Iris (solo) Tab

Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls
Tabber: Jake Chen


Guitar 2- E Standard, uses some weird effects for that mandolin
          sound. Background stuff

Guitar 1 Tuning: BDDDDD, Acoustic 
B - (E DOWN to a B, use a low B string if you don't want to tune it)
D - (A DOWN to a D, use a low E string if you don't tune it)
D - (Leave it alone)  
D - (G DOWN to a D, or use a high B string and tune it up) 
D - (B UP to a D, use a high E string if you don't want it to snap)
D - (E DOWN to a D) 


Chords: (these are all D's, so they are just denoted by
         their root note in the tab)

D    - 3x0000
D/E  - 5x0000
D/G  - 8x0000
D/B1 - 0x0000 
D/B2 - 12x0000
D/A  - 10x0000
D/F# - 7x0000
D/C# - 2x0000

Riff 1 (Guitar 2):

E|-----10--12-|
B|---7--------|
G|-7----------|
D||-----------|
A|------------|
E| -----------|

Intro - Kinda screwy but I figured it out

D|-0--0--0---0--0---0----0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|
D|-0--0--0---0--0---0----0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|
D|-0--0--0---0--0---0----0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|
D|-12-12-12--11-11--12---5-5-5-4--5-4-0-|
D|-9--9--9---9--9---9----5-5-5-5--0-0-0-|
B|-0--0--0---0--0---0----0-0-0-0--0-0-0-| x2 


Verse - Arpegiated stuff, figure out the timings.

"And I'll give..."

        D            D/E           D/G
D|--------0----|--------0----|--------0----|
D|------0---0--|------0---0--|------0---0--|
D|-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-|
D|---0---------|---0---------|---0---------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-3-----------|-5-----------|-8-----------|


"Cos I know..."
      D/B1            D/A            D/G
D|--------0----|---------0----|--------0----|
D|------0---0--|-------0---0--|------0---0--|
D|-----0-----0-|------0-----0-|-----0-----0-|
D|---0---------|----0---------|---0---------|
D|-------------|--------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-10-----------|-8-----------|

etc.


Chorus - Didn't bother showing the strum pattern

"And I don't want....."

  D/B2   D/A   D/G
D|-0------0-----0--|
D|-0------0-----0--|
D|-0------0-----0--|
D|-0------0-----0--|
D|-x------x-----x--|
B|-12-----10----8--| *riff 1*

Intro

Verse

Chorus


Break - Play this part twice

       D/B1          D/C#           D
D|--------0----|--------0----|--------0----|
D|------0---0--|------0---0--|------0---0--|
D|-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-|
D|---0---------|---0---------|---0---------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-2-----------|-3-----------|


      D/B1            D/A            D/G
D|--------0----|---------0----|--------0----|
D|------0---0--|-------0---0--|------0---0--|
D|-----0-----0-|------0-----0-|-----0-----0-|
D|---0---------|----0---------|---0---------|
D|-------------|--------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-10-----------|-8-----------|


Interlude - Its pretty tricky here, so figure it out.
            Play it three times.

D/B1, D/B1, D/B,1 D/B1
D/A, D/A, D/A, D/A
D/B2, D/A, D/G, D/G, D/G, D/F#, D/F#, D/G, D/F#, D/E 


Bridge to Solo - Just a small bit

D/B1, D/B1, D/B,1 D/B1
D/A, D/A, D/A, D/A
D/B2, D/A


Solo - The chords are Johnny's part and the rest of it
   is for the solo guitar on some pretty wicked distortion
 

   D/G      D/F#     D/G      D/B         D/G
E|------|---------|-------|----------|----------|
B|------|---------|-------|----------|----7-----|
G|-/7---|-6----2/-|-7--/9-|-/11--\2/-|-7----6---|
D|------|---------|-------|----------|----------|
A|------|---------|-------|----------|----------|
E|------|---------|-------|----------|----------|

  D/F#   D/B,D/C#,D,D/E,D/F#     D/G     D/F#       D/B2
E|-----|----------------------|-------|--------|-9--10--9--------9-|
B|-----|-0/12-----------------|-------|-----10-|----------10-------|
G|-(6)\|----------------------|--7--/9|-/11----|--------------11---|
D|-----|----------------------|-------|--------|-------------------|
A|-----|----------------------|-------|--------|-------------------|
E|-----|----------------------|-------|--------|-------------------|


D/B2, D/A, D/G, D/F#, D/E, D, D/B1


Break - Play it twice again.


Chorus - Play it twice but prolong the D/G on the last verse
         of the chorus

Break to fade...