Song: The Decline
Artist: Nofx
Album: The Decline
Year:1999
Tabbed by: Justin Barkley
Contact: RedSquirrel5721 on AIM, MSN, and YAHOO
Comments: this tab took me 12 hours to complete, i trust my talent
however, any comments or questions please feel free to ask me on
any of the messaging services. one last thing...
WHO WANTS TO TOUCH ME!? haha good luck
peace love unity-
Justin
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All the chords used in this song (not including octave chords):
E E7 E5 E5* F5 F5* F#/G5 G5 G#5 G5* A Am A5 A#5 B5
E|-0--0--x--x-|-x---x---x---|-x---x---x--|-0--0--x--x-|-x-x-|----||
B|-0--0--x--x-|-x---x---x---|-x---x---x--|-2--1--x--x-|-x-x-|----||
G|-1--1--x--9-|-x---10--x---|-x---x---x--|-2--2--x--x-|-x-4-|----||
D|-2--0--2--9-|-3---10--5---|-5---6---12-|-2--2--7--8-|-9-4-|----||
A|-2--2--2--7-|-3---8---5---|-5---6---10-|-0--0--7--8-|-9-2-|----||
E|-0--0--0--x-|-1---x---2---|-3---4---x--|-0--0--5--6-|-7-x-|----||
C#5* / / / /
E|-x--x--x----x----x---|-x---x----x----||
B|-x--x--x----x----x---|-x---x----x----||
G|-5--6--x----5----x---|-7---x----x----||
D|-5--6--11---5----9---|-7---9----9----||
A|-3--4--9----2----4---|-5---5----6----||
E|-x--X--x----X----x---|-x---x----x----||
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Intro:
E|---------------------------||
B|---------------------------||
G|---------------------------||
D|--7-7----3-3----5-5----5-5-||
A|--7-7----3-3----3-3----5-5-||
E|--5-5----1-1----3-3----3-3-||
E|---------------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----------------------------------5-7-----5-------------------||
D|------5-7-5------5-7-5------5-7-5--5-7-7-7-5-7-----------------||
A|-77-7-3-5-3-77-7-3-5-3-77-7-3-5-3--3-5-7-7-3-7-----------------||
E|-55-5-------55-5-------55-5------------5-5---5-----------------||
E|---------------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------------------------------------||
D|------5-7-5------5-7-5---555-55-444-44-------------------------||
A|-77-7-3-5-3-77-7-3-5-3---555-55-555-55-------------------------||
E|-55-5-------55-5-----------------------------------------------||
*melvin screams*
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------|---------------------------||
G|------5-7-5-------5-7-5------5-7-5-|-5-7-----5-----------------||
D|-77-7-5-7-5--77-7-5-7-5-77-7-5-7-5-|-5-7-7-7-5-----------------||
A|-77-7-3-5-3--77-7-3-5-3-77-7-3-5-3-|-3-5-7-7-3-----------------||
E|-55-5--------55-5-------55-5-------|-----5-5-------------------||
E|------------------------|---------------------------||
B|------------------------|---------------------------||
G|------5-7-5-------5-7-5-|-5-5--4-4-7-7--------------||
D|-77-7-5-7-5--77-7-5-7-5-|-5-5--5-5-7-7------4-5-7---||
A|-77-7-3-5-3--77-7-3-5-3-|----------5-5--5-7---------||
E|-55-5--------55-5-------|---------------------------||
where are all the stupid people from
and how'd they get to be so dumb?
/
bred on purple mountain range
feed amber waves of grains
to lesser human beings, zero feelings
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|--10-10--10--10-10--10/12-12--12-/13-13--13------||
G|-------------------------------------------------||
D|--7--7---7---7--7---7-/9--9---9--/10-10--10------||
A|-------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|--10-10--10--10-10--10--10-10--10--10-10--10-----||
G|-------------------------------------------------||
D|--7--7---7---7--7---7---7--7---7---7--7---7------||
A|-------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|--10-10--10--10-10--10/12-12--12-/13-13--13------||
G|-------------------------------------------------||
D|--7--7---7---7--7---7-/9--9---9--/10-10--10------||
A|-------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|--10-10--10--10-10--10--10-10--10--10-10--10-----||
G|-------------------------------------------------||
D|--7--7---7---7--7---7---7--7---7---7--7---7------||
A|-------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
A5 (blame it on!)
