EAT THE MEEK by NOFX. Album : So long and thanks for all the shoes (1997)
Ska-song which is really great even when it's so slow. I had to learn this
song with bass first, because I needed to have some sort of preparation to
the skanky-guitar thing.
A=Melvin   B=El Hefe   A&B=both
:
# intro #AX4 !play all notes X4!  # verse #AX2 !play all notes X4!
E---5-------6-------|             E---5---6-------8---|
B---6--10---6--10---|also         B---6---6--10---8---|
G---7--10---7--10---|chorus       G---7---7--10---9---| > Then play AintroAX2.
D---7--10---8--10---|             D---7---8--10--10---|
A-------------------|             A-------------------|
E-------------------|             E-------------------|
:   Dm  F   A#  F                     Dm  A#  F   C
:
# verse2 #A !play all notes X4!   (The factory mass producing...)
E---5---6---8-------5-------8---5---|
B---6---6---8--10---6--10---8---5---|
G---7---7---9--10---7--10---9---6---|
D---7---8--10--10---7--10--10---7---|   > Then play AintroAX2.
A-----------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------|
:   Dm  A#  C   F   Dm  F   C   A
:
# verse3 #B   !palm-muted!
E-------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------555--------------------|
D------333----------333-------333---3333------55532-----|
A---555---5300---111---1111----------------333-----33---|
E-------------------------------------------------------|
:
Then play AverseA or Bverse3B.
:
# chorus #A   *=play 16X
E-----------------------------------|
B----*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*--|
G--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--11---|
D-----------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------|
# chorus #B   *=play 16X palm-muted
E-----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------|
G----*---*-------*---*---*-------*--|
D---7--10----*-10---7--10----*--7---|
A---5---8---8---8---5---8---5---5---|
E-----------6---------------3-------|
:
Then play AintroA (without last chord) and that's it.
Tabbed by Jussi Heinonen 25.09.1998.