'Tribute' - Guitar Tab ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Tribute' Performed by 311 From the album/video "Enlarged to Show Detail" on Capricorn Records Music by: C. Sexton Lyrics by: N. Hexum & D. Martinez (c) 1995 Allegiance Music/Hydroponic Music BMI ---------- Tabbed by: Greg Castrigano (FTQV95C@prodigy.com) Michael Slusarz (slusarz@ucsu.colorado.edu) Lyric Help: Unknown (Jason9537@aol.com) Sammy Weir (bf19379@bingsun2.cc.binghamton.edu) 311 Guitar Archive - http://chromosome.colorado.edu/311archive/Home.html Riff 1: ======= N.C. 1:----------------------------- 2:----------------------------- 3:----------------------------- 4:------0-0-2-3-2-0-0---------- 5:---------------------0-2-3-2- 6:-3-3------------------------- Riff 2: ======= G5 F5 G5 N.C. 1:------------------------- 2:------------------------- 3:------------------------- 4:------------------------- 5:-5-5---3---5-5----------- 6:-3-3---1---3-3---0-1-0-1- Riff 3: ======= N.C. G#5 N.C. G#5 1:--------------------------------- 2:--------------------------------- 3:--------------------------------- 4:--------------6----------------6- 5:-------5-6-5--6---------5-6-5--6- 6:-6-6-6--------4---6-6-6--------4- N.C. G5 N.C. G5 1:--------------------------------- 2:--------------------------------- 3:--------------------------------- 4:--------------5----------------5- 5:-------4-5-4--5---------4-5-4--5- 6:-5-5-5--------3---5-5-5--------3- Riff 4: ======= N.C. A5 N.C. A5 1:-------------------------------------- 2:-------------------------------------- 3:-------------------------------------- 4:----------------2----------------2--2- 5:-3-2-0-2-----2--0---3-2-0-2------0--0- 6:---------0-2----------------0-2------- Riff 5: ======= N.C. 1:--------------------------- 2:--------------------------- 3:--------------------------- 4:--------------------------- 5:---0-----0-----0-----0---0- 6:-3-----3-----3-----3---3--- N.C. 1:--------------------------- 2:--------------------------- 3:--------------------------- 4:--------------------------- 5:---0-----0-----0-----0---0- 6:-2-----2-----2-----2---2--- N.C. 1:--------------------------- 2:--------------------------- 3:--------------------------- 4:--------------------------- 5:---0-----0-----0-----0---0- 6:-1-----1-----1-----1---1--- N.C. 1:------------------------ 2:------------------------ 3:------------------------ 4:------------------------ 5:------------------------ 6:-0-0-4-0-0-4-5-4--4-4-4- Riff 6: ======= C6/G B6/F# F5 G5 F5 G5 1:----5-----4----------------- 2:----5-----4----------------- 3:-5--5--4--4----------------- 4:-5--5--4--4--3--5--3-3--5-5- 5:-3-----2-----3--5--3-3--5-5- 6:-3-----2-----1--3--1-1--3-3- **** **** * = Let ring Ending: ======= C6/G B6/F# F5 G5 F5 1:----5-----4-------------- 2:----5-----4-------------- 3:-5--5--4--4-------------- 4:-5-----4-----3--5-5--3-3- 5:-3-----2-----3--5-5--3-3- 6:-3-----2-----1--3-3--1-1- **** **** * = Let ring Lyrics/Song Structure: ====================== ---> Play Riff 1 over: This one is dedicated to the excitable ones Not the possum playin' dead messin' with my head X-amount of action, x-amount of game Four years again and I'll tell you the same, ohooh ---> Play Riff 2 over: Gone already to the bored of it all type, lingo that I'm seeing every single night I'm out Bustin' head for it, but your's gets busted right back Lip split and ---> Play Riff 2 (muted) over: I messed up, but I got back trying, Don't bother lying about Constant disappointment, But the fun is in the hunt so quit acting on a front, yeah ---> Play Riff 3 over: Unmotivated, sorta faded But the remedy is not so get on with what you got ---> Play Riff 4 over: Remember Lady of Guadalupe The times my mother made mole After mass we would get home, the girls running to the phone In my bedroom, 45's on my record player was (scratches) At the time I never realized how songs conjured up The ones that I heard, I played it because I wanted Drawing on my wall from time and time in coolin' Making creatures come, live with no schoolin' ---> Play Riff 5 over: When I'm on the microphone The message that I'm make is much patience The message that I'm make is much patience I wait for the beat and then I make sense I'm coming in hot forgot you definitley got no clue I'm coming in hot you got you definitley got slow groove Boy acting coy but you got nuts like Almond Joy I tell ya this is a tribute ---> Play Riff 1 over: No one looks as foolish as the excitable ones But then again there is no one that has this much fun X-amount of action, x-amount of game For years again and I'll tell you the same, whoa oh oh ---> Play Riff 2 over: Once I met a man who made nearly no mistakes He would never bet on a longshot and he'd never been on a break and He's condescending and talks gossip galore, The dude was definitely such a bore, yeah ---> Play Riff 2 (muted) over: I messed up, but I got back trying, Don't bother lying about Constant disappointment, But the fun is in the hunt so quit acting on a front, yeah ---> Play Riff 3 over: Unmotivated, sorta faded But the real man is not the one hiding behind the gunshot ---> Play Riff 4 over: Time traveling through my memory There's a younger Doug, gazing at the galaxies Space driven vato from the stars Searching for UFO's from Neptune to Mars Ode to an alien, I know you're out there Cosmic lonely heart, tell me if you care I'm listening for your sound, here on the ground I'm listening for your sound, here on the ground ---> Play Riff 5 over: When I'm on the microphone The message that I'm make is much patience The message that I'm make is much patience I wait for the beat and then I make sense I'm coming in hot forgot you definitley got no clue I'm coming in hot you got you definitley got slow groove Boy acting coy but you got nuts like Almond Joy I tell ya this is a tribute ---> Play Riff 6 over: I'm vexing many mofo's but I'm wishing you the best I keep about half my lyrics and I throw out the rest but Cause fly on by, you can if you want to ---> Play Ending (x1) The method that makes sense is patience == Last Updated: December 10, 1996 == ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Back] Ê Back to the Etsd Album Page