Sugar Ray – Speed Home California (Guitar Tab)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)

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Well okay I couldn't help but notice there was no plain TAB for this song on here yet, I know not EVERYBODY has Guitar Pro so I decided to MAKE a tab because I love this song. Here we go! INTRO (a couple times.. you'll get the rhythm)

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|---4--------------------------------------|
|---4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

then you do this a couple times

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|---4---------------4----------------------|
|---4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

This is the last bit of the intro

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|---4---------------------------------4----|
|---4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---4----|
|-------------------------------------2----|
|------------------------------------------|

MAIN RIFF (it's pretty quick)

|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------6-6-XX6-6-6-XX-6-----------------|
|-6-6-XX6-6-6-XX6-4-4-XX4-4-4-XX4-6-6-XX6-6-6-XX-6-6-9-6-4-6-9-6-4-|
|-6-6-XX6-6-6-XX6-4-4-XX4-4-4-XX4-4-4-XX4-4-4-XX-4-6-9-6-4-6-9-6-4-|
|-6-6-XX6-6-6-XX6-4-4-XX4-4-4-XX4------------------6-9-6-4-6-9-6-4-|

At the beginning of the verse

|------|                                    |-------------------|
|------|                                    |-------------------|
|------|                                    |-------------------|
|--6---| and the second guitar as an option |--6-9-6-4-6-9-6-4--|
|--6---| just bend the 7th on the g-string  |--6-9-6-4-6-9-6-4--|
|--6---| and let it all ring then hit       |--6-9-6-4-6-9-6-4--|

then during the rest of the verse play the MAIN RIFF. CHORUS "Speed home California"

|--------------------|x3
|--------------------|
|----------6-6-------|
|--6-6-4-4-6-6-6-6---|
|--6-6-4-4-4-4-6-6---|
|--6-6-4-4-----6-6---|

4th "speed home California"

|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|--6--|
|--6--|
|--6--|

Then play the MAIN RIFF and verse and then MAIN RIFF again. Pretty well the whole song... oh and then the kick ass solo. Rhythm keeps doing this

|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--1--3-4-5-6--|
|--1-----------|

Then the lead comes in with

|------------------------------------------------16^--|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--7^-8-8-8-8--9^-11-11-11-11--12^-13-13-13-13--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

SOLO

|--16^-16^-16^-16^-16^-16^-16^-16^-16^----------------|
|---------------------------------------12^-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

|--14-11-----14-11------------------------------------|
|--------12^-------12^--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------6-9-6-4-6-9-6-4--------------|
|------------------------6-9-6-4-6-9-6-4--------------|
|------------------------6-9-6-4-6-9-6-4--------------|

|-------------------9-7-9-7-9--7^-----14--14--14--14^-|
|-----------------------------------14--14--14--14----|
|---------------4-------------------------------------|
|-6h4-6---6h4-6---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

Then play the slow bit twice through and clean. (Let these ring)

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------6---------4----------------------------------|
|-----6--------4------4^---4-2------------------------|
|--6-------4------------------------------------------|

(Still clean)

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------6-6-XX6-6-6-XX-6---|
|--6-6-XX6-6-6-XX6-4-4-XX4-4-4-XX4-6-6-XX6-6-6-XX-6---|
|--6-6-XX6-6-6-XX6-4-4-XX4-4-4-XX4-4-4-XX4-4-4-XX-4---|
|--6-6-XX6-6-6-XX6-4-4-XX4-4-4-XX4--------------------|

then back distorted

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|--6-9-6-4-6-9-6-4--|
|--6-9-6-4-6-9-6-4--|
|--6-9-6-4-6-9-6-4--|

There ya go, just bring it home with the MAIN RIFF, followed by the CHORUS then a pause, CHORUS again. Well I hope you liked my tab this is the way I play it and I think it sounds pretty good. -Jay