Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 08:44:54 -0500 (EST)
From: *

Album: Hang-ups (1997)
Transcribed by Luke Knox (*)

This is a great song by one of my all-time favorite bands, Goldfinga!  
The song, does, however, have lots of little bits and pieces to play. So, 

Main/Intro riff: (repeated)
E----------------------------------
B----------------------------------
G----------------------------------
D----4-5-4-5--------4-5-4-5-7------
A-5r---------7---5r-------------5r-
E--------------5--------------5----

Play main/intro riff once, then at the end of the second time, play this:
E-----------
B-----------
G-11-11--12-
D-11-11--12-
A--9--9--10-
E-----------
  F#ii   G

2nd guitar plays these chords under the main/intro riff:
E------------------------
B------------------------
G--7---------------------
D--7----5----9----7------
A--5----5----9----7------   (Play these 4x)
E-------3----7----5------
   D    G    B    A     

The intro riff ends, and lead guitar plays this riff:
E----------------------------------------------------
B-----7-8-10-8-8-----7-8-7-7s8-7----------7-10-------
G-7-9------------7-9-------7s9-7--9-7-9-7------9-7---
D----------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------

Rythym ska part played during verse:
    D    G
E---5----3-----
B---7----3-----
G---7----4-----
D---7----5-----
A--------------
E--------------

Verse:
D                    G            D                  G
You taught me how to play guitar, you taught me that I'd go 
            D      G            D   G   D       
far just by trying. Yea just by trying. We were kids playing 
G          D                G               D     G
Social D., spiritual man on l.s.d., we were frying, yea we 
     D
were frying.

Play this riff during last half of verse:
E-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-------------------------
B-10-10-10-10--8--8--8--8----------7-7-7-8-7------
G--------------------------7-7-7-9-----------9-7--
D-------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------

Bridge: 
   Em  C   Em  Fii
E--7---3---7---8----
B--8---5---8--10----
G--9---5---9--10----
D--9---5---9--10----
A-------------------
E-------------------

Em                    C                Em    
Once in a while you'd fuck with me, no ground on my bass and 
Fii
it shocked me.

Chorus:[the C and D in parantheses aren't played by guitar]
    G   Am  C   D     G   Am  (C)(D) G
E---3---5---3---5-----3---5----------3------
B---3---5---5---7-----3---5----------3------
G---4---5---5---7-----4---5----------4------
D---5---7---5---7-----5---7----------5------
A-------7-----------------7----------5------
E-------5-----------------5----------3------

           G Am                  C   D
                       G   Am        (C)      (D)    G  
Cause when we were skatin', you would make the metal sign.

Repeat intro.

Verse:
        D                                G           D
You got kicked out of school for wearing profanity. "Too
                        G                     D     G  
drunk to fuck" said the Dead Kennedys on your button, your
          D    G  
punk rock button. 

Riff: (* means played quietly)
E-----------------------------------*10-*10--------
B-----7-8-8-9-8---------7-8-7-8------------*10-----
G-7-9-----------10-7-7----------7r------------*11--
D--------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------

D                G           D
You were born in S.L.T., vegetarian man no 
G              D     G           D       G
B.L.T. on your muffin, no turkey stuffing.

Riff:
E-----------------10-10-10-10-10-10-------------
B---------7-8-10--10--8--7--8--7--7-7-8-7-------
G-----6-7----------------------------------9-7--
D-7-9-------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------

Bridge:
Em                  C              Em      
Once in a while I'd surf with you, our first band was called
Fii
I.M.R.U.


Then repeat chorus, playing a barred G-C-G  instead of the 
(C)-(D)-G part at the end.

Next: repeat intro 2x, then lead guitar plays this while 2nd guitar plays 
a D with palm muting:
E-----------------------------------------------------/10-
B-----------7-8-7-8-------7-8-7-8-9-----7-8-7-------------
G-----(6)-7---------9---7-------------7-------9-7-9-7-----
D-(7)-----------------7-------------7---------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------

Last verse repeats the words from the first verse, except it's played 
with barre chords. 
Riff: ("yeah just by trying. . .")
E---------------------
B---------------------
G---------------------
D--4-4-4-4-4-4--2--0--
A---------------------
E---------------------


Whew! That's pretty much all I've got.  It took me a while to figure this 
one out, and there may be some other, better ways to play this song. If 
you have any questions, comments, changes, or maybe even requests, e-mail 
me and I'll see what I can do you for.

Luke