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The Death of John Smith

NOFX
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Song

THE DEATH OF JOHN SMITH by NOFX. Album: The Longest Line (1991)

Man, what a rhythm! One of the coolest NOFX songs ever!

A=Melvin B=El Hefe A&B=both

!FOR MORE ACCURATE NOFX GUITAR TABS, VISIT www.jiihootabs.cjb.net!

# intro #A !pick-slide! |

E---0-------3-------2---------------3--0-------3-------2-------------------|
B---2-------0-------3------------1--0--2-------0-------3-------------------|
G---2-------0-------2------------0--0--2-------0-------2-------5----5--7---|
D---2-------0-------0-------3----2--0--2-------0-------0-------3----2--5---|
A---0-------2-------0-------3----3--2--0-------2-------0------------3--5---|
E-----------3---------------1-------3----------3---------------------------|

# intro #B !pick-slide! |

E----------------------------------------------3--------------------0--3---|
B-------------------3--------------------------0-------3------------1--0---|
G---2-------0-------2------------------2-------0-------2------------0--0---|
D---2-------0-------0-------3----2--5--2-------0-------0-------3----2--0---|
A---0-------2-------0-------3----3--5--0-------2-------0-------3----3--2---|
E-----------3---------------1------------------3---------------1-------3---|

|introA |||=pick-slide

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

|introB

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---2------14--12--10---9---|
|---2-----------------------|
|---0------12--10---8---7---|
|---------------------------|

:

# riff #A&B h=hammer-on %=pause m=palm-muted |

E---------------------------------------------------%%------%%------|
B---------------------------------------------------%%------%%------|
G---2-2---2---------2-2---2-5--5--4-2-2---2---------%%------%%------|
D---2-2---2-55555---2-2---2-5--5--5-2-2---2-55555---%%3--3--%%5--5--|
A---0-0---0-------3-0-0---0---------0-0---0-------3-%%3--3--%%2--2--|
E---------------------------------------------------%%1--1--%%3--3--|

|riffA&B |

|---------------------------mm-m-m--%%--------------%%------%%------|
|-----------------------------------%%--------------%%------%%------|
|---2-2---2---------2-2---2---------%%2---2---------%%------%%------|
|---2-2---2-55555---2-2---2-------6-%%2---2-55555---%%3--3--%%5--5--|
|---0-0---0-------3-0-0---0-55-5-56-%%0---0-------3-%%3--3--%%2--2--|
|---------------------------33-3-34-%%--------------%%1--1--%%3--3--|

|riffA&B |

|---------------------------------------------------%%------%%------|
|---------------------------------------------------%%------%%------|
|---2-2---2---------2-2---2-5--5--4-2-2---2---------%%------%%------|
|---2-2---2-55555---2-2---2-5--5--5-2-2---2-55555---%%3--3--%%5--5--|
|---0-0---0-------3-0-0---0---------0-0---0-------3-%%3--3--%%2--2--|
|---------------------------------------------------%%1--1--%%3--3--|

|riffA&B

|---%%------%%------%%------%%------|
|---%%------%%------%%------%%------|
|---%10-10--%12-12--%%------%%------|
|---%10-10--%12-12--%%3--3--%%5--5--|
|---%%8--8--%10-10--%%3--3--%%5--5--|
|---%%------%%------%%1--1--%%3--3--|

:

# verse #A&B X4 %=pause with muting

E-------------%%%%%%----------%%%%%%--------------------------------|
B-------------%%%%%%----------%%%%%%--------------------------------|
G---6-6---6-6-%%%%%%6-6---6-6-%%%%%%---------------------0-------0--|
D---7-7---7-7-%%%%%%7-7---7-7-%%%%%%3-3---3-3-3---3---2-------0-----|
A---7-7---7-7-%%%%%%7-7---7-7-%%%%%%3-3---3-3-3---3-3-------2-------|
E---5-5---5-5-%%%%%%5-5---5-5-%%%%%%1-1---1-1-1---1-----------------|

:

# chorus #A *=play 6X #=play 3X

E---1*------0#--3#--1*--------------1*------3*------|
B---1-------1---0---1---------------1-------0-------|
G---2-------0---0---2-------4---5---2-------0-------|
D---3-------2---0---3---------------3-------0-------|
A---3-------3---2---3-------2---3---3-------2-------|
E---1-----------3---1---------------1-------3-------|

# chorus #B *=play 6X #=play 3X

E---------------------------------------------------|
B------------#--------------------------------------|
G----*------0----#---*-------#---#---*-------*------|
D---3-------2---5---3-------5---7---3-------5-------|
A---3-------3---5---3---------------3-------5-------|
E---1-----------3---1-------3---5---1-------3-------|

:

# TILT #A p=pull-off h=hammer-on *=play 6X m=palm-muted %=pause |\

E---------%%----------m-m-m-----------m-m-m-------------------------| \
B---------%%-----------------*--------------------------------------|  \
G---------%%p--5--5--------14------\--------p--5--5-p-------p--5--7-|   \
D---7-7-7\%%75h-----7------14------\7-------75h-----75h5--5-75h5--7-|    \
A---7-7-7\%%--7-----7-7-7-712------\7-7-7-7---7-------7-------73--5-|     \
E---5-5-5\%%--------5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5-------------------------|      \

