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Punk Rock 101 by Bowling For Soup

Guitar tab submitted by: maxnixonharkin
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Performed by:Bowling For Soup
Composers: Butch Walker, Jaret Reddick

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Band:  Bowling for Soup
Song:  Punk rock 101
Tabber:  maxnixonharkin

Great song, great video, I reckon the tab is fairly accurate, first attempt though so go easy on the comments.  Email voicez84@hotmail.com
Here goes-

Guitar 1 & 2 intro
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-------------------4------------4---|
D|---------7-7-7-6-6-4--7-7-7-6-6-4---|
A|---------7-7-7-6-6-2--7-7-7-6-6-2---|
E|pickslide5-5-5-4-4----5-5-5-4-4-----|

Guitar 1 intro continued
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-----------------2222222-2222222-|
D|-2222222-4444444-2222222-2222222-|
A|-2222222-4444444-0000000-0000000-|
E|-0000000-2222222-----------------|X2

Guitar 2 intro continued
E|----------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--9-9-9-9-9-9-9--14-X-13-X-11/14-X-13-X-11-
D|-X--X--X--X--X--X--X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X—-X--X-X--X-X/-X—-X-X—-X-X--
A|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--7-7-7-7-7-7-7—-12-X-11-X-9/-12-X-11-X-9--
E|----------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-/13-13-13-13-13-13-13--9-9-9-9-9-9-9--14-X-13-X-11/14-X-13-X-11-13|
-/X--X--X--X--X--X--X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X—-X--X-X--X-X/-X—-X-X—-X-X—-X-|
-/11-11-11-11-11-11-11--7-7-7-7-7-7-7—-12-X-11-X-9/-12-X-11-X-9--11|
-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1 (bass only)
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|---0-0-0-0-0—-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|X4
She works at Hot Topic His heart microscopic
She thinks that it's love but to him it's sex
He listens to emo But Fat Mike's his hero
His bank account's zero what comes next?

Prechorus (both guitars)
E|-------------------------------xxxxxxxx-|
B|-------------------------------xxxxxxxx-|
G|-2-----------------------------xxxxxxxx-|
D|-2-----------------------------xxxxxxxx-|
A|-0-----------------------------xxxxxxxx-|
E|-------------------------------xxxxxxxx-|
Same song different chorus

Chorus (both guitars)
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-----------------2222222-2222222-|
D|-2222222-4444444-2222222-2222222-|
A|-2222222-4444444-0000000-0000000-|
E|-0000000-2222222-----------------|X4
It's stupid, contagious to be broke and famous
Can someone please save us From Punk Rock 101?
My Dickies, your sweat pants my spiked hair, your new Vans
Let's throw up our rock hands For Punk Rock 101

Verse 2 (bass only)
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|---0-0-0-0-0—-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|X4
She bought him a skateboard a rail slide, his knee tore
He traded it for drums at the local pawn shop
She left him for staring at girls and not caring 
When she cried Cause she thought Bon Jovi broke up

Prechorus (both guitars)
E|-------------------------------xxxxxxxx-|
B|-------------------------------xxxxxxxx-|
G|-2-----------------------------xxxxxxxx-|
D|-2-----------------------------xxxxxxxx-|
A|-0-----------------------------xxxxxxxx-|
E|-------------------------------xxxxxxxx-|
Same song second chorus

Chorus (both guitars)
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-----------------2222222-2222222-|
D|-2222222-4444444-2222222-2222222-|
A|-2222222-4444444-0000000-0000000-|
E|-0000000-2222222-----------------|X4
It's stupid, contagious to be broke and famous
Can someone please save us From Punk Rock 101?
My Dickies, your sweat pants my spiked hair, your new Vans
Let's throw up our rock hands For Punk Rock 101

Bridge (normally played with delay but just as effective with this)
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|--------------------2-X-2-----2-X-2--|
A|--------------------2-X-2-----2-X-2--|
E|--------------------0-X-0—12\-0-X-0--|
Don't forget the delay
E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|--------------------2-X-2-----22222222--|
A|--------------------2-X-2-----22222222--|
E|--------------------0-X-0—12\-00000000--|
On the very last word

E|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|-2----------------|
A|-----2---0--------|
E|-------------0----|
Seven years later He works as a waiter
She married a trucker and he's never there (E|--0p1h0--) 
The story never changes just the names and faces 
Like Tommy and Gina They’re living on a prayer

E|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|-2222222-|
A|-2222222-|
E|-0000000-|
Did you just say that?

