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.