311 - "*** The Bull***" Tablature

'*** the Bull***'
Performed by 311
From the album "Music" on Capricorn Records
Music by: N. Hexum, C. Sexton, T. Mahoney & A. Wills
Lyrics by: N. Hexum & D. Martinez
(c) 1993 Allegiance Music/Hydroponic Music BMI
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Tabbed by: Josh Tyson (jotyson@vt.edu)
Additions/Corrections by: Michael Slusarz (slusarz@bigworm.colorado.edu)
Ross (ZebraheadO2@aol.com)
Lyric help by: Christopher Comeaux (Christopher.Comeaux@Eng.Auburn.EDU)
Kathy Storlauk (krs@haven.engin.umich.edu)
Unknown (debolscc@aol.com)
Brandon Z (PCKS68B@prodigy.com)
The 311 Guitar Archive -- http://bigworm.colorado.edu/311archive/


Intro/Chorus (w/Distortion):
============================
F#5 (A) F#5 (A) B5 (E5) G#5 (E) A5 G#5
e:------------------------------------------
B:------------------------------------------
G:------------------------------------------
D:------(0)-----(0)-4-----------------------
A:-4--4--0--4----0--2--(2--2)-6-------7---6-
E:-2--2-----2-----------0--0--4---0---5---4- (Play x3)

F#5 (A) F#5 G#5 E5
e:-------------------------
B:-------------------------
G:-------------------------
D:------(0)----------------
A:-4--4--0--4---6--6--6--2-
E:-2--2-----2---4--4--4--0-

Riff 1 (Clean):
===============
N.C.
e:-17p14-----------------------
B:-------17p14-----------------
G:--------------16-16-16-16p14-
D:-----------------------------
A:-----------------------------
E:-----------------------------

Riff 2 (Clean):
===============
N.C.
e:-------------------------------
B:-------------------------------
G:-------14-14-16-14-14-------14-
D:-14h16----------------14h16----
A:-------------------------------
E:-------------------------------

Riff 3 (Clean):
===============
N.C.
e:--------------------------------------------
B:--------------------------------------------
G:-16p14----14--16p14-----14--14--16p14----14-
D:-------16------------16---------------16----
A:--------------------------------------------
E:--------------------------------------------

Riff 4 (w/Distortion):
======================
F#5 G#5 E5
e:-----------------------------------------
B:-----------------------------------------
G:-----------------------------------------
D:-----------------------------------------
A:-4----4--4--4--4----4-4-4--4--4--6-6-6-2-
E:-2----2--2--2--2----2-2-2--2--2--4-4-4-0-

Riff 5 (w/Distortion):
======================
N.C.
e:-----------------------
B:-----------------------
G:-----------------------
D:-------------------4/6-
A:-------------------5/7-
E:-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-----

Riff 6 (w/Distortion):
======================
E5 F#5 E5 F#5 E5 F#5
e:-----------------------
B:-----------------------
G:-----------------------
D:-----------------------
A:-2---4---2---4---2---4-
E:-0---2---0---2---0---2-

Riff 7 (w/Distortion and Palm Muting):
======================================
E5
e:---------------------------------------------------------------
B:---------------------------------------------------------------
G:---------------------------------------------------------------
D:---------------------------------------------------------------
A:-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
E:-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-

F#5
e:---------------------------------------------------------------
B:---------------------------------------------------------------
G:---------------------------------------------------------------
D:---------------------------------------------------------------
A:-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
E:-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-

Riff 8 (w/light distortion):
============================
N.C.
e:----------------------
B:----------------------
G:----------------------
D:-------16p14----14-16-
A:-14-16-------16-------
E:----------------------

Riff 9 (w/light distortion):
============================
N.C.
e:------
B:-b14b-
G:-b16b-
D:------
A:------
E:------

Riff 10 (w/Distortion):
=======================
F# A B
e:-------------
B:-------------
G:-(3---6---8)-
D:--4---7---9--
A:--4---7---9--
E:--2---5---7--


Lyrics/Song Structure:
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---> Fade in w/E5 (222xxx)
---> Play Intro over:
SA: Boom - *** the bull***'s what it is
Nick: There it is ***ing 311
SA: *** the bull***'s what it is
Nick: There it is ***ing 311
SA: *** the bull***'s what it is
Nick: There it is ***ing 311
---> Play Riff 1 over:
Nick:
You know I'm ready, yes to rock steady,
My name's not Betty or Teddy, but Nick
And I'm what you might call a heretic
Yes, and I am from Nebraska
---> Play Riff 2 over:
Nick:
My girl is satisfied, you can ask her
You know I've never visited Alaska,
Huh, where the oil was spilled
That drunken captain should be killed
---> Play Riff 3 over:
Nick:
For polluting the sea, an atrocity
But he still walks free, well
This one goes to all the birds that drown
Nick & SA:
*** the bull*** it's time to throw down
---> Play Chorus over:
Nick & SA:
*** the bull*** it's time to throw down
*** the bull*** it's time to throw down
*** the bull*** it's time to throw down
SA: Hey Holmes
---> Play Riff 1 over:
Nick:
Just ***ed up bull*** too many *** fears an panic
It's time to throw down and so I said it words of
Wisdom that will keep you guessing cause
I'm tired of laying and I'm tired of messing around
---> Play Riff 2 over:
Nick:
With all those suckers
Yes, those stupid mother ***ers
Who put down what we do
We stand alone with the group that's new
--->Play Riff 3 over:
Nick:
If I was a dwarf I'd surely be Dopey
I'm a stone wheat thin you can not cope G
Kick in the teeth a condescending frown
Nick & SA:
*** the bull*** it's time to throw down
---> Play Chorus over:
SA: That's right mother ***er
Nick & SA:
*** the bull*** it's time to throw down
*** the bull*** it's time to throw down
*** the bull*** it's time to throw down
---> Play Riff 4 over:
Nick:
Yeah, right about now I'd like to turn the mic over to my man
SA Martinez
---> Play Riff 5 over:
SA:
I am sly in the mix I am the mix master
Deadly destructor, lyric conductor
Rollin with the rhythm rhymin' while I'm rollin
Go blast the parasites when they start to spaz
---> Play Riff 6 and end with an E5 (022xxx) over:
SA:
Nicholas hits hard he's got the jazz
Now the B-boy rocking breakin' moves on the floor
311's stepping loud have them yellin for more
Go on hoping, I'm poetry in motion
When I fire I spray just how I'm hopin'
P-Nut, the bass storm is booming
And in your mouth the rhythm is booming
P to the N to the U to the T
---> Play Riff 7 (x1)
---> Play Riff 8 (x3)
---> Play Riff 9 (x1)
---> Play Riff 10 (Slowly and w/emphasis) over:
Nick & SA:
Just *** the has-been's and their stupid-ass rapping
Promising bull*** you can't come through with
Do it in the basement no complacent
It's time to kick the *** in
Begin to win no sin and then
Share it, declare it in the public domain
Refrain
---> Play Riff 3 over:
Nick:
I'd be perfectly sad if rap was a fad but it's not
So I thought I would come out with a shot
Stupid dumb lyrics make you think I'm a clown
I don't give a *** it's time to throw down
---> Play Chorus over:
Nick & SA:
*** the bull*** it's time to throw down
*** the bull*** it's time to throw down
*** the bull*** it's time to throw down
*** the bull*** it's time to throw down
---> Play sustained E5 (022xxx) over:
Nick:
That's right, knockin' them down
Nineties, all that