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|--10-10--10--10-10--10/12-12--12-/13-13--13------||
G|-------------------------------------------------||
D|--7--7---7---7--7---7-/9--9---9--/10-10--10------||
A|-------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|--10-10--10--10-10--10--10-10--10--10-10--10-----||
G|-------------------------------------------------||
D|--7--7---7---7--7---7---7--7---7---7--7---7------||
A|-------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
human nature, man's destiny (man's destiny)
blame it on the greediocracy (greediocracy)
the fear of God the fear of change fear of truth
*starts on "greediocracy."*
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------||
G|--7/12--10-7---/12--10---/12---10--5-------------||
D|-------------------------------------------------||
A|--5/10--8--5---/10--8----/10---8---3-------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
add the bill of rights
subtract the wrongs (theres no answers!)
memorize and sing
star spangled songs (when the questions!)
aren't ever asked
is anybody learning from the past?
we're living in united stagnation
Gtr1:
E|-------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------------||
D|-----------------22-222-------------55-555-------------||
A|-22-2222-22-222--00-000--333-33-333-33-333-333-33-333--||
E|-00-0000-00-000----------111-00-111--------111-00-111--||
pm.......... ..........
E|-------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------------||
D|-22-222------------55-555------------------------------||
A|-00-000-333-33-333-33-333-333-33-333-------------------||
E|--------111-00-111--------111-00-111-------------------||
pm........... ..........
Gtr2:
E|-------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------------||
G|----------------55-7-5---44-5-4---55-7-5---44-5-4------||
D|-99-9999-99-999----------------------------------------||
A|-77-7777-77-777----------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------||
father what have i done
i took that twenty two
a gift to me from you
to bed with me each night
kept it clean polished it well
/
cherished every cartridge every shell
down by the creek under brush under dirt
theres a carcass of my second kill
E|---------------||
B|---------------||
G|---------------||
D|---------------||
A|--7-6-5-4-3-2--||
E|--5-4-3-2-1-0--||
pm.............
down at the park under stone under under pine
theres a carcass of my brother William
brother where have you gone to i swear
i never thought i could i see so many times
they told me to shoot straight
don't pull the trigger squeeze
that will insure a kill a kill is what you want
to kill is why we breed
_______________________________________
*insert amazingly badass bassline here*
_______________________________________
E|--------------------||
B|--------------------||
G|--------------------||
D|-12-12-12--12-12-12-||
A|-10-12-10--12-10-12-||
E|----10-----10----10-||
E|---------------------||
B|---------------------||
G|-7---9---12----------||
D|---------------------||
A|-5---7---10----------||
E|---------------------||
E|--------------------||
B|--------------------||
G|--------------------||
D|-12-12-12--12-12-12-||
A|-10-12-10--12-10-12-||
E|----10-----10----10-||
E|---------------------||
B|---------------------||
G|-7---9---12----------||
D|---------------------||
A|-5---7---10----------||
E|---------------------||
the christians love their guns
the church and N.R.A.
