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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 14:33:02 -0500
 From: Fred Lidskog 
 Subject: TAB: Transistor by 311
 "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
 
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