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note - song is rather easy minus the bar chords. i didn't tab the solo (sorry).
Intro
E|-----------------------------|----|--------------------------||
B|-----------------------------|-3x-|--------------------------||
G|-----------------------------|----|--------------------------||
D|-----------------------------|----|-12-12-12-12-12-R---------||
A|-5-5-5-------------5-5-5-5-5-|----|-10-10-10-10-10-----------||
E|-3-3-3-<3>-<3>-<3>-3-3-3-3-3-|----|--------------------------||
Riff 1
E|-7-7-7-7-8-7-8-7-----7-7-0-7-7-7-7----12-15-12-15-12-15-12-----2-3-2----------||2x
B|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-0-7-7-7-7-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13---3-3-3-3----------||
G|-7---------------9-9---------------14----------------------2-2------------R---||
D|-----------------9-----------------------------------------0---------7775-----||
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------5553-----||
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Riff 2
E|-3---------------|---------0-------|-5---------------|-----------------||3x
B|-3---------------|---------0-------|-5---------------|-3---------------||
G|-0---------------|---------9-------|-2---------------|-2---------------||
D|-0---------------|-9---------------|-2---------------|-0------7775-R---||
A|-----------------|-7---------------|-----------------|--------5553-----||
E|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Riff 2a
E|-3---------------|---------0-------||
B|-3---------------|---------0-------||
G|-0---------------|---------9-------||
D|-0---------------|-9---------------||
A|-----------------|-7---------------||
E|-----------------|-0---------------||
Riff 3
E|---------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------------------||
D|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-----9-9-----9-9-9-5-5-5-5-7-||
A|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-2-2-7-7-2-2-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-5-||
E|-----------------0-0-----0-0-----------------||
Riff 4
E|---------------------------------||4x
B|---------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------||
D|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
E|-3-3-3-3-2-2-3-3-----------------||
Riff 5
E|---------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------||
D|-----------------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-||
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-||
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------||
Play Riff 4 - 4x
Riff 6
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------||7x
B|---------------------------------------7-x-7---------------------||
G|---------------------------------------7-x-7---------------------||
D|-----------------5-5-x-5-x-5-5-x-7-7-x-7-x-7-7-x-5-5-x-5-x-5-0-x-||
A|-5-5-x-2-x-2-2-x-3-3-x-2-x-3-3-x-5-5-x-------5-x-3-3-x-3-x-2-0-x-||
E|-3-3-x-3-x-3-3-x-------------------------------------------------||
Riff 6a
E|--------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------<7>--------------------||
G|-------------------------------------<7>-----<5>--------||
D|-----------------5-5-x-5-x-5-5-x---------<7>------------||
A|-5-5-x-2-x-2-2-x-3-3-x-2-x-3-3-x------------------------||
E|-3-3-x-3-x-3-3-x----------------------------------------||
Play Riff 4 - 2x
Play Riff 5 - 3x
Play Riff 6
Riff 6b
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------7-x-7----------------------------||
G|---------------------------------------7-x-7------------0h5h7-----------||
D|-----------------5-5-x-5-x-5-5-x-7-7-x-7-x-7-7-x--0h5h7-------0h5h7-0---||
A|-5-5-x-2-x-2-2-x-3-3-x-2-x-3-3-x-5-5-x-------5-x------------------------||
E|-3-3-x-3-x-3-3-x--------------------------------------------------------||
Riff 7
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||2x
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----9-9-----9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
A|-10-10-10-10-9--9--10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-7-7-2-2-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
E|---------------------------------------0-0-----0-0---------------------||
Riff 8 (solo rhythm)
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||2x
B|-----------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----------------------------------------------------------||
D|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-----9-9-----9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-7-7-2-2-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
E|-3-3-3-3-2-2-3-3-----------0-0-----0-0---------------------||
Play Riff 1
End Note
E|---------||
B|---------||
G|---------||
D|---------||
A|-2-------||
E|-0-------||
questions/comments - fraberjam@hotmail.com
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Adrian Lead Player |
#1 by Adrian Ortega at Jun 7, 2006 at 11:11 PM EST |
| anyone know what that 26 oz bit is about? | |
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Toby Musical Thunder |
#2 by Toby at Jun 24, 2006 at 10:42 PM EST |
| my favorite propagandhi song, an anthem for those who value their integrity over the forces that try to influence them to be total fucking dumbasses and abercrombie-clad robots. this song preaches not to give in, and that propagandhi is much more than just another band selling a product. they're telling us that they are using music for what it was meant, expression, not as a career or a meaningless game. listen to these guys, they're one of the last real bands out there and they know what they're talking about... | |
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Ashley Rhythm Player |
#3 by Ashley 666 at Sep 22, 2006 at 4:11 PM EST |
| Propaghandi rocks but their views are a little too left-wing for me. However, I respect the fact that they have the guts to stand up and say what they think and don't fuck what the rest of the world will say. Thats punk! | |
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Matthew Average |
#4 by Matthew Spencer at Sep 24, 2006 at 7:06 PM EST |
| A rebellion cut-to-fit. this is all to true. all the pre teen punk wanna-bes listen to this and put on spiky bracelets and go 'woooah, im punk' and all the teenagers going to shows and moshing around, and writting 'anarchy' on theire kitbags when they dont even know the meaning of the fucking word. and they do theyre little teenage rebellion, punk style. but it doesnt mean a fucking thing, they grow up to be just like everyone else they supposedly tried not to be. and propagandhi doesnt want that to be what theyre about. they want people to see the deaper meaning and really try to change the world. | |
