INTRO: 
  |This first bit is sort of like an 'intro to the intro' as can| 
  |be seen in the timing change.  It is played only once, being | 
  |followed by the 'main guitar progression' straight away      | 
 
  G                           C                         D 
  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4 
G|----------------------------5---5-5-----5-------5-5---7-7---| 
D|5-5-----5-------5-5-----5---5---5-5-----5-------5-5-s-7-7---| 
A|5-5-----5-------5-5-----5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---5-5---| 
E|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------| 
 
 
 
MAIN GUITAR PROGRESSION: 
  |Played three times - first time solo, second time with the   | 
  |bass and third time with the drums.  It then continues to be | 
  |played over each verse                                       | 
 
  G                               C                         D 
  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4 
G|--------------------------------5---5-5-----5-------5-5---7-7---| 
D|----5-5-----5-------5-5-----5---5---5-5-----5-------5-5-s-7-7---| 
A|----5-5-----5-------5-5-----5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5---| 
E|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-----------------------------------| 
 
 
 
BASS: 
  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--------11----9-----------------------------------------12------| 
A|10--------------------12----9---10----10------10--10--------9---| 
E|----------------------------------------12----------12----------| 
 
 
G                C              D 
Started out just drinking beer 
  G                                    C            D 
I didn't know how or why or what I was doing there 
G                                        C       D 
Just a couple more made me feel a little better 
  G                                                      C       D 
Believe me when I tell you it was nothing to do with the letter 
 
 
 
GUITAR BREAK: 
 
E|-------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------8-10p8------10----| 
G|-----7-------5--------------9---------9--11------| 
D|-----7---5---5-----------------------------------| 
A|-----5---5---3-----------------------------------| 
E|---------3---------------------------------------| 
 
 
E|-------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------| 
G|------7-------3--------------9--9--9--9--11------| 
D|------7---5---3--------------10-10-10-10-12------| 
A|------5---5---5----------------------------------| 
E|----------3--------------------------------------| 
 
 
 
G                                             C       D 
Ran right out of beer, I took a look into the larder 
G                                                C       D 
No bones nothing I'd better go and get something harder 
G                                         C         D 
Back in a flash I started on a dash of Jamaica Rum 
G                                  C    D 
Me and Pat Malone, drinking on our own 
 
 
CHORUS: 
 
G                        C       D 
Oh, the nips are getting bigger 
G                             C       D 
Oh yeah, the nips are getting bigger 
G                        C       D 
Oh, the nips are getting bigger 
G                     C       D 
Yeah, they're getting bigger 
 
 
REPEAT GUITAR BREAK 
 
 
G                                               C                  D 
Sometimes I wonder what all these chemicals are doing to my brain 
G                                       C               D 
Doesn't worry me enough to stop me from doing it again 
G                                         C             D 
Wiping out brain cells by the million but I don't care 
G                                          C             D 
Doesn't worry me even though I ain't got a lot to spare 
 
 
REPEAT CHORUS 
 
REPEAT GUITAR BREAK 
 
(End by repeating first three power chords from guitar break) 
 
 
 
18/05/2001