Tabs
Artist: NOFX
Song: The Irrationality if Rationality
Album: The War on Errorism
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| Transcribed by Isk Paponta |
| Tabbed by Legion Leroi |
| Corrections by Jesus N. |
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| email: [email protected] |
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Ok, this is the main riff of the song: "Riff A"
A5A5 
G5G5 
F5F5 G5G5 A5A5 G5G5 F5F5 G5G5
E MajorE|--------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------10----------------10----| <------ (This goes from 0:03
to 0:12)
D MajorD|--77777777--5-10--5--77777777-5-10-5--|
A augmentedA|--77777777--5--8--5--77777777-5--8-5--|
E MajorE|--55555555--3-----3--55555555-3----3--|
E MajorE|-----------------| Let's call this "B1":
BB|-----------------| These are the chords for the first verse:
G+G|-9---9---8---8---| " Frank the new CEO, had to answer..."
D MajorD|-10--10--10--10--|
A augmentedA|-12--10--8---8---| (from 0:12 to 0:16)
E MajorE|-----------------|
"Riff A" <---------- Remember "Riff A", play it again
(from 0:16 to 0:21)
E MajorE|-----------------| This would be "B2":
BB|-----------------| while "The board was getting anxious..."
G+G|-8---8---8---8---| (from 0:21 to 0:25)
D MajorD|-10--10--10--10--|
A augmentedA|-8---8---8---8---|
E MajorE|-----------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|
G+G|------------10---------------|
D MajorD|-10----7----10---10----------| <---- First half of the Chorus
("Chorus A1")
A augmentedA|-10----7-----8---10----------| (from 0:25 to 0:34)
E MajorE|--8----5----------8----------|
8x 8x 8x 8x
E MajorE|-----------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------|
G+G|-------12--10-----------12---|
D MajorD|-10----12--10---10--10--12---| <---- Second Half of the Chorus
("Chorus A2")
A augmentedA|-10----10---8---10--10--10---| (from 0:34 to 0:41)
E MajorE|--8--------------8---8-------|
8x 8x 8x 8x 8x 8x
"Riff A" <----------- (0:41 to 0:51)
"B1" <--------------- (0:51 to 0:54)
"Riff A" <----------- (0:54 to 1:00)
"B2" <--------------- (1:00 to 1:04)
"Chorus A1" <-------- (1:04 to 1:14)
"Chorus A2" <-------- (1:14 to 1:20)
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------10---------------------5----| <------ (from 1:20 until
the last chord stops
D MajorD|--77777777-5-10-5--77777777--5-5----5----| ringing...)
A augmentedA|--77777777-5--8-5--77777777--5-5----3----|
E MajorE|--55555555-3----3--55555555--3-3---------|
There's a break here, with some strings and organ and stuff, no guitar
here, but
the harmony goes like this:
C majorC Major - G+G Major - A augmentedA minor - 
FF Major
Then, the last parts of the song:
"B1" (from 1:52 to 1:57)
"Riff A" (from 1:57 to 2:01)
"B2" (from 2:01 to 2:06)
"Chorus A1" (from 2:06 to 2:15)
"Chorus A2" (from 2:15 to 2:22)
E MajorE|--------|
BB|--------|
G+G|--10----|
D MajorD|--10----| (from 2:22 to 2:28)
A augmentedA|---8----|
E MajorE|--------|
E MajorE|--------------|
BB|--------------|
G+G|----10--------|
D MajorD|--5-10-5--77--| (2:28 - end)
A augmentedA|--5--8-5--77--|
E MajorE|--3----3--55--|
Notes:
A augmentedA)
The guitar panned to the right sometimes plays the first A5A5 of "Riff
A" one octave
above,
like this:
E MajorE|--------------------------|
BB|--------------------------|
G+G|--14----10----------10----|
D MajorD|--14--5-10--5--7--5-10-5--|
A augmentedA|--12--5--8--5--7--5--8-5--|
E MajorE|------3-----3--5--3----3--|
BB)
The guitar panned to the left plays these melodies too:
E MajorE|-----------------------|
BB|-----------------------|
G+G|-----------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------| <--------- Between 0:51 and 0:54
A augmentedA|-12--------8-----8--6--|
E MajorE|----8-12-8-----8-------|
E MajorE|-----------------|
BB|-----------------|
G+G|-----------------|
D MajorD|-----------------| <-------------- Between 1:00 and 1:04
A augmentedA|--6--8----6------|
E MajorE|-------8---------|
E MajorE|---------------------|
BB|---------------------|
G+G|--17---8---10----5---|
D MajorD|---------------------| <----------- Between 2:01 and 2:06
A augmentedA|--15---6----8----3---|
E MajorE|---------------------|
C majorC) Enjoy the tablature. If you have any corrections (only if you are
totally sure about it)
email them to [email protected].
EOF
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