E|--------------------||
B|--------------------||
G|--------------------||
D|-12-12-12--12-12-12-||
A|-10-12-10--12-10-12-||
E|----10-----10----10-||
E|---------------------||
B|---------------------||
G|-7---9---12----------||
D|---------------------||
A|-5---7---10----------||
E|---------------------||
pray for thier salvations
prey on the lower faiths
E|--------------------||
B|--------------------||
G|--------------------||
D|-12-12-12--12-12-12-||
A|-10-12-10--12-10-12-||
E|----10-----10----10-||
E|---------------------||
B|---------------------||
G|-9---11--14----------||
D|---------------------||
A|-7---9---12----------||
E|---------------------||
the story books been read
and every line believed
E|----------------------||
B|----------------------||
G|----------------------||
D|--14-14-14--14-14-14--||
A|--12-14-12--14-12-14--||
E|-----12-----12----12--||
E|---------------------||
B|---------------------||
G|-9---11--14----------||
D|---------------------||
A|-7---9---12----------||
E|---------------------||
cirriculums been set
logic is a threat
reason searched and seized
E|----------------------||
B|----------------------||
G|----------------------||
D|--14-14-14--14-14-----||
A|--12-14-12--14-12-----||
E|-----12-----12--------||
__________________________________________________
*continue badass bass solo*
__________________________________________________
clean w/ tremolo:
E|----------------------||
B|-0-----0-----2----1---||
G|-1-----1-----2----2---||
D|-2-----0-----2----2---||2x
A|-2-----2-----0----0---||
E|----------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------||
B|109-9-9-9-10/12-12-12-12-109-9-9-9-10/12-12-12--||
G|--------------------------------------------------||
D|-76-6-6-6-7/-9--9--9--9---76-6-6-6--7/9--9--9---||
A|--------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------||
B|109-9-9-9-10/12-12-12-12-109-9-9-9-10/12--||
G|--------------------------------------------||
D|-76-6-6-6-7/-9--9--9--9---76-6-6-6--7/9---||
A|--------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------||
jerry spent some time in michigan
a twenty year vacation after all he had a dime
E5* /
a dime is worth a lot more in detroit
a dime in california a twenty dollar fine
E|--------------------------------------------------||
B|109-9-9-9-10/12-12-12-12-109-9-9-9-10/12-12-12--||
G|--------------------------------------------------||
D|-76-6-6-6-7/-9--9--9--9---76-6-6-6--7/9--9--9---||
A|--------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------||
E|----------------------------------------------||
B|109-9-9-9-10/12-12-12-12-109-9-9-9-10-12-10-||
G|----------------------------------------------||
D|-76-6-6-6-7/-9--9--9--9---76-6-6-6--7-9--7--||
A|----------------------------------------------||
E|----------------------------------------------||
jerry only stayed a couple months
its hard to enjoy yourself
while bleeding out the ass
/
asphyxiation is simple and fast
it beats seventeen fun years of being someones bitch
don't think (stay!)
/
drink your wine (home!)
/
watch the fire burn (be!)
his problems not mine (mine!)(safe!)
just be that model citizen
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------||
G|-/99-7-676-/99-9-xxx-/99-7-676-------------------||
D|-/99-7-676-/99-9-xxx-/99-7-676-9-9-7--6-7-6------||
A|-------------------------------9-9-7--6-7-6------||
E|-------------------------------7-7-5--4-5-4------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------||
G|-/99-7-676-/99-9-xxx-/99-7-676-------------------||
D|-/99-7-676-/99-9-xxx-/99-7-676-9-9-7--6-7-6------||
A|-------------------------------9-9-7--6-7-6------||
E|-------------------------------7-7-5--4-5-4------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------||
G|-/99-7-676-/99-9-xxx-/99-7-676-------------------||
D|-/99-7-676-/99-9-xxx-/99-7-676-9-9-7--6-7-6------||
A|-------------------------------9-9-7--6-7-6------||
E|-------------------------------7-7-5--4-5-4------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------||
B|-/99-7-676-/99-9-xxx-/99-7-676-------------------||
D|-/99-7-676-/99-9-xxx-/99-7-676-9-9-7-------------||
A|-------------------------------9-9-7-------------||
E|-------------------------------7-7-5-------------||
i wish i had a schilling
for every senseless killing
i'd buy a government
americas for sale
and you can get a good deal on it
and make a healthy profit
or.................
