The Offspring – Itll Be A Long Time (Guitar Tab)

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The Offspring:It'll be a long time Album: Smash Lyrical working by Bryan Keith Holland(Dexter Holland) Tabbed by: Pyrokinessis This song is damn easy to play, cus it's based on the same riff and the same 3 chords(D,C and G) during all the song. Verse(the song hasn't got an intro)

    e---------------------------------
    B---------------------------------
    G-77--5/77--7/55-5-1212-12-7--5/--  2x this riff 
    D-77--5/55--5/33-3-1212-12-5--3/--
    A-55--3/55--5/33-3-1010-10-5--3/--

    E---------------------------------    e---------------------------------------------------------------------
    B-----------------------------------*----------------------------------
    G-7-777-777-777-55-7-777-777-777-77-555-55-12-121212-12-777-777-777-55
    D-7-777-777-777-55-7-777-777-777-77-555-55-12-121212-12-777-777-777-55
    A-5-555-555-555-33-5-555-555-555-55-333-33-10-101010-10-555-555-555-33
    E---------------------------------------------------------------------

Just make that fast palm-mute beat, like down-up(a little fast, like something was vibrating).Do it two times, in the second time from the * instead of playing that ending just do: e---------------- B---------------- G-5555----77777-5

    D-5555555577777-5     (no palm mute here)then we go to chorus
    A 3333555555555-3
    E-----3333-------

Chorus

    e---------------------------------------2--------------------
    B---------------------------------------t--------------------
    G-7777-5555------7777-7777------5555-77-i-7---------55-55-5-7 
    D-7777-5555-5555-5555-5555-5555-5555-77-m-5-55-55-5-55-55-5-7
    A-5555-3333-5555-5555-5555-5555-3333-55-e-5-55-55-5-33-33-3-5
    E-----------3333-----------3333---------s---33-33-3----------   Then do verse and chorus again

Bridge

    e------------------------------------
    B------------------------------------
    G-77-7-55-1212-12-77--77-7-55------77   3 times
    D-77-7-55-1212-12-77--77-7-55-55-5-55
    A-55-5-33-1010-10-55--55-5-33-55-5-33
    E-----------------------------33-3---

    e--------------------     
    B--------------------
    G-7777-5555------5555      4 times
    D-7777-5555-5555-5555     
    A-5555-3333-5555-3333
    E-----------3333-----

    e------------------------------------------------------------
    B------------------------------------------------------------
    G -----------------------------------------------------------
    D-1212-1010-1212--1212-1010-1212-1010-10-1212--1212-1010-1212
    A-1010--8-8-1010--1010--8-8-1010--8-8--9-1010--1010--8-8-1010
    E------------------------------------------------------------

Then go to that palm mute verse part, and make the chorus again, then just end with:

    e----------
    B----------
    G-77---5-77
    D-77---5-77
    A-55---3-55
    E----------

Is this good enough for you guys ? I know there are no mistakes... Pyro