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Instrumental

NOFX
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Song

INSTRUMENTAL by NOFX. Album: Maximum Rocknroll (1988) 1/2

This song's intro is also in Scream for change (S&M Airlines 1989). Why

they haven't put Fat Mike's beautiful voice in this?

:

# intro #

E----------------------------|
B----------------------------|
G------------------12-11-9---|
D---2------10---9--12-11-9---|
A---2------10---9--10--9-7---|
E---0-------8---7------------|

:

# riff # -

E-----------------------------------------------------

B-----------------------------------------------------

G--------9-9--9---7-----------------------------------
D--------9-9--9---7-10-10-10--10--9-------------------
A--------7-7--7---5-10-10-10--10--9--2-3-2-2----------
E---0--0-------------8--8--8---8--7----------3-2-0----

-riff

-----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------|
---------9-9--9---7-----------------------12-11--9---|
---------9-9--9---7-10-10-10--10--9--9-9--12-11--9---|
---------7-7--7---5-10-10-10--10--9--9-9--10--9--7---|
----0--0-------------8--8--8---8--7--7-7-------------|

:

# "solo" # \=slide down Other guitar plays riff -

E----------------------------------------------------------------

B----------------------------------------------------------------

G----------------------------------------------------------------

D-----------------------------------------------------5--7--7----
A---7--7--9-10-5--3--3-5-3--2--2-3-2-2-----7-7\-7--7-------------
E--------------------------------------3-2-----------------------

-"solo"

--------------------------|
-----------------8-7--5---|
----5--7-7-7-7-7----------|    - Then play riff ?X.
--------------------------|
--------------------------|
--------------------------|

:

# bridge # # riff2 # X3

E-----------------|   E------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------|   B------------------------------------------------------|
G--12-7-9-9-9-9---|   G---------9-9-9-12-11--9--7--------------12-7-9-9-9-9--|
D--12-7-9-9-9-9---|   D---2-2-2-9-9-9-12-11--9--7-10-7-9-9-9-9-12-7-9-9-9-9--|
A--10-5-7-7-7-7---|   A---2-2-2-7-7-7-10--9--7--5-10-7-9-9-9-9-10-5-7-7-7-7--|
E-----------------|   E---0-0-0--------------------8-5-7-7-7-7---------------|

:

Then play bridge.

:

# riff3 # X2? !Other guitar takes pauses! -

E------------------------------------------------------------------

B------------------------------------------------------------------

G-----------9-----7-9-9---------9----12-9-9---------9-----7-9-9----
D-----------9-----7-9-9---------9----12-9-9---------9-----7-9-9----
A-----------7-----5-7-7---------7----10-7-7---------7-----5-7-7----
E---0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0-------------0-0-0-0----------------

-riff3

--------------------------|
--------------------------|
------------9-------------|
------------9---9-8-7-5---|
------------7-------------|
----0-0-0-0---------------|

------------to next page...

:

INSTRUMENTAL 2/2

:

# riff4 # -

E----------------------------------------------------------------

B----------------------------------------------------------------

G---4---------------5---------------------7-7-7------------------
D---4---------------5---------------5-5-5-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----
A---2---------------3---------------5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----
E-----------------------------------3-3-3-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0----

-riff4

----/-p-m-\---------/-p-m-\--------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------

----4-4-4-4-4----4--5-5-5-5-5----12-12-12-7-7-7------------------
----4-4-4-4-4----4--5-5-5-5-5----12-12-12-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----
----2-2-2-2-2----2--3-3-3-3-3----10-10-10-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----
------------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0----

-riff4

----/-p-m-\---------/-p-m-\-------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------

----4-4-4-4-4----4--5-5-5-5-5---5--12-7-9-9-9-9-12-7-9-9-9-9----
----4-4-4-4-4----4--5-5-5-5-5---5--12-7-9-9-9-9-12-7-9-9-9-9----
----2-2-2-2-2----2--3-3-3-3-3---3--10-5-7-7-7-7-10-5-7-7-7-7----

----------------------------------------------------------------

-riff4

----/-p-m-\---------/-p-m-\-------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------

----4-4-4-4-4----4--5-5-5-5-5---5--12-7-9-9-9-9-12-7-9-9-9-9----
----4-4-4-4-4----4--5-5-5-5-5---5--12-7-9-9-9-9-12-7-9-9-9-9----
----2-2-2-2-2----2--3-3-3-3-3---3--10-5-7-7-7-7-10-5-7-7-7-7----

----------------------------------------------------------------

-riff4 *=play 12X

----------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------*-------*-------*-------*---

---12-7-9-9-9-9-12-7-9-9-9-9-4-------5------12-------9----
---12-7-9-9-9-9-12-7-9-9-9-9-4-------5------12-------9----
---10-5-7-7-7-7-10-5-7-7-7-7-2-------3------10-------7----

----------------------------------------------------------

-riff4

-------------------------------------------------------------|
-----*-------*-----------------------------------------------|
----4-------5------12---7-----------------TILT---------------|   (Quite a
----4-------5------12---7---2--2--2-------------TILT---------|    long riff)
----2-------3------10---5---2--2--2-------------------TILT---|
----------------------------0--0--0--------------------------|

:

BOM! Let me do it again...

Tabbed by Jussi Heinonen 08.05.1998.

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