maybe, tear it apart start with assumption
that a million people are smart smarter than one
[trombone riff]2x
/
E|---------------------------------------------------||
B|--8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8---8-8---8-8---8-8---8-8---8-8-||
G|---------------------------------------------------||
D|--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5-||
A|---------------------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------------------||
E5* G5*
serotonin's gone she gave up drifted away
E5* / /
sara fled thought process gone
she left her answering machine on
E5* / /
the greeting left spoke insincere
messages no one will ever hear
E|-----------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------||
G|------5-7-9-9-7-5-7-9-7------5-7-5-7-5-4-7-5-3-||
D|-/7-7-------------------7-/7-------------------||
A|-----------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------||
10,000 messages a day
a million more transmissions lay
victims of the laissez faire
10,000 voices a hundred guns
100 decibels turns to one
one bullet one empty head
E|-----------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------||
G|------5-7-9-9-7-5-7-9-7------5-7-5-7-5---------||
D|-/7-7-------------------7-/7-------------------||
A|-----------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------||
now with serrotonin gone (gone!)
E|---------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------||
G|--9-9---9---9-9--9/13-13---13---13-13--||
D|---------------------------------------||
A|--7-7---7---7-7--7/11-11---11---11-11--||
E|---------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------||
G|--9-9---9---9-9--9/13-13---13---13-13--||
D|---------------------------------------||
A|--7-7---7---7-7--7/11-11---11---11-11--||
E|---------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------||
G|--9-9---9---9-9--9/13-13---13---13-13--||
D|---------------------------------------||
A|--7-7---7---7-7--7/11-11---11---11-11--||
E|---------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------||
G|--9-9---9---9-9--9/13-13---13---13-13--||
D|---------------------------------------||
A|--7-7---7---7-7--7/11-11---11---11-11--||
E|---------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------||
G|--9-9---9---9-9--9/13-13---13---13-13--||
D|---------------------------------------||
A|--7-7---7---7-7--7/11-11---11---11-11--||
E|---------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------||
G|--9-9---9---9-9--9/13-13---13---13-13--||
D|---------------------------------------||
A|--7-7---7---7-7--7/11-11---11---11-11--||
E|---------------------------------------||
The man who used to speak
Performs a cute routine
Feel a little patronized
Don't feel bad
They found a way inside your head
And you feel a bit misled
It's not that they don't care, yeah
The television's put a thought inside your head
Like a Barry Manilow,
jingle I'd like, to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
A symphonic blank stare, yeah
E5*
It doesn't make you care (make you care)
E5*
Not designed to make you care (make you cae)
E5*
They're betting you won't care (you won't...)
*octave chords under solo*
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----13-12-14-16---12-12/14--14/16-16-14-12-----12/1614-14-12--9~~-||
D|-10-----------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-----11-10-12-14---10-10/12--12/14-14-12-10--10-10/1412-12-10--7~~-||
E|-8------------------------------------------------------------------||
Solo: use wah or auto wah pedal
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-17^b1919191919^r17--14-----------------/17-17-14-17-16--19^b21-----||
D|-----------------------17p15h17p14p0h14-----------------------------||
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-17h19p17-------------------------------------16-16h17p16-----------||
D|---------19p17h19p17----19-19p17---17--19-19^b20---------h19p17h19--||
A|--------------------h19---------h19---------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------||
B|-----------------------------||
G|p17h19p17--------------------||
D|---------h19p17h19~~~~~~~~~~-||
A|-----------------------------||
E|-----------------------------||
_________________________________
*yet another bass riff *
_________________________________
chords during bass solo:
*pick slide*
G5* E5*
Place a wager on your greed
E5*
A wager on your pride
G5* E5*
Why try to beat them when,
E5*
a million others tried?
