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BAND: Smash Mouth
TITLE: Getaway Car
ALBUM: Old Habits / Summer Girl
TABBED BY: smashguy37@yahoo.com
During the verses Greg does muted clicks between chords.
Intro:
e |---------------------|
B |---------------------|
G |---------------------|
D |/2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
A |/2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
E |/0--0-3--3-5--5-7--7-|
Verse:
"You caught me..." "Devil on my..." "C'mon baby girl..."
e |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D |-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|-2--2-5--5-8--8-7--7-|-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
A |-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|-2--2-5--5-8--8-7--7-|-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
E |-0--0-3--3-5--5-7--7-|-0--0-3--3-6--6-5--5-|-0--0-3--3-5--5-7--7-|
B D
Smoking and drinking on a Sunday night
"I've got a car..." "I've got a cave..." "It's 2 AM..."
e |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D |-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|-2--2-5--5-8--8-7--7-|-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
A |-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|-2--2-5--5-8--8-7--7-|-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
E |-0--0-3--3-5--5-7--7-|-0--0-3--3-6--6-5--5-|-0--0-3--3-5--5-7--7-|
Chorus:
"...are..." "Getaway car!" "Uh huh, uh huh..." (3x)
e |---------------------| |---------------------|
A |---------------------| |---------------------|
D |-7-------------------| |---------------------|
G |-7-------------------| |-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
A |-5-------------------| |-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
E |---------------------| |-0--0-3--3-5--5-7--7-|
Coming back into the verse they play B and D again like earlier in the verse
Verse:
"A lot of funny..." "I'm a funny man..." "You got a miniskirt..."
e |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D |-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|-2--2-5--5-8--8-7--7-|-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
A |-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|-2--2-5--5-8--8-7--7-|-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
E |-0--0-3--3-5--5-7--7-|-0--0-3--3-6--6-5--5-|-0--0-3--3-5--5-7--7-|
Chorus:
"...bar, and a..." "Getaway car!" "Uh huh, uh huh..." (3x)
e |---------------------| |---------------------|
B |---------------------| |---------------------|
G |-7-~~~~--------------| |---------------------|
D |-7-~~~~--------------| |-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
A |-5-~~~~--------------| |-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
E |---------------------| |-0--0-3--3-5--5-7--7-|
Going into the bridge, they play B and D again like earlier in the verse
Bridge:
"Ain't nothin' like..." "My shiny machine" "If you can just..."
e |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
B |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
G |-----------------------|-----------------------|------9-7-4--2---2-----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D |------5-3-2--3-2-0---2-|------7-5-4--5-4-2---4-|-4--5-----4--2---2-----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A |-2--3--------------3---|-4--5--------------5---|----------2--0---0-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
Solo:
Play this bar three times. He then slides up the neck
with his pick using a wah and breaks into the remainder
of the solo that I can't tab, but it's similiar to the bar
below.
e |------------------------------|
B |------------------------8-----|
G |-9--9-7-9--9-7-9--9-7-9---9-7-|
D |------------------------------|
A |------------------------------|
E |------------------------------|
Verse:
Same as the earlier verses, except no guitar for the first half.
End using main chord progression.
End cold on E.