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Tuning: Standard (E A D G)
Intro:
Just Bass 00:00:
G||-----------|----------|-----------||x3
D||-----------|----------|-----------||
A||-4--4-4--2-|-2-2-4--4-|-/7--7-7-7-||
E||-----------|----------|-----------||
End intro with 00:05:
G|---------|------------|
D|---------|-5--4-4-4-4-|
A|-2-2-2-2-|------------|
E|---------|------------|
Verse 1:
"Are you believing..." 00:07:
G||---------|--------|--------|--------|--------||x2
D||---------|--------|--------|-5--4-4-|-5--4-4-||
A||-2-2-2-2-|--------|--------|--------|--------||
E||---------|2-2-2-2-|5-5-5-5-|--------|--------||
"There's generals here..." 00:14:
G|---------|--------|--------|---------|
D|---------|--------|--------|---------|
A|-2-2-2-2-|--------|--------|---------|
E|---------|2-2-2-2-|5-5-5-5-|--0--0-4-|
"The chessboard's filling up with red..." 00:18:
G|---------|--------|--------|---------|
D|---------|--------|--------|---------|
A|-2-2-2-2-|--------|--------|-4-4-4---|
E|---------|2-2-2-2-|5-5-5-5-|-------0-|
Chorus:
"Economy is looking bad..." 00:21:
G||---------|---------|---------|---------||x2
D||---------|---------|---------|---------||
A||---------|---------|---------|---------||
E||-2-2-3-0-|-2-2-3-0-|-2-2-3-0-|-2-2-3-0-||
Intro riff as bridge 00:28:
G||-----------|----------|-----------||x2
D||-----------|----------|-----------||
A||-4--4-4--2-|-2-2-4--4-|-/7--7-7-7-||
E||-----------|----------|-----------||
Verse 2:
"Drooling fingers..." 00:32:
G||---------|--------|--------|--------|--------||x2
D||---------|--------|--------|-5--4-4-|-5--4-4-||
A||-2-2-2-2-|--------|--------|--------|--------||
E||---------|2-2-2-2-|5-5-5-5-|--------|--------||
"There's easy money..." 00:39:
G|---------|--------|--------|---------|
D|---------|--------|--------|---------|
A|-2-2-2-2-|--------|--------|---------|
E|---------|2-2-2-2-|5-5-5-5-|--0--0-4-|
"That blow big cities..." 00:42:
G|---------|--------|--------|---------|
D|---------|--------|--------|---------|
A|-2-2-2-2-|--------|--------|-4-4-4---|
E|---------|2-2-2-2-|5-5-5-5-|-------0-|
2nd Chorus:
"Yeah, what Big Business wants..." 00:46:
G||---------|---------|---------|---------||x2
D||---------|---------|---------|---------||
A||---------|---------|---------|---------||
E||-2-2-3-0-|-2-2-3-0-|-2-2-3-0-|-2-2-3-0-||
"Call the Army..." 00:53:
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|-2-2-3-0-|-2-2-3-0-|-2-2-3-0-|-2-2-3-0-|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|
"If you can't afford a slick..." 00:57:
G|---------|---------|---------|-------------------|
D|---------|---------|---------|-------------------|
A|---------|---------|---------|-------------------|
E|-2-2-3-0-|-2-2-3-0-|-2-2-3-0-|-"make you a spy!"-|
Solo Bridge:
01:00:
G||-----------------|-----------------||x2
D||-----------------|-----------------||
A||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3---------||
E||-----------------|---------4-4-4-4-||
01:07:
G||-----------------|-----------------||x2
D||-----------------|-----------------||
A||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8---------||
E||-----------------|---------9-9-9-9-||
Final Chorus:
"Forget your demonstrations..." 01:14:
G||---------|---------|---------|---------||x4
D||---------|---------|---------|---------||
A||---------|---------|---------|---------||
E||-2-2-3-0-|-2-2-3-0-|-2-2-3-0-|-2-2-3-0-||
Outro:
"When ya get drafted...! 01:20:
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|
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Video/Audio
Other versions of this song
- When Ya Get Drafted (Bass)
- When Ya Get Drafted (Solo)
- When Ya Get Drafted (Tabs)
Song History
Last Updated: September 10, 2025