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This Ain't No Picnic Tabs

(ver. 2)
Minutemen
Hey, how's it goin.  I'm a huge Minutemen fan and there isn't enough of 
tab of them on the net.  This is a great song off of the Double Nickels
On The Dime CD, and you can also find it on Ballot Result.  My band did
a cover of it on our demo tape.

The intro is the only tough part...

e--------0---------0---------0----------------------------------------------
B--8-8---7---6-6---5---4-4---3----------------------------------------------
G--7-7---6---5-5---4---3-3---2--------8-------------------------------------
D--6-6---5---4-4---3---2-2---1--------7-------------------------------------
A--7-7---6---5-5---4---3-3---2--------6-------------------------------------
E------7---------5---------3---2-2-4--7--------------12\\\------------------
                                      ^
                                   hold this 
                                     chord

I'm not even going to try to indicate the strumming, it's really fast.  You
can get it by listening to the recording.  Here are the chords:
      E?     and    C?
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------8-------------------------------------------------------------------
G------7------------9------------------------------------------------------
D------6------------8------------------------------------------------------
A------7------------7------------------------------------------------------
E--0-0-0------------8------------------------------------------------------

Just strum them and get the clicks in.  The name of the chords is something 
like E7#9 or something, but people I know usually just call it "that Hendrix
chord."  That's the verse part, and the chorus is just drums.  

C?  Hey mister, don't look down on me
E?  For what I believe (etc.)

It goes intro-verse-chorus-solo (over verse)-verse-chorus

the outro is just E- --0000000------

I just use the E-Pentatonic scale on the twelth fret for the solo...
I'm sure d would approve

Here's the Bass

For the intro, just stand there and look cool.  When the guitarist starts
slamming on E?, the second bar come in with G---/9 and hold it.
Then go into
  C?                              E?
--3-3-1---1-3-1-3--3-3-1---1-3-1---/7-7-5---5-7-5-7-7-7-5---5-7-5---------
--------3----------------3----------------7---------------7---------------

I think it varies a little bit, but Watt is real hard to tab.  Enjoy, and
John Crosier
            
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