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Waiting For The Punchline by Extreme
Waiting For The Punchline
no capo
For this song, you must tune you guitar at
Dropped-D, but you know,
EXTREME tunes at Eb, so I could say that you must tune
at Dropped-Db.
Anyway, This is the tuning (high to low):
Eb-Bb-Gb-Db-Ab-Db
TABLATURE EXPLANATION:
½+ or 1+ = Bend half or whole tone
½+- = Bend & release
^ = Pull-Off & Hammer-On
~~~~~~ = Vibrato
. = Palm mute
x = Muffled strings
Intro:
...Fade In
|--------------------------------------------------------0-------0-------|
|------------------------------------------5-----------3-------3---------|
|----------------------------------------7---7--------------2------2---4-|
|-0-------3---2----5-------------0----/7-------7-----3------2----------5-|
|-0-------3---2----5-------------0-------------------3------2----------5-|
|-0---0-2-3---2----5--5-4-3-2-1--0---------------0-2-3------2----------5-|
Fig.A:
~~ ½+ ½+ ½+
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0-------------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------3---------2---------3--------3---|
|-------3-2-0---0^2-------0^2-------0^2-------2^3^5-----|
~~ ½+ ½+ ½+
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0---------------------------------3-0-------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------3---------2---------3-------3----|
|-------3-2-0---0^2-------0^2-------0^2---------------5-|
~~ ½+ ½+ ½+
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0-------------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------3---------2---------3--------3---|
|-------3-2-0---0^2-------0^2-------0^2-------2^3^5-----|
~~~~~~
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0-------------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5-----0-------------------------------------------|
|-------3-2-0---0--2^3^5--2-5^7--5-7-8--5-7-8/11--------|
Verse 1:
palm mute
.......................................................
|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-7-6-5---------------|--7-6-5---------------|-7-6-5----------------|
|-------7-6-5---------|--------7-6-5---------|-------7-6-5----------|
|-------------7-6-5-7-|--------------7-6-5-7-|-------------7-6-5-7--|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~~ . . ~~~~~. .
. . . . . . . .
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7------7----7-6-5-------------------4------5----7-6-5---------------|
|-7------7----------7-6-5-------------------------------7-6-5---------|
|-7--7-7-7-7--------------7-6-5-7-5-7----5-7------------------7-6-5-7-|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . .
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-----7----7-6-5---------------7-6-5--------------7-6-5-------------|
|-7-----7----------7-6-5---------------7-6-5--------------7-6-5-------|
|-7-7-7-7-7--------------7-6-5-7-------------7-6-5-7------------7-5---|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
~~ . . . . .
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------<5>----------------|
|-7-6-5---------------7-----7-----7-6-5-------------------7-5------------|
|-------7-6-5---------7-----7-----------7-6-5-----------------7-6-5-3--0-|
|-------------7-6-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------7-6-5-7--------------------|
Chorus 1:
~~ ½+ ½+ ½+
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0-------------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------3---------2---------3--------3---|
|-------3-2-0---0^2-------0^2-------0^2-------2^3^5-----|
~~ ½+ ½+ ½+
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0------------------------------3-0----------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------3---------2-------3-----3--------|
|-------3-2-0---0^2-------0^2-------0^2----------5------|
~~ ½+ ½+ ½+ . . .
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0------------------------------------5-3------------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------3---------2---------3-4-5---------3---4--|
|-------3-2-0---0^2-------0^2-------0^2-------------------------|
~~ ~~~~~~
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0----------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------------------------------------|
|-------3-2-0---0--2^3^5--2-5^7--5-7-8--5-7-8/11-----|
Verse 2:
. . . . . . . . . . . .
~~~~~~
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-6-5---------------7-----7-------5--7------5--7--------|
|-------7-6-5---------7-----7--x-x--5--7-x-x--5--7--5-----|
|-------------7-6-5-7-7-7-7-7--x-x--5--7-x-x--5--7--------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
~~. . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-6-5---------------7-----7--5-7-------5-7-----------7-6-5--------------|
|-------7-6-5---------7-----7--5-7--x--x-5-7--x-x-x----------7-6-5--------|
|-------------7-6-5-7-7-7-7-7--5-7--x--x-5-7--x-x-x--5-------------7-6-5-7|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~~ . . ~~~~~. . .
. . . . . . .
