Youth Of America by The Melvins, originally by The Wipers

Tab by Bastian Stein (webmaster@incesticide.de)

Main Guitar Riff (Intro) - Play 2x:

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-9-10-9-7-9---9-10-9-7-9---9-10-9-7-9-7---------7-------------7----------
D----------------------------------------10-8-10---10-8-----10---10-8-----
A-------------------------------------------------------8-------------8---
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------

End of intro:

E---------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------
G-10--7---------------------------------
D-10--7---------------------------------
A-8---5---------------------------------
E---------------------------------------
      Let Ring

Bass riff during intro:

A  F  D  F'  A'

G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E-5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--1-1--1--1-1--1--1-1--1--1-1--1-

G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A-5-5--5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-8--8--5-
E----------------------------------------------------------------

G------------------------------
D------------------------------
A-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5-
E------------------------------

Verse:

D  F


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

"Youth of America - is living in the jungle
fighting for survival - but there's no place to go.
Youth of America - there's pressure all around
the walls are crumbling down - the walls are coming down on you."


Bass riff during verse:

G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A-5-5-5-5--3--5-5-5-5--3--5-5-5-5--3--5-5-5-5--------------------
E----------------------------------------------1--1--1--1--1-1---


Chorus:

G  A#  F
D#  A#
D#  A#  F'  D

Play 1x then go to next riff
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---3-X-3-3--3-X-3-3------
A-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---3-X-3-3--3-X-3-3------
E-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---1-X-1-1--1-X-1-1------

"It is time we rectified this now"
Play 2x
E------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------
G-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-------------------------
D-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-
A-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-
E-------------------------6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-

"We've got to see it now
Got to see it now..."

E---------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------
G-10--7---------------------------------
D-10--7---------------------------------
A-8---5---------------------------------
E---------------------------------------
      Let Ring