The Offspring – Denial Revisited (Guitar Tab)

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The Offspring: Conspiracy of One - Track 11 - Denial, Revisited This was my first tab :) Legend: ~ - Let ring / - Slide up h - Hammer on p - Pull off A few slides around the beginning of the song but I’m not sure where they are. Here is what I got. Riff A (Intro)

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|-2-2-2-3-2---0--|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-3--1-1-1-3--3-3|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|-3-3------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|-2-2-2-3-2---0--|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-3-1-3-3~-------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Riff B Riff B is almost the same as the intro but uses power chords.

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|-14-14-14-15-14-|--12---10-8-8-8-|-10--10-10-12---|
D|-14-14-14-15-14-|--12---10-8-8-8-|-10--10-10-12---|
A|-12-12-12-13-12-|--10---8--6-6-6-|-8---8--8--10---|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|-14-14-14-15-14-|--12---10-8-10--|----------------|
D|-14-14-14-15-14-|--12---10-8-10--|----------------|
A|-12-12-12-13-12-|--10---8--6-8---|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Riff C

e|-5--5-5-5-5-6-5-|-6-6/8~---------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Riff D This part is played softly in the background. I suggest you try and listen to the rhythm from the track.

e|-5-----5---5h6p5|-----5----5h6p5-|----------------|
B|---6-6----6-----|--6-6----6------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    So here we go..          Having...

e|-3---3---3h4p1--|---1-----5----5-|--5---5---5-----|
B|---4---4-------1|-1---1-1---6----|6---6---6---6---|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    the same old fight again...

Riff E (Chorus End Riff)

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|---------6-----8|----------------|----------------|
D|-6---8---6--6--8|----------------|----------------|
A|-6---8---4--6--6|----------------|----------------|
E|-4---6------4---|----------------|----------------|

Riff F (Chorus) I’m not quite sure of the rhythm in this riff because of the distortion going on. I just follow what I originally wrote when working it out.

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|-3---3--3--3----|-------------5--|--5--5--5--5--5-|
D|-3---3--3--3---3|---3--3--3---5--|--5--3--3--3--3-|
A|-1---1--1--1---3|---3--3--3---3--|--3--3--3--3--3-|
E|---------------1|---1--1--1------|----------------|
    If I could say...    the right words...

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|-5--5--5--5--5-5|----------------|----------------|
D|-5--5--3--3--3-3|----------------|----------------|
A|-3--3--3--3--3-3|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Riff G (End)

e|-5~-------------|----------------|----------------|
B|-6~-------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Song Structure Riff #---No. Times played -----| |----- Riff A x 1 (Intro) Riff B x 1 Riff C x 1 Riff D x 4 (Verse) Riff F x 2 (Chorus) Riff B x 1 Riff D x 2 (Verse) Riff F x 3 (Chorus) Riff E x 1 (Chorus End Riff) Riff B x 2 Riff F x 3 (Chorus) Riff C x 1 Riff G x 1 (End) 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 x x x x x x x That’s about the whole song.