Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 08:44:54 -0500 (EST)
From: *
Album: Hang-ups (1997)
Transcribed by Luke Knox (*)
This is a great song by one of my all-time favorite bands, Goldfinga!
The song, does, however, have lots of little bits and pieces to play. So,
Main/Intro riff: (repeated)
E----------------------------------
B----------------------------------
G----------------------------------
D----4-5-4-5--------4-5-4-5-7------
A-5r---------7---5r-------------5r-
E--------------5--------------5----Play main/intro riff once, then at the end of the second time, play this:
E-----------
B-----------
G-11-11--12-
D-11-11--12-
A--9--9--10-
E-----------
F#ii G
2nd guitar plays these chords under the main/intro riff:
E------------------------
B------------------------
G--7---------------------
D--7----5----9----7------
A--5----5----9----7------ (Play these 4x)
E-------3----7----5------DGBAThe intro riff ends, and lead guitar plays this riff:
E----------------------------------------------------
B-----7-8-10-8-8-----7-8-7-7s8-7----------7-10-------
G-7-9------------7-9-------7s9-7--9-7-9-7------9-7---
D----------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------Rythym ska part played during verse:
DGE---5----3-----
B---7----3-----
G---7----4-----
D---7----5-----
A--------------
E--------------
Verse:
DGDG
You taught me how to play guitar, you taught me that I'd go
DGDGD
far just by trying. Yea just by trying. We were kids playing
GDGDG
Social D., spiritual man on l.s.d., we were frying, yea we
D
were frying.
Play this riff during last half of verse:
E-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-------------------------
B-10-10-10-10--8--8--8--8----------7-7-7-8-7------
G--------------------------7-7-7-9-----------9-7--
D-------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------
Bridge:
Em C Em Fii
E--7---3---7---8----
B--8---5---8--10----
G--9---5---9--10----
D--9---5---9--10----
A-------------------
E-------------------EmCEm
Once in a while you'd fuck with me, no ground on my bass and
Fii
it shocked me.
Chorus:[the C and D in parantheses aren't played by guitar]
GAmCDGAm (C)(D) GE---3---5---3---5-----3---5----------3------
B---3---5---5---7-----3---5----------3------
G---4---5---5---7-----4---5----------4------
D---5---7---5---7-----5---7----------5------
A-------7-----------------7----------5------
E-------5-----------------5----------3------GAmCDGAm (C) (D) G
Cause when we were skatin', you would make the metal sign.
Repeat intro.
Verse:
DGD
You got kicked out of school for wearing profanity. "Too
GDG
drunk to fuck" said the Dead Kennedys on your button, your
DG
punk rock button.
Riff: (* means played quietly)
E-----------------------------------*10-*10--------
B-----7-8-8-9-8---------7-8-7-8------------*10-----
G-7-9-----------10-7-7----------7r------------*11--
D--------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------DGD
You were born in S.L.T., vegetarian man no
GDGDG
B.L.T. on your muffin, no turkey stuffing.
Riff:
E-----------------10-10-10-10-10-10-------------
B---------7-8-10--10--8--7--8--7--7-7-8-7-------
G-----6-7----------------------------------9-7--
D-7-9-------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------
Bridge:
EmCEm
Once in a while I'd surf with you, our first band was called
Fii
I.M.R.U.
Then repeat chorus, playing a barred G-C-G instead of the
(C)-(D)-G part at the end.
Next: repeat intro 2x, then lead guitar plays this while 2nd guitar plays
a D with palm muting:
E-----------------------------------------------------/10-
B-----------7-8-7-8-------7-8-7-8-9-----7-8-7-------------
G-----(6)-7---------9---7-------------7-------9-7-9-7-----
D-(7)-----------------7-------------7---------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------
Last verse repeats the words from the first verse, except it's played
with barre chords.
Riff: ("yeah just by trying. . .")
E---------------------
B---------------------
G---------------------
D--4-4-4-4-4-4--2--0--
A---------------------
E---------------------
Whew! That's pretty much all I've got. It took me a while to figure this
one out, and there may be some other, better ways to play this song. If
you have any questions, comments, changes, or maybe even requests, e-mail
me and I'll see what I can do you for.
Luke