"Drugs and Kittens" by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
From the Mercury Records release "Ska-Core, The Devil And More"

"x"-mute string
"( )"-palm mute
Live crowd chanting "Mighty, Mighty, BOSSTONES!"
Comments From Dickie
Bass and drums start off song
INTRO (part 1) (2X)
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G---9--11-12-11---9--11-12-11---9-11-12-11--------------------------
D-------------------------------------------9-----------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
INTRO (part 2) (2X)
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------4-----
A------------0-2-3-2-0----------0-2-3-2-0----------0-2-3-2-0-----4----------------
E---0-2-3----------------0-2-3----------------0-2-3-------------------2-----------
INTRO (part 3)
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---9--9-9-9---12--12-12-12---9--9-9-9---7--7-7-7---9--9-9-9---12--12-12-12---9--9-9-9---9-9-9-9-9-9---D---9--9-9-9---12--12-12-12---9--9-9-9---7--7-7-7---9--9-9-9---12--12-12-12---9--9-9-9---9-9-9-9-9-9---
A---7--7-7-7---10--10-10-10---7--7-7-7---5--5-5-5---7--7-7-7---10--10-10-10---7--7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VERSE (part 1) (really fast ska picking) (8X)
(Don't mind when it happens....)
E-----------------------------x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5--------
B-----------------------------x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5--------
G--x-9-x-9-x-9-x-9------------x-6-x-6-x-6-x-6--------
D--x-9-x-9-x-9-x-9------------x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7--------
A--x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7------------x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7--------
E-----------------------------x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5--------
Chorus/Bridge (4X)
(My life was trying to settle down!...)
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------9-------------------9-------------------9----------------------12----7-----------
D--(9-9-9-9-9-9)---9---(9-9-9-9-9-9)---9---(9-9-9-9-9-9)---9---(9-9-9-9-9-9)------12----7-----------
A--(9-9-9-9-9-9)---7---(9-9-9-9-9-9)---7---(9-9-9-9-9-9)---7---(9-9-9-9-9-9)------10----5-----------
E--(7-7-7-7-7-7)-------(7-7-7-7-7-7)-------(7-7-7-7-7-7)--------(7-7-7-7-7-7)----------------------
VERSE (part 1) (8X)

(Drinkin', the other day....)

VERSE (part 2) (really fast ska picking) (4X)

(Sometimes when I am playing...)
E----------------------x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-------------------------x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-------
B----------------------x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-------------------------x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-------
G--x-9-x-9-x-9-x-9-----x-6-x-6-x-6-x-6-----x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-----x-6-x-6-x-6-x-6-------
D--x-9-x-9-x-9-x-9-----x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-----x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-----x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-------
A--x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-----x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-----x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-----x-7-x-7-x-7-x-7-------
E----------------------x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-------------------------x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5-------Interlude (2X)
Bass plays for two measures                             (after 2nd time)
E------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------|-----7----7---------
D----------9-------------------------------7------7----------|-----5----5---------
A-----7----7-7-9------7------7----5----5-5--------7-------7--|-----5----5---------
E-------------------5----5-5----------------------5----5-5---|--------------------
VERSE (part 2) (2X, then stop, slide up and down the neck with fingers,
start again playing 4X)
END SEQUENCE
E--------------------------------
B--------------------------------
G------------7------9------------
D-----7------7------9------------
A-----7------5------7------------
E-----5--------------------------
SONG STRUCTURE
Intro (part 1) (2x)
Intro (part 2) (2x)
Intro (part 3) (1x)
Verse (part 1) (8x)
Chorus/Bridge  (4x)
Verse (part 1) (8x)
Verse (part 2) (4x)
Interlude      (2x)
Verse (part 2) (6x)
End Sequence