Behind the Music
By: The Vandals
Tabbed By: Quinn Mongeon
The Intro Goes like this:
I------------------------------------------------------------I
I-2-0--0-2-0--0-0---0-0---------------000--------------------I
I-----2------2---2/1---2/1--Repeat 2X----111-2-(let ring)----I
I------------------------------------------------------------I
I------------------------------------------------------------I
I------------------------------------------------------------I
Chords:
A Em G D F#
I---I I---I I---I I---I I---I
I---I I---I I---I I---I I---I
I---I I---I I---I I-7-I I---I
I-7-I I-2-I I-5-I I-7-I I-4-I
I-7-I I-2-I I-5-I I-5-I I-4-I
I-5-I I-0-I I-3-I I---I I-2-I
Beggining (Palm Mute):
A
Well we finished up the record........
Em
We wanted to go huge but.........
G
And the guy.........
D
And he thinks that......
Next Part (Open):
A
The plan's just so tight........
Em
And we got..........
G
With the radio.....
D
To see if we can.....
Next Part (Palm Mute):
G
So we watied by the phone,
A
And they finnaly let us know,
G
That the record label's quote-,
A (only play once and let ring)
"Very Excited-"
Verse (open, but palm mute last line):
D A
This could be the big one,
D A
Time to celebrate perhaps,
D A
Our fate is in the hands of strangers,
G A G/F# (Play F# once then pause)
Go-ing gold or down the hole...you can kiss my a....
-Repeat Beggining-
Then (Palm Mute):
A
So we got.....
Em
But the....
G
Cause he's gotta play.....
D
For the 80's flashback.....
Then (Open):
A
Though our.......
Em
But it cost $100 grand...
G
And were trying to.....
D
That there's enough in.....
Then:
G
So were playing......
A
And were trying to get.....
G A (let ring)
And we got a good review and, music connections.
-Repeat Verse-
-Repeat Beggining-
Then (Play In Regular chords-*not bar chords*)
A (let ring)
In our last.....
Em (let ring)
We ignote......
G (let ring)
Cause we in it........
D (let ring-with induvidual string picking)
Billboard top 1,000
Then:
G
So were giving it a shot,
A (heavy palm mute)
And the label...
G
And the drummer quit.....
A
So were holding....
-Repeat Verse-
-Repeat Beggining-
Then:
A A AA
This could be the big one,
A A A
Time to celebrate perhaps,
A A A A AA
This could be the big one,
(No Music)
You can kiss my @$$..
I hope this helps you out alot. I'm pretty sure this is correct.
If you have any questions or comments
I can be reached at CrazyChinchila55@cs.com
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Nyle Average |
#1 by Nyle Leddy at Oct 28, 1975 at 1:37 PM EST |
| i have a question...does anyone know if they actually want to be famous, because they sound like they do, but then they say "you can kiss my ass". aren't punk bands supposed to be, you know, anti-commercial radio? they don't sound it. i'm confused. | |
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Joe Average |
#2 by Joe Miller at May 7, 1981 at 8:27 AM EST |
| Excellent song. and yeah, theyre being sarcastic. it just makes the whole song even better. | |
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Punk Rock Princ Wanna Be |
#3 by Punk Rock Princess at Jan 20, 1982 at 1:50 AM EST |
| look what i almost steeped in.......... | |
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Nileppezdel Lead Player |
#4 by Nileppezdel at May 20, 1986 at 7:54 AM EST |
| Hmm...not familiar with sarcasm, are you? They're being sarcastic. It's witty. Ha ha funny sort of thing, you know, like the Vandals do a lot? | |
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paddy Average |
#5 by paddy coscoran at Feb 24, 1997 at 4:27 AM EST |
| Dude! This song rocks! This is the first song I used to convince my pop-princess sister that punk was good! | |
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i wud give da w Wanna Be |
#6 by i wud give da world 2 frankie if it was mine! at Aug 17, 2000 at 11:13 AM EST |
| to anyone that is in a band this song means everything, very funny and true :). | |
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Ricky Rhythm Player |
#7 by Ricky Cribb at Jun 1, 2003 at 5:01 PM EST |
| i like the fact that their last album on a non-indie lable had a song thats kinda about how record labels suck "our fate is in the hands of strangers, going gold or down the hole you can kiss my ass" hahaha words of wisdom my friends | |