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These are all guitar tabs/chords, unless it says bass. Most of them were mailed
to me, but some are from various tab archives, and hopefully I'll put up some
I've done, too. I play bass, but Matt's the Mighty Bass Badass if you haven't
noticed, so it's hard to figure out what he's playing sometimes. Plus I suck.
Sleep Long Freeze Up(bass) Hoboken Unity Hedgecore Sound System(bass) I Got No
Missionary Big City The Crowd Bankshot Knowledge Bombshell

Sleep Long

Taylor Roberts (aroberts@gnv.fdt.net)

This is the isolation guitarist with the tab for Sleep Long.

STANDARD TUNING
INTRO
G:5....... 5.........

D:5.......3.........5.....3.....5.........

A:3.......3.........5.....3.....3.........

E: 1.........3.....1.....
repeat 2x
VERSE

G:5-5-5-4-5-3-5-7-7-7-7

D:5-5-5-4-5-1-5-7-7-7-7

A:3-3-3-2-3 3-5-5-7-7

E: 5-5

repeat this a bunch.

CHORUS
G:5-5-5-5- 5-5-5-5

D:5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5-5-5

A:3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3

E: 1-1-1-1-3-3-1-1

INTERLUDE (Palm mute)

G:5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5

D:5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5

A:3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5

E: 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3

Listen to the song cause it'll help. If you don't have the album, forget
it. It's way beyond you.

-See ya

Freeze Up(bass)

tabbed by Sean McCullough (bankshot@mailhost.nmt.edu)

G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------77777705-504-4----------------------------5------
A---777777----7-77-5------------------777777----7-77-5555555-----5---
E-5-------5-8-----------------------5-------5-8----------------------
empty factories to the east and all our waste...

G----------------------------------
D--------------------2----4-74-----
A----------------3-33-3--5-5--5---- X2
E-5-585--333-2-0-------------------
1989 stand up and take a look around...

G----------7-6-5-4-
D------------------
A---------5-4-3-2--
E-5-58-5-8---------
^^^^^^^^ sometimes he does this part ascending instead.
there's a freeze up, there's a freeze up coming...

haven't done the solo or the "one political song" part yet...

Hoboken

i got a lot of requests for this one, so here it is: send all questions,
comments, punk tabs, or requests(i'll do my best) to me at: SkunX42@aol.com

CHORDS USED

A G D

1-

2-

3- 7

4- 7 5 7

5- 7 5 5

6- 5 3

Intro: D

Verses: D, A, G

Chorus: D, G, D, A, D, G, A
Bridge: G, D, A, D

that's all. oi!

Unity


"unity" by operation ivy On Energy and Unreleased Energy
Tabbed by joe The chords in this song are A, D, E. In the chorus play them
as a regular bar chord, but in the verse play them like this(Playing the
up beats and muting the down beats):

-----x----------- -------x-------- --------x-------
-----5----------- -------7-------- --------9-------
-----6----------- -------7-------- --------9-------
-----7----------- -------7-------- --------9-------
-----x----------- -------x-------- --------x-------
-----x----------- -------x-------- --------x-------

Intro A D E D There's a war goin' down between my brothers to night
A D E D I don't want no war goin down goin' down tonight Chorus A D E D
Stop this war A D E D Stop this war

verse (remember to play only up beats) A D Civilization? Ha! I call
it as I see it E D I call it BULLSHIT! You know I still can not believe
it A D Our evolution now has gone the way of hate E D a world evolved resolved
into this stupid fate.

Chorus

Verse All so different yeah i think we're all the same All caught
you know in this division game Self destruction fast impelling like a bullet
no one can stop it once its fired no one can control it

Chorus

verse A final word WAIT! its not a call to action We aint no sect
we aint no fuckin' faction Unity Unity yeah you heard it all before this
time its not exclusive we want to stop the war

Chorus

Aint nothing wrong with another unity song
unity as one stand together unity evolution's goina come.

Hedgecore

this song was tabbed out by jjack2@PVHS.Chico.K12.CA.US (James Jackson)
i'm just relaying the message to all you guys out there
CHORDS

A5 A5 (use either one) D5

|-------------------------------------------|
|----------2--------------------------------|
|----------2-----------------------7--------|
|----7-----2-----------------------7--------|
|----7-----0-----------------------5--------|
|----5--------------------------------------|
Intro: A5, A5, A5, TWICE A5, let ring

during the singing it's A5 with a ska-type rhythm (fast, muted,
upstrokes)

Chorus: A5 picked down, down, up, down, up D5 picked up, up

there ya'll goes. send all comments, questions, punk tabs, or requests

(i'll do my best) to me at: SkunX42@aol.com for responses to this
tab, send to: jjack2@PVHS.Chico.K12.CA.US

oi!

