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Defeat You Tabs

(ver. 1)
Smash Mouth
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                             Defeat You- Smash Mouth
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Tuning:Tune Down 1/2 Step (Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb)

Intro (Riff 1):

e|----------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
G|---------9------7-7---------|----------------------|---9----7-7----------|
D|-------9---9--------------5-|--5--7---8\7--5-------|-9---9--------5------|
A|-5/7------------------------|-----------------7-5/7|---------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
                                                             (End of Riff 1)
e|---------------------|--------------------|------------------------------|
B|---------------------|------9-----7-7-----|------------------------------|
G|---------------------|------9-----7-7---4-|--4---6---6--7---6--4---------|
D|-5-7--8\7--5---------|---9----9---------5-|--5---7---7--8---7--5---------|
A|-------------7---5/7-|--------------------|------------------------------|
E|---------------------|--------------------|------------------------------|


Verse 1:

Em                     C#m            Em                               C#m

Born is a human with a kung fu spine, equipped with a detector of what's on 
           Em                         C#m           Em
your mind, You jive you shuck you bob you weave and when you're down you've 
              C#m
got something up your sleeve and you've

(Riff 2)
Em                           C#m
   got  it good        as    bad  as  it gets             (End of Riff 2)
e|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
D|--2----5--2---5--2--5--2--|-5--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------|-----4------4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------|
E|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

Repeat Riff 2 three more times

Em                               C#m
You make your own incisions that come with regrets, You're
Em                             C#m
in it to win it and make every minute count, You
Em                      C#m
put it all together and dish it out

Chorus:

E7               A7       D7                        E5               D
Hey                       I know where you're from, it makes it that much 
G5            A5     E7    A7    D7                      E5   
nicer to meet you,   Hey         I know what you've done It makes it 
D         G5        A5
that much better to defeat you      


Repeat Riff one 1x
Repeat Verse 1x
Repeat Chorus 1x but instead of playing Riff 1 again, go into this
Interlude:

                                                                 Repeat 1x
e|---------10--------12------|--15----12----12----|---10-------12----------|
B|-11--12-----11--12----11-12|------------------11|-12---11-12----11--12---|
G|---------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|

Bridge:
E     D            G5   A5 E   D      G5   A5 E   D       G5   A5 E
              It's what we are   It's what we are    It's what we are 

Then it goes into this riff:

e|-----------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----9------7--7----4--|--4-----6---6---7--6---4-|
D|--9--9--9-----------5--|--5-----7---7---8--7---5-|
A|-----------------------|-------------------------|
E|-----------------------|-------------------------|

Repeat Verse 1x
Repeat Chorus 2x

Outro:

E        D            G5        A5     E5   D                     G5        
It makes it that much better to defeat you, It makes it that much better to 
A5     E       D                  G5        A5     E5      D           
defeat you, It makes it that much better to defeat you, It makes it that
     G5        A5     E
much better to defeat you

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