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Smash Mouth — Defeat You Tab

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			     Defeat You— Smash Mouth
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Tabbed by:Danfan3
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Tuning:Tune Down 1/2 Step (Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb)

Intro (Riff 1):

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                                                             (End of Riff 1)
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D|—5—7——87——5—————————|———9————9—————————5—|——5———7———7——8———7——5—————————|
A|—————————————7———5/7—|————————————————————|——————————————————————————————|
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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)
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D|——2————5——2———5——2——5——2——|—5————————————————————————————————————————————|
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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
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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:

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G|—————9——————7——7————4——|——4—————6———6———7——6———4—|
D|——9——9——9———————————5——|——5—————7———7———8——7———5—|
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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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