SONG: Knowledge ARTIST: Operation Ivy ALBUM: Energy (Lookout! 10) LYRICS WRITTEN BY: Jesse (except * - written by Lint) MUSIC WRITTEN BY: Lint (Tim Armstrong) & OpIvy TABBED BY: blister@ingress.com (Andy Amoeba) Nov. '95 I recently downloaded the chord progression from nevada.edu and noticed that the tab given was not really correct. The tab was originally posted by trebor@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu but it to my knowledge (no pun intended) that the song is basically written for standard tuning. For those of you who know about OpIvy's (more specifically Tim's) style, you'd know that he generally uses standard tuning and power chords. I hope the following will clear things up a bit and the main riff is C, Bb, and F.
Intro: (Palm Muted) e ------------------------------------------------------------------- B ------------------------------------------------------------------- G -5-5-5-5-5-5--(0)--3-3-3-3-3-3--(0)-------------------------------- D -5-5-5-5-5-5--(0)--3-3-3-3-3-3--(0)--3-3-3-3-3-3------------------- A -3-3-3-3-3-3--(0)--1-1-1-1-1-1--(0)--3-3-3-3-3-3------------------- E -------------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1------------------- I know... when you can't... off the barrel... Main Riff: e ------------------------------------------------------------------- B ------------------------------------------------------------------- G -5-5-5-5-5-5--(0)--3-3-3-3-3-3--(0)-------------------------------- D -5-5-5-5-5-5--(0)--3-3-3-3-3-3--(0)--3-3-3-3-3-3------------------- A -3-3-3-3-3-3--(0)--1-1-1-1-1-1--(0)--3-3-3-3-3-3------------------- E -------------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1------------------- All I know... All I know is... ... Fill: e ------------------------------------ B -6-5-3-------6-5-3-------4-4-3------ (Repeat Twice) G -------5-5-5-------5-5-5-------3---- D ---------------------------------3-- A ------------------------------------ E ------------------------------------ This time I ... Here is the original post. While I acknowledge that he stated in standard tuning the chords are C, Bb, and F, but the actual tabbing of his fails to show this. Many thanks however for his efforts. Comments are welcome: blister@ingress.com ===================================================================== KNOWLEDG.TAB Since the tab for Green Day's cover of Knowledge was recently posted, here is the original by Operation Ivy. Mostly power chords, but a really great riff too. The D,C,G progression goes throughout the whole song (verse and refrain) if you want all the lyrics, they are in the CD. Tune down one whole step for this song D,G,C,F,A,D. Or to play in standard tuning, play C,Bb,F and play the riff off of 3rd position. Transcribed by Robert W. Kubiak II 8) -------------------------------------------------------------------- D power chord C power chord I know that things are getting tougher ... e:x-----------------------------------------------x--------------------------| B:x-----------------------------------------------x--------------------------| G:7-----------------------------------------------5--------------------------| D:7-----------------------------------------------5--------------------------| A:5-----------------------------------------------3--------------------------| E:x-----------------------------------------------x--------------------------| G power chord bottom of the barrel. Wide open road of my ... e:x----------------------x---------------------------x------x----------------| B:x----------------------x---------------------------x------x----------------| G:x----------------------7---------------------------5------x----------------| D:5----------------------7---------------------------5------5----------------| A:5----------------------5---------------------------3------5----------------| E:3----------------------x---------------------------x------3----------------| ing narrow. All I know is that I don't .... e:------------x---------------------------------x----------------------x-----| B:------------x---------------------------------x----------------------x-----| G:------------7---------------------------------5----------------------x-----| D:------------7---------------------------------5----------------------5-----| A:------------5---------------------------------3----------------------5-----| E:------------x---------------------------------x----------------------3-----| know nothing. (riff repeat 2x) e:--------------------------------------------------| B:--------------------8-7-5-------8-7-5------6-6-5--| G:---------------------------7-777------7-777-----5-| D:-------------------------------------------------5| A:--------------------------------------------------| E:--------------------------------------------------|
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Knowledge by Operation Ivy