Wonderboy
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5 Guitar Amps for Beginners That Are Actually Great
Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
Title: Wonderboy
Transcribed by: Jonathan Meisburg
Email: pbpaintball@yahoo.com
[Verse 1]
Guitar 1:
e|---2-----2h3p2--------1p0-----1p0---------2-----2h3p2-------1p0-----1p0-------|
B|-----3-----------3--------3-------3---3-----3-----------3-------3-------3---3-|(x3)
G|-------2-------2----3-------3-------3---------2-------2---3-------3-------3---|
D|-0--------------------------------------0-------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:
e|-5---------------5-----------5/6-6---8-6-5----5/6-6----9--6--5----------------|
B|-7---------------7-----3/10--7/8-8--10-8-7----7/8-8----8--8--7----------------|
G|-7---------------7------------------------------------------------------------| on 2nd time
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| around
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Interlude]
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------------------7----------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-7-7----------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-7-5----------------|
E|---------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-3-5------------------|
Not much to say when you're high above the mucky-muck... Yeaaauh!
[Chorus]
e|---5--3-2---2-----2----------5p3-----5p3--------------------------------------|
B|--------------3-----3---2--------3-------3------------------------------------|
G|-3--------------2-----2----3-------3------------------------------------------|
D|----------0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
WonderBooyeee! What is the secret of your powers?!
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------------------7----------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-7-7----------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-7-5----------------|
E|---------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-3-5------------------|
WonderBoooyeeeee! Won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck, man?
Weird story-tellin interlude hehe:
The first half of this interlude is the same riff as the riff used on verse 1
but only playing some notes. Listen to the song to see what I'm talking about...
Here is the tab of this part from that part on:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------|
What powers you ask? ... Ahh, how about the power of flight, that do anything for you?
It's a limitation holmes. How 'bout the power to kill a
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------------|
yak... from 200 yards away. With mind bullets!
B B
e|--0---0---0-----9-----------12-12-10------------------------------------------|
B|--2/3-5/7-8----10--------------------10-10-8-9--------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
That's telekenesis, Kyle! ... How about the power to move you?
Then it goes to what I said before about picking certain notes from riff 1.
Then it goes:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------7--------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-5--7--7--------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-5--7--5--------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-3--5-----------------|
A secret to be told, a gold chest - to be bold! Blasting forth with three-part harmony!
e|---5--3-2---2-----2----------5p3-----5p3--------------------------------------|
B|--------------3-----3---2--------3-------3------------------------------------|
G|-3--------------2-----2----3-------3------------------------------------------|
D|----------0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
WonderBooyeee! What is the secret of your powers?!
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------7--------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-5--7--7--------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-5--7--5--------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-3--5-----------------|
WonderBoooyeeeee! Won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck, man?
[Interlude]
Guitar 1
e|--------------8-8/10-------------------|
B|---vvvvv---------------------vvvvv-----|
G|-7/3-------------------------3---------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 (played when 8 8/10 is played)
e|--B---------|
B|--7--7------|
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|------------|
[Verse 2]
e|---------2-----------5p3--------------vv---vv---------------------------------|
B|---3-------3---2---------3---5---3----3----3--vv-vvvvvvvvv--------------------|
G|-----2-------2-----3-------3---3-------------03--2/3\2/3\2--------------------|
D|-0-----0----------------------------0-----------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Well, Wonderboy and Young Nastyman joined forces and they formed a band the likes of
which have never been seen. And they called themselves Tenacious D..... That's right!
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------7-------7------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-5--7--7----7--7------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-5--7--5----7--5------|
E|-------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-3--5-------5---------|
ME! and KG! (That's ME!) with (blawh!) TenaAaaaaaaaAacious D! Come fly with me! FLY!
[Solo] B
e|-10----10----10----10-12-12-12-10---------------------------------------------|
B|----10----10----10----------------10-10/11-10----10---------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------12------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-15p14p12--|
B|-----------|
G|-----------|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|
e|-17p15p14-12h14p12-10h12p10-8h10p8--------------B-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------11-13-11-13-13-13-11-13--------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11-11/9-9-7-9-11-11/9-9-7-9-7-6-4-2------------------7-----------------------|
D|--x--x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-2--5-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-x-----------------------|
A|--9--9/7-7-5-7--9--9/7-7-5-7-5-4-2-0--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-5-----------------------|
E|--------------------------------------3-5-3-5-7-5-3-5-------------------------|
[Chorus]
e|---5--3-2---2-----2----------5p3-----5p3--------------------------------------|
B|--------------3-----3---2--------3-------3------------------------------------|
G|-3--------------2-----2----3-------3------------------------------------------|
D|----------0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
WonderBooyeee! What is the secret of your powers?!
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------7--------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-5--7--7--------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-5--7--5--------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-3--5-----------------|
WonderBoooyeeeee! Won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck, man?
[Ending]
Guitar 1:
e|------------|
B|------------| Repeat till sound ends:
G|-7----------|
D|-7-----8----|
A|-5-----8----|
E|-------6----|
Guitar 2:
e|-----------------V-V-V-V-V-|
B|-8-7--7-8-7---7--7---------|
G|-----9------9--------------| Repeat till it says: you take the high road, I'll take the low...
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
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| x Dead note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| B Bend
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How to play Wonderboy
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.