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Smash Mouth - Shoes 'n' Hats Tabs

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Shoes 'n' Hats Tabs

(ver. 1)
Smash Mouth
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Tuning: Standard 

The guitar is clean until the solo, then it's played with a crunchy distortion. 

Intro (Without distortion)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-x4--5-x8--2-x4--4-x4---------------------------------------------------|
E|--8-----3-----0-----2------------------------------------------------------|
PM  .     .     .     .

Verse 1
"The shoes you wear..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-x4--5-x8--2-x4--4-x4--7-x4--5-x8---------------------------------------|
E|--8-----3-----0-----2-----8-----3------------------------------------------|
PM  .     .     .     .     .     .

"You've got things to say..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-x4--5-x8--2-x4--4-x4--7-x4--5-x8---------------------------------------|
E|--8-----3-----0-----2-----8-----3------------------------------------------|
PM  .     .     .     .     .     .

"To them, they, who are they anyway..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-x8--5-x4--10-x8--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--8-----3-----10-----------------------------------------------------------|
PM  .     .     .

"They're just beating each other... with nothin' to say"
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-x4--5-x4--7-x4--6-x4--7-x16--------------------------------------------|
E|--8-----7-----5-----4-----5------------------------------------------------|
PM  .     .     .     .     .

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5--5---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5--5--5------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3--3--5--5-x8--2-x4--4-x4------------------------------------------------|
E|--------3--3-----0-----2---------------------------------------------------|
PM           .     .     .

Verse 2
"So everyone cares..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-x4--5-x8--2-x4--4-x4--7-x4--5-x8---------------------------------------|
E|--8-----3-----0-----2-----8-----3------------------------------------------|
PM  .     .     .     .     .     .

"And I heard them say..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-x4--5-x8--2-x4--4-x4--7-x4--5-x8---------------------------------------|
E|--8-----3-----0-----2-----8-----3------------------------------------------|
PM  .     .     .     .     .     .

"Without them, they, who are they anyway..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-x8--5-x4--10-x8--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--8-----3-----10-----------------------------------------------------------|
PM  .     .     .

"They're just beating each other... with nothin' to say"
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-x4--5-x4--7-x4--6-x4--7-x16--------------------------------------------|
E|--8-----7-----5-----4-----5------------------------------------------------|
PM  .     .     .     .     .

And another guitar comes in playing this
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------7---------------7-------------------------|
D|-------------------------------7-------7-------7-------7-------------------|
A|-----------------------------7-------7---7---7-------7---7-----------------|
E|---------------------------5-------5-------5-------5-----------------------|

Chorus
"I'm holdin' on..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5-----7-------5-----7-------5-----7--9-----------------------------------|
D|--5--5--7--7----5--5--7--7----5--5--7--9-----------------------------------|
A|--3--5--5--7----3--5--5--7----3--5--5--7-----------------------------------|
E|-----3-----5-------3-----5-------3-----------------------------------------|

"Nothing to change, anything strange is wrong..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--10-x4--10-x4--10-x4--10-x4--7-x12----------------------------------------|
A|--8------7------x------x------5--------------------------------------------|
E|----------------10-----8---------------------------------------------------|
PM  .      .      .      .      .

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5--5---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5--5--5------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3--3--5------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------3------------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo (organ)It can be played with a clean guitar
e|--0-2-----12-14-10---7-5-5--10--7---0-2-----12-14-15-14-12-14-15-----------|
B|------3-0-------------------------------3-0--------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Behind the organ there's a guitar playing the verse chords:
(the struming is the same as the verse, I only write down the chords to make them clash with solo notes)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--2---4---7---5------7----------5---2---4---7----5-------------------------|
E|--0---2---8---3------8----------3---0---2---8----3-------------------------|
PM  .   .   .   .      .          .   .   .   .    .

Solo (guitar) With distortion (there's no guitar behind that)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------7-8-------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------7----------------------------------|
D|--9~-9~-9-7-5-7-7-7-5------9~-9~-9-7-5-7-----------------------------------|
A|----------------------7-5--------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----8------7-7-7h8-8----10---10---10---10---10---10------------------------|
G|--9---7--7-7-7-7-7-7--11---11---11---12---12---12--------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 3 (With distortion)
"So here we are..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5--5---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5--5--5------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3--3--5--5-x8--2-x4--4-x4--7-x4--5-x8------------------------------------|
E|--------3--3-----0-----2-----8-----3---------------------------------------|
PM           .     .     .     .     .

"In my old chapeau..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-x4--5-x8--2-x4--4-x4--7-x4--5-x8---------------------------------------|
E|--8-----3-----0-----2-----8-----3------------------------------------------|
PM  .     .     .     .     .     .

"That them, they, who are they anyway..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-x8--5-x4--10-x8--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--8-----3-----10-----------------------------------------------------------|
PM  .     .     .

"They're just beating each other... with nothin' to say"
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-x4--5-x4--7-x4--6-x4--7-x16--------------------------------------------|
E|--8-----7-----5-----4-----5------------------------------------------------|
PM  .     .     .     .     .

The other guitar plays this like before (now with distortion)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------7---------------7-------------------------|
D|-------------------------------7-------7-------7-------7-------------------|
A|-----------------------------7-------7---7---7-------7---7-----------------|
E|---------------------------5-------5-------5-------5-----------------------|

Chorus
"I'm holdin' on..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5-----7-------5-----7-------5-----7--9-----------------------------------|
D|--5--5--7--7----5--5--7--7----5--5--7--9-----------------------------------|
A|--3--5--5--7----3--5--5--7----3--5--5--7-----------------------------------|
E|-----3-----5-------3-----5-------3-----------------------------------------|

"Nothing to change, anything strange is wrong..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--10-x4--10-x4--10-x4--10-x4--7-x12----------------------------------------|
A|--8------7------x------x------5--------------------------------------------|
E|----------------10-----8---------------------------------------------------|
PM  .      .      .      .      .

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5--5---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5--5--5------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3--3--5------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------3------------------------------------------------------------------|


| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
            
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