NOFX
Jaw, Knee, Music
Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1
Standard tuning
NOTES: [8/14/05] - Showed chords and cleaned it up a little bit.
Chords
E5 G5 D5 C5 D#5
e----------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|
G--------9--------12---7---5---8---|
D---2-or-9---5-or-12---7---5---8---|
A---2----7---5----10---5---3---6---|
E---0--------3---------------------|
Intro - 4x
E5 C5
e--------------------|
B--------------------|
G----------5-5-5-5-5-|
D-2--2--2--5-5-5-5-5-|
A-2--2--2--3-3-3-3-3-|
E-0--0--0------------|
Main Riff (guitar 2 lightly strums chords) - 2x
E5 G5 D5 C5
e--7-x-7-7-x-x-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-x-x-7-x-7-7-5-x-5-5-x-x-5-x-5-5-3-x-3-3-x-x-3-x-3-3--|
B--8-x-8-8-x-x-8-x-8-8-8-x-8-8-x-x-8-x-8-8-7-x-7-7-x-x-7-x-7-7-5-x-5-5-x-x-5-x-5-5--|
G--9-x-9-9-x-x-9-x-9-9-7-x-7-7-x-x-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-x-x-7-x-7-7-5-x-5-5-x-x-5-x-5-5--|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse [Palm Muted]
E5
Johnny has a problem
C5 G5
Johnny is out of control
E5 C5
He had a TV party
D5 G5
With the kids in the black hole
C5 D5
Stealing people's mail
G5 C5
And lynching the landlord
D5
Things to do when angry, young and bored
E5 C5 G5 D5
e---------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------|
G--16-16-12-12-16-14-14-11-14-12-9-9-9-14-12-16-14-12-14-12-11--|
D---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
A--14-14-10-10-14-12-12--9-12-10-7-7-7-12-10-14-12-10-12-10--9--|
E---------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse (same as first)
Johnny was only a lad
Johnny hates the scene
First he hit an old man
Then he hit and run Pauline
The record player spinning the best times
I never had
So why do my old records make me sad?
Chorus [Chart corresponds to order]
E5 C5 G5 D5 E5 C5 G5 D5
e---------------------------------|
B---------------------------------|
G--9---5-------7---9---5---12--7--|
D--9---5---5---7---9---5---12--7--|
A--7---3---5---5---7---3---10--5--|
E----------3----------------------|
E5 C5
Cause they're so bad
G5 D5
And no one seems to understand
E5
The glory of guitar
C5
When out of tune
G5
The off timing
D5
The singers who can't sing
The beauty of flaw
Main Riff - 2x
With lead (echo and delay) - 8x
e---------------------------|
B---------------------------|
G--9-9-9-11-11-11-12-12-12--|
D---------------------------|
A---------------------------|
E---------------------------|
PM - - - -- -- -- -- -- --
Bridge [Chart corresponds to order]
E5 C5 G5 D5 D#5
e---------------------|
B---------------------|
G--9---5-------7---8--|
D--9---5---5---7---8--|
A--7---3---5---5---6--|
E----------3----------|
E5
He's a teenage vegetable, this is the last resort
C5 (outro lead really starts here)
He's got PCP in his veins, he lives inside a quart
G5
Johnny is a punk rocker, Johnny is he queer?
D5 D#5
Johnny needed two bags, and a car to commandeer
Outro
Em C G D D#
e--7-x-7-7-----8-x-8-8-----3-x-3-3-----5-x-5-5----5-x-5-5-----|
B--8-x-8-8-4x--8-x-8-8-4x--3-x-3-3-4x--7-x-7-7-2x-7-x-7-7-2x--|
G--9-x-9-9-----5-x-5-5-----4-x-4-4-----7-x-7-7----8-x-8-8-----|
D-------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro Lead [PALM MUTE THROUGHOUT]
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------12-12-------12-12-------12-12-------12-12-----12-12-----12-12------12-12-------12-12-|
D--12-12-------12-12-------10-10-------10-10-------9-9-------9-9------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------12-12------12-12-------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Play three times
Outro Lead (cont'd)
On the 4th time, play this:
e------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------|
G--------12-12-------12-12-----12-12-------12-12-|
D--12-12-------12-12-------14-14-----14-14-------|
A------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------|
Em
Johnny wasn't liked much, but he had a lot of friends
C
Waits on stage, eating ludes, A mindless brainwashed pig
G
Johnny was a good man, till the day that he got shot
D D#
He had a jacked up chevy that could blow you off the spot
Em
Johnny always needs more than he takes
C
Forgets a couple chords, forgets a couple breaks
G
Johnny says he's bound by only six strings to this world
D D#
Johnny Quest hates sellout bands and Johnny Punk snorts ritilin
Em
And Johnny is an angry amputee
Play Outro Lead un-muted for the ending.
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