Minutemen – Paranoid Chant (Guitar Tab)

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the Minutemen - "Paranoid Chant," Track 7 from "Paranoid Time," 1980. Also available on "Post-Mersh Volume 3." E Standard in 445 or 446 HZ. I think it sounds better in 446. Lyrics will be in quotation marks under relevant tab sections, "like this." ======== [Intro:] ======== 0:00 - 0:08: Bass Intro; no guitar parts.
 0:08               0:10            0:12              0:14     
e|---------------------------------|-----------------x--------|
B|-0-*-0-------------3-------------|-0-x-0-----------x-3------|
G|-0-*-0-------------0-------------|-0-x-0-----------x--------|
D|-x-*-x-------------x-------------|-x-x-x--------------------|
A|-2-*-2-------------0-------------|-2-x-2-----------*--------|
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
========== [Verse 1:] ==========
  0:16                    
e|-------------------|
B|-3---3-0---0-0-0-*-|
G|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
D|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
A|-x---x-x---x-x-*---|
E|(3---3-2---2-2-*)--|
"I try to work, I keep thinking of World War Thre-"
  0:20                    
e|-------------------|
B|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
G|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
D|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
A|-x---x-x---x-x-*---|
E|(3---3-2---2-2-*)--|
"-e!" I try to talk to girls, I keep thinking of World War Thre-"
  0:24                    
e|-------------------|
B|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
G|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
D|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
A|-x---x-x---x-x-*---|
E|(3---3-2---2-2-*)--|
"-Ee! That ---damn six O' Clock News makes sure I keep thinking of World War-"
  0:28                    
e|-------------------|
B|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
G|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
D|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
A|-x---x-x---x-x-*---|
E|(3---3-2---2-2-*)--|
"-Three! I got a mile of numbers, and a ton of Stats!"
  0:32                    
e|-------------------|
B|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
G|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
D|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
A|-x---x-x---x-x-*---|
E|(3---3-2---2-2-*)--|
"Of Warheads, of millions Chinese with warheeeeeee-"
  0:37
e|-----------------|
B|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|
G|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|
D|-0---0-0---0-0-0-|
A|-x---x-x---x-x-*-|
E|(3---3-2---2-2-*)|
"-eeeeeeeeeeeeeads!" ============== [Interlude 1:] ==============
  0:38        0:38                            0:41                      0:42             
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------N12N-------|
B|-x-x-x-x-x-x-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-*------N12N-------|
G|-x-x-x-x-x-x-6---6-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-*-------x---------|
D|-x-x-x-x-x-x-4---4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-*------N7-N-------|
A|-----------------------------------------0---3---3-2---2-2---2-*------N7-N-------|
E|---------------------------------------------3---3-2---2-2---3-*-----------------|
               ^   V ^   V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^                             V
(The natural harmonic makes the most sense to me this way, but it's OK if you play it only on the 12th fret, and on all strings. You have to play it again later.) ========== [Verse 2:] ==========
  0:46                
e|-------------------|
B|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
G|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
D|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
A|-x---x-x---x-x-*---|
E|(3---3-2---2-2-*)--|
"Why even worry about Crime anymoooore?"
  0:50                
e|-------------------|
B|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
G|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
D|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
A|-x---x-x---x-x-*---|
E|(3---3-2---2-2-*)--|
"So many ---damn scared faceeeeEEe-"
  0:54                
e|-------------------|
B|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
G|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
D|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
A|-x---x-x---x-x-*---|
E|(3---3-2---2-2-*)--|
"-es! I keep thinking of Russia, Russiaaaaaaa-
  0:50                
e|-------------------|
B|-0---0-0---0-0-0---|
G|-0---0-0---0-0-0---|
D|-0---0-0---0-0-0---|
A|-x---x-x---x-x-*---|
E|(3---3-2---2-2-*)--|
"-aaaaa!" ============= [Interlude 2] =============
  0:59        1:00                                                      1:04           
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------N12N-------|
B|-x-x-x-x-x-x-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-*------N12N-------|
G|-x-x-x-x-x-x-6---6-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-*-------x---------|
D|-x-x-x-x-x-x-4---4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-*------N7-N-------|
A|-----------------------------------------0---3---3-2---2-2---2--------N7-N-------|
E|---------------------------------------------3---3-2---2-2---3-------------------|
                                                                         V
(Again, play the natural harmonic only on the 12th fret, if you want to.) ================= [Verse 3 / Outro] =================
  1:07                
e|-------------------|
B|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
G|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
D|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
A|-x---x-x---x-x-*---|
E|(3---3-2---2-2-*)--|
                    "Paranoid, stuck on overriii-

  1:11                
e|-------------------|
B|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
G|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
D|-0---0-0---0-0-0-*-|
A|-x---x-x---x-x-*---|
E|(3---3-2---2-2-*)--|
"-ide! Paranoid, scared shitlee-
  1:15                
e|-------------------*-|
B|-0---0-0---0-0-0---*-|
G|-0---0-0---0-0-0---*-|
D|-0---0-0---0-0-0---*-|
A|-x---x-x---x-x-*---*-|
E|(3---3-2---2-2-*)--*-|
"-ssss!" ========= [Legend:] ========= Above charts: 0:00 through 0:08 and so on - Time marks that shows when what parts are played. In charts: x = Play the string muted. * = Mute the string. NN = When these capitol N letters surround a fretting position, play a natural harmonic in that spot. () = When brackets are around a note, you can either play those notes or ignore them; they're "ghost notes." Beneath charts: ^ = Down strum. V = Up strum. ========================== [Chord Explanation Charts] ==========================
e|-----------------------------|
B|-0------3----------3---------|
G|-0------0----------0---------|
D|-x------x--------------------|
A|-2------0--------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
   Em/B   A7 sus 4   G5

e|-----------------------------|
B|-0------0-------0------7-----|
G|-0------0-------0------6-----|
D|-0------0-------0------4-----|
A|-3------2-------0------------|
E|-3------2--------------------|                              
   G      G       G                  
  add    maj 7   sus 2   F#5 
 sus 4   /F#      /A
======== [Lyrics] ======== I try to work, I keep thinking of World War III! I try to talk to girls, and I keep thinking of World War III! The ---damn six O' clocki news makes sure I keep thinking of World War III! I got a mile of numbers and a ton of stats! Of warheads, millions Chinese with warheeeeeeeads! Why even worry about Crime anymoooore? So many ---damn scared faceeEeesss! I keep thinking of Russia, Russia! Paranoid, stuck on Override! Paranoid, scared shitleeeess! (Note: If any Christians for some reason are reading the lyrics and they don't want to sing the full lyrics, then you can substitute that for something else. I'm not sure what.) ====== [End.] ====== - Gargoyle2500.