Group Name: NOFX
Album Title: So Long And Thanks For All The Shoes
Song Title: It's My Job To Keep Punk Rock Elite
Tabbed by Mark Campbell ([email protected])

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AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Great (and easy) riffs, awesome lyrics, and pure attitude - a typical NOFX song, and one of the best openings to a record I've ever heard!
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Guitar A - Eric Melvin
Guitar B - El Hefe

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INTRO RIFF 1 (play 1x)
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Guitar A (B is quiet)
* - play 24x

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

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INTRO RIFF 2 (play 2x)
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Guitar A
% - pause

e ----------------------------------
B ----------------------------------
G -------------------------10-10-8--
D --10-10--7-8-8--7-8-8--8-10-10-8--
A --10-10--7-8-8--7-8-8--8--8--8-6--
E ---8--8--5-6-6--5-6-6--6----------

Guitar B

e ----------------------------------
B ----------------------------------
G -------------------------10-10-8--
D --10-10------------------10-10-8--
A --10-10-------------------8--8-6--
E ---8--8%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%---------

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INTRO RIFF 3 (play 2x)
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Guitar A

e ----------------------------------
B ----------------------------------
G -------------------------10-10-8--
D --10-10--7-8-8--7-8-8--8-10-10-8--
A --10-10--7-8-8--7-8-8--8--8--8-6--
E ---8--8--5-6-6--5-6-6--6----------

Guitar B

e --------------------------------------
B --------------------------------------
G ------------15-15--15--------10-10-8--
D --10-10--10-15-15--15-8-8--8-10-10-8--
A --10-10--10-13-13--13-8-8--8--8--8-6--
E ---8--8---8-----------6-6--6----------

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VERSE RIFF (play 2x)
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"Indescriminate..."

Guitar A&B
* - play 6x

e ---------------------------------------------------
B --*-----------------*------------------------*-----
G --5-----*-----*-----8------*-----*-----*-----8-----
D --5-----3-----6-----8-----10-----6-----9-----8-----
A --3-----3-----6-----6-----10-----6-----9-----6-----
E --------1-----4------------8-----4-----7-----------

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BRIDGE RIFF (play 1x)
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Guitar A

e ---------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------
G -------------------------10-10-8-------------------------10-10-10----
D --10-10--7-8-8--7-8-8--8-10-10-8--10-10--7-8-8--7-8-8--8-10-10-10----
A --10-10--7-8-8--7-8-8--8--8--8-6--10-10--7-8-8--7-8-8--8--8--8--8%%%%
E ---8--8--5-6-6--5-6-6--6-----------8--8--5-6-6--5-6-6--6-------------

Guitar B

e ---------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------
G ------------15-15--15--------10-10-8------------15-15--15------
D --10-10--10-15-15--15-8-8--8-10-10-8--10-10--10-15-15--15-8-8--
A --10-10--10-13-13--13-8-8--8--8--8-6--10-10--10-13-13--13-8-8--
E ---8--8---8-----------6-6--6-----------8--8---8-----------6-6--

e ---------------
B ---------------
G ---10-10-10----
D -8-10-10-10----
A -8--8--8--8%%%%
E -6-------------

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Then both guitars play Intro Riff 3 1x, and Verse Riff 2x...
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OUTRO RIFF (play 1x)
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"Never understand it..."

Guitar A
* - play 12x     + - play 4x     % - pause     ... - let ring

e --------------------------------------------------------------
B ---+-----+-----+----------------------------------------------
G --12----12----12----------*----------*-----------.............
D --10%%%%10%%%%10----------6----------8----------10------------
A --------------------------6----------8----------10------------
E --------------------------4----------6-----------8------------

Guitar B

e --------------------------------------------------------------
B --------------------------------------------------------------
G ---+-----+-----+----------13-11-10-8-7--5--3-10--.............
D --10----10----10-----------x--x--x-x-x--x--x--x-10------------
A --10----10----10----------11--9--8-6-5--3--1--8-10------------
E ---8-----8-----8---------------------------------8------------

Big business punk rockers suck!

Tabbed by Mark Campbell 5/12/01