Youth Of America by The Melvins, originally by The Wipers
Tab by Bastian Stein (webmaster@incesticide.de)
v1.1
This is a great song! You can download an mp3 of the original version for free on zenorecords.com.
Or get the Melvins cover of it on the album Electroretard!
Main Guitar Riff (Intro)
2x
E||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-9-10-9-7-9---9-10-9-7-9---9-10-9-7-9-7----7----7--------------7---------||
D||----------------------------------------10---10---10-8------10---10-8----||
A||-------------------------------------------------------8--------------8--||
E||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
End of intro
E|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|----7--------------7-----------------------|
D|-10---10-8------10---10-8------------------|
A|-----------8--------------8---10---5*------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
*Let Ring
Bass riff during intro
A / F / D / F' / A'
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--1-1--1--1-1--1--1-1--1--1-1--1-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5--5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-8--8--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
D / F
E||-----------------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------------||
G||-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--7------------------||
D||-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--7--3--3--3--3--3-3-||
A||-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5--5--3--3--3--3--3-3-||
E||-------------------------------------1--1--1--1--1-1-||
Youth of America - is living in the jungle
fighting for survival - but there's no place to go
Youth of America - there's pressure all around
the walls are crumbling down - the walls are coming down on you
Bass riff during verse
G||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
D||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
A||-5-5-5-5--3--5-5-5-5--3--5-5-5-5--3--5-5-5-5--3------------------||
E||-------------------------------------------------1--1--1--1--1-1-||
Chorus
G / A# / F
D# / A#
D# / A# / F' / D
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
It is time we rectify this now
1x
E||------------------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------------------||
G||-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-------------------------||
D||-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||
A||-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||
E||-------------------------6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
We got to see it now
Got to see it now
