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Roots Radicals Guitar Tablature
Title: Roots Radicals
Artist: Rancid
Album: And Out Come the Wolves

Instrument: 6 String Guitar

Tabbed by: Kieran McKelvie ([email protected])

Tuning: Standard ( E  A D G B E)

Lars Frederiksen and Tim Armstrong usually use open-chords in there songs. In many previous tabs, people have posted power chords. This song is most definately open-chords.

/ = Slide Up
 = Slide Down
B = Bend
///// = Pick Scrape

Chords Used:

   C   F   G   Bb
E|-0---1---3---1---||
B|-1---1---3---3---||
G|-0---2---0---3---||
D|-2---3---0---3---||
A|-3---3---2---1---||
E|-----1---3-------||

*First Verse - Palm Muted - In first two bars just Lars is playing, Tim comes in on 3rd bar. (Lars Vocals)*

C               F                      
Took the 60 bus out of downtown campbell,
G                  F                C
Ben Zonatto he was on there, he was waiting for me.
C                   F
All the punk rockers and the moon stompers,
  G              F                    C
Were out on the corners where they're sparing for change.
(Tim Comes in now)
C                     F 
I started thinkin, you know I started drinkin'
  G              F               C
I don't really remember too much of that day.
C                              F
Somethin' struck me funny when we ran outta money,
G            F               C
where do you go now when your only 15??

*Bridge (Lars and Tim) - Lars Vocals, Matt background vocals (Oooh___)*

Bb                               F                   G
With the music execution and the talk of revolution, it bleeds in me...
(Ooooh________________  Ooooh_________________ Ooooh_________________)

And it goes....

*Chorus - Lars and Tim - Lars, Tim and Matt Vocals.*

C                      F           G
Give 'em the boot, the roots, the radicals,
C                      F           G
Give 'em the boot, you know i'm a radical. 
C                      F           G       C           G
Give 'em the boot, the roots, the reggae on my stereo.

*Second Verse - Palm Muted - Both Guitars (Lars Vocals)*

C                          F   
The radio was playin' Desmond Dekker was singin',
       G     F      C
on the 43rd bus as we climb up the hill,
C                          F
Nothing incoming but the reggae drummin'
    G            F     C
And we all come from unloving homes. I said,
C                    F
Why even bother and pick up the bottle 
     G          F               C
Mr. bus driver please let these people on.
C                    F
Rudegirl Carol was a mini-skirt girl, 
    G       F         C
My blurry vision saw nothin' wrong.

*Bridge (Lars and Tim) - Lars Vocals, Matt background vocals (Oooh___)*

Bb                               F                   G
With the music execution and the talk of revolution, it bleeds in me...
(Ooooh________________  Ooooh_________________ Ooooh_________________)

And it goes....

*Chorus - Lars and Tim - Lars, Tim and Matt Vocals.*

C                      F           G
Give 'em the boot, the roots, the radicals,
C                      F           G
Give 'em the boot, you know i'm a radical. 
C                      F           G       C           G
Give 'em the boot, the roots, the reggae on my stereo.

(Lars) On My Stereo
               /////
F
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

then:
E|-----8-8---8-8---8-8-11-11-11-11-||
B|-----8-8---8-8---8-8-10-10-10-10-||
G|-10B----10B---10B----------------||
D|---------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------||

F
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

then:
E|---------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------||
G|-----8-10B-8-------8-10B-8-------||
D|-/10---------10-10---------10----||
A|---------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------||

F
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

then:
E|-----8-8---8-8---8-8-11-11-11-11-||
B|-----8-8---8-8---8-8-10-10-10-10-||
G|-10B----10B---10B----------------||
D|---------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------||

F                                     G
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah - YEAH!__________

*3rd Verse - Lars first two bars, Tim second two bars (Palm Muted)*

C               F                      
Took the 60 bus out of downtown campbell,
G                  F                C
Ben Zonatto he was on there, he was waiting for me.
C                   F
All the punk rockers and the moon stompers,
  G              F                    C
Were out on the corners where they're sparing for change.
(Tim Comes in now)
C                          F   
The radio was playin' Desmond Dekker was singin',
       G     F      C
on the 43rd bus as we climb up the hill,
C                    F
Rudegirl Carol was a mini-skirt girl, 
    G       F         C
My blurry vision saw nothin' wrong.

*Bridge (Lars and Tim) - Lars Vocals, Matt background vocals (Oooh___)*

Bb                               F                   G
With the music execution and the talk of revolution, it bleeds in me...
(Ooooh________________  Ooooh_________________ Ooooh_________________)

And it goes....

*Chorus - Lars and Tim - Lars, Tim and Matt Vocals.*

C                      F           G
Give 'em the boot, the roots, the radicals,
C                      F           G
Give 'em the boot, you know i'm a radical. 
C                      F           G       C           G
Give 'em the boot, the roots, the reggae on my stereo.

*Now the Chorus plays again with the solo in the background.*
C                      F           G
Give 'em the boot, the roots, the radicals,
C                      F           G
Give 'em the boot, you know i'm a radical. 
C                      F           G       C           G
Give 'em the boot, the roots, the reggae on my stereo.

E|-----8-8---8-8---8-8-11-11-11-11------8-8---8-8---8-8-------------------------------||
B|-----8-8---8-8---8-8-10-10-10-10------8-8---8-8---8-8-------------------------------||
G|-10B----10B---10B-----------------10B----10B---10B--------8-10B-8-------8-10B-8-----||
D|------------------------------------------------------/10----------10-10--------10~-||
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
___________________________(This is in the back ground ^)_______________________________

End on C chord.
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