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Vegetarian Mumbo Jumbo

NOFX
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Song

VEGETARIAN MUMBO JUMBO by NOFX. Album : Liberal Animation (1988) 1/3

Great song! That acoustic thing is outrageous and not so hard as I thought

AA=left acoustic BB=right acoustic A=Dave B=Melvin A&B=both

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AA h=hammer-on p=pull-off -

E----------------------------------------------------0-0-1-1-------------
B------------------------------------1-1-0-0-3-3-1-1-0-0-1-1------1------
G------------------------------------0-0-0-0-2-2-0-0---------0-0--0------
D-------------------------------------2-2-0-0-3-3-2-2-----0-00-0---------
A-----------------------------------------------------3-3-----2-2-3------

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

BB h=hammer-on p=pull-off -

E-------------------0-0-1-1----------------------------------------------
B---1-1-0-0-3-3-1-1-0-0-1-1------1---------------------------------------
G---0-0-0-0-2-2-0-0---------0-0--0---------------------------------------
D----2-2-0-0-3-3-2-2-----0-00-0------------------------------------------
A--------------------3-3-----2-2-3---------------------------------------

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

-AA -

-----------------------------------------------------0-0-1-1-------------
-------------------------------------1-1-0-0-3-3-1-1-0-0-1-1------1------
-------------------------------------0-0-0-0-2-2-0-0---------0-0--0------
--------------------------------------2-2-0-0-3-3-2-2-----0-00-0---------
------------------------------------------------------3-3-----2-2-3------

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

-BB -

----0-0-1-1-0-0-1-1-2-2-----2-2--3---------------------------------------
----1-1-3-3-2-2-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1--3---------------------------------------
-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-0------0---------------------------------------
-------------------------0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------

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

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

-AA 4X

---------------------|-2-2-3-3--|--------4X--------|-0---0------3-2-------|-|
---------------------|-3-3-3-3--|------------------|---0---0h1-1----0h2p0-|-|
---------------------|------0-0-|--0-0-0-0-2-2-0---|-----------0----------|-|
---------------------|--4-4-----|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|----2-----------------|-|
---------------------|----------|-3-3-2-2-0-0---02-|----------3---0-------|-|
---------------------|----4X----|-------------3----|-0---0----------------|-|

-BB 4X

--|-------4X---------|-2-2-3-3--|--------4X--------|-0---0------3-2-------|-|
--|--------------0---|-3-3-3-3--|------------------|---0---0h1-1----0h2p0-|-|
--|-2-2-0-0--0-0---0-|------0-0-|--0-0-0-0-2-2-0---|-----------0----------|-|
--|-0-0-0-0--0-0---0-|--4-4-----|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|----2-----------------|-|
--|--0-0-3-3--2-2-2--|----------|-3-3-2-2-0-0---02-|----------3---0-------|-|
--|---------3--------|----4X----|-------------3----|-0---0----------------|-|

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# into-verse #A

E---------------|
B---------------|
G---------------|
D---5-----------|
A---5-----------|
E---3----3332---|

# into-verse #B *=play 15X palm-muted

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

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VEGETARIAN MUMBO JUMBO 2/3

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# verse #A b=bend-up to next note k=keep on bending *=play 8X with p-m

E-------------------------------------------------------------8---------
B---------------------------6---------------------------8b10k8-8-6-8\---
G----------------------5b7k7-5-3-5\-------------------------------------
D---2---2----------------------------2---2------------------------------
A---2---2---023-320-20---------------2---2---023-320-20-----------------
E---0---0--------------\-2X-/--------0---0--------------\-2X--/---------

# verse #B *=play 8X with palm-muting -

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

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

G-----------------------*--------------------------------*--------------

D---2---2--------------5-------------2---2--------------5---------------
A---2-------023-320-20-5-------------2-------023-320-20-5---------------
E---0------------------3-------------0------------------3---------------