Bad Town

BAD TOWN
Some great Operation Ivy incuding the sax intro transcribed
for the guitar. Tablature by Jason! *BMpoore@InfoAve.Net*
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------
intro ------------------------------------------------------------------
8----13-12--10------10-8----13-12-10-----10-----------------------
------------------12------------------12-----12-------------------

-1---1--1-1------------------1---1--1-1-----8--8--8-6-5
-1---1--1-1--5---------------1---1--1-1--5-------------
verse -2---2--2-2--5---------------2---2--2-2--5-------------
-3---3--3-3--5---------------3---3--3-3--5-------------
-3---3--3-3--3--3-3--3--1-0--3---3--3-3--3-------------
-1---1--1-1------------------1---1--1-1----------------

------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
chorus------------------------------------------------------
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------------
-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3----
---------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1----
(No no more More bad town. No more bad town)

Sound System(bass)

from the Bass Tab Archive.
-=-=-=-=-=- SOUND SYSTEM -=-=-=-=-=-
by Operation Ivy from their self-titled album
Tabbed by Dave Miller (dwm3@po.cwru.edu)

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
A great and simple Op Ivy tune. This is just the basic root of what
is played. The actual song varies quite a bit but can be played just
by straying slightly from the root.

Basic Outline:
- Intro
- Chorus (2X)
- Verse (2X)
- Chorus (2X)
- Verse (2X)
- Chorus (2X)
- slight pause before the interlude followed by A and another pause
with no bass
- Chorus (2X)
- another A pause
- Chorus (2X)
- Interlude

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Intro

||------------------------------------------------------------------------------
||*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
||*--------------------3--3--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--------------------3--3-----
||---5--5--5--5--5--5--------------------------------5--5--5--5--5--5-----------

---------------5--4--4-----
---------------------------
5--5--5--5--5--------------
---------------------------

||------------------------------------------------------------------------------
||*--------------------------------------------------2--------------------------
||*--------------------3--3--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--2-----------------------------
||---5--5--5--5--5--5-----------------------------------------------------------

Chorus

||------------------------------------------5--4--4-----------------------------
||*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
||*--------------------------5--5--5--5--5--------------------------------------
||---5--5--5--5--5--3--4--5-----------------------------------------------------

Sound system gonna bring me back up...

Verse

||------------------------------------------------------------------------------
||*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
||*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
||---5--5-----0--0--3--0--5--5--0--5--0--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--0--2--0--2--3-----

Try to describe to the limit of my ability....
--------
--------
--------
4--5----

||------------------------------------------------------------------------------
||*--------------------------------------------------7--7--7--7--5--5--5--5-----
||*--5--5--5--3--3--3--2--2--2--3--3--3--5--5--5--5-----------------------------
||------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------
4--4--4--4--
------------
------------

Interlude

||------------------------------------------------------------------
||*-----------------------------------------------------------------
||*-----------------------------------------------------------------
||---5--------5--5-----------5--------5--5--------------------------

Sound.....system........sound.....system

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
=-

I Got No

STANDARD TUNING.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------5-5-5--XXX-------------5-5-5---XXX------------------------------
--------5-5-5--XXX--3-3-3------5-5-5---XXX--3-3-3-----------------------
--------3-3-3--XXX--3-3-3------3-3-3---XXX--3-3-3-----------------------
---------------XXX--1-1-1--------------XXX--1-1-1-----------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------5-5-5--XXX------------------------------------------------------
--------5-5-5--XXX--3-3-3------5-5-5-------3-3-3------------------------
--------3-3-3--XXX--3-3-3------5-5-5-------3-3-3------------------------
---------------XXX--1-1-1------3-3-3-------1-1-1------------------------

Play over and over .Listen to the album and you'll know what to do.

