Date Rape Lyrics

by Sublime

Sublime Date Rape Lyrics

Well, this is my first tab. It's 100% accurate except the solo, which is a little off. Anyhoo... enjoy.
Intro:
If I'm playing by myself, I like to do the little bass fills in there too,
so I'll tab them out.
After the first one:
Second:
Third:
After the fourth there isn't one, just hold the chord until you go to the last part of the intro:
Strum these chords a bit.
Alright, now for the bulk of the song. Here's the chords that get used:
And here we go.
Let me tell you 'bout a girl I know
Had a drink about an hour ago
Sitting in a corner by herself
In a bar in downtown hell
She heard a noise and she looked to the door
And saw a man she'd never seen before
Light skin, light blue eyes
A double chin and a plastic smile
Her heart raced as he walked through the door
And took an empty seat next to her at the bar
'My brand new car is parked right outside
How'd you like to go for a ride?' And she said
'Wait a minute I have to think'
He said 'That's fine may I please buy you a drink?'
One drink turned into 3 or 4
And they left and got into his car
And they drove away some place real far
Now babe, the time has come
How'd you like to have a little fun? And she said
'If we could only please be on our way,
I would not run'
That's when things got out of control
She didn't want to
He had his way
She said let's go
He said no way
Come on babe it's your lucky day
Shut your mouth we're gonna do it my way
Come on baby don't be afraid
If it wasn't for date rape, I'd never get laid
Now it's solo time! This is the general gist of it, though there are some subtle
tweaks that I couldn't catch, but I know are there. When I've tabbed out the 10^^^10,
You have to hit the ten, bend it up to a 12 and hold it while you hit 12 on the high E string,
and then hit the bent ten again while bringing it down. It's a Chuck Berry riff, a little
difficult to get used to but sounds great. It's also used in the latter half of the solo,
where you bend up 10 and hit 7 as well.
/ - Slide up
\ - Slide down
H - Hammer
P - Pick off
^ - Bend up the next note, so if it's says 10^12, bend the 10 up to a 12
~ - Vibrato (very little in this song, so don't overdo it)
|------------|-----------|---------------9---9-7h9P7------|
|----------------|-10~~8~7~----8---||-10P8---|
|----------7-9-9-|---------7-9---9-||------9-|(This section is
|------7-9-------|-----------------||--------|played about 7x)
....PM.....
|-------|(This section is
|-------|played around 5x)
|-10^12-8---10P8----------------------|
Then play the intro again, and we're back into the second verse.
He finished up, started the car
He turned around and drove back to the bar
He said 'Now baby, don't be said,'
'In my opinion, you weren't half bad.'
She picked up a rock.
Threw it at the car.
Hit him in the head
Now he's got a big scar
Come on, party people won't you listen to me
The next day, she went to her drawer
Looked up her local attorney-at-law
Went to the phone and filed a police report
And then she took the guys ass to court
The day he stood infront of the judge
He screamed 'She lies, that little sl*t!'
The judge knew he was full of sh*t
So he gave him 25 years
And now his heart is filled with tears
One night in jail, it was getting late
He was but-raped by a large inmate
And he screamed
But the guards payed no attention to his cries
That's when things got out of control
The moral of the
It does not pay
To be drunk and horny
But that's the way it had to be
They locked him up and threw away the key
Well I can't take pity on men of his kind
Even though he now takes it in the behind
But that's the way it had to be
They locked him up and threw away the key
Well I can't take pity on men of his kind
Even though he now takes it in the behind
The horns play the next part, but if you don't have any (most likely)
I tabbed it out.
Nanana na na na
Nanana na na na
Nanana na na na
Nanana na na na
She didn't want to
She didn't want to
She didn't want to
She didn't want to
Take it!
^^Those lyrics are sung over this riff:
And end on this, with TAKE IT!:
And that's that, you've successfully learned Date Rape by Sublime.

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