Song: Wrong Way
Artist: Sublime
CD: Sublime
Tab: Greg Stewart
I have seen several versions of this song in the archives, but I couldn't
really follow them. Here is a simple version that fits the recording:
[Intro]
E (w/random picking) D
E--------------------------------- --------------------------------|
B--9-------------------------------7--------------------------------|
G--9-------------------------------7--------------------------------|
D--9-------------------------------7--------------------------------|
A--7-------------------------------5--------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Annie's twelve years old in two more she'll be a whore
Nobody ever told her it's the wrong way
Don't be afraid with the quickness you get laid for your
Family get paid it's the wrong way
[Verse]
A (on upstrokes) G
E--5----5----5----5-------3----3----3----3--------|
B--5----5----5----5-------3----3----3----3--------|
G--6----6----6----6-------4----4----4----4--------|
D--7----7----7----7-------5----5----5----5--------|
A-------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|
I gave her all that I had to give
I'm gonna make it hard to live
Big salty tears running down her chin and it
A C
E--5----5----5----5-------8----8----8----8--|
B--5----5----5----5-------8----8----8----8--|
G--6----6----6----6-------9----9----9----9--|
D--7----7----7----7------10---10---10---10--|
A-------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------|
Ruins up her makeup I never wanted
F# E
E--6----6----6----6-------------7----7----7----7-----------------|
B--7----7----7----7-------------9----9----9----9-----------------|
G--6----6----6----6-------------9----9----9----9-----------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
A cigarette pressed between her lips as I’m
Staring at her tits it's the wrong way
Strong if I can but I am only a man so I
Take her to the can it's the wrong way
B A
E--7----7----7----7-------------5----5----5----5-------|
B--7----7----7----7-------------5----5----5----5-------|
G--8----8----8----8-------------6----6----6----6-------|
D--9----9----9----9-------------7----7----7----7-------|
A------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------|
The only family that she’s ever had is her
Seven horny brothers and her drunk-ass Dad
He needed money so he put her on the street
B D
E--7----7----7----7-------------------10---10---10---10-----|
B--7----7----7----7-------------------10---10---10---10-----|
G--8----8----8----8-------------------11---11---11---11-----|
D--9----9----9----9-------------------12---12---12---12—--|
A-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
Everything was going fine until the day she met me
E D
E--4----4----4----4---------------------5----5----5----5--------------|
B--5----5----5----5---------------------7----7----7----7--------------|
G--4----4----4----4---------------------7----7----7----7--------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Happy are you sad wanna shoot your Dad I’ll do
Anything I can the wrong way
We talked all night tried to make it right
Believe me shit was tight it was the wrong way
A G
E--5----5----5----5---------3----3----3----3----|
B--5----5----5----5---------3----3----3----3----|
G--6----6----6----6---------4----4----4----4----|
D--7----7----7----7---------5----5----5----5----|
A-----------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|
Go run away if you don’t wanna stay cause I
Ain’t here to make ya oh no
It’s up to you what you really wanna do
A C
E--5----5----5----5------------8----8----8----8-----|
B--5----5----5----5------------8----8----8----8-----|
G--6----6----6----6------------9----9----9----9-----|
D--7----7----7----7-----------10---10---10---10—--|
A---------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
Spend some time in America dub-style
F# E
E--6----6----6----6------7----7----7----7--|
B--7----7----7----7------9----9----9----9--|
G--6----6----6----6------9----9----9----9--|
D------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|
(horn solo, minimal guitar, play 4x)
B A
E--7----7----7----7------------5----5----5----5-----------|
B--7----7----7----7------------5----5----5----5-----------|
G--8----8----8----8------------6----6----6----6-----------|
D--9----9----9----9------------7----7----7----7-----------|
A---------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------|
She’ll give you all that she’s got to give but
I'm gonna make it hard to live
Big salty tears rolling down to her chin and it
B D
E--7----7----7----7------10---10---10---10-----|
B--7----7----7----7------10---10---10---10-----|
G--8----8----8----8------11---11---11---11-----|
D--9----9----9----9------12---12---12---12—----|
A----------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|
Smears up her makeup I never wanted
E D
E--4----4----4----4---------------5----5----5----5----------------|
B--5----5----5----5---------------7----7----7----7----------------|
G--4----4----4----4---------------7----7----7----7----------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|
So we ran away and I'm sorry when I say that straight
To this very day it was the wrong way
She took a hike don't matter if I like it or
Not because she only wants the wrong way
[Outro]
B A
E--7----7----7----7---------------5----5----5----5-----|
B--7----7----7----7---------------5----5----5----5-----|
G--8----8----8----8---------------6----6----6----6-----|
D--9----9----9----9---------------7----7----7----7-----|
A------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------|
I gave her all that I had to give but she
Still wouldn't take it oh no
Her two brown eyes are leaking like a sieve and it
B D
E--7----7----7----7---------10---10---10--------|
B--7----7----7----7---------10---10---10--------|
G--8----8----8----8---------11---11---11--------|
D--9----9----9----9---------12---12---12—-------|
A-----------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|
Still ruins her makeup I never wanted...
Notes:
- You can see that the Verse repeats. The chord patterns are:
A G, F# E, B A, E D, and this is played twice.
- I separated the Outro because it doesn’t follow the pattern.
You’d expect to play A G at that point.
- I don’t usually play all the strings I’ve indicated here. I
find just playing the last two strings sounds good enough.