Hoobastank – This Is Gonna Hurt (Guitar Tab)

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Artist: Hoobastank Song: This is Gonna Hurt Album: Fight or Flight Source: http://seanceabysstrancer.blogspot.sg/ Tabbed: Séance [seia:ns] AbyssTrancer Tabbed on the 27th Jan 2013 Q = 89 - 90 BPM Gtr 1: Played by Dan Estrin [C# G# C# F# A# d#] A guitar a vibrato arm is recommended but not mandatory. EFX: Overdrive / Modern Distortion + Boost Dan uses the Boss OD-20 Drive Zone twin pedal for the majority of his songs, including this. A typical overdrive will usually be fine. I used a Boss OD-3 type overdrive when on humbuckers and a Mesa Boogie type modern distortion when using single coils [as in my video, link above]. Dan also uses a EXR Micro Amp to boost his signals for lead playing, I think. I use a Ibanez TS7 Tubescreamer instead, but any booster should work fine for this.
Intro
d#|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C#|--0-3-0-0--PM--------------------|--0-3-0-0--X-X---X-X-X---X-X-X--|
G#|--0-3-0-0--PM--------------------|--0-3-0-0--X-X---X-X-X---X-X-X--|
C#|--0-3-0-0--PM--------------------|--0-3-0-0--X-X---X-X-X---X-X-X--|

d#|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C#|--0-3-0-0--5*-5*-5*-5*-5*-5/15\0-|--10-10-10-10--10/8--8-8---8-8-8-8-|
G#|--0-3-0-0--5*-5*-5*-5*-5*-5/15\0-|--10-10-10-10--10/8--8-8---8-8-8-8-|
C#|--0-3-0-0--5*-5*-5*-5*-5*-5/15\0-|--10-10-10-10--10/8--8-8---8-8-8-8-|
                             |____|
                         [Finger Slide]

d#|--------------------------------------| 
A#|--------------------------------------| Riff X3 
F#|-----------10-\9-\9-\9-9-\8-\8-\8-\8--| [If you do not have a Vibrato arm,
C#|--0-3-0-0--X-----------X--------------| play 10 X4 times and 9 X5 times]
G#|--0-3-0-0--8--\7-\7-\7-7-\6-\6-\6-\6--|      X               X 
C#|--0-3-0-0-----------------------------|      8               7
                 |__X3__|   |___X4____|   
              [Dip Vibrato Arm lightly]

d#|-----------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------|
C#|--10-10-10-10--10/8--8-8---8-8-8-8-|
G#|--10-10-10-10--10/8--8-8---8-8-8-8-|
C#|--10-10-10-10--10/8--8-8---8-8-8-8-|

Verse #1
d#|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C#|--0-3-0-0--PM--------------------|--0-3-0-0--PM-------------------|
G#|--0-3-0-0--PM--------------------|--0-3-0-0--PM-------------------|
C#|--0-3-0-0--PM--------------------|--0-3-0-0--PM-------------------|

d#|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C#|--0-3-0-0--X-X-X-X-X-3///15\\\\0-|--10-10-10-10--10/8--8-8---8-8-8-8-|
G#|--0-3-0-0--X-X-X-X-X-3///15\\\\0-|--10-10-10-10--10/8--8-8---8-8-8-8-|
C#|--0-3-0-0--X-X-X-X-X-3///15\\\\0-|--10-10-10-10--10/8--8-8---8-8-8-8-|
                        |_________|
                      [Finger Slide]

d#|--------------------------------------| 
A#|--------------------------------------|
F#|-----------10-\9-\9-\9-9-\8-\8-\8-\8--|
C#|--0-3-0-0--X-----------X--------------|
G#|--0-3-0-0--8--\7-\7-\7-7-\6-\6-\6-\6--|
C#|--0-3-0-0-----------------------------|
                 |__X3__|   |___X4____|   
             [Dip Vibrato Arm slightly]

d#|-------------------------------------------| 
A#|-------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------10-\9-\9-\9-12-\11-\11-\11-\11--|
C#|--0-3-0-0--X-----------X-------------------|
G#|--0-3-0-0--8--\7-\7-\7-10-\9--\9--\9--\9---|
C#|--0-3-0-0----------------------------------|
                 |__X3__|    |_____X4_____|   
                 [Dip Vibrato Arm slightly]

d#|----------------------------------------------| 
A#|----------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------14-\13-\13-\13-12-\11-\11-\11-\11--|
C#|--0-3-0-0--X--------------X-------------------|
G#|--0-3-0-0--12-\11-\11-\11-10-\9--\9--\9--\9---|
C#|--0-3-0-0-------------------------------------|
                 |___X3___|     |_____X4_____|   
                   [Dip Vibrato Arm slightly]

d#|-----------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------|
C#|--10-10-10-10--10/8--8-8---8-8-8-8-|
G#|--10-10-10-10--10/8--8-8---8-8-8-8-|
C#|--10-10-10-10--10/8--8-8---8-8-8-8-|
Chorus [Slightly Palm Mute all notes on the lowest string for chunkier riff]
d#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G#|----9---5-----5---3p0---3h5-5-5-|----9---5-----5---3p0---3h5-5-5-|
C#|0-0---0---0-0--------h3---------|0-0---0---0-0--------h3---------|

