OFFSPRING Crossroad guitar tab

Crossroad by Offspring

OFFSPRING - Crossroad guitar tab 

Crossroads, from the Offspring's self-titled
ORIGINALLY TABBED BY:  Neil James <[email protected]>
REDONE BY: Delirium <[email protected]>

Ok, Neil did a pretty good job here, but the intro sounded wrong to me, so 
I redid it.  The verse is also completely redone.  I also changed a bunch 
of the rythms, times you play each note, and a couple of the notes, in 
Riff 1B. <Delirium>

This is one of the more difficult Offspring songs.  Once you get the hang
of it, it's easy, but playing the rhythm is very tricky at first.  To figure
out the rhythm, you're simply going to have to listen to the CD, because, it's
weird.  The guitar chords for the most part follow the vocals, but the chord
changes are rapid, so you'll just have to go through it until you think it
sounds right.  This is how I play it, and it sounds right to me, so with
any luck, it will for you :) <Neil>

Key
---
*-PM-* = Palm Mute the notes above the symbol

Intro:  (Do 4x) Play with
|-------1-1-1-------------------1-1-1-------------|
|-3-3-3-------1-----------3-3-3-------1-----3-3-3-|
|---------------3-3-2-2-2---------------3-3-------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

RIFF 1:

Bass riff 1A (I don't play bass, so I took it out, since it doesn't fit 
with the redone riff 1B.) <Delirium>

Guitar riff 1B - Neil originally had power chords, but I think it's 
octaves instead.  Mute the string in between with your index finger to 
play them. <Delirium>
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-7-7-7--8--8--8--8--8--8-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|

Play Bass riff 1a, then guitar 1b, then bass 1a, then guitar 1b, then verse

Verse: play 2x.  You can either play the full 3-note power chord or just 
the lower two notes - I can't tell exactly what Noodles is playing.<Delirium>
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-10-9-8-7-10-9-7-5---------2-2-2-3-------------------|
|-7-10-9-8-7-10-9-7-5---------2-2-2-3-------------5-5-7-|
|-5--8-7-6-5--8-7-5-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-5-5-7-|
|-------------------------------------------------3-3-5-|
                      *-PM--*         *---PM----*

Haven't checked it from here on, take Neil's word for it! :) <Delirium>

Chorus: (Only easy part of song :)  play x4)
|---------|
|---------|
|-10----7-|
|-10-10-7-|
|--8-10-5-|
|-----8---|

Solo:  (Play verse progression twice underneath)
|-----------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10---10-10-10b11r10-8----------|
|--------------------------------10p8-----|
|-------------------------------------9p8-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-|
|---------------------11p10-11p10-11p10-11p10-------------------------|
|-10p8-10p8-10p8-10p8-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play the chorus, then go to Bridge 1:

Bridge 1:

The bridge is mostly the verse chords, except they all have different
endings.  It's a real pain.

Riff A
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-9-10-9-7---10-9-7-5-5-5-------7-|-9-10-9-7---10-9-7-10----------------7-|
|-9-10-9-7---10-9-7-5-5-5---7-7-7-|-9-10-9-7----------10-pause-10-pause-7-|
|-7--8-7-5----8-7-5-3-3-3---7-7-5-|-7--8-7-5-----------8-------10-------5-|
|---------------------------5-5---|-----------------------------8---------|

Riff B
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-------------------------10-9---5-5-5-7-|  Play this section x2
|-7-7-7-continue, till-10-10-10-10-9---5-5-5-7-|
|-5-5-5----------------10-10-10--8-7---3-3-3-5-|
|-----------------------8--8--8----------------|

Now play that whole section x2 again with other lyrics

Then go to final part of bridge
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-------------3-----------5----------------------3------------------|
|-5-------------3-----------5----------------------3------------------|
|-3-------------1-----------3----------------------1------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play riff 1, followed by the verse and chorus, and voila, you're finished!
It sounds right to me, but probably is wrong :)  But that's life.  And that's
what you get for being too damn lazy to tab it out yourself :) <Neil>
Well, hopefully it's even more right now, but probably not perfect :) <Delirium>

Questions, comments, praise, hate mail, send it to "[email protected]"
Send anything else to [email protected], especially about the parts I changed.