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Start Choppin (Dinosaur Jr)
intro:
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-XX--10--10-10--10--10-XX--10--10-10--10---
-XX--9---9--9---9---9--XX--9---9--9---11--
-XX--9-h-11-9---9---9--XX--9-h-11-9---12--
-XX--0---0--0---0---0--XX--0---0--0-------
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main riff looks like A D A A-B with the main guitar playing
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-4-6-4-6-4-6-4-6--------------------
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------------
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in the chorus, sometimes D sounds like Bm and vice versa...
[A]There's no going back to th[D]ere
Some of them c[A]an't even rea[D]ct
Didn't s[A]ay it's not O[D]K
But we are [A]dealing the same [D]way
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in the chorus, sometimes D sounds like Bm and vice versa...
[A]There's no going back to th[D]ere
Some of them c[A]an't even rea[D]ct
Didn't s[A]ay it's not O[D]K
But we are [A]dealing the same [D]way
I ain't te[D]lling you a secret ---> CHORUS
I ain't tell[Bm]ing you GOODBYE[A][D][A][A][B][(+][9)]
(main riff)
It's the last thing on my mind
Still you won't let things unwind
Instead it stayed around your head
Can't you hear a word I said (CHORUS)
(main riff)
When you call, it's just not fair
It's the last thing you should share
I can't deal, I'll let you know
Still I wish you'd let it go (CHORUS)
I'm te[D]lling you for one last time
[A]It's not just you, the problem's mine cause H[E]ER
I w[D]aited it out long as I could
[A]If you need it, sure I would, that's F[E]INE
solo: D A E D A E A
[A]There's no going back to th[D]ere
Some of them c[A]an't even rea[D]ct
Didn't s[A]ay it's not O[D]K
But we are [A]dealing the same [D]way (CHORUS)
Goodbye...Goodbye...Goodbye...
I'm te[D]lling you for one last time
[A]It's not just you, the problem's mine cause H[E]ER
I w[D]aited it out long as I could
[A]If you need it, sure I would, that's F[E]INE
I'm ta[D]king away alot of stuff
I'm t[A]elling you it's rough or not, you're G[E]ONE
D ...
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I'm sure of all the lyrics except for two parts:
Where it goes: cause HER
you're GONE
From: "Simon A. Morgan"
NOTE: Somebody has already submitted a partial tab of this song to
the archive, but it doesn't include this (important) riff.
Dinosaur Jr.
"Start Choppin" (from the 1993 album "Where You Been")
This is the main riff used;
^ ^ v v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v (v upstrum)
E--------------------------------------------------- (^ downstrum)
B----------7----5------------2-----2-----2-----2----
G--2--2--------------2-/-4------4-----4-----4-------
D--2--2----4----2----2-/-4--------------------------
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[1] [1] [4] [4] [4] [4] [1] [4] [1] [4][1][4][1]
[1] [1] [3] [3]
(Numbers below tab showing the fingering I use)
Simon Morgan : se4sm@dmu.ac.uk / simon@altworld.demon.co.uk