Chorus
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-----------------2222222-2222222-|
D|-2222222-4444444-2222222-2222222-|
A|-2222222-4444444-0000000-0000000-|
E|-0000000-2222222-----------------|X4
I said it’s stupid, contagious to be broke and famous
Can someone please save us From Punk Rock 101?
My Dickies, your sweat pants my spiked hair, your new Vans
Let's throw up our rock hands For Punk Rock 101

E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-----------------2222222-2222222-|
D|-2222222-4444444-2222222-2222222-|
A|-2222222-4444444-0000000-0000000-|
E|-0000000-2222222-----------------|X4
It's stupid, contagious to be broke and famous
Can someone please save us From Punk Rock 101?
My Dickies, your sweat pants my spiked hair, your new Vans
Let's throw up our rock hands For Punk Rock 101

Guitar 1
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-----------------2222222-2222222-|
D|-2222222-4444444-2222222-2222222-|
A|-2222222-4444444-0000000-0000000-|
E|-0000000-2222222-----------------|X4
Guitar 2
E|----------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------------
G|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--9-9-9-9-9-9-9--14-X-13-X-11/14-X-13-X-11-
D|-X--X--X--X--X--X--X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X—-X--X-X--X-X/-X—-X-X—-X-X--
A|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--7-7-7-7-7-7-7—-12-X-11-X-9/-12-X-11-X-9--
E|----------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-/13-13-13-13-13-13-13--9-9-9-9-9-9-9--14-X-13-X-11/14-X-13-X-11-13|
-/X--X--X--X--X--X--X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X—-X--X-X--X-X/-X—-X-X—-X-X—-X-|
-/11-11-11-11-11-11-11--7-7-7-7-7-7-7—-12-X-11-X-9/-12-X-11-X-9--11|
-------------------------------------------------------------------|

It's stupid, contagious to be broke and famous
Same song different chorus
Can someone please save us From Punk Rock 101?
Same song different chorus
My Dickies, your sweat pants my spiked hair, your new Vans
Same song different chorus
Let's shoplift some sweatbands From Punk Rock 101
Same song different chorus

Outro
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-------------------4------------4---|
D|---------7-7-7-6-6-4--7-7-7-6-6-4---|
A|---------7-7-7-6-6-2--7-7-7-6-6-2---|
E|pickslide5-5-5-4-4----5-5-5-4-4-----|

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IcemantheconquererlcbdUnknown Date

Your Corrections

Hey man amazing tab definetly a 5 star apart from the pull off in the bridge sounds much better as

e----0---------------------------

b--------------------------------

g-0p1----------------------------

maybe its just me but try it neway

IcemantheconquererlcbdUnknown Date

Your Corrections

also in the intro its

D---7-7-7-6-6-9

A---7-7-7-4-4-9

E---5-5-5-4-4-7

BFSRSUnknown Date

the intro seems right to me.

The chorus might be better played if you play the A5 power chord at 5th fret on E string. you got right chords though.

jack386Unknown Date

great tab but the intro should be

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--------------------------------

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--7-7-7-7---9---7-7-7-7---9-----

--7-7-7-7---9---7-7-7-7---9-----

--5-5-5-5-0-7---5-5-5-5-0-7-----

azzypooUnknown Date

nice 1..i fink the intro is more like this tho..

--7-7-7-6---9-

--7-7-7-6---9-

--5-5-5-4-0-7-

squall437Unknown Date

hey man great first attempt a bit wrong in some places but still good