e: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 14:33:02 -0500
From: Fred Lidskog
Subject: TAB: Transistor by 311

"Transistor"
Performed by 311
From the album "Transistor" on Capricorn/Mercury Records
Music by: Chad Sexton
Lyrics by: Nick Hexum and Doug Martinez
(c) 1997 Hydroponic Music BMI
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Tabbed by Fred Lidskog

Verse Riff 1:
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e---------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------|
E--0--2--3--5--2--2----5--2--0--5b5.5---0--2--3--5--2--2--|

e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
E--5--2--0--5--2--0--------------------------------------|

Verse Riff 2:
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e--------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
E--5--2--0--5--2--0--0--0--5--2--0--5--2--0--0--0--|

e-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------5--5--5-----------|
E--5--2--0--5--2--0--0--0--5--2--0--5--2--------------------|

Chorus Riff 1:
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e--------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------|
A--5--5--5--6--------------------------------------|
E--------------4--4--4--4---4--4-4s6--4--2---------|

Chorus Riff 2:
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e---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A-----------5---------------------------------------|
E--2--2--2-----4--4--4--4---4--4-4s6--4--2----------|

Riff 3:
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e-------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------3----------------------------------------|
G--------------------2----------------------------------------|
D--0--0--0--0--0-----0------0--0--0--0------------------------|
A--x--x--x--x--x-----0------x--x--x--x--2--0--2---------------|
E--3--3--3--3--3--0---------3--3--3--3------------------------|

Bridge:
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e--------------------------------------------------|
B--------------3--------------3--------------------|
G--------------2--------------2--------------------|
D--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--------------|
A--x--x--x-----0--x--x--x-----0--x--x--2--0--------|
E--3--3--3--0-----3--3--3--0-----3--3--------------|

Reggae Part:
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e---3--3--------------1--1----1--1-----------------------|
B---3--3-----5--5-----1--1----1--1-----------------------|
G---4--4-----5--5-----2--2----2--2-----------------------|
D------------5--5----------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------|

Ending:
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e----------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------|
G-----------5--5-------------------------------|
D---5--5----5--5---3-(3)--3-(3)-3-(3)-3-(3)----|
A---5--5----3--3---3-(3)--3-(3)-3-(3)-3-(3)----|
E---3--3----3--3---1--0---1--0--1--0--1--0-----|

e---------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------|
G-----------5--5------------------------------|
D---5--5----5--5---3---3---3--(3)---3---------|
A---5--5----3--3---3---3---3--(3)---3---------|
E---3--3----3--3---1---1---1---0----1---------|

Lyrics/Song Structure:
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---> Play Verse Riff 1 over:
        If you want more beats for your buck there's no luck
        If you want more beats for your buck there's no luck
        If you want more beats for your buck there's no luck
        If you want more beats for your
---> Play Verse Riff 2 over:
        buck there's no luck, then there's no luck
        Then again if you came for drama then I can't understand
        Music critics, music critics
        Not afraid of a guy who'll tell you he's never been in a mix
        Been in a mix, been in a mix
        From the grass roots so big up to our friends
        Every crew every click and every posse
        Big up to all the heads not of hypocrisy
---> Play Chorus Riff 1 over:
        You're a Transistor
---> Play Chorus Riff 2 over:
        Lightning resistor
        Conducting to the mother star
        That's what you
---> Play Riff 3 over:
        are, yeah heh heh heh heh, yeah heh heh heh heh
        yeah heh heh heh heh, yeah heh heh heh heh
---> Play Verse Riff 1 over:
        Renegade sound system Three Eleven
        Renegade sound system Three Eleven
        Renegade sound system Three Eleven
        Renegade sound system
---> Play Verse Riff 2 over:
        Three Eleven, Three Eleven
        Brothers from another planet and here once again
        Automatic, automatic wanna take to the universe in a holographic
        Cosmic remix, cosmic remix,
        From the mysterious blue planet we can breathe anywhere
        Underwater, out in space or in L.A.
        Your polluted air's no problem for these homeys
---> Play Chorus Riff 1 over:
        You're a Transistor
---> Play Chorus Riff 2 over:
        Lightning resistor
        Conducting to the mother star
        That's what you
---> Play Riff 3 over:
        are, yeah heh heh heh heh, yeah heh heh heh heh
        yeah heh heh heh heh, yeah heh heh heh heh
---> Play Bridge (x4)
---> Play Reggae Part (x4) over:
        You're a Transistor
        Lightning Resistor
        Conducting to the Mother Star
        That's what you
---> Play Ending (x2) over:
        are, yeah heh heh heh heh, yeah heh heh heh
        yeah heh heh heh heh, yeah heh heh heh

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