#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 02:30:20 -0500 (EST) From: Fred Lidskog Subject: 3/311/transistor.tab "Transistor" Performed by 311 >From the album "Transistor" on Capricorn/Mercury Records Music by: Chad Sexton Lyrics by: Nick Hexum and Doug Martinez (c) 1997 Hydroponic Music BMI ------------ Tabbed by Fred Lidskog NOTE: ANOTHER INTERPRETATION OF THIS SONG, AND ONE THAT I NOW THINK IS THE RIGHT WAY TO PLAY IT, IS TO PLAY ONLY THE NOTES LISTED ON THE LOW "E" STRING, AND NOT THE ONES ON THE "A" STRING. IN OTHER WORDS, PLAY THE SINGLE NOTES ON THE "E" STRING INSTEAD OF THE POWER CHORDS LISTED BELOW, BUT ONLY IN "VERSE RIFFS 1 & 2", "CHORUS RIFF 1", AND "RIFF 3". THE OTHER RIFFS SHOULD BE PLAYED AS LISTED BELOW. Verse Riff 1: ------------ e--------------------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------- A--2--4--5--7--4--4----7--4--2--7b7.5---2--4--5--7--4--4-- E--0--2--3--5--2--2----5--2--0--5b5.5---0--2--3--5--2--2-- e-------------------------------------------------------- B-------------------------------------------------------- G-------------------------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------------------------- A--7--4--2--7--4--2-------------------------------------- E--5--2--0--5--2--0-------------------------------------- Verse Riff 2: ------------ e-------------------------------------------------- B-------------------------------------------------- G-------------------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------------------- A--7--4--2--7--4--2--2--2--7--4--2--7--4--2--2--2-- E--5--2--0--5--2--0--0--0--5--2--0--5--2--0--0--0-- e----------------------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------------------------- D-----------------------------------------7--7--7----------- A--7--4--2--7--4--2--2--2--7--4--2--7--4--5--5--5----------- E--5--2--0--5--2--0--0--0--5--2--0--5--2-------------------- Chorus Riff 1: -------------- e-------------------------------------------------- B-------------------------------------------------- G-------------------------------------------------- D--7--7--7--8-------------------------------------- A--5--5--5--6--6--6--6--6---6--6--8--6--4---------- E--------------4--4--4--4---4--4--6--4--2---------- Chorus Riff 2: -------------- e--------------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------- D-----------7--------------------------------------- A--4--4--4--5--6--6--6--6---6--6--8--6--4----------- E--2--2--2-----4--4--4--4---4--4--6--4--2----------- Riff 3: ------- e------------------------------------------------------------- B------------------------------------------------------------- G------------------------------------------------------------- D-----------------9--7---------------------------------------- A--5--5--5--5--5--7--5-------5--5--5--5--9--7--9-------------- E--3--3--3--3--3--7--5-------3--3--3--3--7--5--7-------------- Bridge: ------- e------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------ D------------9--7--------------9--7-------------------------- A---5--5--5--7--5----5--5--5---7--5----5--5--9--7------------ E---3--3--3----------3--3--3-----------3--3--7--5------------ Reggae Part: ------------ e---3--3--------------1--1----1--1----------------------- B---3--3-----5--5-----1--1----1--1----------------------- G---4--4-----5--5-----2--2----2--2----------------------- D------------5--5---------------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------------- Ending: ------- e---------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------- G-----------5--5------------------------------- D---5--5----5--5---3------3-----3------3------- A---5--5----3--3---3------3-----3------3------- E---3--3----3--3---1--0---1--0--1--0--1--0----- e--------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------- G-----------5--5------------------------------ D---5--5----5--5---3---3---3--------3--------- A---5--5----3--3---3---3---3--------3--------- E---3--3----3--3---1---1---1---0----1--------- Lyrics/Song Structure: ===================== ---> Play Verse Riff 1 over: If you want more beats for your buck there's no luck If you want more beats for your buck there's no luck If you want more beats for your buck there's no luck If you want more beats for your ---> Play Verse Riff 2 over: buck there's no luck, then there's no luck Then again if you came for drama then I can't understand Music critics, music critics Not afraid of a guy who'll tell you he's never been in a mix Been in a mix, been in a mix From the grass roots so big up to our friends Every crew every click and every posse Big up to all the heads not of hypocrisy ---> Play Chorus Riff 1 over: You're a Transistor ---> Play Chorus Riff 2 over: Lightning resistor Conducting to the mother star That's what you ---> Play Riff 3 over: are, yeah heh heh heh heh, yeah heh heh heh heh yeah heh heh heh heh, yeah heh heh heh heh ---> Play Verse Riff 1 over: Renegade sound system Three Eleven Renegade sound system Three Eleven Renegade sound system Three Eleven Renegade sound system ---> Play Verse Riff 2 over: Three Eleven, Three Eleven Brothers from another planet and here once again Automatic, automatic wanna take to the universe in a holographic Cosmic remix, cosmic remix, From the mysterious blue planet we can breathe anywhere Underwater, out in space or in L.A. Your polluted air's no problem for these homeys ---> Play Chorus Riff 1 over: You're a Transistor ---> Play Chorus Riff 2 over: Lightning resistor Conducting to the mother star That's what you ---> Play Riff 3 over: are, yeah heh heh heh heh, yeah heh heh heh heh yeah heh heh heh heh, yeah heh heh heh heh ---> Play Bridge (x4) ---> Play Reggae Part (x4) over: You're a Transistor Lightning Resistor Conducting to the Mother Star That's what you ---> Play Ending (x2) over: are, yeah heh heh heh heh, yeah heh heh heh yeah heh heh heh heh, yeah heh heh heh Questions, comments, corrections, requests to swede@email.unc.edu