Rock Lobster - The B-52s
Tuning: EADG (Standard)
This is the full song up to 4:25 where the song changes quite a bit.
This song was originally not performed with a bassist, but it has a catchy
bass line so I've tabbed it out here the best I could :)
INTRO
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------6p5---6p5------------------------6p5---6p5--------|
A|-----3---5---6---5p3--------------------3---5---6---5p3--------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------6p5---6p5------------------------6p5---6p5--------|
A|-----3---5---6---5p3--------------------3---5---6---5p3--------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE (Repeat these bars)
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------6p5---6p5-------------------------6p5---6p5--------|
A|-----3---5---6---5p3--------------------3---5---6---5p3--------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
We were at a party
His ear lobe fell in the deep
Someone reached in and grabbed it
It was a rock lobster
CHORUS (Play the notes quickly)
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------6-(x8)---5-(x8)------------------| REPEAT X4
A|-----3-(x8)---6-(x8)------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------6-(x4)---5-(x4)------------------| REPEAT X2
A|-----3-(x4)---6-(x4)------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------6-(x2)---5-(x2)------------------| REPEAT X2
A|-----3-(x2)---6-(x2)------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------6---5-----------6---5-----------6---5---6---5---6---5--|
A|---3---6-----------3---6-----------3---6--------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
The rest of the song up to 4:25 is almost all the same except from:
(2:18) Right after "He was in a giant clam!" (In place of the tilde (~) just repeat the
previous).
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----8-8--9-9---10-10-10-10-10~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------10-------10-------10--------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----8---8---8---8---8---8--------8--------8-------------------------------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
Popular B 52s tabs and chords
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