Teenage Existentialist tab by NOFX

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: E

Intro:


Bass line (see bass tablature)


Verse 1:

"His facticity  not very likely
e|--*------*------*------*-{----------}-*------*------*------*------------------------{--}-|
B|-------------------------{----------}-----------------------------------------------{--}-|
G|--9------9------9------9--------------9------9------9------9------7-9-9----9-9----7------|
D|--9------9------9------9--------------9------9------9------9------7-9-9----9-9----7------|
A|--7------7------7------7--------------7------7------7------7------5-7-7----7-7----5------|
E|--7------7------7------7--------------7------7------7------7----------+------+----*------|
                                                                    PM               M

Chorus:
"He was a teenage existentialist, nah ah
e|----+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+--|
B|--x-7----x-7----x-8----x-8------------------x-7----x-7--|
G|--7-7----7-7----9-9----9-9----x-6----x-6----7-7----7-7--|
D|--7-7----7-7----9-9----9-9----7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7--|
A|--5-5----5-5----7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----5-5----5-5--|
E|------------------------------5-5----5-5----------------|
  he understands being and nothingness, sorta"

"He has a poster of Simone de Beauvoir
e|--x-x----x-x----3-3----3-3----2-2----2-2----2-2--|
B|--3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3----2-2--|
G|--4-4----4-4----0-0----0-0----2-2----2-2----3-3--|
D|--4-4----4-4----x-x----x-x----0-0----0-0----4-4--|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|----+------+------+------+------+------+------+--|
  fame and fortune occur when he world is so absurd"

Refrain:

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--7-9-9----7-9-9----7-9-9----7-9-9----|
D|--7-9-9----7-9-9----7-9-9----7-9-9----|
A|--5-7-7----5-7-7----5-7-7----5-7-7----|
E|------+--------+--------+--------+----|
        PM       PM       PM       PM  RB

G2
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|--7-/-9--------------7-/-9-------------|
D|--7-/-9--------------7-/-9-------------|
A|--5-/-7--------------5-/-7-------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
        LR                 LR           RB

Verse 2:

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--7-9-9----7-9-9----7-9-9----7-9-9----|
D|--7-9-9----7-9-9----7-9-9----7-9-9----|
A|--5-7-7----5-7-7----5-7-7----5-7-7----|
E|------+--------+--------+--------+----|
        PM       PM       PM       PM  RB

e|--*------*------*------*------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--9------9------9------9------7-9-9----7-9-9----|
D|--9------9------9------9------7-9-9----7-9-9----|
A|--7------7------7------7------5-7-7----5-7-7----|
E|--7------7------7------7----------+--------+----|-
                                    PM       PM  RB
"Summer syllabus, Metamorphosis"

"Crime And Punishment, Wall and No Exit"
e|--*------*------*------*------------------------|--*------|
B|------------------------------------------------|----{--}-|
G|--9------9------9------9------7-9-9----7-9-9----|--7------|
D|--9------9------9------9------7-9-9----7-9-9----|--7------|
A|--7------7------7------7------5-7-7----5-7-7----|--5------|
E|--7------7------7------7----------+--------+----|----{--}-|
                                    PM       PM  RB  M     >
Chorus:

"He was a teenage existentialist, nah ah
e|----+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+--|
B|--x-7----x-7----x-8----x-8------------------x-7----x-7--|
G|--7-7----7-7----9-9----9-9----x-6----x-6----7-7----7-7--|
D|--7-7----7-7----9-9----9-9----7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7--|
A|--5-5----5-5----7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----5-5----5-5--|
E|------------------------------5-5----5-5----------------|
  He trained a pet cockroach he named 'Kafka'

"He flunks Spanish class, he gets buried in French
e|--x-x----x-x----3-3----3-3----2-2----2-2----2-2--|
B|--3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3----2-2--|
G|--4-4----4-4----0-0----0-0----2-2----2-2----3-3--|
D|--4-4----4-4----x-x----x-x----0-0----0-0----4-4--|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|----+------+------+------+------+------+------+--|
  Entitles his final exam, I think, therefore I am"

Chorus:
A Step higher

"He was a teenage existentialist, nah-a
e|----+------+-------+-------+------+------+-----+------+--|
B|--x-8----x-8----x--9----x--9-----------------x-8----x-8--|
G|--8-8----8-8---10-10---10-10----x-7----x-7---8-8----8-8--|
D|--8-8----8-8---10-10---10-10----8-8----8-8---8-8----8-8--|
A|--6-6----6-6----8--8----8--8----8-8----8-8---6-6----6-6--|
E|--------------------------------6-6----6-6---------------|
  he was a teenage neo-nihilist"

"He likes to fuck the poor and blow the rich
e|--x-x----x-x----4-4----4-4----x-x----x-x----x-x----x-x---|
B|--4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4----3-3----3-3---|
G|--5-5----5-5----x-x----x-x----3-3----3-3----4-4----4-4---|
D|--5-5----5-5----6-6----6-6----1-1----1-1----5-5----5-5---|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|----+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+---|
    does he really exist "

Outro:
   /\/\/\   \/\/\    \/\/\    /\/\/\
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--6-8-8----6-8-8----6-8-8----6-8-8----|
E|------+--------+--------+--------+----|
        PM       PM       PM       PM  RB

G2
e|------------------------------>-|
B|------------------------------>-|
G|--8-/-10-------------8-/-10-----|
D|--8-/-10-------------8-/-10-----|
A|--6-/-8--------------6-/-8------|
E|------------------------------>-|
        LR                 LR           RB

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| x   Dead note
| +   Note is played X4
| *   Note is played X6
| G2  2nd Guitar
| RB  Repeat the whole bar
| LR  Let the note ring
| >   Pickslide
| /   Slide up
| {}  Pause
| PM  Palm mute
| M   Mute
| N   Tremelo

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