THE OFFSPRING - "Way Down The Line" Tablature

Band: Offspring
Song: Way Down the Line
CD: Ixnay on the Hombre
Track: 11
Tabbed by: Patrick Granton

I’m surprised no one was able to figure this song out.
It’s pretty easy if you know the basics of playing
Offspring material or any punk for that matter.

The intro is the simplest I’ve seen by the Offspring
(I didn’t tab the strings you don’t need!)

Intro

g[-7----------7-------------7---------7/--]
d[-7-----5----7-----5---7---7-----7---7/--]
a[-5-----5----5-----5---7---5-----7---5/--]
e[-------3----------3---5---------5------0]

Preverse/1st Verse- play that last G very quickly almost like a ghost chord

g[---7-7-5-7------10-12-12-10-12-12\---------------------]
d[---7-7-5-7------10-12-12-10-12-12\---------------------] x9
a[---5-5-3-5------8- 10-10-8- 10-10\---------------------]
e[-------------------------------------------------------]

Prechorus- kinda like the intro only palm muted and each chord
hit eight times also at the end of the third time playing, end
with the second part over here

g[--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------] [----------------------]
d[--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-] [--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-]
a[--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-] x3 [--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-]
e[------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-] [--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-]
p.m.[...............................] [.................]

Chorus- exactly like the intro only you hit each chord approx. 7x
(and since I`m a lazy piece of crap I decided not to tab it)

2nd Verse- exactly like the verse

2nd Prechorus

Chorus

3rd Verse – goes like this

g[--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--5-7-7-5-7---5-7-7-5-7-]
d[--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--5-7-7-5-7---5-7-7-5-7-] x2
a[--8- 8- 8- 8- 8- 8- 8--10-10-10-10-10-10-10--3-5-5-3-5---3-5-5-3-5-]
e[-------------------------------------------------------------------]

3rd Prechorus – the same as the 3rd verse except after the
8th and 10th fret power chords (F and G) you play this after
the 1st time and this after the second time

g[--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-] [---14-14-14-14-14-14-14---]
d[--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-] [---14-14-14-14-14-14-14---]
a[--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-] [---12-12-12-12-12-12-12---]


Chorus

Solo- Not correct but the notes on the e string are correct
and if some one could correct the others, please do. Pretty
easy,but then again, I could be wrong.

e[---------4-5-------------11-12----------9-10------------11-12-]
a[---333-3-------101010-10--------888-8---------101010-10-------]

and end on this:
g[--7--]
d[--7--]
a[--5--]

Lyrics- Intro-Nothing changes cuz its all the same,
The world you get's the one you give away,
It all just happens again way down the line

Verse-1-There is a chain that's never broken,
You know the story its sad but true,

Prechorus-An angry man gets drunk beats his kids,
The same old way his druken father did,
What comes around, well, it goes around,

Chorus-Nothing changes cuz its all the same,
The world you get's the one you give away,
It all just happens again way down the line

Verse-2-At 17 Shannon is pregnant,
As young as her mom when she had her,

Prechorus-The kid is never gonna have a dad,
The same old way Shannon never had,
What comes around, well, it goes around

Chorus-Nothing changes cuz its all the same,
The world you get's the one you give away,
It all just happens again way down the line,
And all the things you learned when you were a kid,
You'll *** up just like your parents did,
It all just happens again way down the line

Verse-3-And welfare moms have kids on welfare,
And fat parents have fat kids too,

Prechorus-You know it's never gonna end,
The same old cycle's gonna start again,
What comes around, well, it goes around

Chorus-Nothing changes cuz it's all the same,
The world you get's the one you give away,
It all just happens again way down the line,
And all the things you learn when you're a kid,
You'll *** just like your parents did,
It all just happens again way down the line


Anyway, this is a pretty heavy and fast song so try to keep up
and if your good enough you can brag at how you can play just
like the World’s Greatest Guitarist, NOODLES!