TAB:  Black Ball, from the Offspring's self-titled album

Okay, enough lecturing :)  Black Ball is a fairly easy tab until the middle
part beginning with the solo.  I'm a little shaky on it, it doesn't sound
exactly right, but it suffices.  The rest of the song is easy.

Intro/Verse:
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|-----------------5-5-5-5-2-----------------8-9-8-----------8-9-8-|
|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-drums-9-9-9-9-9-8-9-8-9-9-9-9-9-8-9-8-|
|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-0-------9-9-9-9-9-6-7-6-9-9-9-9-9-6-7-6-|
|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-----------------7-7-7-7-7-------7-7-7-7-7-------|

  Play this nifty little riff for the entire intro and verse, and
  when you get to the chorus, you can play this.

Chorus: (play this twice)
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|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
  Win the battle lose the war.....            ...were still real.

Middle part, solo:
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|-2-------------4-4-5-4---4h5p4---4-5-7-5---4-5-4---4-----------------|
|-2-ring------------------------7-----------------7---7-5-7-5-4-5-4---|
|-0-----------------------------------------------------------------7-|

  That isn't all of the solo, it's only the first part.  I'm doing this
  from memory, and that's all I remember :)  The same notes used here
  are used throughout the rest of the solo, so improvisation is okay.

  It's here that an acoustic-style guitar enters, playing this riff,
  with the distorted electric kicking in on the eighth bar.

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|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-9--------------/10-------------/10-|
|-9--------------/10-------------/10-|
|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7/8---7-7-7-7-7-7/8--|
|------------------------------------|
      *---P.M---*     *---P.M---*

Then, for the second part of the bridge, I don't think this is right, but
it sounds okay, so you'll have to try it and e-mail me if you think it
sounds different.

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|-12-12-12-12-------------10-10-10-10-------------9----------10--------/10-|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9----------10--------/10-|
|-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-7--7777-7-7/8-7777-7-7/8-|
|-------------10-10-10-10--------------8--8--8--8--------------------------|
                                                     *--PM--*   *--PM--*

In the style of forgotten men I look to my horizon
I see nothing
While thoughts of guns and desecration sweep through my mind
Only coffins and bones remain
As I look to see the emptiness behind your eyes, seals my decision
Can't carry on in a world of jugglers
Where all this thoughtlessness and bludgeonings, your key to success
What kind of tradition to carry on.


And from here, it's verse, chorus, and chop it off on an E.  Have a blast.