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Come Original Guitar Tablature
'Come Original'
Performed by 311
From the album "Soundsystem" on Capricorn Records
Music by:  N. Hexum & A. Wills
Lyrics by:  N. Hexum & A. Wills
(c) 1999 Hydroponic Music BMI
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Tabbed by: Evin Gibson ([email protected])
Additions/Corrections by: FlopyPikle ([email protected])
                          Michael Slusarz ([email protected])
                          Adam Wood ([email protected])
                          Jonathan Shoemaker ([email protected])
                          Steve Davis ([email protected])
                          DaProney ([email protected])
                          Pat ([email protected])
                          Kyle Peacock ([email protected])
                          Jim Gray ([email protected])
Lyric help by: Paul Barany ([email protected])
The 311 Guitar Archive -- http://bigworm.colorado.edu/311archive/


Intro (w/Distortion):
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   Asus4      N.C.                 Asus4     D5/A N.C.
e:-5-5---5-----------------------//5-5-5-5---5----------------------
B:-5-5---5-----------------------//5-5-5-5---5----------------------
G:-7-7---7----7-6----------------//7-7-7-7---7----7-6---------------
D:-7-7---7--------9-7-6-7-6------//7-7-7-7---7--------9-7-6-7-6-----
A:-5-5---5------------------9-7--------------5------------------9-7-
E:-------------------------------------------5----------------------

Riff 1 (w/Distortion):
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   Asus4        N.C.                 Asus4         N.C.
e:(5-5-5-5)-5-----------------------(5-5-5-5)--5---------------------
B:(5-5-5-5)-5-----------------------(5-5-5-5)--5---------------------
G:-7-7-7-7--7---7-6------------------7-7-7-7---7---7-6---------------
D:-7-7-7-7--7-------9-7-6-7-6--------7-7-7-7---7-------9-7-6-----6-9-
A:-5-5-5-5--5-----------------9-7----5-5-5-5---5-------------7-9-----
E:-5-5-5-5--5------------------------5-5-5-5---5---------------------

Chorus A (w/Distortion):
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   G5          B5          A5             Ab5
e:----------------------------------------------
B:----------------------------------------------
G:----------------------------------------------
D:----------------------------------------------
A:-5-5--5-5-5/-9-9--9-9-9--7-7--7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-
E:-3-3--3-3-3/-7-7--7-7-7--5-5--5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-

Chorus B (w/Distortion):
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   G5           B5             A5            Ab5
e:-------------------------------------------------
B:-------------------------------------------------
G:-------------------------------------------------
D:-------------------------------------------------
A:-5-5--5-5-5//-9-9-9--9-9-9---7-7-7--7-7-7--6-6-6-
E:-3-3--3-3-3//-7-7-7--7-7-7---5-5-5--5-5-5--4-4-4-

   G5           B5                A5   G5   F#5  E5
e:-----------------------------------------------------------
B:-----------------------------------------------------------
G:-----------------------------------------------------------
D:-----------------------------------------------2-2---2-2-2-
A:-5-5--5-5-5//-9-9--9-9-9---9-9--7-7--5-5--4-4--2-2---2-2-2-
E:-3-3--3-3-3//-7-7--7-7-7---7-7--5-5--3-3--2-2--0-0---0-0-0-

Riff 2 (w/Distortion):
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   E5
e:--------------
B:--------------
G:--------------
D:-2--2----2--2-
A:-2--2----2--2-
E:-0--0----0--0-

Riff 3 (w/Distortion):
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   E5
e:------------------------
B:------------------------
G:------------------------
D:-2--2----2--2---2-2-2-2-
A:-2--2----2--2---2-2-2-2-
E:-0--0----0--0---0-0-0-0-
                   |-----| Don't play last time

Bridge 1 (w/Distortion):
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[Guitar 1 plays higher note of each octave]
[Guitar 2 plays lower note w/sub-octave effect.]
   N.C.
e:---------------------------------
B:---------------------------------
G:-----4----7-----------4--------2-
D:-2------------7---5--------4-----
A:-----2----5-----------2--------0- (x2)
E:-0------------5---3--------2-----

   N.C.
e:--------------------------------------
B:--------------------------------------
G:-----7-----11-------------7---------6-
D:-5--------------11----9---------7-----
A:--------------------------------------  (x2)
E:--------------------------------------

Bridge 2 (Clean, w/Reverb & Slap-back Echo):
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   G    Bm Am   G#
e:-3----7--5----4-
B:-3----7--5----4-
G:-4----7--5----5-
D:----------------
A:----------------
E:----------------


Song Structure:
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---> Play Intro (x1)
---> Play Riff 1 (x1) over:
   You got to
   You got to
---> Play Chorus A over:
   Come original you got to come original
   All entertainers come original
   You got to come original you got to come original
   All entertainers
   Hear why
   To come original it ain't nothin' strange
   You got to represent you got come full range
   Full range of emotion full range of styles
   When you come to town you'll have them comin' for miles
   Come original you got to come original
   All entertainers come original
   You got to come original you got to come original
   All entertainers
   Hear why
---> Play Chorus B over:
   Black Eyed Peas they comin' full range and
   NOFX they comin' full range and
   Roni Size he comin' full range
   The one Mr. Vegas you know it ain't easy
---> No guitar
---> Play Riff 2 over:
   A warning to the crews out there who think they're hot
   If you're not original rockers you will get shot
   Down by the kids neglectin' your art, the stuff you did
   Eventually it get so bad puts you to bed
---> Play Riff 3 over:
   Cuz when the lightning flashes sweet electricity
   All the world then stands revealed with the clarity
   Of raw voltage, briefly we see and the hope is
   You'll be able to tell just what dope is
---> Play Chorus A over:
   Come original you got to come original
   All entertainers come original
   You got to come original you got to come original
   All entertainers
   Hear why
---> Play Chorus B over:
   Funk slap bass mixed with the dancehall and
   Hip-hop beats and punk guitar and
   Deadly on the mic is the one SA
   The name is 311 and you know it ain't easy
---> No guitar
---> Play Riff 3 over:
   This is not a test there's no time to mope
   How you gonna cope with radioactive isotope
   And boss dj illness upon you now quickly
   Infecting you fast upon the airwaves
   This message brought to you by the so large system
   Activate and attune yourself with meditation
   And green plants they've got mad life they're sentient
   They're beautiful as you and they like to dance
---> Play Bridge 1 (x4)
---> Play Riff 3 over:
   Everything we do we gotta come original
   Put your hand up in the air and prepare for battle
   Sit upon the rhythm like a tire upon a rim
   We do it non-stop and then we do it again
   Some a them whine and some a them bitch
   They can not do it never switch
   Comin' up from the heart and
   Delivered with a wild pitch
   Sit up on top the rhythm like a wild stallion
   This is the ruling system
---> Play Bridge 2 (x4)
---> Play Chorus A over:
   Come original you got to come original
   All entertainers come original
   You got to come original you got to come original
   All entertainers come original
   You got to come original you got to come original
   All entertainers come original
   You got to come original you got to come original
   All entertainers
---> No guitar over:
   Come original
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