The Hippos
Wasting my life
By tomdrum
Ok this is my first tab and I love this song and was looking for the tab but couldnt
find this songs riffs, so I thought id tab them myself
1. Intro/Riff 2.Verse 3.Bridge 4.Chorus 5.verse/Riff 5.Verse 6.Bridge 7.Chorus
8.Verse/Solo 9.Chorus 10.Outro
Intro::
E------------------------|
B------------------------|
G--5---------------------|
D--4----4--5-------------|
A--5----4--5-------------|
E-------2--3-------------|
Riff::
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-7---7-7-7---9----9-10--10-10-9--------9----7--------0---5--4------|
A----------------------------------10-------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
I tried to get the rhythm shown but listen to the song and youll work
it out. This is obviously played with some effects and so finding the
sound was hard but this sounds good to me.
Verse::
E------------------------|
B------------------------|
G--5---------------------|
D--4---------------------|
A--5---------------------|
E------------------------|
This is then played on the off beat in the verse
Bridge::
E------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G-4-4--9-9--4-4----------------|
D-4-4--9-9--4-4--5--7----------|
A-2-2--7-7--2-2--5--7----------|
E----------------3--5----------|
But people say were not the same"
Chorus::
E---------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------|
G--7-7----------- x3 -------------------------|
D--7-7--4-4--5-5------2--2----5--5------------|
A--5-5--4-4--5-5------2--2----5--5------------|
E-------2-2--3-3------0--0----3--3------------|
The chorus goes like this, and then it slows down to the last two chords
Solo::
E---------------||-----------------||---------------|
B---------------||.---------------.||---------------|
G---------------||-----------------||---------------|
D-7-7-9-10-9-7-||-0--0-7-9-10-9-7-||--3^^^^^^------|
A---------------||.---------------.||---------------|^= Bend
E---------------||-----------------||---------------|
E---------------||-----------------||---------------|
B---------------||.---------------.||---------------|
G---------------||-----------------||-7-75--7-75-9^-|
D-7-7-9-10-9-7-||-0--0-7-9-10-9-7-||-----7-----7---|^=Bend
A---------------||.---------------.||---------------|
E---------------||-----------------||---------------|
Outro::
E----------------------------------------------|a
B----------------------------------------------|
G--7-7----------- x3 7--------2--3-3-3-----7---|
D--7-7--4-4--5-5-----7-5-5-5--2--3-3-3--5--7---|
A--5-5--4-4--5-5-----5-5-5-5--0--1-1-1-5-5---|
E-------2-2--3-3-------3-3-3------------3------|