d#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------|------------------------------3-|
C#|--------------------------------|----------------------------3---|
G#|----9---5-----5---3p0---3h5-5-5-|----9---5-----5---3p0---3h5-----|
C#|0-0---0---0-0--------h3---------|0-0---0---0-0--------h3---------|

d#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F#|2-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C#|----3---------------------------|--------------------------------|
G#|--------5-----5---3p0---3h5-5-5-|----9---5-----5---3p0---3h5-5-5-|
C#|--0---0---0-0--------h3---------|0-0---0---0-0--------h3---------|

d#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------|------------------------------3-|
C#|--------------------------------|----------------------------3---|
G#|----9---5-----5---3p0---3h5-5-5-|----9---5-----5---3p0---3h5-----|
C#|0-0---0---0-0--------h3---------|0-0---0---0-0--------h3---------|

Verse #2
d#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F#|2-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C#|--0-3-0-0--PM-------------------|--0-3-0-0--PM-------------------|
G#|--0-3-0-0--PM-------------------|--0-3-0-0--PM-------------------|
C#|--0-3-0-0--PM-------------------|--0-3-0-0--PM-------------------|

d#|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------|--------------------pb3r2---------|
C#|--0-3-0-0--X-X-X-X-X-3///15\\\\3-|----3-pb6r5-------3--------3------|
G#|--0-3-0-0--X-X-X-X-X-3///15\\\\3-|3-5-----------3-5------------3-5--|
C#|--0-3-0-0--X-X-X-X-X-3///15\\\\3-|----------------------------------|        
                        |_________|  |______________________________|
                     [Finger Silde]  [Kick in boost/t-screamer here]

d#|--------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------|
F#|-----------10-\9-\9-\9-9-\8-\8-\8-\8--|
C#|--0-3-0-0--X-----------X--------------|
G#|--0-3-0-0--8--\7-\7-\7-7-\6-\6-\6-\6--|
C#|--0-3-0-0-----------------------------|
                 |__X3__|   |___X4____|   
               [Dip Vibrato Arm slightly]

d#|-------------------------------------------| 
A#|-------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------10-\9-\9-\9-12-\11-\11-\11-\11--|
C#|--0-3-0-0--X-----------X-------------------|
G#|--0-3-0-0--8--\7-\7-\7-10-\9--\9--\9--\9---|
C#|--0-3-0-0----------------------------------|
                 |__X3__|    |_____X4_____|   
                 [Dip Vibrato Arm slightly]

d#|----------------------------------------------| 
A#|----------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------14-\13-\13-\13-12-\11-\11-\11-12\\3|
C#|--0-3-0-0--X--------------X--------------12\\3|
G#|--0-3-0-0--12-\11-\11-\11-10-\9--\9--\9--12\\3|
C#|--0-3-0-0-------------------------------------|
                 |___X3___|     |___X4___|  |___| 
                [Dip Vibrato Arm slightly]  [Finger Slide]

d#|----------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------|
F#|--------------------pb3r2---------|
C#|----3-pb6r5-------3--------3------|
G#|3-5-----------3-5------------3-5--|
C#|----------------------------------|        
   |______________________________|
    [Kick in boost/t-screamer here]
Chorus [yes, the same riff again] [Slightly Palm Mute all notes on the lowest string for chunkier riff]
d#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G#|----9---5-----5---3p0---3h5-5-5-|----9---5-----5---3p0---3h5-5-5-|
C#|0-0---0---0-0--------h3---------|0-0---0---0-0--------h3---------|

d#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------|------------------------------3-|
C#|--------------------------------|----------------------------3---|
G#|----9---5-----5---3p0---3h5-5-5-|----9---5-----5---3p0---3h5-----|
C#|0-0---0---0-0--------h3---------|0-0---0---0-0--------h3---------|

d#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F#|2-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C#|----3---------------------------|--------------------------------|
G#|--------5-----5---3p0---3h5-5-5-|----9---5-----5---3p0---3h5-5-5-|
C#|--0---0---0-0--------h3---------|0-0---0---0-0--------h3---------|

d#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------|------------------------------3-|
C#|--------------------------------|----------------------------3---|
G#|----9---5-----5---3p0---3h5-5-5-|----9---5-----5---3p0---3h5-----|
C#|0-0---0---0-0--------h3---------|0-0---0---0-0--------h3---------|

