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Youth of America

Melvins
Tab
★4.6(4)

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Song

Melvins - Youth Of America

(The Wipers)

Main Guitar Riff (Intro)

2x

E||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-9-10-9-7-9---9-10-9-7-9---9-10-9-7-9-7----7----7--------------7---------||
D||----------------------------------------10---10---10-8------10---10-8----||
A||-------------------------------------------------------8--------------8--||
E||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||

End of intro

E|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|----7--------------7-----------------------|
D|-10---10-8------10---10-8------------------|
A|-----------8--------------8---10---5-------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

let ring

Bass riff during intro

A / F / D / F' / A'

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--1-1--1--1-1--1--1-1--1--1-1--1-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5--5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-8--8--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse

D / F

E||-----------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------||
G||-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--7------------------||
D||-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--7--3--3--3--3--3-3-||
A||-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5--5--3--3--3--3--3-3-||
E||-------------------------------------1--1--1--1--1-1-||

"Youth of America - is living in the jungle

fighting for survival - but there's no place to go

Youth of America - there's pressure all around

the walls are crumbling down - the walls are coming down on you"

Bass riff during verse

G||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
D||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
A||-5-5-5-5--3--5-5-5-5--3--5-5-5-5--3--5-5-5-5--3------------------||
E||-------------------------------------------------1--1--1--1--1-1-||

Chorus

G / A# / F

D# / A#

D# / A# / F' / D

E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

"It is time we rectify this now"

1x

E||------------------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------------------||
G||-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-------------------------||
D||-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||
A||-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||
E||-------------------------6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||

"We got to see it now

Got to see it now..." <--Let Ring (A#)

E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|-10------7------|
D|-10------7------|
A|--8*-----5*-----|
E|----------------|

*Let Ring

"...now, now."

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