Tv Tab

Blink-182
Album: Buddha
Track: TV
 
Notes: Picking/Strumming isn't notated here, but Tom Delonge is very well known for downpicking all of his
riffs as much as he possibly can. Although there isn't any footage of the band playing this live, it's safe
to assume that he would've downpicked this whole song too. You can try that, if you're insane enough to
attempt play it like Tom probably would. However, if that doesn't intrest you, just figure out whatever
strumming/picking pattern works best for you, or even try playing notes on different strings. I wrote it
how I thought it sounded on the record. This song is very fast, and actually requires a lot of precision to
play well and make it sound half decent. These single note patterns are kind of all over the place, and
require a ton of left/right hand syncronization. Just because it's blink doesn't make it easy. It's actually
quite the opposite for their first few records. Good luck.
 
[Intro]: First two chords are the pick up after the bass solo
 
e|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
B|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
G|--------3--3-3-|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
D|-5--5-5-3--3-3-|----------------|---------------|-3--3-3-3-3-----|---------------|
A|-5--5-5-1--1-1-|--------------0-|-1--1-3--3-1p0-|------------0-0-|-1--1-0--0-----|
E|-3--3-3--------|-1--1-1-1-1-1---|--------------------------------|-----------3---|
 
e|-----------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|---------------|-5--3-2-3-5-3-2-|-0-3-2h3-2h3-2h3-|-2h3-3-2-3-2-3-2-|-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-|
D|-2-3-5-2-3-5-2-3-|-5-2-3-5-2-3-5-|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
e|---------------|------------------|
B|---------------|------------------|
G|-5--5-5-0-2--3-|-5-0-2-3-0-0------|
D|---------------|-------------1----|
A|---------------|------------------|
E|---------------|------------------|
 
[Verse]: * Under note means palm muting, ^ Under note means staccato (short/separated)
 
Play Twice:
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
G|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3h2h0-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3h2h0--|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3h2h0-|-3-3-3-3-3-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3h2h0-|-3-3-3--------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-------|-1-1-1-1-1-------|-3-3-3-3-3-------|-1-1-1--------|
E|-1-1-1-1-1-------|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-------|--------------|
     * * * *           * * * *           * * * *         ^ ^ ^
 
[Chorus]
Play Once:
e|--------------|--------6------|
B|--------------|----------6----|
G|--------3-3-3-|------------3--|
D|-3--3-3-3-3-3-|-5--5-5--------|
A|-3--3-3-1-1-1-|-5--5-5--------|
E|-1--1-1-------|-3--3-3--------|
 
Play Twice:
e|--------------|--------6-6-6--|
B|--------------|--------6-6-6--|
G|--------3-3-3-|--------3-3-3--|
D|-3--3-3-3-3-3-|-5--5-5--------|
A|-3--3-3-1-1-1-|-5--5-5--------|
E|-1--1-1-------|-3--3-3--------|
 
Play Once:
e|--------------|---------------|
B|--------------|---------------|
G|--------3-3-3-|--------3-3-3--|
D|-3--3-3-3-3-3-|-5--5-5-3-3-1--|
A|-3--3-3-1-1-1-|-5--5-5-1-1-1--|
E|-1--1-1-------|-3--3-3--------|
 
 
--Repeat Verse and Chorus Once--
 
 
[Solo/Bridge]
Play Twice:
e|----------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|--------3----|----------------|
G|-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2---5--2-|-----4-----4-|-5-4-2-0--------|
D|-5-5----5-5-5---|-2-2-2----------|-5-5---------|---------3-2-0--|
A|-3-3----2-2-2---|-0-0-0---0------|-5-5---------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|-3-3---3-----|----------------|
   * *    * * *     * * *   *        * *   *
 
Play Twice: Note, Tom does play a different note somewhere in here the first time, but it is very clearly a
wrong note, so I didn't bother to write it in. Just play it as written.
e|---------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------|
B|---------------|-----------------|--------3----|----------------|
G|-5--5-5-5--5-5-|-2-2-2-2---5---2-|-----4-----4-|-5-4-2-0--------|
D|-5--5-5-5--5-5-|-2-2-2-----------|-5-5---------|---------3-2-0--|
A|-3--3-3-2--2-2-|-0-0-0---0-------|-5-5---------|----------------|
E|---------------|-----------------|-3-3---3-----|----------------|
      * *    * *   * * *   *         * *   * 
 
[Outro]: Same as the intro, except for the very end.
 
e|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
B|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
G|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
D|----------------|---------------|-3--3-3-3-3-----|---------------|
A|--------------0-|-1--1-3--3-1p0-|------------0-0-|-1--1-0--0-----|
E|-1--1-1-1-1-1---|--------------------------------|-----------3---|
 
e|-----------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|---------------|-5--3-2-3-5-3-2-|-0-3-2h3-2h3-2h3-|-2h3-3-2-3-2-3-2-|-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-|
D|-2-3-5-2-3-5-2-3-|-5-2-3-5-2-3-5-|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
e|------------|--------------(0)-|------|
B|------------|--------------(0)-|------|
G|-5--5-5-0-2-|-3--5-0-2-3-0-(0)-|------|
D|------------|--------------(0)-|-3----|
A|------------|--------------(0)-|-3----|
E|------------|--------------(0)-|-1----|
 
Key:
********************************
h= Hammer on
p= Pull off
*= Palm Mute
^= Staccato
(0)= Strum all open strings
********************************
 
That's about it... Doesn't look too hard on paper, but the sheer speed and hand position changes is what makes
it so hard. Especially the intro and bridge. I did my best to listen for every little note and chord and
rhythm that I could. This sounds just about right to me. It's quite hard to hear exactly what's going on
through the buzz saw guitars, less than ideal recording/mixing quality, and a really obnoxious second guitar
part that just seems to play the chords underneath the whole time. I didn't write that part in, since this
song is really meant to be played by one guitarist, and all the part really does is muddy up and cover up the
lead, which did not make transcribing it any easier. But anyways, feel free to leave any feedback down below
(it's my first tab haha). Also, if you'd like the Cheshire Cat version as well, let me know.
 
Rock on \m/
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