Artist - Sublime
Album - Brdaley Nowell and Friends (Acoustic)
Song - Don't Push (Acoustic)
Tuning - Standard (EADGBe)
This song is comprised of the following chords; these are not progressions. It has a
feel for eigth notes and the strum is a varied mixture of chops.
The three divisions below are patterns the song follows.
A5 A6 D5 D6 E5 E6 F (RIFF 1)
E||-*-------|-*-------|------------|--8---|---------------||
B||---------|---------|------------|--10--|---------------||
G||---------|---------|------------|--10--|---------------||
D||---------|--7---9--|---9---11---|--10--|------------7--||
A||--7---9--|--5---5--|---7----7---|--8---|-----7s--9-----||
E||--5---5--|---------|--(0)--(0)--|------|--5------------||
Am Dm E F
E||---5---|--5--|--7--|--8---|
B||---5---|--6--|--9--|--10--|
G||--(5)--|--7--|--9--|--10--|
D||---7---|--7--|--9--|--10--|
A||---7---|--5--|--7--|--8---|
E||---5---|-----|-----|------|
Am C FM7 B B7
E||---5---|--3--|-----|--2--|--5--||
B||---5---|--5--|--5--|--4--|--4--||
G||--(5)--|--5--|--5--|--4--|--4--||
D||---7---|--5--|--3--|--4--|--4--||
A||---7---|--3--|--3--|--2--|--2--||
E||---5---|-----|-----|-----|-----||
Here it is completely broken down...
A5 <-> A6 (RIFF 1)
Stolen from an africa land
A5 <-> A6
Chased out with a knife
D5 <-> D6 A5 <-> A6
With a face like Bob Marley and a mouth like a motor bike
E5 <-> E6 F Am
Oh well the bars are always open and the time is always right
Dm F A5 <-> A6
And if God's good word goes unspoken the music goes all night
And it goes...
Am
If I was Bob Marley I said could you be loved
Am
If I'm half pint I'm a lord up above
Dm
If I was Mike Tyson I'd look for a fight
Am
If I was a Boomtown Rat I would be stayin up all night
E F E
If I was the king I'd rock I would get stupid dumb
Am C F7M B
If rhymes were valium I'd be comfortably numb
Am C F7M B
If rhymes were valium I'd be comfortably numb
Am C F7M B B7
Giberish
Am A5 <-> A6
If I had a shotgun, you know what I'd do
D5 <-> D6
I'd point that shit straight at the sky
Am
and shoot heaven on down for you
E F Am
Because the bars are always open and the time is always right
Dm F Am
And if God's good word goes unspoken the music goes all night
And it goes...
Am
I want a lover but I can't find the time
Am
I want a reason but I can't find the rhyme
Dm
And I want to start static but I can't afford
Am
To get slammed to the ground I fall off my skateborad
E F E
Now a days as clear as you please
Am C F7M B
Get strap with protection or strap with disease
Am C F7M B
strap with protection or strap with disease
Am C F7M B B7
I'm strap with protection strap with disea(se)
Am
uh ooh uh uh uh uh
Am
daooh brah bump buh brump buh bump buh buh
Dm
ooooh ooh ooh oooh
Am
ooh ooh ooooh
E F E
bah dah dah dah ba dah ba dah-pa da ba dah
Am C F7M B
oh I know I know I know
Am C F7M B
I know I.... know
Am C F7M B
Ina wanna wanna aauh uooh
Am C F7M B
bop bop bop bop bop-da da bah
B7 (5 times)
*NOTE: When playing the choppy parts in the verses, the A5/A6 and D5/D6 can be played
the fifth and fourth strings open respectively.
Tabbed by ADAgosta