Rock Lobster Tab

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                             Rock Lobster - The B-52s
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Tabbed by: offroad_amir
E-mail: comment below
 
The tuning for this song is very bizarre, which is why all the tabs on this site don't exactly sound right.
 
Ricky Wilson omitted the two center strings when he played the song, but this is not entirely necessary to
play the song correctly.
 
This is my first tab. Comment below with corrections.
 
Tuning: CFxxFF
 
 
[Intro]
 
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------3-0-3-2---------------------3-0-3-2-------------------------|
C|--0--2--3--2-0----------------0--2--3--2-0---------------------------------|
 
 
[Verse] (Same as intro)
 
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------3-0-3-2---------------------3-0-3-2-------------------------|
C|--0--2--3--2-0----------------0--2--3--2-0---------------------------------|
 
 
[Chorus] (listen to the song to get a feel for the amount)
 
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------33333333-22222222-------------------33333333-22222222--|
C|--00000000-33333333-------------------00000000-33333333--------------------|
 
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|----------------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-------------------33333333-22222222--------|
C|0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-----------------00000000-33333333--------------------------|
 
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------3333-2222-----------3333-2222------3322-------3322-------3322-3322-3322-|
C|0000-3333-----------0000-3333----------0033-------0033-------0033----------------|
 
 
[Verse]
 
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------3-0-3-2---------------------3-0-3-2-------------------------|
C|--0--2--3--2-0----------------0--2--3--2-0---------------------------------|
 
After he sings "He's in a giant clam!" (listen to get a feel for the amounts the notes are played)
 
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-4-5-77777777-------7777------7777-------7---7-----------------------------|
C|---------------0000------0000------0000----0---0---------------------------|
 
Down, down.... (each note between the * is repeated a couple times, listen to get a feel for the amount)
 
F|-*12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1*-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-0h1-0h1-0h1-0h1----------------|
F|-*12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1*-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-0h1-0h1-0h1-0h1----------------|
x|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
x|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------3-0-3-2---------------------3-0-3-2-------------------------|
C|--0--2--3--2-0----------------0--2--3--2-0---------------------------------|
 
Anything after this I'm not 100% sure about
 
 
 
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| x  Dead note
| h  Hammer-on
 
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