OPAL - "whats it about" Tablature
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“What it‘s About” Copyright 2002
Performed by Opal
Words and Music by Mike Lemense
From “Good Times”
Style: Light Rock
Notes
2 Guitars both standard tuning
Moderate pace, it varies a lot and their are a lots of pauses and weird rhythms. Listen to the song and you’ll understand what I mean.
Intro and First Verse
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G --------77---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ----------------------4--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A --5-----------2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Little riff before the Refrain
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ---------0----3---2---0-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A --5-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Refrain Riff A
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G --------77-----------------77------------------------77---------------------77----------------------------
D -------------7557----------------55s3300-----------------5775----------------553320---------------
A --55------------------55-----------------------55---------------------55----------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
After this the 2nd guitar comes in, and it plays
D Dsus F Am through the verses in rhythm with the lead. 5 on A=D, 77 on G=Dsus, 2 on A=F, and 4 on D=Am.
The verses remain the same
Bridge- (The “You just don’t care” part)- Second Guitar plays D A G at fast pace, muting after D and A, during the bridge.
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ---05570--------------------4-----h544h22s4-----------------------------------------------------------
A -------------05570---022-----5---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Do twice, on second time, instead of sliding from 2 to 4 at the end pull off of 2.
Solo- 1st Guitar
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ---------7775--------------444----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A --h55----------50---h22-------200-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
x4
Solo- While the lead plays that, with much more volume and tenacity, the 2nd guitar plays this riff.
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------2(5x)s5(x5)s3(x5)------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G -----------------------------------332----------------------------------------------------------------------
D --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
That’s about it, the wind-down at the end the guitars are the same as the bridge, with the Riff just before the refrain thrown in every once in a while.
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP,
representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and
The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
Unfortunately, these threats are fueled by greed and being masked by a "copyright infringement." They claim tab sites are
"hurting the songwriters," but it's a known fact that the publishing companies garner most of the
revenue. Instead, they would prefer you to purchase the
official OPAL tablature
which is an option we've always given our users. And due to the highly error-prone nature of tabs on the internet, many choose to go this route.
These companies also do not realize that tablature sites help to promote their artists.
For more information on this onslaught, you can read the
NY Times Article.
We hope one of the larger tablature sites will have the money to fight this. Until then, we urge you all to keep tabbing songs and sharing them in any way you can.
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