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1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
This song was featured in the beginning of the Spongebob Squarepants Season 1 episode “Jellyfishing”,
during the scene where Spongebob and Patrick gear up to go jellyfishing.
This tab is definitely not completely correct,
but I think I got it close enough to where it will sound like the original track.
I’m not sure about the rhythm entirely, just listen to the song yourself, it’s on YouTube and Spotify.
If I feel I need to change the tab at some point, I will fix it.
Distortion to the max
~ let ring
+ mute
/ slide up
\ slide down
[Intro and main riff] (play 8x)
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-0-0-5-4-0-0-5-4-5|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-0-0-5-4-0-0-5-4-5|
+ + + + + + + + + + + +
[Second riff] (play 2x)
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-3~-0-0-5-3-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-2-0-0-5-3~-0-0-5-3-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-4-0-0|
E|-5-3~-0-0-5-3-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-2-0-0-5-3~-0-0-5-3-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-4-0-0|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
[Third riff]
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-3~-0-0-3-0-0-2---5-3-5-3-5-3~-----5-3-0|
E|-3~-0-0-3-0-0-2---5-3-5-3-5-3~-----5-3-0|
+ + + +
[Main riff] (play 8x)
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-0-0-5-4-0-0-5-4-5|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-0-0-5-4-0-0-5-4-5|
+ + + + + + + + + + + +
[Second riff] (play 2x)
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-3~-0-0-5-3-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-2-0-0-5-3~-0-0-5-3-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-4-0-0|
E|-5-3~-0-0-5-3-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-2-0-0-5-3~-0-0-5-3-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-4-0-0|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
[Third riff]
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|-3~-0-0-3-0-0-2---5-3-5-3-5-3~-----5-3-0|
E|-3~-0-0-3-0-0-2---5-3-5-3-5-3~-----5-3-0|
+ + + +
[Fourth riff] (play this whole sequence twice)
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--1|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--1|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--3-2|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--3-2|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--1|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--1|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--1-3-2|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--1-3-2|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +
There’s a short part here with the main riff compressed and barely audible so I’m not going to tab it,
listen for it on the song, and then it goes to this
[Bridge]
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-2|
E|0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-2|
[Main riff] (play 4x)
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-0-0-5-4-0-0-5-4-5|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-0-0-5-4-0-0-5-4-5|
+ + + + + + + + + + + +
[Outro]
e|----------------0/18-----|
B|----------------0/18-----|
G|-------------------------|
D|----------------------3\0|
A|5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3~------3\0|
E|5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3~------3\0|

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