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Just the Flu

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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Song: Just the flu

Band: Nofx

Album: Ribbed

Year: 1991

Tabbed By: Justin Barkley

Contact me: RedSquirrel5721 on aim msn or yahoo

This is one of my favorite Nofx songs the speed on eric melvins solo

is impressive but if you work on picking the individual notes you can

match it. obviously no one is going to pick up their guitar and play

it straight through the first time, but i hope my tab is good enough

that you can at least follow:) check out my other tabs too :)

good luck,

Intro:

Gtr.1:

E|------------------------|  |------------------------------||
B|------------------------|  |------------------------------||
G|------------------------|  |-55554444---------------------||
D|-777777777777-------5---|x3|-55554444---------------------||
A|-777777777777-5-7-5-----|  |-33332222---------------------||
E|-555555555555-----------|  |------------------------------||

pm...................... .........

E|------------------------|  |------------------------------||
B|------------------------|  |------------------------------||
G|------------------------|  |-55554444---------------------||
D|-777777777777-------5---|x3|-55554444---------------------||
A|-777777777777-5-7-5-----|  |-33332222---------------------||
E|-555555555555-----------|  |------------------------------||

pm...................... .........

E|------------------------|  |------------------------------||
B|------------------------|  |------------------------------||
G|------------------------|  |--5-4-------------------------||
D|-777777777777-------5---|x3|--5-4-5-----------------------||
A|-777777777777-5-7-5-----|  |--3-2-5-----------------------||
E|-555555555555-----------|  |------3-----------------------||

pm......................

"nothing.... nothing..."

E|------------------------|  |----------------------------------||
B|------------------------|  |----------------------------------||
G|------------------------|  |--5-4-----------------------------||
D|-777777777777-------5---|x3|--5-4-5-22222222222222-5555555555-||
A|-777777777777-5-7-5-----|  |--3-2-5-00000000000000-3333333333-||
E|-555555555555-----------|  |------3---------------------------||

pm...................... .........................

Gtr.2:

E|------------------------|  |------------------------------||
B|------------------------|  |------------------------------||
G|------------------------|  |------------------------------||
D|----7----7--7-------5---|x3|-10-10-10---999-9-------------||
A|--------------5-7-5-----|  |-10-10-10---999-9-------------||
E|-5-5--5-5--5------------|  |-8--8--xx---777-x-------------||

pm.................... ....... ...

E|------------------------|  |------------------------------||
B|------------------------|  |------------------------------||
G|------------------------|  |------------------------------||
D|----7----7--7-------5---|x3|-10-10-10---999-9-------------||
A|--------------5-7-5-----|  |-10-10-10---999-9-------------||
E|-5-5--5-5--5------------|  |-8--8--xx---777-x-------------||

pm.................... ....... ...

E|------------------------|  |------------------------------||
B|------------------------|  |------------------------------||
G|------------------------|  |------------------------------||
D|----7----7--7-------5---|x3|-10--9--5--7------------------||
A|--------------5-7-5-----|  |-10--9--5--7------------------||
E|-5-5--5-5--5------------|  |-8---7--3--5------------------||

pm....................

Gtr.1 during intro solo:

E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------555555--------------------------------------||
D|-777777-333333-555555-555555-------------------------------||
A|-777777-333333-333333-555555-------------------------------||
E|-555555-111111--------333333-------------------------------||

Gtr.2 intro solo: pic first 2 notes in each bend.

E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
B|-15b16r15-15b16r15-15b16r15-15b16r15-----------------------||
G|-----------------------------------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------||
A|-----------------------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
B|-15B16r-15-12-10-12-10-------------------------------------||
G|----------------------12-9-8-7-----------------------------||
D|------------------------------10-9-7/----------------------||
A|-----------------------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||

Verse:

Gtr.1: 4x

E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------555555--------------------------------------||
D|-777777-333333-555555-555555-------------------------------||
A|-777777-333333-333333-555555-------------------------------||
E|-555555-111111--------333333-------------------------------||

Gtr.2: 4x

E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------||
G|--------1010101010--------------1212121212-----------------||
D|-77777--1010101010--1010101010--1212121212-----------------||
A|-77777--8-8-8-8-8---1010101010--1010101010-----------------||
E|-55555--------------8-8-8-8-8------------------------------||

Chorus:

Gtr.1: 2x- slide from chord to chord

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

Gtr.2: 2x

E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
B|-9--------9---------9--------9-----------------------------||
G|--10-7-10---10-7-10---10-------12--------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------||
A|-----------------------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||

Bridge:

both guitars: 3x

E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----------------------------------------------------------||
D|-7-77/88/7---10-10/77--------------------------------------||
A|-7-77/88/7---10-10/77--------------------------------------||
E|-0h55/66/5---8--8-/55--------------------------------------||

Gtr.1 during solo:

E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----------------------------------------------------------||
D|-10--10--14/12--9--10--10----------------------------------||
A|-8---10--12/10--7--8---10----------------------------------||
E|-----8-----------------8-----------------------------------||

Gtr.2 Solo:

E|------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------17-16-14-------------------------||
D|----------12-14-15-15h17p15--------17-15-14------17-15-14---||
A|-12-14-15-----------------------------------17-15--------17-||
E|------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----------------------------------------------------------||
D|-15-14--------14-12--14/-----------------------------------||
A|------17-15-12-----14--------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||

Verse2:

Gtr.1: 4x

E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------555555--------------------------------------||
D|-777777-333333-555555-555555-------------------------------||
A|-777777-333333-333333-555555-------------------------------||
E|-555555-111111--------333333-------------------------------||

Gtr.2: 4x

E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------||
G|--------1010101010--------------1212121212-----------------||
D|-77777--1010101010--1010101010--1212121212-----------------||
A|-77777--8-8-8-8-8---1010101010--1010101010-----------------||
E|-55555--------------8-8-8-8-8------------------------------||

Chorus2:

Gtr.1: - slide from chord to chord

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

Gtr.2:

E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
B|-9--------9---------9--------9-----------------------------||
G|--10-7-10---10-7-10---10-------12--------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------||
A|-----------------------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||

Outro: both guitar2

E|-----------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----------------------------------------------------------||
D|-5-5-5-555-7/----------------------------------------------||
A|-5-5-5-555-7/----------------------------------------------||
E|-3-3-3-333-5/----------------------------------------------||

Lyrics:

Nothin... nothin....

Looking back to the past,

predictions of the end

Unseen ultra violet rays

that are beating on my head

Nuclear threat,

wanna bet,

will be our demise?

The day will come when we'll look to apocalyptic skies

When the news had spread,

that soon we'd all be dead

Well it just blew our minds

No one could have guessed

our worst fears at best

Figments of our time.... time!

So it seems

that our dreams

will never come to be

How could such a stupid thing destroy humanity?

A few weeks till extinction

and there's nothing we can do

A message sent to other worlds will say, "It was just the flu"

There's no lesson to be learned

There's no one left to learn it...

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