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Song
THE NIPS ARE GETTING BIGGER - Mental As Anything
Transcribed by Dan Schaumann
INTRO:
|This first bit is sort of like an 'intro to the intro' as can|
|be seen in the timing change. It is played only once, being |
|followed by the 'main guitar progression' straight away |
G C D
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G|----------------------------5---5-5-----5-------5-5---7-7---| D|5-5-----5-------5-5-----5---5---5-5-----5-------5-5-s-7-7---| A|5-5-----5-------5-5-----5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---5-5---| E|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------|
MAIN GUITAR PROGRESSION:
|Played three times - first time solo, second time with the |
|bass and third time with the drums. It then continues to be |
|played over each verse |
G C D
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G|--------------------------------5---5-5-----5-------5-5---7-7---| D|----5-5-----5-------5-5-----5---5---5-5-----5-------5-5-s-7-7---| A|----5-5-----5-------5-5-----5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5---| E|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-----------------------------------|
BASS:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------11----9-----------------------------------------12------| A|10--------------------12----9---10----10------10--10--------9---| E|----------------------------------------12----------12----------|
G C D
Started out just drinking beer
G C D
I didn't know how or why or what I was doing there
G C D
Just a couple more made me feel a little better
G C D
Believe me when I tell you it was nothing to do with the letter
GUITAR BREAK:
E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------8-10p8------10----| G|-----7-------5--------------9---------9--11------| D|-----7---5---5-----------------------------------| A|-----5---5---3-----------------------------------| E|---------3---------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|------7-------3--------------9--9--9--9--11------| D|------7---5---3--------------10-10-10-10-12------| A|------5---5---5----------------------------------| E|----------3--------------------------------------|
G C D
Ran right out of beer, I took a look into the larder
G C D
No bones nothing I'd better go and get something harder
G C D
Back in a flash I started on a dash of Jamaica Rum
G C D
Me and Pat Malone, drinking on our own
CHORUS:
G C D
Oh, the nips are getting bigger
G C D
Oh yeah, the nips are getting bigger
G C D
Oh, the nips are getting bigger
G C D
Yeah, they're getting bigger
REPEAT GUITAR BREAK
G C D
Sometimes I wonder what all these chemicals are doing to my brain
G C D
Doesn't worry me enough to stop me from doing it again
G C D
Wiping out brain cells by the million but I don't care
G C D
Doesn't worry me even though I ain't got a lot to spare
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT GUITAR BREAK
(End by repeating first three power chords from guitar break)
18/05/2001
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