himself that he IS cool and that IS a star.

No Picture Toby Musical Thunder	#3 by Toby at Sep 30, 2007 at 2:36 PM EST
	The original version has the best horn lines ever.

No Picture marvin Lead Player	#4 by marvin at Oct 10, 2007 at 3:14 AM EST
	the arsehole of your dreams... hahhaha

No Picture cody Wanna Be	#5 by cody westermier at Oct 13, 2007 at 12:25 AM EST
	on "everything sucks" they do a normal versoin, which isn't slow, it's all ska and it's lovely!!!

No Picture Dan Professional Badass	#6 by Dan Hudspith at Oct 16, 2007 at 9:22 AM EST
	I heard the quiet/loud version first and it COMPLETELY freaked me out. I was almost deafened and totally swerved off Reel Big Fish for kind of a while after that...