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h4c|< Average |
#5 by h4c|< ☺ at Nov 8, 2006 at 12:22 PM EST |
| does anyone knows what riff they stole? | |
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Your account ha Average |
#6 by Your account has been hacked into by Bkid23 Stupid.... at Dec 22, 2006 at 12:25 AM EST |
| hmm a lot to do with why i am a punk (personally) and the things i believe in .. i think its alot to do with the "punk image" and how so many "punks" out there on the music / image side of things which i love but i also belive punk is a bit more than that in a lot of cases "While we entertain we're still knee-deep in shit" - they are doing all this .. why???? well they want to make a diffrence in this world -- but nothings happening ... so why are they still playing music if everyone listens to it and ignores it .. they cant see people trying hard for a change "We strive for something more than a faded sticker on a skateboard. " They dont want a "cool" image , well that is at least secondary to making a diffrence in what they want to change. "Word acrobatics performed with both harness and net. " i see this (i think this perception is biased towards my context though..) as meaning you can say alot of "hey anarchy" "fuck the system" "unity whooaoaoaoa" but at the end of the day noone puts themselves on the line - quits their fucked job - tells people who are wrong to go get fucked ... people talk big when nothing is on the line but when push comes to shove will anyone risk anything for a change??? (some do how many??) overall - i think they trying to say they honestly want something to happen with what they are saying .. and its a bit of a wake up call to people who maybe werent really listening | |
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Tim Professional |
#7 by Tim Marchant at Jan 1, 2007 at 5:30 PM EST |
| "I've started to fell this song is a bit hypocritical because what do Propaghandi actually do except sing songs?" Uh... They're very active... er... activists. | |
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Gunther Wanna Be |
#8 by Gunther at Jan 14, 2007 at 6:20 AM EST |
| "Word acrobatics performed with both harness and net." To understand this I think you have to look at the 2 preceding lines: "Consider this critic a cretin. Resting on laurels (completely invented)." He's saying the wrong kind of fan: 'don't listen to the message of our songs, just consider me an idiot, repeating what so many have already said." In this context, I think "word acrobatics performed with both harness and net" means, to the person who likes their music for the WRONG reasons: 'we just play with words so that with harness and net we can get more fans just like you." The Rage Against the Machine analogy cited above also fits well here. Either way, at the end of the song, he says "it don't really matter cuz nothing's ever felt as right as this." Which, all preachiness aside, is the only way great music has ever been made. | |
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Spymaster Lead Player |
#9 by Spymaster - Halo 2 at Jan 18, 2007 at 11:53 PM EST |
| propagandhi cringes when referred to as punk,... | |
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skater-boy Rhythm Player |
#10 by skater-boy at Jan 30, 2007 at 8:32 AM EST |
| Punk in Drublic says... this is a hella good song just because they're being honest with their audience. It's like Propagandhi is way more than just cool music to listen to, it's political and activistic (if that's even a word). So yay. 5/5. | |
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albert Rhythm Player |
#11 by albert casualtie at Feb 3, 2007 at 9:55 PM EST |
| its about not selling out. its about what music is really about, the message, rather than the money. those who are passionate like prpagandhi make real music and people apreciate it and are deddicated to it. others who like bands who are just a fad playing music that is popular will not last. its also about "Punk" bands making money off the punk image/culture but not being true punks. you can definitly see this with the 911 fiasco and the warp tour | |
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Steil Wanna Be |
#12 by Steil Lionhart at Feb 19, 2007 at 1:43 PM EST |
| This mastepiece is telling all of Propagandhi`s 'real fans' that they dont want you to just sit back at wait for their next CD. You need to get out there and do something. | |
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Mikel Average |
#13 by Mikel A. at Feb 25, 2007 at 1:08 PM EST |
| Dude, this is missing the last verse. The one that ends in a "sum of our parts and I've never laughed harder" or something along those lines. Who fucked that up? "Word acrobatics performed with both harness and net." I think this might be the most powerful and compelling line of the song. It hits the attitude many listeners take to politically-fueled music right on the nose - they listen to a song such as this, think "Wow! That's so true! We gotta change the world, man." and then go back to sitting on their asses and commenting on songs on Songmeanings.net. I'm guilty of this too, I'm afraid we all are, so don't take this as a "holier-than-thou" downtalking. We've all experienced more than one time in our lives when we could've, when we should've stood up for what is right, but we didn't. I dunno about you, but this song just gets me so fired up that I just gotta go to a website full of George Bush jokes are read like, 4 pages straight! :P | |
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Jarrett Lead Player |
#14 by Jarrett Sandlin at Jun 2, 2007 at 2:26 AM EST |
| This song is like when people tell me they like Rage Against The Machine yet know nothing about the values they stood for, most don't know what capitalism is. (I used Rage as an example because they are really the only commercial enough band for this type of thing to apply for.) | |
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MysticCat Wanna Be |
#15 by MysticCat (Janis *johnny* Udodovs) at Aug 2, 2007 at 1:04 AM EST |
| "propagandhi cringes when referred to as punk,... " And cries when referred to as hardcore. | |
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Nic Rhythm Player |
#16 by Nic F at Oct 17, 2007 at 2:54 AM EST |
| This song is about messages being ignored. By fans who jyst dig the sound i think. "Word acrobatics performed with both harness and net." This means they can say anything they want and noone cares. And they should. It's like ppl won't disagree with them. I think it has a general feeling of selling out or loosing values. Its about them thinking they may have sold out. When he says i stole this rif its funny. | |
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