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7------7---7-6-5-------------------4------5----7-6-5----------------|
|-7------7---------7-6-5-------------------------------7-6-5----------|
|-7--7-7-7-7-------------7-6-5-7-5-7----5-7------------------7-6-5-7--|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . .
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-----7---7-6-5---------------7-6-5---------------7-6-5-------------|
|-7-----7---------7-6-5---------------7-6-5---------------7-6-5-------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-------------7-6-5-7-------------7-6-5-7-------------7-5---|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------<5>----------------|
|-7-6-5---------------7-----7-----7-6-5-------------------7-5------------|
|-------7-6-5---------7-----7-----------7-6-5-----------------7-6-5-3--0-|
|-------------7-6-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------7-6-5-7--------------------|
Chorus 2:
~~ ½+ ½+ ½+
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0-------------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------3---------2---------3--------3---|
|-------3-2-0---0^2-------0^2-------0^2-------2^3^5-----|
~~ ½+ ½+ ½+
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0------------------------------3-0----------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------3---------2-------3-----3--------|
|-------3-2-0---0^2-------0^2-------0^2----------5------|
~~ ½+
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0---------------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------3----------------------0-2-3-2-3---|
|-------3-2-0---0^2-------3-3-3-3-3--3--2^3^5-------------|
~~ ~~~~~~
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------0----------------------------------------------|
|-3/<5>-5-----0----------------------------------------------|
|---------3-2-0---0--2^3^5--2-5^7--5-7-8--5-7-8/11----11-11--|
Bridge:
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2--|
|---------------------1^3^1-0-1-0---1--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0--|
|-2/4--2/4--2/4--2/4--------------3--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2-------------------2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--1^3^1-0-1-0---1--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-|
|----------------------------------3-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2--2-2--2-2---------------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--1^3^1-0-1-0---1----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------3----5-5-5-4-4-4-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-4-4-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
1+ 1+-
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-4-4-4-3-3-3-3------------5-5-5-4-4-4-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-4-4---|
|-----------------------5--5--3------------------------------------|
1+ 1+-
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-------------|
|-----------------------5--5--3---|
Solo: 1+-
|-10--12--13---13/15---13--12---10------------10-----------------------|
|----------------------------------10\8--10------10-------------13-----|
|-7---9---10---10/12---10--9----7-------------7-----12--10--12------12-|
|----------------------------------7-\5--7-------7--------------10-----|
|---------------------------------------------------10--8---10------10-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
1+ ½+ ~~
½+
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------10-----------------------------|
|-10/12\10--7------9------10----<12>-10^12----10---12----10---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------12----10--12--10^12-|
|-8-/10\8---5-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------10/12---9/11---8/10-----------------------------------------|
½+ ~~ 1+ 1+ ½+
½+ 1+-
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------10------------13--13---------10----------------------------------|
|--10^12----10---12-------------10^12---<10>--12----10--------------------|
|-------------------12--------------------------<12>--<10>-<12>-----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------<10>--8-8-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1+
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------10-10-12--12---|
|-------10-12--------10-12----------------|
|-10-12--------10/12----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
Verse 3:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
~~~~~~
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-6-5---------------7-----7-----------------5--7--------|
|-------7-6-5---------7-----7----------x-x----5--7--5-----|
|-------------7-6-5-7-7-7-7-7--7--5-7--x-x----5--7--------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . ~~
. . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-6-5---------------7-----7--5-7--5-7--5-7--5-7------7-6-5--------------|
|-------7-6-5---------7-----7--5-7--5-7--5-7--5-7------------7-6-5--------|
|-------------7-6-5-7-7-7-7-7--5-7--5-7--5-7--5-7--<5>-------------7-6-5-7|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~~ . . ~~~~~. . .
. . . . . . .