-verseA

------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------5b7-5-3----------------------------*--|
----2---2---------------------5-4-3--2---2--------------5---|
----2---2---023-320-20--------------52---2---023-320-20-5---|
----0---0----------------------------0---0--------------3---|

-verseB

------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------*--------------------------------*--|
----2---2--------------5-------------2---2--------------5---|
----2-------023-320-20-5-------------2-------023-320-20-5---|
----0------------------3-------------0------------------3---|

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# chorus #A X2 *=play 6X %=pause

E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------*-------*-------*------------------|
G---------------5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-----9-------9-------5--------*-------*--|
D---2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-5-5-9-------9-------5-------5-------2---|
A---2-2-2-2-5-5-3-3-3-3-%%%-3-3-3-3-5-5-7-------7-------3-------5-------2---|
E---0-0-0-0-3-3---------------------3-3-------------------------3-------0---|

# chorus #B X2 *=play 6X %=pause

E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------*---------------*--|
G---------------5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5------*-------*------5--------*------9---|
D---2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-5-5-2-------2-------5-------5-------9---|
A---2-2-2-2-5-5-3-3-3-3-%%%-3-3-3-3-5-5-2-------2-------3-------5-------7---|
E---0-0-0-0-3-3---------------------3-3-0-------0---------------3-----------|

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# bridge #A X3

E----------------------------/-p-m-\-----/-p-m-\-----|
B----------------------------------------------------|
G--121212121412-111111111211---------5-----------4---|
D--121212121412-111111111211-2-2-2-2-5---2-2-2-2-4---|
A--101010101210--9-9-9-910-9-2-2-2-2-3---2-2-2-2-2---|
E----------------------------0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----|

# bridge #B X3

E----------------------------/-p-m-\-----/-p-m-\-----|
B----------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------5-----------4---|
D---5-5-5-5-7-5--4-4-4-4-5-4-2-2-2-2-5---2-2-2-2-4---|
A---5-5-5-5-7-5--4-4-4-4-5-4-2-2-2-2-3---2-2-2-2-2---|
E---3-3-3-3-5-3--2-2-2-2-3-2-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----|

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VEGETARIAN MUMBO JUMBO 3/3

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# end-bridge #A %=pause

E-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|
G--121212121412-111111111211--------------------------------|
D--121212121412-111111111211-2------------------5-----------|
A--101010101210--9-9-9-910-9-2------------------5-----------|
E----------------------------0-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%-3----3332---|

# end-bridge #B *=play 15X palm-muted

E-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------*----------|
D---5-5-5-5-7-5--4-4-4-4-5-4-2---2--------------5-------4---|
A---5-5-5-5-7-5--4-4-4-4-5-4-2-------023-320-20-5-------4---|
E---3-3-3-3-5-3--2-2-2-2-3-2-0------------------3-------2---|

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Then play AverseA or BverseB.

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# chorus2 #B X2 !A plays chorusA! *=play 6X #=play 3X %=pause

E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------*-------#--------*-|
G---------------5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5------*-------*------5------12-141211-9--|
D---2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-5-5-2-------2-------5------12-141211-9--|
A---2-2-2-2-5-5-3-3-3-3-%%%-3-3-3-3-5-5-2-------2-------3------10-1210-9-7--|
E---0-0-0-0-3-3---------------------3-3-0-------0---------------------------|

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Then play AbridgeAX3 or BbridgeBX3.

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# outro #A

E--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G--121212121412-111111111211-9---------------------7-9\--|
D--121212121412-111111111211-9---------------------7-9\--|
A--101010101210--9-9-9-910-9-7---------------------5-7\--|
E--------------------------------------------------------|

# outro #B

E--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------9-----7-9\--|
D---5-5-5-5-7-5--4-4-4-4-5-4-2---------------------7-9\--|
A---5-5-5-5-7-5--4-4-4-4-5-4-2-------7-------------5-7\--|
E---3-3-3-3-5-3--2-2-2-2-3-2-0---------------------------|

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And there it is!

Tabbed by Jussi Heinonen 16.02.1999.

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