NED DOUGLASS
<THE FAT ASTRONAUTS>

Missionary

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin (matt@odowd.pvt.k12.ca.us)

Riff 1- EAD (verse)
Riff 2- AED (bridge at end)
CHORUS- E(stop) A(stop) D 'i start it... '
E(stop) A(stop) D 'got big...'
AED 'on my way...'
AED 'on my way...'
SOLO- EDE ADA EDE ADA (all played 'high')

the actual song...
Riff 1- 4x
Chorus- 1x
Riff 1- 4x (muted-verse)
Chorus- 1x
Riff 1- 2x
Riff 1- 4x (muted-verse)
Chorus- 1x
Ring on E
SOLO- 1x
Riff 2- 11x (on the last one each note rings)

Big City

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin <matt@odowd.pvt.k12.ca.us>
Riff 1- (second half may be wrong?)
4/ 2 20 233332
5/ 0 23333 33 0 23333 3
6/11 3333 11 3333
Chorus- FGC 'big city, big city'
FGC 'big city, big city'
FGC 'big city, big city"
F 'big city, it's a wishing well'
G 'big city, it's a living hell'
Bridge- CA#G

the actual song...
Riff 1- 1.5x
STOP
Riff 1- 3.5x (verse-ends on C)
Chorus- 1x
Riff 1- 3.5x (verse-ends on C)
Chorus- 1x
Bridge- 10x (the 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th are muted)
Chorus- 2x
end on C

The Crowd

Transcribed by Punx (sappy@liii.com)
Donno if any of this is right but it sounds fine to me, e-mail me any
corections.

KEY:
+ = up swipe with slight palm muting (listen to the song)
/ = slide

Listen to the CD for timing

+ + + +
e-------------------------------------| Play this part over and over adding
B|------------------------------------| Palm muting and stuff altering the
G|-11-11-11-11/7-7-7-7---------9-9-9--| riff. Just listen to the CD and you
D|-11-11-11-11/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9--| will get it right.
A|-9--9--9--9-/5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|---------------------5-5-5-5--------|

+ + + +
e|-------------------------------------| And this is one variation of the
B|-------------------------------------| riff played one time later on in
G|-11-11-11-11/7-7-7-7---------9/7/9---| the song.
D|-11-11-11-11/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9/7/9---|
A|-9--9--9--9-/5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7/5/7---|
E|---------------------5-5-5-5---------|

I don't have a guitar infront of me right now but that looks right =)

-- Punk is not dead! --
-- Punx (sappy@liii.com) --
-- PunkRAWK!!! --

Bankshot

This is the tab to the song. The chords for
it are all open C, G, and F chords (well, the F isn't open I guess:)
Feel free to send me corrections!
pancreas@vt.edu

xpy = x pull off to y
xhy = x hammer on y
xby = x bent to y
xry = play prebent to tone of x and fret y
~=hold note (sort of, listen to the record. You'll know what
to do)

e------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------
D--5--3--2----------5--3--2-------5--3--2--------------
A-------------5---------------5--------------5--3------
E------------------------------------------------------

e------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------
D----------3--3--2---------------------3--3--2---------
A--5-----------------5--3--3--5------------------5--3--
E------3---------------------------3-------------------

e----------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------
D---5--2------2---5---2------------3-----------
A----------5--------------5---3----------------
E----------------------------------------------

e-----------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------3--2--------------
D---5--2------2---5---2---------------3--2------
A----------5--------------5---------------------
E-----------------------------------------------

e----------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------
D---5--2------2---5---2------------3-----------
A----------5--------------5---3----------------
E----------------------------------------------

e------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------
D---5--2------2---5---2-----------3--5-----------
A----------5--------------5---3----------5----3--
E------------------------------------------------

e------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------
D----------3--3--2---------------------3--3--2---------
A--5-----------------5--3--3--5------------------5--3--
E------3---------------------------3-------------------

e----------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------
D---5--2------2---5---2------------3-----------
A----------5--------------5---3----------------
E----------------------------------------------

e-----------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------3--2--------------
D---5--2------2---5---2---------------3--2------
A----------5--------------5---------------------
E-----------------------------------------------

e----------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------
D---5--2------2---5---2------------3-----------
A----------5--------------5---3----------------
E----------------------------------------------

e------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------
D---5--2------2---5---2-----------3--5-----4-----
A----------5--------------5---3------------------
E------------------------------------------------

e---8--------------------8--------3~~~-------1--1------
B---8---12---------------8--------3~~~-------1--1------
G---9--------12----------9--------4~~~-------2--2------
D--10-------------12----10--------5~~~-------3--3------
A--10-------------------10--------5~~~-------3--3------
E---8--------------------8--------3~~~-------1--1------

