MINUTEMEN - "this aint no picnic" Tablature

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Hey, how's it goin. I'm a huge Minutemen fan and there isn't enough of
tab of them on the net. This is a great song off of the Double Nickels
On The Dime CD, and you can also find it on Ballot Result. My band did
a cover of it on our demo tape.

The intro is the only tough part...

e--------0---------0---------0----------------------------------------------
B--8-8---7---6-6---5---4-4---3----------------------------------------------
G--7-7---6---5-5---4---3-3---2--------8-------------------------------------
D--6-6---5---4-4---3---2-2---1--------7-------------------------------------
A--7-7---6---5-5---4---3-3---2--------6-------------------------------------
E------7---------5---------3---2-2-4--7--------------12\\\------------------
^
hold this
chord

I'm not even going to try to indicate the strumming, it's really fast. You
can get it by listening to the recording. Here are the chords:
E? and C?
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------8-------------------------------------------------------------------
G------7------------9------------------------------------------------------
D------6------------8------------------------------------------------------
A------7------------7------------------------------------------------------
E--0-0-0------------8------------------------------------------------------

Just strum them and get the clicks in. The name of the chords is something
like E7#9 or something, but people I know usually just call it "that Hendrix
chord." That's the verse part, and the chorus is just drums.

C? Hey mister, don't look down on me
E? For what I believe (etc.)

It goes intro-verse-chorus-solo (over verse)-verse-chorus

the outro is just E- --0000000------

I just use the E-Pentatonic scale on the twelth fret for the solo...
I'm sure d would approve

Here's the Bass

For the intro, just stand there and look cool. When the guitarist starts
slamming on E?, the second bar come in with G---/9 and hold it.
Then go into
C? E?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--3-3-1---1-3-1-3--3-3-1---1-3-1---/7-7-5---5-7-5-7-7-7-5---5-7-5---------
--------3----------------3----------------7---------------7---------------

I think it varies a little bit, but Watt is real hard to tab. Enjoy, and
e-mail me with some more Minutemen, DK, or Living Colour tab if ya get any.
John Crosier
(JCrosier44@aol.com)

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