EAT THE MEEK by NOFX. Album : So long and thanks for all the shoes (1997)
Ska-song which is really great even when it's so slow. I had to learn this
song with bass first, because I needed the base notes for that ska-guitar.
Check out the outro for the correct ska rhythm (includes muting).
A=Melvin (ska)   B=El Hefe   A&B=both
:             !B quiet!                         !B quiet!
# intro #A X4 *=play 10X ska      # verse #A X2 *=play 10X ska
E---5-------6-----8-|#=play 5X    E---5---6-------8---|
B---6--10---6--10-8-|  ska        B---6---6--10---8---|
G---7--10---7--1010-|             G---7---7--10---9---| > Then play AintroAX2.
D---7--10---8--1010-|also         D---7---8--10--10---|
A----*---*---*--#-#-|chorus       A----*---*---*---*--|
E-------------------|             E-------------------|
:   Dm  F   A#  F sus2                Dm  A#  F   C
# verse2 #A !B quiet! *=play 10X ska
E---5---6---8-------5-------8---5---|
B---6---6---8--10---6--10---8---5---|
G---7---7---9--10---7--10---9---6---|
D---7---8--10--10---7--10--10---7---|   > Then play AintroAX2.
A----*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*--|
E-----------------------------------|
:   Dm  A#  C   F   Dm  F   C   A
# verse3 #B !A quiet! !palm-muted! %=pause
E%%%%----------%%%%%%----------%%%%%%----------%%%%%%----------%%%%%|
B%%%%----------%%%%%%----------%%%%%%----------%%%%%%----------%%%%%|
G%%%%----------%%%%%%----------%%%%%%---555----%%%%%%----------%%%%%|
D%%%%---333----%%%%%%---333----%%%%%%333---3333%%%%%%---55532--%%%%%|
A%%%%555---5300%%%%%%111---1111%%%%%%----------%%%%%%333-----33%%%%%|
E%%%%----------%%%%%%----------%%%%%%----------%%%%%%----------%%%%%|
:
Then play AverseA or Bverse3B.
:
# chorus3 #A ġ=10 +=play 16X *=play 12X                             >
E------------------------------------------------------------------->
B----+---------------+---------------+-------------------------88888>
G--10--------------10--------------10---------------ġġġġġġġġġġġ-ġġġġ>
D------------------------------------------------------------------->
A------------------------------------------------------------------->
E---------------------------------­---------------------------------->
# chorus3 #B +=play 15-16X                                          >
E---/----------------------------------!palm-muted!----------------->
B------------------------------------------------------------------->
G----+---------------+-------------------------------+-------------->
D---7--------------10----------------+-------------10--------------->
A---5---------------8--------------08---------------8--------------->
E---------------------------------­--6------------------------------->
>chorus3A
>-------------------------------------------------------------------|i
>----+---------------+---------------+---------------*--------------|n
>--10--------------10--------------10--------------11----------11---|t
>-------------------------------------------------------------------|r
>-------------------------------------------------------------------|o
>---------------------------------­----------------------------------|A
>chorus3B
>-------------------!palm-muted!--------------------------------\-----%|
>---------------------------------------------------------------------%|
>----+---------------+------------------------------------------------%|
>---7--------------10----------------+--------------7777777777777---7-%|
>---5---------------8---------------5---------------5555555555555---5-%|
>---------------------------------­--3---------------------------------%|
:
Then play AintroAX0.75 (!B quiet!) and that's it.
Tabbed by Jussi Heinonen 25.09.1998.             (revised 10.05.2017.)