# TILT #B p=pull-off h=hammer-on *=play 6X m=palm-muted %=pause | A&B /

E---------%%-----------%%%----------m-m-m---------------------------|     /
B---------%%-----------%%%---*--------------------------------------|    /
G---------%%p--5--5----%%%/14------\--------p--5--5-p-------p--5--7-|   /
D---7----\%%75h-----7-\%%%/14------\------7-75h-----75h5--5-75h5--7-|  /
A---7----\%%--7-----7-\%%%/12------\7-7-7-----7-------7-------73--5-| /
E---5----\%%--------5-\%%%----------5-5-5---------------------------|/

|TILTA&B |

|------%%%%%-----------%%%%%----------m-m-m-------------------------|
|------%%%%%-----------%%%%%-*--------------------------------------|
|------%%%%%-----------%%%%%9---------------p--5--5-p-------p--5--7-|
|---7-\%%%%%---5--6-7-\%%%%%7-------7-------75h-----75h5--5-75h5--7-|
|---7-\%%%%%---5--6-7-\%%%%%0-------7-7-7-7---7-------7-------73--5-|
|---5-\%%%%%5303--4-5-\%%%%%--------5-5-5-5-------------------------|

|TILTA&B

|-------------------------------%%%%mm-m-m--|
|----*---------------------1010-%%%%--------|
|--10---------------------7-9-9-%%%%--------| | Then play A&Bfirst row of
|--10---------------5557-\5-7-7-%%%%------6-|   riffA&B.
|---8-------5556-677------------%%%%55-5-56-|
|-------------------------------%%%%33-3-34-|

!FOR MORE ACCURATE NOFX GUITAR TABS, VISIT www.jiihootabs.cjb.net!

# verse2 #A X4 %=pause with muting

E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--1414--1414------1414--1414------1010--101010--10------0-------0--|
D--1414--1414------1414--1414------1010--101010--10---2-------0-----|
A--1212--1212-\\\\/1212--1212-\\\\//8-8---8-8-8---8-3-------2-------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|

# verse2 #B X4 %=pause with muting

E--------------%%%%%-----------%%%%%--------------------------------|
B--------------%%%%%-----------%%%%%--------------------------------|
G--1414--1414-\%%%%1414--1414-\%%%%%---------------------0-------0--|
D--1414--1414-\%%%%1414--1414-\%%%%%3-3---3-3-3---3---2-------0-----|
A--1212--1212-\%%%%1212--1212-\%%%%%3-3---3-3-3---3-3-------2-------|
E--------------%%%%%-----------%%%%%1-1---1-1-1---1-----------------|

:

Then play AchorusA or BchorusB.

:

# bridge #A +=play 16X palm-muted m=palm-muted | t

E---------------------------------m-----------------------------| o
B---------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------+---------9-7-6-7-67----9-7-67----9-7-6| n
D----+---------+--------7---------------------------------------| e
A---7---------5---------5---------77-5-4-5-45----7-5-45----7-5-4| x
E---5---------3-------------------5-----------------------------| t

# bridge #B +=play 16X palm-muted |

E---------------------------------------------------------------| p
B---------------------------------------------------------------| a
G------------------------+-----------------------------+--------| g
D----+---------+--------7----------+---------+--------7---------| e
A---7---------5---------5---------7---------5---------5---------| .
E---5---------3-------------------5---------3-------------------| .

|bridgeA

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---6----9-7-67----9-7-67----9-7-6|
|---------------------------------|
|---4----7-5-45----7-5-45----7-5-4|
|---------------------------------|

|bridgeB

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|----------------------+----------|
|--+---------+--------7-----------|
|-7---------5---------5-----------|
|-5---------3---------------------|

:

# riff3 #A %=pause m=palm-muted

E----------------------------------------------------------------%%%|
B----------------------------------------------------------------%%%|
G---2-2---2---------2-2---2---------2-2---2----------------------%%%|
D---2-2---2-55555---2-2---2-55555---2-2---2-55555----------------%%%|
A---0-0---0-------3-0-0---0-------3-0-0---0-------3/8887-10-66-6-%%%|
E-----------------------------------------------------------77-7-%%%|

# riff3 #B %=pause m=palm-muted

E----------------------------------------------------------------%%%|
B----------------------------------------------------------------%%%|
G---2-2---2---------2-2---2---------2-2---2----------------------%%%|
D---2-2---2-55555---2-2---2-55555---2-2---2-55555---------9------%%%|
A---0-0---0-------3-0-0---0-------3-0-0---0-------3/8887----66-6-%%%|
E-----------------------------------------------------------77-7-%%%|

:

# verse3 #A X4 *=play 6X #=play 3X

E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----*---------------*---------------*---------------#-------#------|
G--14--------------14--------------10---------------0-------0-------|
D--14--------------14--------------10---------------2-------0-------|
A--12--------------12---------------8---------------3-------2-------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|

# verse3 #B X4 *=play 6X

E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----*---------------*-------------------------------#-------#------|
G--14--------------14----------------*--------------0-------0-------|
D--14--------------14---------------3---------------2-------0-------|
A--12--------------12---------------3---------------3-------2-------|
E-----------------------------------1-------------------------------|

Then play AchorusA or BchorusB (!both with last two chords 12X!) and A&Blast

two rows of riffA&B.

# outro #A&B p=pull-off h=hammer-on %=pause

E-------------------%%------|
B-------------------%%------|
G-----------p--5--5-%%------|
D---7-7---7-75h-----%%7-57-\|
A---7-7---7---7-----%%7-57-\|
E---5-5---5---------%%5-35-\|

!FOR MORE ACCURATE NOFX GUITAR TABS, VISIT www.jiihootabs.cjb.net!

I keep on believing my life still has value...

Tabbed by Jussi Heinonen 12.05.1998. (revised 21.02.2004.)

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