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  /Bloodhound Gang          / This song is great to play with a lot of noisy and crunchy distortion
 /Fire Water Burn Acoustic /  - but playing it bythe bonfire with some friends after a couple of
/_________________________/   beers is least as funny, the choruses defiantely the most interaining part!

 Note that with this tab I'm not trying to do an acoustic version of the song,
 just sharing some ideas an thoughts about a possible one, just inspiration.
 If you have any questions or suggestions you think I should submit,
 mail me at Maitinin@gmail.com, and I'll give you response.
 By the way, please live with my English 'accent', I'm just Danish...



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Let's start with the chords. The entire song goes in 4/4 like this:
(the chorus though ends with an extra measure on 'C')

   | G  | Em | G  | Em |

   | G  | Em | D  | C  |

These are just the basic chords and I think it sounds better if something is added to them.
It's important to make G major and E minor fit with eachother, so here's a few compinations:

        G   or      Em          G      Em7          G       Em          G5      E5
 e   ---3---3---|---0---     ---3---|---3---     ---3---|---3---     -------|-------
 b   ---0---3---|---0---     ---3---|---3---     ---3---|---3---     -------|-------
 g   ---0---4---|---0---     ---0---|---0---     ---0---|---x---     -------|-------
 d   ---0---5---|---2---     ---0---|---2---     ---0---|---2---     ---5---|---2---
 a   ---2---5---|---2---     ---2---|---2---     ---x---|---2---     ---5---|---2---
 e   ---3---3---|---0---     ---3---|---0---     ---3---|---0---     ---3---|---0---

The remaining D major and C major chords has to be played in two different ways (I think),
one in the verses and one in the choruses:

    Verse               Chorus
       D/F#    C/E          D       C
     ---2---|---0---     ---2---|---0---
     ---3---|---1---     ---3---|---1---
     ---2---|---0---     ---2---|---0---
     ---0---|---2---     ---4---|---2---
     ---0---|---3---     ---5---|---3---
     ---2---|---0---     -------|-------



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Next we'll go for the fills (and for the show-off).
During the transition between G and Em there's lots of possibilities for a fill:

   ---3---|-3---   ---3---------|-3---   ---3---------|-3---   ---3---------|-3---
   ---3---|-3---   ---3---------|-3---   ---3---------|-3---   ---3---------|-3---
   ---0---|-0---   ---0---------|-0---   ---0---------|-0---   ---0---------|-0---
   ---0---|-2---   ---0---------|-2---   ---0---------|-2---   ---0---------|-2---
   ---2---|-2---   ---2---------|-2---   ---2-2b3r2p0-|-2---   ---2-0h2p0---|-2---
   ---3-2-|-0---   ---3-2h3p2p0-|-0---   ---3---------|-0---   ---3-------3-|-0---

And in the chorus it's very important to hit the note, C#/Db, when going from D to C:

   ---2---|-0---          ---2-------|-0---   ---2-------|-0---   ---2-----|-0---
   ---3---|-1---    or    ---3-------|-1---   ---3-------|-1---   ---3-----|-1---
   ---2---|-0---          ---2-------|-0---   ---2-------|-0---   ---2-----|-0---
   ---4---|-2---          ---4-------|-2---   ---4-------|-2---   ---4-----|-2---
   ---5-4-|-3---          ---5-4h2-|-3---   ---5-3b4r3-|-3---   ---5-0h2-|h3---
   -----^-|-----          -----------|-----   -----------|-----   ---------|-----
      C#/Db



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And finally for the lyrics. Hmm, it's a thing you have to practice a bit...:

CHORUS:
 The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
 The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
 The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
 We don't need no water let the mother***er burn
 Burn mother***er burn

1st VERSE:
 Hello my name is Jimmy Pop and I'm a dumb white guy
 I'm not old or new but middle school fifth grade like junior high
 I don't know mofo if y'all peeps be buggin' give props to my ho 'cause she all fly
 But I can take the heat 'cause I'm the other white meat known as Kid Funky Fried
 Yeah I'm hung like planet Pluto hard to see with the naked eye
 But if I crashed into Uranus I would stick it where the sun don't shine
 Cause I'm kind of like Han Solo always stroking my own wookie
 I'm the root of all that's evil yeah but you can call me cookie

CHORUS:
 The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
 The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
 The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
 We don't need no water let the mother***er burn
 Burn mother***er burn

2nd VERSE:
 Yo yo this hard-core ghetto gangster image takes a lot of practice
 I'm not black like Barry White no I am white like Frank Black is
 So if man is five and the devil is six than that must make me seven
 This honkey's gone to heaven
 But if I go to hell then I hope I burn well
 I'll spend my days with J.F.K., Marvin Gaye, Martha Raye, and Lawrence Welk
 And Kurt Cobain, Kojak, Mark Twain and Jimi Hendrix's poltergeist
 And Webster yeah Emmanuel Lewis 'cause he's the anti-christ

CHORUS:
 The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
 The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
 The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
 We don't need no water let the mother***er burn
 Burn mother***er burn

END (as CHORUS):
 Everybody here we go
 Ohh Ohh
 C'mon party people
 Ohh Ohh
 Throw your hands in the air
 Ohh Ohh
 C'mon party people
 Ohh Ohh
 Wave 'em like you don't care
 Ohh Ohh
 C'mon party people
 Ohh Ohh
 Everbody say ho
 Ohh Ohh
 C'mon party people
 Ohh Ohh
 Everybody here we go


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22 /feb /05
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