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7------7---7-6-5-------------------4------5----7-6-5----------------|
|-7------7---------7-6-5-------------------------------7-6-5----------|
|-7--7-7-7-7-------------7-6-5-7-5-7----5-7------------------7-6-5-7--|
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------<5>------------------|
|-7-----7---7-6-5-------------------7-5--------------|
|-7-----7---------7-6-5-----------------7-6-5-3--0---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-------------7-6-5-7----------------------|
Chorus 3:
~~ ½+ ½+ ½+
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0-------------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------3---------2---------3--------3---|
|-------3-2-0---0^2-------0^2-------0^2-------2^3^5-----|
~~ ½+ ½+ ½+
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------6-6-5-4------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0-------------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5-----0----------3---------2-------3--------------|
|-------3-2-0---0^2-------0^2-------0^2-----------------|
½+
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|---3^2^0-------0--0-0-0---------------------------3----|
|---------3^2^0-0--0-0-0-3--2---2---1-1-1--0-1-2-3------|
|---------------0--0-0-0--------------------------------|
~~ ~~~~~~
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0-----------------------------------------|
|-3/5-5-----0-----------------------------------------|
|-------3-2-0---0--2^3^5--2-5^7--5-7-8--5-7-8/11------|
Clean:
|----------5-----------------------------------------------------|
|-3--------6---5-----------------------------5---------0---0-----|
|-2--------5---4----4----------------------7---7-------2---1---4-|
|-0--------3---2----5-------------------/7-------7-----3---2---5-|
|-0--------3---2----5----------------------------------3---2---5-|
|-0----0-2----------5-x-5-4-3-2-1--0---------------0-2-3---2---5-|
|-------------------------------------------------------0-------0--------|
|-----------------------------------------5-----------3-------3----------|
|*--------------------------------------7---7--------------2------2---4-*|
|*-0------3---2----5-------------0---/7-------7-----3------2----------5-*|
|--0------3---2----5-------------0------------------3------2----------5--|
|--0--0-2-3---2----5--5-4-3-2-1--0--------------0-2-3------2----------5--|
End: Fade
Out...
|------------------------------------------------||
|-10-10-10--8-8-10-10--10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-8-8---||
|------------------------------------------------||
|-7--7--7---5-5-7--7---7--7--7--7--6-6-6-6-5-5---||
|------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------||
...Fade In
you might say hey, I lost my sense of humor
I'm quite surprised I didn't lose it sooner
why waste your breath on anything less
then talk so trivial
as a man who ran out of material
why did the chicken go across the road
to get to the other side
I'm still waiting for the punchline
whoever said the grass always grows
greener on the other lied
I'm still waiting for the punchline
the good ol' days I was known to wear a smile
like all good things they've gone out of style
I will admit, usually a quick wit
I found bemusing
what used to be, no longer are amusing
why did the chicken go across the road
to get to the other side
I'm still waiting for the punchline
whoever said the grass always grows
greener on the other lied
I'm still waiting for the punchline
it's nothing that you said,
no nothing that you did
must have been a bad joke,
that's gone over my head
what me worry, another tragedy
the latter plus time, equals comedy
why can't I get to the other side
TABLATURE EXPLANATION:
½+ or 1+ = Bend half or whole tone
½+- = Bend & release
^ = Pull-Off & Hammer-On
~~~~~~ = Vibrato
. = Palm mute
x = Muffled strings
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Version 2
Tuning:Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Key:Dm
no capo
[Intro (Fade in)]
Dm E7 G D9
Dm E7 G A D9
Dm E7 G D9
Dm E7 G
Dm Dm (x4)
[Verse 1]
A7
A you might say, "Hey, I lost my sense of humor"
Well, I'm quite surprised I didn't lose it sooner
Why waste my breath on anything less than talk so trivial?
As a man I ran out of material
[Chorus]
Dm
Why did the chicken go across the road
Dm
To get to the other side?
Dm
I'm still waiting for the punchline
Dm
And whoever said, the grass always grows
Dm
Greener on the other side
Dm
I'm still waiting for the punchline
[Verse 2]
A7
The good ol' days I was known to wear a smile
G5 A5 G5 A5 D/F#
Like all good things they've gone out of style
A7
I will admit, usually a quick with I found me amusing
What used to be, no longer are amusing
[Chorus]
Dm
Why did the chicken go across the road
Dm
To get to the other side?
Dm
I'm still waiting for the punchline
Dm
And whoever said, the grass always grows
Dm
Greener on the other side
Dm
I'm still waiting for the punchline
[Interlude]
Dm Dm (x4)
[Guitar Solo]
Dm Dm (x2)
[Verse 3]
A7 G5 A5 G5 A5 A7
It's nothing that you said, no, nothing that you did
A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 D/F# A7
It must have been a bad joke that's gone over my head
What me worry, another tragedy
Ladder plus time, equals comedy
[Chorus]
Dm
Why can't I get to the other side?
I'm still waiting for the punchline
And whoever said, the grass always grows
Greener on the other line
I'm still waiting for the punchline
[Outro]
Dsus2 Dm E7 G
D9 Dm E7 G D
D9 Dm E7 G
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