e---8------------------------------------7~~~-------1--1----
B------8-----------6--6--6---------------8~~~-------1--1----
G---------7b9---5-----------8---5--------7~~~-------2--2----
D-----------------------------------5----5~~~-------3--3----
A---------------------------------------------------3--3----
E---------------------------------------------------1--1----

e--------------------------------------7~~~~~~----7---1--1--
B---6---------------6--------------------8~~~~----8---1--1--
G--------8--5--8--------8--5--8--8---------7~~----7---2--2--
D------------------------------------9~~~~~~~~----9---3--3--
A-----------------------------------------------------3--3--
E-----------------------------------------------------1--1--

e--8--11--8---------------------
B--------------11--8------------
G----------------------10---8---
D-------------------------------
A-------------------------------
E-------------------------------

e------------------------------------7~~-----1--1--
B------------------------------------8~~-----1--1--
G---11r10--11r10--10--8--------------7~~-----2--2--
D--------------------------10------9~~~~-----3--3--
A--------------------------------------------3--3--
E--------------------------------------------1--1--

e---------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------
D-------------3--3--2---------------------3--3--2---------
A--3--5-----------------5--3--3--5------------------5--3--
E---------3---------------------------3-------------------

e------------------------------------------------------0--0~~--
B------------------------------------------------------1--1~~--
G------------------------------------------------------0--0~~--
D--3--3--3--2-----3--3--3--2---------3--3--3--2--------2--2~~--
A--------------5---------------5--3--------------5--3~~~~~-----
E--------------------------------------------------------------

Knowledge


Since the tab for Green Day's cover of Knowledge was recently posted,
here is the original by Operation Ivy. Mostly power chords, but a really
great riff too. The D,C,G progression goes throughout the whole song
(verse and refrain) if you want all the lyrics, they are in the CD.
Tune down one whole step for this song D,G,C,F,A,D. Or to play in
standard tuning, play C,Bb,F and play the riff off of 3rd position.
Transcribed by Robert W. Kubiak II 8)
--------------------------------------------------------------------

D power chord C power chord

I know that things are getting tougher when you can't get the top off the
e:x-----------------------------------------------x--------------------------|
B:x-----------------------------------------------x--------------------------|
G:7-----------------------------------------------5--------------------------|
D:7-----------------------------------------------5--------------------------|
A:5-----------------------------------------------3--------------------------|
E:x-----------------------------------------------x--------------------------|

G power chord

bottom of the barrel. Wide open road of my future now... it's looking fuck
e:x----------------------x---------------------------x------x----------------|
B:x----------------------x---------------------------x------x----------------|
G:x----------------------7---------------------------5------x----------------|
D:5----------------------7---------------------------5------5----------------|
A:5----------------------5---------------------------3------5----------------|
E:3----------------------x---------------------------x------3----------------|

ing narrow. All I know is that I don't know, all I I know is that I don't
e:------------x---------------------------------x----------------------x-----|
B:------------x---------------------------------x----------------------x-----|
G:------------7---------------------------------5----------------------x-----|
D:------------7---------------------------------5----------------------5-----|
A:------------5---------------------------------3----------------------5-----|
E:------------x---------------------------------x----------------------3-----|

know nothing. (riff repeat 2x)
e:--------------------------------------------------|
B:--------------------8-7-5-------8-7-5------6-6-5--|
G:---------------------------7-777------7-777-----5-|
D:-------------------------------------------------5|
A:--------------------------------------------------|
E:--------------------------------------------------|

Bombshell

tabbed by dan016@telerama.lm.com

Let me know what you think.

Intro: twice
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|---7------------------------|
|---7----5-----7--7----------|
|---5----5-----7--7----------|
|--------3-----5--5----------|

Verse: A few times
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------|
|-------------5-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------|
|-------------3-3-3-3-3----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|

Chorus: A few times
|--------------------------|
|--7-7-7-------------------|
|--7-7-7-------------------|
|--5-5-5---5----7----------|
|----------5----7----------|
|----------3----5----------|

Solo: this sounds pretty close
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--2----4-----7----2----4-----7----9----2--------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

Solo (cont)
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------)----)------------------------|
|---4---7----4---7----9----9----2--------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

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