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Encyclopedia > Gone Away
"Gone Away"
Gone Away cover
Single by The Offspring
from the album Ixnay on the Hombre
Released 1998
Format 7", CD
Genre Punk rock
Length 4:28
Writer(s) Dexter Holland
The Offspring singles chronology
"The Meaning of Life" (1997) "Gone Away" (1998) "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" (1998)

"Gone Away" is a song by The Offspring, from the 1997 album Ixnay on the Hombre. This song, according to the DVD side of their Greatest Hits album, has helped many fans through hard times in their lives. Image File history File links GoneAwaySingle2. ... In music, a single is a short (usually ten minutes or less*) record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-side, often accompanied by several B-sides, usually remixes or other songs. ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... Ixnay On The Hombre is the 4th album by the American punk rock band The Offspring, released on February 4, 1997. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 33⅓ LP vinyl record album from the 1960s A gramophone record (also phonograph record, or simply record) is an analogue sound recording medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit České Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... The Meaning of Life is a Monty Python comedy film made in 1983. ... Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) is a single, released by The Offspring, from their 1998 album Americana. ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... Ixnay On The Hombre is the 4th album by the American punk rock band The Offspring, released on February 4, 1997. ... Greatest Hits is the only compilation album by The Offspring. ...


The song is about grieving after the death of a loved one, there are several rumors as to whom it might be about, the most common being that Dexter Holland wrote it after the death of his first wife (mother of his daughter Alexa) in a car accident. But he avoids the subject (and song) in interviews and has never confirmed or denied any rumor. Also, on the same Greatest Hits (DVD Side) he and Noodles Talks about Gone Away and there is no indication that is about any one particular person. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


Single's track listing

  1. Gone Away (Single Version)
  2. Cool To Hate
  3. D.U.I.
  4. Hey Joe

Hey Joe is an American popular song from the 1960s that has become a rock standard, and as such has been performed in a multitude of musical styles. ...

External links

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  • Songfacts

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Gone Away Tab (ver 3) by Offspring @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com (1074 words)
VERSE 1 Maybe in another life, I could find you there Pulled away before your time, I can't deal, it's so unfair, Riff A And it feels, and it feels like heaven's so far away And it feels, yeah it feels like, the world has grown cold, now that you've gone away.
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G--10---10----10---10---10---10----10----10---10----13---13---13---13---13---13---13---13---13-------- D--10---10----10---10---10---10----10----10---10----13---13---13---13---13---13---13---13---13-------- A----8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----11---11---11---11---11---11---11---11---11- E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D--13---13---13---13---13---13---13---13---13-----8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8- A--13---13---13---13---13---13---13---13---13-----8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8- E--11---11---11---11---11---11---11---11---11-----6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6- Transcibed by Bobby McIvor This is the tab for "Gone Away" it sounds pretty good no timing so you might want to add that in but this is the whole song.
H means hammer on and S means slide this also most of the time the full barre chord is not strummed just the power chord part but it is some times.
Gone Away: Information from Answers.com (227 words)
"Gone Away" is a song by The Offspring, from the 1997 album Ixnay on the Hombre.
This song, according to the DVD side of their Greatest Hits album, has helped many fans through hard times in their lives.
Also, on the Greatest Hits (DVD Side), he and Noodles talk about Gone Away and there is no indication that is about any one particular person.
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