Circle Jerks
Coup d'etat
from 1983's Golden Shower Of Hits
TABBED BY STEFFIE
rockthejadeburns@comcast.net
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MAIN RIFF (in intro when Keith yells “Coup d’etat!”, also used elsewhere throughout the song, it’s pretty distinctive so if you listen to the song you’ll know when to play it)

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|----------12-----------10-----|
D|-12-12-12-12--10-10-10-10--7--|
A|-12-12-12-10--10-10-10-8---7—-|
E|-10-10-10-----8--8--8------5--|

*not to make things confusing (ignore this if you want) but I think there are two guitars in this song and one of them plays this for the intro:
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|----------12-----------10--14-|
D|-12-12-12-12--10-10-10-10--14-|
A|-12-12-12-10--10-10-10-8---12-|
E|-10-10-10-----8--8--8---------|

Lead in to verse:
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|----------12-----------10--|
D|-12-12-12-12--10-10-10-10--|
A|-12-12-12-10--10-10-10-8---|
E|-10-10-10-----8--8--8------| (then go RIGHT into verse)

VERSE

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--12-12-12--7-7-7--4-|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--12-12-12--5-5-5--4-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10--5-5-5--2-|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--12-12-12--7-7-7--4---|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--12-12-12--5-5-5--4-7-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10--5-5-5--2-7-|
E|-------------------------------------5-|

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|----------12-----------10-----|
D|-12-12-12-12--10-10-10-10--7--|
A|-12-12-12-10--10-10-10-8---7—-|
E|-10-10-10-----8--8--8------5--|


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