Chord/Tab song: Open the Gate

No Doubt - Open The Gate
Submitted By: Anjel
EMail: [email protected]
Tabbed by:GOo ([email protected])

Ok, no one has No Doubt tabs, so I'm taking a stab at some.
This rockin song is the first track of the Beacon Street
Collection. It's in standard 4 time.

Riff 1: Intro (Distortion)

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[Bb5] |1. [G5] [Ab5] [C5] [Db5] [D5] [Eb5] [B] |1.

E|-----||------------------------------------------------------------|----
B|-----||------------------------------------------------------------|----
G|-----||o-------------------------5-6-6---6-6-x-x-7-8-8---8-8-x-x---|----
D|-8-8-||o-8-8-x-x-5-6-6---6-6-x-x-5-6-6---6-6-x-x-7-8-8---8-8-x-x-7-|-8-8
A|-8-8-||--8-8-x-x-5-6-6---6-6-x-x-3-4-4---4-4-x-x-5-6-6---6-6-x-x-7-|-8-8
E|-6-6-||--6-6-x-x-3-4-4---4-4-x-x---------------------------------5-|-6-6

|2.

e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--8-8---8-8---8-8---6--7--|
A|--8-8---8-8---8-8---6--7--|
E|--6-6---6-6---6-6---4--5--|

Riff 2: Verse (Light Distortion)

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[Bb] [Ab] [Eb] [Bb]

e||--6-------|-----------|--4--------|--3--------|--6--------|
B||--6-------|-----------|--4--------|--4--------|--6--------|
G||--7-------|-----------|--5--------|--3--------|--7--------|
D||--8-------|-----------|--6--------|--5--------|--8--------|
A||--8-------|-----------|--6--------|--6--------|--8--------|
E||--6-------|-----------|--4--------|-----------|--6--------| 

[Bb] [Cm] [G] [Ab] [Eb] [D] [C] [Bb]

e||--6-------|-----------|--3--------|--4--------|--3--------|--6--------|
B||--6-------|--8--------|--3--------|--4--------|--4--------|--6--------|
G||--7-------|--8--------|--4--------|--5--------|--3--------|--7--------|
D||--8-------|--10-------|--5--------|--6--------|--5--------|--8--------|
A||--8-------|--10-------|--5--------|--6--------|--6----5-3-|--8--------|
E||--6-------|--8--------|--3--------|--4--------|-----------|--6--------|

There's also some funking muting going on in the
background during the verse. Just go nuts on the
top string or two, or something...

Riff 3: Chorus (Distortion)

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(Strum each chord for 4 beats, 1/4 note rythm)

e||--------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------||
B||--------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------||
G||--------|--6------|---------|---------|--6------|--8-----||
D||--6-----|--6------|--8------|--6------|--6------|--8-----||
A||--6-----|--4------|--8------|--6------|--4------|--6-----||
E||--4-----|---------|--6------|--4------|---------|--------||

(Strum each note written once)

e|--------------|----------------|
B|--------------|----------------|
G|--------------|----------------|
D|--8-8----8-8--|--8-8----6---7--|
A|--8-8----8-8--|--8-8----6---7--|
E|--6-6----6-6--|--6-6----4---5--|

Riff 4: Bridge A (Distortion)

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e||--------------| This shows up a few times e|-----------||
B||--------------| in the song. Once at 2:08 B|-----------||
G||--------------| and again at 3:34. Just G|-----------||
D||--8-8----8-8--| repeat as many times as D|---6---7---||
A||--8-8----8-8--| necessary, then go to A|---6---7---||
E||--6-6----6-6--| this next riff: E|---4---5---||

Riff 5: Bridge B (Distortion) (3:01)

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e||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
B||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
G||o--------------|--------------|--6--6--6--6--|--8--8--8--8--o||
D||o--8--8--8--8--|--6--6--6--6--|--6--6--6--6--|--8--8--8--8--o||
A||---8--8--8--8--|--6--6--6--6--|--4--4--4--4--|--6--6--6--6---||
E||---6--6--6--6--|--4--4--4--4--|--------------|---------------||

Open the gate up ...