Sublime – Wrong Way tab

e: Tue, 19 May 1998 11:22:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: Greg Stewart 
Subject: s/sublime/wrong_way.crd

Song: Wrong Way
Artist: Sublime
CD: Sublime
Tab: Greg Stewart

I have seen several versions of this song in the archives, but I couldn't
really follow them. Here is a simple version that fits the recording:

Intro:   E (w/random picking)            DE---------------------------------  --------------------------------B--9-------------------------------7--------------------------------G--9-------------------------------7--------------------------------D--9-------------------------------7--------------------------------A--7-------------------------------5-------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------------------------   Annie's twelve years old in two more she'll be a whore     Nobody ever told her it's the   wrong way     Don't be afraid with the        quickness you get laid for your     Family get paid it's the        wrong way


Verse:   A (on upstrokes)       GE--5----5----5----5-------3----3----3----3--------B--5----5----5----5-------3----3----3----3--------G--6----6----6----6-------4----4----4----4--------D--7----7----7----7-------5----5----5----5--------A-------------------------------------------------E-------------------------------------------------  I gave her all that I   had to give   I'm gonna make it       hard to live    Big salty tears running down her chin and it

   A                      CE--5----5----5----5-------8----8----8----8-- B--5----5----5----5-------8----8----8----8-- G--6----6----6----6-------9----9----9----9-- D--7----7----7----7------10---10---10---10--A-------------------------------------------E-------------------------------------------   Ruins up her makeup I never wanted

   F#                           EE--6----6----6----6-------------7----7----7----7-----------------B--7----7----7----7-------------9----9----9----9-----------------G--6----6----6----6-------------9----9----9----9-----------------D----------------------------------------------------------------A----------------------------------------------------------------E----------------------------------------------------------------   A cigarette                  pressed between her lips as I’m    Staring at her tits it's the wrong way     Strong if I can but I        am only a man so I    Take her to the can it's the wrong way

   B                           AE--7----7----7----7-------------5----5----5----5-------B--7----7----7----7-------------5----5----5----5-------G--8----8----8----8-------------6----6----6----6-------D--9----9----9----9-------------7----7----7----7-------A------------------------------------------------------E------------------------------------------------------   The only family that         she’s ever had is her   Seven horny brothers and her drunk-ass Dad   He needed money so he        put her on the street

   B                                  DE--7----7----7----7-------------------10---10---10---10--B--7----7----7----7-------------------10---10---10---10--G--8----8----8----8-------------------11---11---11---11--D--9----9----9----9-------------------12---12---12---12—-A--------------------------------------------------------E--------------------------------------------------------  Everything was going fine until the day she met me

   E                                    DE--4----4----4----4---------------------5----5----5----5--------------B--5----5----5----5---------------------7----7----7----7--------------G--4----4----4----4---------------------7----7----7----7--------------D---------------------------------------------------------------------A---------------------------------------------------------------------E---------------------------------------------------------------------   Happy are you sad                    wanna shoot your Dad I’ll do   Anything I can                       the wrong way   We talked all night                  tried to make it right   Believe me shit was tight it was the wrong way

   A                        GE--5----5----5----5---------3----3----3----3----B--5----5----5----5---------3----3----3----3----G--6----6----6----6---------4----4----4----4----D--7----7----7----7---------5----5----5----5----A-----------------------------------------------E-----------------------------------------------   Go run away if you don’t wanna stay cause I   Ain’t here to make ya              oh no   It’s up to you what you  really wanna do

   A                           CE--5----5----5----5------------8----8----8----8-- B--5----5----5----5------------8----8----8----8-- G--6----6----6----6------------9----9----9----9-- D--7----7----7----7-----------10---10---10---10—-A------------------------------------------------E------------------------------------------------   Spend some time in America  dub-style

   F#                    EE--6----6----6----6------7----7----7----7--B--7----7----7----7------9----9----9----9--G--6----6----6----6------9----9----9----9--D------------------------------------------A------------------------------------------E------------------------------------------  (horn solo, minimal guitar, play 4x)

   B                           AE--7----7----7----7------------5----5----5----5-----------B--7----7----7----7------------5----5----5----5-----------G--8----8----8----8------------6----6----6----6-----------D--9----9----9----9------------7----7----7----7-----------A---------------------------------------------------------E---------------------------------------------------------  She’ll give you all that she’s got to give but  I'm gonna make it              hard to live    Big salty tears rolling        down to her chin and it

   B                     DE--7----7----7----7------10---10---10---10--B--7----7----7----7------10---10---10---10--G--8----8----8----8------11---11---11---11--D--9----9----9----9------12---12---12---12—-A-------------------------------------------E-------------------------------------------   Smears up her makeup I never wanted

   E                              DE--4----4----4----4---------------5----5----5----5----------------B--5----5----5----5---------------7----7----7----7----------------G--4----4----4----4---------------7----7----7----7----------------D-----------------------------------------------------------------A-----------------------------------------------------------------E-----------------------------------------------------------------   So we ran away and I'm         sorry when I say that straight    To this very day it was the    wrong way    She took a hike                don't matter if I like it or    Not because she only wants the wrong way


Outro:   B                              AE--7----7----7----7---------------5----5----5----5-----B--7----7----7----7---------------5----5----5----5-----G--8----8----8----8---------------6----6----6----6-----D--9----9----9----9---------------7----7----7----7-----A------------------------------------------------------E------------------------------------------------------   I gave her all that I          had to give but she    Still wouldn't take it                oh no    Her two brown eyes are leaking like a sieve and it

B                           DE--7----7----7----7---------10---10---10-----B--7----7----7----7---------10---10---10-----G--8----8----8----8---------11---11---11-----D--9----9----9----9---------12---12---12—----A--------------------------------------------E--------------------------------------------   Still ruins her makeup I never wanted...


Notes:
- You can see that the Verse repeats. The chord patterns are:
  A G, F# E, B A, E D, and this is played twice.

- I separated the Outro because it doesn’t follow the pattern.
  You’d expect to play A G at that point.

- I don’t usually play all the strings I’ve indicated here. I
  find just playing the last two strings sounds good enough.