Wrong Way

e: Tue, 19 May 1998 11:22:43 -0400 (EDT)

Song: Wrong Way

Artist: Sublime

CD: Sublime

Tab: Greg Stewart

I have seen several versions of this song in the archives, but I couldn't

really follow them. Here is a simple version that fits the recording:

Intro:

E (w/random picking) D

E--------------------------------- --------------------------------

B--9-------------------------------7--------------------------------

G--9-------------------------------7--------------------------------

D--9-------------------------------7--------------------------------

A--7-------------------------------5--------------------------------

E-------------------------------------------------------------------

Annie's twelve years old in two more she'll be a whore

Nobody ever told her it's the wrong way

Don't be afraid with the quickness you get laid for your

Family get paid it's the wrong way

Verse:

A (on upstrokes) G

E--5----5----5----5-------3----3----3----3--------

B--5----5----5----5-------3----3----3----3--------

G--6----6----6----6-------4----4----4----4--------

D--7----7----7----7-------5----5----5----5--------

A-------------------------------------------------

E-------------------------------------------------

I gave her all that I had to give

I'm gonna make it hard to live

Big salty tears running down her chin and it

A C

E--5----5----5----5-------8----8----8----8--

B--5----5----5----5-------8----8----8----8--

G--6----6----6----6-------9----9----9----9--

D--7----7----7----7------10---10---10---10--

A-------------------------------------------

E-------------------------------------------

Ruins up her makeup I never wanted

F# E

E--6----6----6----6-------------7----7----7----7-----------------

B--7----7----7----7-------------9----9----9----9-----------------

G--6----6----6----6-------------9----9----9----9-----------------

D----------------------------------------------------------------

A----------------------------------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------------------------------

A cigarette pressed between her lips as I’m

Staring at her tits it's the wrong way

Strong if I can but I am only a man so I

Take her to the can it's the wrong way

B A

E--7----7----7----7-------------5----5----5----5-------

B--7----7----7----7-------------5----5----5----5-------

G--8----8----8----8-------------6----6----6----6-------

D--9----9----9----9-------------7----7----7----7-------

A------------------------------------------------------

E------------------------------------------------------

The only family that she’s ever had is her

Seven horny brothers and her drunk-ass Dad

He needed money so he put her on the street

B D

E--7----7----7----7-------------------10---10---10---10--

B--7----7----7----7-------------------10---10---10---10--

G--8----8----8----8-------------------11---11---11---11--

D--9----9----9----9-------------------12---12---12---12—-

A--------------------------------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------

Everything was going fine until the day she met me

E D

E--4----4----4----4---------------------5----5----5----5--------------

B--5----5----5----5---------------------7----7----7----7--------------

G--4----4----4----4---------------------7----7----7----7--------------

D---------------------------------------------------------------------

A---------------------------------------------------------------------

E---------------------------------------------------------------------

Happy are you sad wanna shoot your Dad I’ll do

Anything I can the wrong way

We talked all night tried to make it right

Believe me shit was tight it was the wrong way

A G

E--5----5----5----5---------3----3----3----3----

B--5----5----5----5---------3----3----3----3----

G--6----6----6----6---------4----4----4----4----

D--7----7----7----7---------5----5----5----5----

A-----------------------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------------

Go run away if you don’t wanna stay cause I

Ain’t here to make ya oh no

It’s up to you what you really wanna do

A C

E--5----5----5----5------------8----8----8----8--

B--5----5----5----5------------8----8----8----8--

G--6----6----6----6------------9----9----9----9--

D--7----7----7----7-----------10---10---10---10—-

A------------------------------------------------

E------------------------------------------------

Spend some time in America dub-style

F# E

E--6----6----6----6------7----7----7----7--

B--7----7----7----7------9----9----9----9--

G--6----6----6----6------9----9----9----9--

D------------------------------------------

A------------------------------------------

E------------------------------------------

(horn solo, minimal guitar, play 4x)

B A

E--7----7----7----7------------5----5----5----5-----------

B--7----7----7----7------------5----5----5----5-----------

G--8----8----8----8------------6----6----6----6-----------

D--9----9----9----9------------7----7----7----7-----------

A---------------------------------------------------------

E---------------------------------------------------------

She’ll give you all that she’s got to give but

I'm gonna make it hard to live

Big salty tears rolling down to her chin and it

B D

E--7----7----7----7------10---10---10---10--

B--7----7----7----7------10---10---10---10--

G--8----8----8----8------11---11---11---11--

D--9----9----9----9------12---12---12---12—-

A-------------------------------------------

E-------------------------------------------

Smears up her makeup I never wanted

E D

E--4----4----4----4---------------5----5----5----5----------------

B--5----5----5----5---------------7----7----7----7----------------

G--4----4----4----4---------------7----7----7----7----------------

D-----------------------------------------------------------------

A-----------------------------------------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------------------------------

So we ran away and I'm sorry when I say that straight

To this very day it was the wrong way

She took a hike don't matter if I like it or

Not because she only wants the wrong way

Outro:

B A

E--7----7----7----7---------------5----5----5----5-----

B--7----7----7----7---------------5----5----5----5-----

G--8----8----8----8---------------6----6----6----6-----

D--9----9----9----9---------------7----7----7----7-----

A------------------------------------------------------

E------------------------------------------------------

I gave her all that I had to give but she

Still wouldn't take it oh no

Her two brown eyes are leaking like a sieve and it

B D

E--7----7----7----7---------10---10---10-----

B--7----7----7----7---------10---10---10-----

G--8----8----8----8---------11---11---11-----

D--9----9----9----9---------12---12---12—----

A--------------------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------

Still ruins her makeup I never wanted...

Notes:

- You can see that the Verse repeats. The chord patterns are:

A G, F# E, B A, E D, and this is played twice.

- I separated the Outro because it doesn’t follow the pattern.

You’d expect to play A G at that point.

- I don’t usually play all the strings I’ve indicated here. I

find just playing the last two strings sounds good enough.