“What it‘s About” Copyright 2002
Performed by Opal
Words and Music by Mike Lemense
From “Good Times”
Style: Light Rock
Notes
2 Guitars both standard tuning
Moderate pace, it varies a lot and their are a lots of pauses and weird rhythms. Listen to the song and you’ll understand what I mean.
Intro and First Verse
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G --------77---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ----------------------4--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A --5-----------2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Little riff before the Refrain
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ---------0----3---2---0-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A --5-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Refrain Riff A
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G --------77-----------------77------------------------77---------------------77----------------------------
D -------------7557----------------55s3300-----------------5775----------------553320---------------
A --55------------------55-----------------------55---------------------55----------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
After this the 2nd guitar comes in, and it plays
D Dsus F Am through the verses in rhythm with the lead. 5 on A=D, 77 on G=Dsus, 2 on A=F, and 4 on D=Am.
The verses remain the same
Bridge- (The “You just don’t care” part)- Second Guitar plays D A G at fast pace, muting after D and A, during the bridge.
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ---05570--------------------4-----h544h22s4-----------------------------------------------------------
A -------------05570---022-----5---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Do twice, on second time, instead of sliding from 2 to 4 at the end pull off of 2.
Solo- 1st Guitar
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ---------7775--------------444----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A --h55----------50---h22-------200-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
x4
Solo- While the lead plays that, with much more volume and tenacity, the 2nd guitar plays this riff.
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------2(5x)s5(x5)s3(x5)------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G -----------------------------------332----------------------------------------------------------------------
D --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
That’s about it, the wind-down at the end the guitars are the same as the bridge, with the Riff just before the refrain thrown in every once in a while.