Verse #3
d#|--------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------|
F#|2----------10-\9-\9-\9-9-\8-\8-\8-\8--|
C#|--0-3-0-0--X-----------X--------------|
G#|--0-3-0-0--8--\7-\7-\7-7-\6-\6-\6-\6--|
C#|--0-3-0-0-----------------------------|
                 |__X3__|   |___X4____|   
               [Dip Vibrato Arm slightly]

d#|-------------------------------------------| 
A#|-------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------10-\9-\9-\9-12-\11-\11-\11-\11--|
C#|--0-3-0-0--X-----------X-------------------|
G#|--0-3-0-0--8--\7-\7-\7-10-\9--\9--\9--\9---|
C#|--0-3-0-0----------------------------------|
                 |__X3__|    |_____X4_____|   
                 [Dip Vibrato Arm slightly]

d#|----------------------------------------------| 
A#|----------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------14-\13-\13-\13-12-\11-\11-\11-12\\3|
C#|--0-3-0-0--X--------------X--------------12\\3|
G#|--0-3-0-0--12-\11-\11-\11-10-\9--\9--\9--12\\3|
C#|--0-3-0-0-------------------------------------|
                 |___X3___|     |___X4___|  |___| 
                [Dip Vibrato Arm slightly]  [Finger Slide]

d#|----------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------|
G#|--5p3p0h3p0-----------------------|
C#|-----------h3p0-[let it ring out]-|       

Bridge #1                                                             _
d#|--------------------------------|3---3-3-3---3-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|  |
A#|--------------------------------|3---3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|  |
F#|3---3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3---3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|  |
C#|3---3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|5---5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|  |
G#|1---1-1-1---1-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|5---5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|  |
C#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|  |

                                                                       |- X2
d#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|  |
A#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|  |
F#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|  |
C#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|  |
G#|----5---5-----5---3p0---3h5-5-5-|----5---5-----5---3p0---3h5-5-5-|  |
C#|0-0---0---0-0--------h3---------|0-0---0---0-0--------h3---------| _|

d#|--------------------------------|----6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
A#|--------------------------------|---3-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
F#|3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|--3--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
C#|3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-5---~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
G#|1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|5----~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
C#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

d#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F#|--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|7------------~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
C#|-7-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|------7------~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
G#|5--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
C#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

                                                                      _
d#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|  |
A#|11~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|--------------------------------|  |
F#|--------------------------------|12*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|  |
C#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|  |
G#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|  |
C#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|  |

                                                                       |- X2
d#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  |
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  |
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  |

C#|12*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|  |
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  |
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------| _|
   |_______________________________________________________________|
    [*on the second time, Vibrato Arm action or Dive Bomb optional]

Bridge #2
d#|--------------------------------|3---3-3-3---3-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A#|--------------------------------|3---3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
F#|3---3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3---3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
C#|3---3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|5---5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G#|1---1-1-1---1-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|5---5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
C#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

d#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G#|----5---5-----5---3p0---3h5-5-5-|----5---5-----5---3p0---3h5-5-5-|
C#|0-0---0---0-0--------h3---------|0-0---0---0-0--------h3---------|

d#|--------------------------------|3---3-3-3---3-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A#|--------------------------------|3---3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
F#|3---3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3---3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
C#|3---3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|5---5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G#|1---1-1-1---1-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|5---5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
C#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

d#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C#|--------------------------------|----------2h3---3h5---5h7-7pb8r7|
G#|----5---5-----5---3p0---3h5-5-5-|----3h5-------------------------|
C#|0-0---0---0-0--------h3---------|0-0-----0-----0-----0-----------|

                                                                       _
d#|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|  |
A#|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|  |
F#|--------------------pb3r2--------|----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|  |
C#|----3-pb6r5-------3--------3-----|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------|  |
G#|3-5-----------3-5------------3-5-|--------------------------------|  |
C#|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|  |
   |_______________________________________________________________|    |
        [Kick in boost/t-screamer here]                                 |- X2
|
d#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|   |
A#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|   |
F#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|   |
C#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|   |
G#|----5---5-----5---3p0---3h5-5-5-|----5---5-----5---3p0---3h5-5-5-|   |
C#|0-0---0---0-0--------h3---------|0-0---0---0-0--------h3---------| __|

Outro
d#|--------------------------------|----6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
A#|--------------------------------|---3-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
F#|3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|--3--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
C#|3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|-5---~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
G#|1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|5----~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
C#|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

d#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
C#|-7-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
G#|5--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
And you're done! Tabs wise, this may not be 100% correct/accurate nor would it be the exact way Dan and/or the band plays it. Unfortunately, there still aren't any tabs for this song yet, at this current point of time, so I took quite a while to learn the song by ear, as well as observing how Dan plays in some concert videos. But I believe this is almost the easiest way I can play it and it does sound about 99% correct. Anyway, this is my first tab, for also my first guitar cover video as above. So I must humbly apologize for any mistakes along the way. I am also not very familiar with the terms of the techniques used,[such as finger sliding and the vibrato arm dips], therefore I may not have tabbed them correctly. Please feel free to leave your comments/corrections and I will try to improve on them as I go. [but please, vulgarities, swear and other inappropriate words are not encouraged.] You may refer to my video as per above link to view how I really played it physically. Sorry for the long amount of text. Thank you and happy playing! Song Flow ------------- Intro Verse #1 Chorus Verse #2 Chorus Verse #3 Bridge #1 Bridge #2 Outro Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release /\ - slide into and/or out * - natural harmonic ph - pinch/ artificial harmonic ~ - vibrato PM - palm muting \n/ - Vibrato arm dip; n = amount to dip x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash