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*** the Bull*** Guitar 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 ([email protected])
Additions/Corrections by: Michael Slusarz ([email protected])
                          Ross ([email protected])
Lyric help by: Christopher Comeaux ([email protected])
               Kathy Storlauk ([email protected])
               Unknown ([email protected])
               Brandon Z ([email protected])
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:
======================
---> 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
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