C5 E5*
We are the whore
G5* D5
Intellectually spayed
C5 E5*
We are the queer
G5* D5
Dysfunctionally raised
/
/
quite part all palm muted:
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-5(x14)-5(x14)-15(x14)-15(x14)-14(x14)-14(x14)-11(repeatuntil3rdkill)|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
One more pill to kill the pain
One more pill to kill the pain
One more pill to kill
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-11--10(x8)9(x8)-------------7(x16)---------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
the pain Living through conformity
E|-----------||
B|-----------||
G|-----------||
D|-----------||*repeat until 3rd "keep"
A|--11-------||
E|-----------||
One more prayer to keep me safe
One more prayer to keep us warm
One more prayer to keep
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|------------------------------------------9-9-9---------------------||
D|------------------------------7---7--7----9-9-9--9-9-9--12-12-12----||
A|-11--10(x8)-------9(x8)-------7---7--7----7-7-7--9-9-9--12-12-12----||
E|------------------------------5---5--5-----------7-7-7--10-10-10----||
us safe There's gonna be a bet-ter place
A5 E5*
Lost the battle, lost the war
E5* B5
Lost the things worth living for
Lost the will to win the fight
One more pill to kill the pain
Na na na na na
La na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
The going get tough, the tough get debt
Don't pay attention, pay the rent
Next of kins pay for your sins
A little faith should keep us safe
Gtr1:*sounds like they layer guitars or bass plays VERY high*
the progression goes D5-G5-C5-E5
E|------------------------------------------------------||
B|-66666666666--66666666666--44444444444--88888888888---||
G|-77777777777--77777777777--55555555555--99999999999---||
D|-77777757575--77777757575--55555535353--99999979797---||
A|------------------------------------------------------||
E|------------------------------------------------------||
Gtr2:
E|---------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------||
G|-109/10-109/10-1312/13--------------------||
D|---------------------------------------------||
A|-8-7/8--8-7/8--1110/11--11(8x)------------||
E|---------------------------muted-------------||
then:(entire verse)
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------1312/13-1312/13---------------------------------||
G|-109/10-109/10--------------------98/9-98/9--1312/13-1312/13-||
D|-----------------109/-10-109/-10---------------------------------||
A|-8-7/8--8-7/8---------------------76/7-76/7--1110/11-1110/11-||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
Save us!
The human, existence
Is failing, resistance
Essential, the future
Written off, the odds are
Astronomically against us
Only moron and genius
Would fight a losing battle
Against the super ego
When giving in is so *** comforting
E|---------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------||
G|----------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10||
D|---------------------------------||
A|----------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||
E|---------------------------------||
And so we go, on with our lives
E|---------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------||
G|-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-13-13||
D|---------------------------------||
A|-8--8--8--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-11-11||
E|---------------------------------||
We know the truth, but prefer lies
E|---------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------||
G|-13-13-14-14-17-17-17-14-12-12-17||
D|---------------------------------||
A|-11-11-12-12-15-15-15-12-10-10-15||
E|---------------------------------||
Lies are simple, simple is bliss
E|--------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------||
G|17-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-17-17-17-17||
D|--------------------------------------------||
A|15-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-15-15-15-15||
E|--------------------------------------------||
Why go against tradition when we can
E|--------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------||
G|17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-16-16-16-16-16-16-16||
D|--------------------------------------------||
A|15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-14-14-14||
E|--------------------------------------------||
/
Admit defeat, live in decline
E|---------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------||
G|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14||
D|---------------------------------||
A|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12||
E|---------------------------------||
Be the victim of our own design
E|----------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------||
G|-14-14-14-7-7-7-12-14-12-17-17-17-17-17-||
D|----------------------------------------||
A|-12-12-12-5-5-5-10-12-12-15-15-15-15-15-||
E|----------------------------------------||
The status quo, built on suspect
/
Why would anyone stick out their neck?
Fellow members
Club "We've Got Ours"
/
I'd like to introduce you to our host
He's got his, and I've got mine
Meet the decline
E|-8---8---||
B|---8---8-||
G|---------||
D|---------||
A|---------||
E|---------||
E5 C5 D5 G5 F#/G5 *Repeat till end*
E|-trombone-part-on-guitar|--outro riff played with the trombone-------|
B|------------------------|--play a bunch------------------------------|
G|------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
D|----14-12-10-----12-10-9|--------------------------------------------|
A|-12-----------10--------|-10-12-14-15--9-10-12-14-12-----------------|
E|------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
We are the queer
We are the whore
Ammunition
In the class war
We are worker
We love our queen
We sacrifice
We're soilent green
We are the queer
We are the whore
Ammunition
In the class war
E|---------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------||
G|---repeat until end--------------||
D|---------------------------------||
A|-12-14-16-17---11-12-14-16-14----||
E|---------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||