Artist: Sublime
Song: What I Got
Tabbed by: John Leadman


   CHORDS:


   D (xx0232)
   G (320033)




   There are only two chords through the entire song. He just picks
   them kind of randomly, you don't have to be accurate but you
   should pick them a bit like this:

       D         G          D         G
   E|--------------------------------------------|  / = slide up
   B|------3---3-------3--------3---3-------3----|  \ = slide down
   G|------2---2-----0---0------2---2-----0-0-0--|  h = hammer-on
   D|--0-0------------------0-0-----------0---0--|  p = pull-off
   A|--------------------------------------------|  b = bend
   E|------------3-3------------------3-3--------|  r = release bend

   The above tab is just meant to give you the general idea.


   here is the bassline. It's simple but it
   sounds very cool. It's the same throughout the song.

        D               G
   G|-----------------------------------|
   D|-------------4h7-------------------|
   A|---5---5---5-------------------3---|
   E|-------------------3---3---3-------|



   VERSE 1:

   D            G
   Early in the morning

   D             G
   Rise into the street

   D                G               D                 G
   Light me up that cigarette and I strap shoes on my feet

   D             G
   Got to find a reason

   D                  G
   reason things went wrong

   D             G             D           G
   Got to find a reason why my money's all gone

   D          G
   I got a Dalmatian

   D               G
   I can still get high

   D              G             D             G
   I can play the guitar like a motherfuckin' riot


   GUITAR-SOLO:

             D        G      D       G
   E|------------------------------------
   B|-----------6------------7--5--3-3---
   G|------5-7----7-5-5h7----7--5--4-4---
   D|---/7-------------------------------
   A|------------------------------------
   E|------------------------------------

         D              G             D                    G
   E---------------12-----------------------------------------------|
   B--------10h12----12-12p10--13-12--10----------------------------|
   G--11h12--------------------------------12b13r12p10--12-10-------|
   D----------------------------------------------------------12----|
   A----------------------------------------------------------------|
   E----------------------------------------------------------------|


   VERSE 2:

        D [guitar stops, bass keeps playing]
   Life is too short so love the one ya got

   'cause you might get run over or ya might get shot

   D                              G
   Never have the battle with the bulletproof vest

   D                    G
   Never start static I get it off my chest

   D                     G
   Take a small example,  a tip from me

   D                               G
   Take all of your money, give it up to charity

   D                   G
   Love is what I got, within my reach

       D                     G
   the Sublime style's still straight from Long Beach

      D                                  G
   It comes back to you, you're going to get what you deserve

   D                         G
   Try and test that, you're bound to get served

   D                        G
   Love's what I got, don't start a riot

          D                           G
   you'll feel it when the dance gets hot



   [In this chorus you play the GUITAR-SOLO (above) again while the
    singer is singing]

   CHORUS:

   D       G           D
   Loving,   is what I got

            G
   I said remember that

   D       G           D
   Loving,   is what I got

            G
   I said remember that


   [After the chorus come some weird sounds that I don't
    know how to play. Just let the guitar be silent and
    let the bass play 'D  G' 4 times]


   VERSE 3:

   D                G
   I don't cry when my dog runs away

   D                         G
    I don't get angry at the bills I have to pay

   D                          G
    I don't get angry when my mom smokes pot

   D                         G
    Hits the bottle and goes back to the rock

   D                  G
   Fuck it, fight it, it's all the same

   D                                G
   Living with Louie Dog's the only way to stay sane

   D               G                   D   [guitar stop, weird sound]
   Let the loving, let the loving come back to me



   CHORUS: [no guitar solo in this chorus]

   D       G           D
   Loving,   is what I got

            G
   I said remember that

   D       G           D
   Loving,   is what I got

            G
   I said remember that



   OUTRO:

   D [strum once, then stop]
   Loving,   is what I got

   I said remember that

   D [strum once, then stop]
   Loving,   is what I got

   I said remember that


   [the rest of the outro is just repeating the chorus
    like usual many times, but there's a lot of picking
    in it that I've transcribed below]

        D        G        D        G        D       G       D    G
   E|------------------------------------------------------------------
   B|---7--------7--------7--------7--------7---7b8-7---7b8-7----5--3--
   G|------7--------7--------7--------7--------------------------------
   D|---------7--------7--------7--------7-----------------------------
   A|------------------------------------------------------------------
   E|------------------------------------------------------------------

       D      G      D    G        D        G        D [chords stop]
   E------------------------------------------------------------|
   B---3---\1-1-0------------0-----7--------7--------7----------|
   G---------------2-2----2-----2-----7--------7----------------|
   D-------------------------------------7--------7-------------|
   A------------------------------------------------------------|
   E------------------------------------------------------------|
                                              "...I got, I got, I got..."


   Then comes a distorted electric guitar
   that plays this:
        D       G     D      G      D       G      D     G     D
   E|----------------------------------------------8---7-7-5-------|
   B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
   G|-----------------------------------7b8-7----------------------|
   D|----------------------------------------------------------7---|
   A|---5---------------------------5--------------------------5---|
   E|---------8-8-7-5-5----7-8--7-5--------------------------------|