"Little Brother" aka "Ali-G" by: 311
Music by: Nick Hexum, Tim Mahoney, Chad Sexton, Aaron Wills, Doug Martinez
Lyrics by: Nick Hexum, Doug Martinez
This is one of the new demos off of 311's upcoming album entitled "Don't Tread On Me".
Tabbed by: Chris Gill
Email: CGill1403@aol.com
Tuning: E A D G B e
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--2----2------5----5------4----4------3----3--| x4
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
PM............................................
Hey little brother, you've got so much to discover.
Can't you conceptualize what you're doing to our mother?
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--2----2------5----5------4----4------3----3--| x4
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
PM............................................
Those drugs that you choose leave you left with the blues.
Trust me I've been there to me its old news.
Pending disaster, you're heading there faster,
it's tearing me up to know you get so plastered.
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|--4---4---4---7---7---7---6---6---6---5---5---5--|
D|--2---2---2---5---5---5---4---4---4---3---3---3--| x4
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
PM................................................
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-----8--5------------------|
D|--5--------5--7--5--6--8^--|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
Because you're caught up in the scene at the age of 19.
Maybe so was I at that age but I had a dream and
those god damn powdered drugs they'll fill you with doubt.
You're just getting sucked on up in it and you have to break out.
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--2----2------5----5------4----4------3----3--| x4
A|--2----2------5----5------4----4------3----3--|
E|--0----0------3----3------2----2------1----1--|
PM.............................................
Blacked out on the floor you told me,
the next day they found you that way.
Those damn medications had your back baby.
It hurt when they took em all away.
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-x-2-x-2---5-x-5-x-5---4-x-4-x-4---3-x-3-x-3--| x4
A|--2-x-2-x-2---5-x-5-x-5---4-x-4-x-4---3-x-3-x-3--|
E|--0-x-0-x-0---3-x-3-x-3---2-x-2-x-2---1-x-1-x-1--|
PM................................................
You're feeling so bad
You're looking for a place to land
Will we understand,
how the hell it got so out of hand?
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------| x4
A|--------5-----5--8--7-7------5--7--8--5--8--7--|
E|--5--7-----7--------------7--------------------|
last chord is clean
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V
e|------------------------------------0--|
B|------------------------------------0--|
G|------------------------------------0--|
D|--2--2----2--2----2----2---2--2--2--2--|
A|--2--2----2--2----2----2---2--2--2--2--|
E|--0--0----0--0----0----0---0--0--0--0--|
PM..................................
I know that it's hard,
but you're risking being permanently scarred.
You're hurting inside,
but you're flirting with tragedy on the dark side.
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--2----2------5----5------4----4------3----3--| x4
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
PM............................................
Those drugs that you choose leave you left with the blues.
Trust me I've been there to me its old news.
Hey little brother, you've messed up another chance.
Sooner or later you must take a stand.
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|--4---4---4---7---7---7---6---6---6---5---5---5--|
D|--2---2---2---5---5---5---4---4---4---3---3---3--| x4
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
PM................................................
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|------8--5--------------8^--|
D|---5--------5--7--5--6------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
At the edge of it all,
where it begins to consume that rotting to it's very end.
How much time is left? Will it collapse?
Will you confess you're in a spiritless void,
spinning on nowhere sense?
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--2----2------5----5------4----4------3----3--| x4
A|--2----2------5----5------4----4------3----3--|
E|--0----0------3----3------2----2------1----1--|
PM.............................................
Blacked out on the floor you told me,
the next day they found you that way.
Those damn medications had your back baby.
It hurt when they took em all away.
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-x-2-x-2---5-x-5-x-5---4-x-4-x-4---3-x-3-x-3--| x4
A|--2-x-2-x-2---5-x-5-x-5---4-x-4-x-4---3-x-3-x-3--|
E|--0-x-0-x-0---3-x-3-x-3---2-x-2-x-2---1-x-1-x-1--|
PM................................................
You're feeling so bad
You're looking for a place to land
Will we understand,
how the hell it got so out of hand?
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------| x4
A|--------5-----5--8--7-7------5--7--8--5--8--7--|
E|--5--7-----7--------------7--------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2--2----2--2----2----2---2--2--2-----------------------------------------|
A|--2--2----2--2----2----2---2--2--2-----------------------------------------|
E|--0--0----0--0----0----0---0--0--0-----------------------------------------|
PM..................................
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-x-2-x-2---5-x-5-x-5---4-x-4-x-4---3-x-3-x-3--| x4
A|--2-x-2-x-2---5-x-5-x-5---4-x-4-x-4---3-x-3-x-3--|
E|--0-x-0-x-0---3-x-3-x-3---2-x-2-x-2---1-x-1-x-1--|
PM................................................
last chord clean again
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V
e|-------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------4--|
G|--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|
D|--7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|
A|--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
E|-------------------------------------|
Excellent song, I cant wait for the mastered version
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| ^ Bend note
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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matthew Rhythm Player |
#1 by matthew robinson at Sep 28, 2007 at 4:18 PM EST |
| Its a pretty good song but its kinda diffrent when SA starts to sing but its cool tho....its kinda hard to find cuz theres a instumental verison of it and then theres the one with the lyrics. | |
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claude Average |
#2 by claude barrett at Sep 29, 2007 at 3:05 PM EST |
| I't could be about hexum himself, he was involved in serious grugs abuse, back then was whe he wrote I'll be here awhile, so, it could be him reminding himself what he went trough | |
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Anthony Average |
#3 by Anthony Pardee at Sep 30, 2007 at 1:43 AM EST |
| Well there's many demos. There's the instrumental, the mumble (mumbling sounds to get an idea of what it'll sound like), the demo, and the finished version. This is the finished. | |
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Ali Wanna Be |
#4 by Ali Friesen at Oct 2, 2007 at 6:46 PM EST |
| Who do you think this song is about? I thought at first that it was about Nick's brother, Zack. But I don't think Zack's on a downward spiral of drugs or anything. And, you can find the full, final version on either the iTunes music store, or on the DTOM vinyl. | |
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jeremy Wanna Be |
#5 by jeremy koss at Oct 3, 2007 at 11:47 PM EST |
| i'm sure it's about zack, otherwise it wouldn't be called little brother. Those drugs that you choose Leave you left with the blues Trust me I‘ve been there To me it's old news Pending disaster You’re heading there faster It's tearing me up To know you get so plastered Because you’re caught up in the scene at the age of nineteen Maybe so was I at that age but I had a dream And those goddamn powder drugs They’ll fill you with doubt You’re just getting sucked on up in it And you have to break out in homebrew, nick sings about doing a lot of drugs when he was 19; seems like his brother's going down the sam path. | |
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Dave Wanna Be |
#6 by Dave Bitches!!!! at Oct 5, 2007 at 6:31 PM EST |
| on wikipedia, it says zack was born in 1978. he would've been 19 in 1997. wonder if this song was a demo or outtake from transistor? 1 | |
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