The All-American Rejects – Gives You Hell (Guitar Tab)

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Song: Gives You Hell Artist: All American Rejects Tabber: Dirk Lance ([email protected]) EDIT: I'd like to give credit to chris_james for the mini solo part of the tab. That's where I got the positioning/fretting idea and went from there. There are some pretty good tabs out there, in fact I want to give credit to anyone who already submitted tabs on UG, I took a little from each. But I wanted to put the missing parts in to try to make a complete tab. So basically, most is a re-interpretation of others' tabs, but the new parts are completely by me and my ear. I know not all instruments are guitar on this song, but this tab is meant to transcribe all parts into guitar parts. AAR are a two guitar band so second guitar parts will be noted. [Intro/Verse 1]

e|-------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------|
g|-----9------6-----6-----6------|
d|-------------------------------|
A|--7-7----4-4-------------------|
E|---------------5-5---5-5-------|

Second Guitar/Piano occurs at 0:33, 0:43, and 0:52.
e|---------------------------|
b|---------------------------|
g|---------------------------|
d|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|--5--4--2------------------|

[Bridge] These are the chords I use. You can mess around with how you break them up/arpeggiate them, but this is the basic gist.

e|--7--------7-----------------|
b|--7---9----7---5-------------|
g|--8---9----8---6-------------|
d|--9---9----9---5-------------|
A|--9---7----9---7-------------|
E|--7--------7---5-------------|

[Chorus] (x3)                            1st Chorus ending only:
e|---------------------------|---------------------|----------|
b|---------------------------|---------------------|----------|
g|--9-9----------------------|--9-9----------------|----------|
d|--9-9--11-11--7-7--7-7-----|--9-9--9-9--7-7--7-7-|--x-7\6---|
A|--7-7--11-11--7-7--7-7-----|--7-7--9-9--7-7--7-7-|--x-7\6---|
E|--------9--9--5-5--5-5-----|-------7-7--5-5--5-5-|--x-5\4---|

Note: I've seen the music video and live footage and this is not the way they play the chorus chords. But they are still the same chords, and I like this way better. If you want to play it "accurately," shift the chords down to a lower part of the neck.

[Mini-solo] 2nd Piano/Guitar plays Verse 1 underneath.
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|--12b14r12-9-10p9-----------12b14r12-9-10p9----12~--12/14-12----|
g|------------------11-----------------------11-------------------|
d|---------------------10b11--------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 2]
e|-------------------------------------------|
b|---------9---------10---------9---------7--|
g|-----9---------9----------9---------9------|
d|---9---9-----9---9------9---9-----9---9----|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

[Bridge] These are the chords I use. You can mess around with how you break them up/arpeggiate them, but this is the basic gist.

e|--7--------7-----------------|
b|--7---9----7---5-------------|
g|--8---9----8---6-------------|
d|--9---9----9---5-------------|
A|--9---7----9---7-------------|
E|--7--------7---5-------------|

REPEAT [CHORUS], but it ends THIS WAY:
e|---------------------------|
b|---------------------------|
g|---------------------------|
d|---7-7/9-------------------|
A|---7-7/9-------------------|
E|---5-5/7-------------------|

Second Bridge, Rhythm Guitar: Like the other bridge, these are the chords I use, but it's up to you if you want to strum them or arpeggiate them. Find out what sounds right to you. I've added vocal cues to help.

   Now... ...you...me ...take...no...me
e|------------------------------------------|
b|---9--------10---9------------------------|
g|---9--------9----9------8------8--9-------|
d|---9--------9----9------9------9--9-------|
A|---7--------7----7------9------7--7-------|
E|------------------------7-----------------|

   Here's...look...eyes...   sad,sad...
e|------------------------------------------|
b|----9------10-----9-----------------------|
g|----9-------9-----9----------8-8-8-8------|
d|----9-------9-----9----------9-9-9-9------|
A|----7-------7-----7----------9-9-9-9------|
E|-----------------------------7-7-7-7------|
                               . . . . PM until drums/vocal breakdown.

[Second Bridge] Lead Guitar: This was the hardest part for me to find out, but I think I have it. This is what sets my tab apart from the others, no one has tabbed this yet. Comes in at 2:29.

e|--16p12----12-(x4)--19p12----12-(x4)--17p12----12-(x4)--14~--------|
b|--------14----------------14----------------14---------------------|
g|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

I contemplated tabbing this as tapping, as there are a few ways to do this, but I went with arpeggios. Do it however you like, as long as it sounds right. This is my way.

[Last Chorus] Very different!  Listen closely.
e|--------------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------------|
g|--9-9--9-9----------------------------------|
d|--9-9--9-9--7-7--7-7--11-11--9-9--2-2--2-2--| (x2)
A|--7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7--11-11--9-9--2-2--2-2--|
E|------------5-5--5-5---9--9--7-7--0-0--0-0--|

[Outro Chorus] rhythm:
e|------------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------------|
g|------------------------------------------------|
d|--11-11--9-9--2-2--2-2--11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-----|
A|--11-11--9-9--2-2--2-2--11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-----|
E|---9--9--7-7--0-0--0-0---9--9--9--9-7-7-7-7-----|

Lead comes that comes in at 3:10 over [Last Chorus]
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----|
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-x-x-x-x-x-x-----|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
b|-----------------------------------------------------|
g|--9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8--|
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|--7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|