Artist - Sum 41
Song - Nothing On My Back
Album - All Killer No Filler
Tabbed by - Alec MacDonald

Normal Tuning.

Just play the song as its written here, but watch repeat marks.

The guitar plays a riff twice then come in.

(0:04) Intro
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|5-5-5-| (Play this in time with drums)
E|-------|

(0:05) Intro
G|----------------------| 
D|-------------------5h7|  x 3
A|-0-xx-5h7------5-5----|
E|----------3-xx--------|

(0:12) Intro End
G|------------------------| 
D|------------------------|
A|-0-xx-5h7------5-5-5-5-| This slide is fairly slow, listen for it.
E|----------3-xx----------|

REST (Guitar playing one note part)

(0:21) "Was happiness a fad?"

(0:23)
G|-----------|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|3-3h4h5-5--|

(0:26) Lost and found again...
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|3--2-3--3-2--2-0--0--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3h4h5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

(0:35) Tradgedy...
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|----------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------|
E|3--2-3--3---------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

(0:39) Chorus "Nothing on my back"...
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|  x 3
A|-------------5-5-5---------|
E|5-5-5p4-3--3-------4-4-4/5--|

(0:48) "Can't help but drown..."
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|  
A|-------------5-5-5------|
E|5-5-5p4-3--3-------0----|

(0:52)
G|----------------------| 
D|-------------------5h7|  x 3
A|-0-xx-5h7------5-5----|
E|----------3-xx--------|

(0:59)
G|-----------------------| 
D|-----------------------|
A|-0-xx-5h7------5-5-5-5-|
E|----------3-xx---------|

(1:02) 2nd Verse
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|0-0-0---------0-0-0--5-5-5--|
E|-------3-3-3----------------|

(1:05)
G|---------------------7-7-7--| This part is hard to hear on the cd, but I saw Cone play it
D|---------------------0-0-0--| live at much music and this is what he did. Careful not to
A|0-0-0---------0-0-0--5-5-5--| play the chord too loud, but make sure all the notes ring.
E|-------3-3-3----------------|

(1:08)
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|0-0-0---------0-0-0--5-5-5--|
E|-------3-3-3----------------|

(1:11)
G|---------------------7-7-7--| Playing technique same as above.
D|---------------------0-0-0-7|
A|0-0-0---------0-0-0--5-5-5--|
E|-------3-3-3----------------|

(1:13)
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|0-0-0---------0-0-0--5-5-5--|
E|-------3-3-3----------------|

(1:16)
G|---------------------7-7-7-|  Playing technique same as above.
D|---------------------0-0-0-|
A|0-0-0---------0-0-0--5-5-5-|
E|-------3-3-3---------------|

(1:19) "spare your thoughts of sympathy..."
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|5---------------|
E|-----0--0-0-0-0-|

(1:22) 2nd Chorus "Nothing on my back"...
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|  x 3
A|-------------5-5-5---------|
E|5-5-5p4-3--3-------4-4-4/5--|

(1:31) "Can't help my drown"...
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|  
A|-------------5-5-5------|
E|5-5-5p4p3--3-------0----| Let the open note on the E string ring

(1:40)
G|---------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| Play this repetedly until...
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

(1:52)
G|----------------|
D|------------1-1-|
A|5-5-5-0-0-0-----|
E|----------------|

(1:54)
G|-------|
D|-2-2-2-| Play this repetedly until...
A|-------|
E|-------|

(1:58)
G|----------------|
D|------------1-1-|
A|5-5-5-0-0-0-----|
E|----------------|

(2:00)
G|-------|
D|-2-2-2-| Play this repetedly until...
A|-------|
E|-------|

(2:04)
G|----------------|
D|------------1-1-|
A|5-5-5-0-0-0-----|
E|----------------|

(2:06)
G|-------|
D|-2-2-2-| Play this repetedly until...
A|-------|
E|-------|

(2:07)
G|----------------|
D|------------1-1-|
A|5-5-5-0-0-0-----|
E|----------------|

(2:08)
G|-------|
D|-2-2-2-| Play this repetedly until...
A|-------|
E|-------|

(2:10)
G|----------------|
D|------------1-1-|  x 3
A|5-5-5-0-0-0-----|
E|----------------|

(2:14)
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|0-0-0-0-0-0-| Play this repetedly until...
E|------------|

(2:17) "With nothing on my back..."
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|  x 8
A|--------5-5-5-5-----------------| On the last repeat of this riff play the 
E|0-0-0-0---------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-| 5s and 7s on the E string louder.

(2:40) Yelling Part
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|  x 3
A|7-7-7p6-5---5-5-----------------|
E|----------------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|

(2:49)
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|  
A|7-7-7p6-5---5-5-----------------|
E|----------------5-5-5-7---------|

On the cd, they let the last note ring and then go into 
a crescendo and then cut off suddenly, but they don't do it live.

Have fun with this song, Sum 41 play it awesome live.