You might be getting a bad tab (their are lots) or you just might be tab-illiterate! j/k, i did'nt have any trouble with tabs but one of my friends did, just keep at it, start with simple songs, i did papa roaches (ca'nt remember the song, first hit song??) after about a week of playing, try it. If you try to play some pantera or metallica you'll just get frusterated because you have to sertan skills to play fast: alternate picking, palm-muting, fast string skipping, etc