Teenage Existentialist Tab by NOFX

Teenage Existentialist Tab

by NOFX

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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 ************************************ | 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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Published: January 13, 2026
Last Updated: January 13, 2026