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Getaway Car Tabs

(ver. 1)
Smash Mouth

BAND: Smash Mouth

During the verses Greg does muted clicks between chords.

Intro:
e |---------------------|
B |---------------------|
G |---------------------|
D |/2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
A |/2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
E |/0--0-3--3-5--5-7--7-|

Verse:
"You caught me..."     "Devil on my..."      "C'mon baby girl..."
e |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D |-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|-2--2-5--5-8--8-7--7-|-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
A |-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|-2--2-5--5-8--8-7--7-|-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
E |-0--0-3--3-5--5-7--7-|-0--0-3--3-6--6-5--5-|-0--0-3--3-5--5-7--7-|

B                         D
Smoking and drinking on a Sunday night

"I've got a car..."   "I've got a cave..."  "It's 2 AM..."
e |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D |-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|-2--2-5--5-8--8-7--7-|-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
A |-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|-2--2-5--5-8--8-7--7-|-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
E |-0--0-3--3-5--5-7--7-|-0--0-3--3-6--6-5--5-|-0--0-3--3-5--5-7--7-|

Chorus:
"...are..."             "Getaway car!"  "Uh huh, uh huh..." (3x)
e |---------------------|                 |---------------------|
A |---------------------|                 |---------------------|
D |-7-------------------|                 |---------------------|
G |-7-------------------|                 |-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
A |-5-------------------|                 |-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
E |---------------------|                 |-0--0-3--3-5--5-7--7-|

Coming back into the verse they play B and D again like earlier in the verse

Verse:
"A lot of funny..."   "I'm a funny man..."  "You got a miniskirt..."
e |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D |-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|-2--2-5--5-8--8-7--7-|-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
A |-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|-2--2-5--5-8--8-7--7-|-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
E |-0--0-3--3-5--5-7--7-|-0--0-3--3-6--6-5--5-|-0--0-3--3-5--5-7--7-|

Chorus:
"...bar, and a..."      "Getaway car!"  "Uh huh, uh huh..." (3x)
e |---------------------|                 |---------------------|
B |---------------------|                 |---------------------|
G |-7-~~~~--------------|                 |---------------------|
D |-7-~~~~--------------|                 |-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
A |-5-~~~~--------------|                 |-2--2-5--5-7--7-9--9-|
E |---------------------|                 |-0--0-3--3-5--5-7--7-|

Going into the bridge, they play B and D again like earlier in the verse

Bridge:
 "Ain't nothin' like..."   "My shiny machine"     "If you can just..."
e |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
B |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
G |-----------------------|-----------------------|------9-7-4--2---2-----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D |------5-3-2--3-2-0---2-|------7-5-4--5-4-2---4-|-4--5-----4--2---2-----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A |-2--3--------------3---|-4--5--------------5---|----------2--0---0-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E |-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|

Solo:
Play this bar three times. He then slides up the neck
with his pick using a wah and breaks into the remainder
of the solo that I can't tab, but it's similiar to the bar
below.
e |------------------------------|
B |------------------------8-----|
G |-9--9-7-9--9-7-9--9-7-9---9-7-|
D |------------------------------|
A |------------------------------|
E |------------------------------|

Verse:
Same as the earlier verses, except no guitar for the first half.

End using main chord progression.

End cold on E.
            
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