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,
if you like Goldfinger, I know you'll enjoy it:
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 |
D G B A
The 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:
D G
| E 5 3 |
| B 7 3 |
| G 7 4 |
| D 7 5 |
| A |
| E |
Verse:
D G D G
You taught me how to play guitar, you taught me that I'd go
D G D G D
far just by trying. Yea just by trying. We were kids playing
G D G D G
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 |
Em C Em
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]
G Am C D G Am (C)(D) G
| E 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 |
G Am C D
Chris Cayton, I called you Satan.
G Am (C) (D) G
Cause when we were skatin', you would make the metal sign.
Repeat intro.
Verse:
D G D
You got kicked out of school for wearing profanity. "Too
G D G
drunk to fuck" said the Dead Kennedys on your button, your
D G
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 |
D G D
You were born in S.L.T., vegetarian man no
G D G D G
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:
Em C Em
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