311 - Firewater Slo-mo

File info:

'Firewater (slo-mo)'

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

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Tabbed by: Springer (DSPRiNGR@aol.com)

Additions/Corrections by: David Ashley (LOCO311D@aol.com)

                          Steven Parr (Mudpie66@aol.com)

                          Luke Scrivener (local311@Geocities.com)

Lyric Help by: Kevin Tseng (warpedjnco@aol.com)

The 311 Guitar Archive -- http://bigworm.colorado.edu/311archive/



* This song is in Dropped "D" Tuning (Low E-string tuned down to D)





Intro:

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   D5    G#5 G5 F5  D5  G#5 G5 F5

e:-------------------------------

B:-------------------------------

G:-------------------------------

D:-(0)-0--6--5--3---0-0--6--5--3-

A:-(0)-0--6--5--3---0-0--6--5--3-

D:-(0)-0--6--5--3---0-0--6--5--3-



Riff 1:

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   D5 E5 F5    D5 E5 F5 G5

e:------------------------

B:------------------------

G:------------------------

D:-0--2--3---3-0--2--3--5-

A:-0--2--3---3-0--2--3--5-

D:-0--2--3---3-0--2--3--5-



Riff 2:

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   D#5   F5->G5 D#5  F5->G5->D#5 

e:---------------------------

B:---------------------------

G:---------------------------

D:-1-1-1h3h5p3--1-1-1h3h5p3p1-

A:-1-1-1h3h5p3--1-1-1h3h5p3p1-

D:-1-1-1h3h5p3--1-1-1h3h5p3p1-



Chorus:

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   E5    F5  N.C.      D5    E5 N.C.  

e:-----------------------------------------

B:-----------------------------------------

G:-----------------------------------------

D:-2-2-2-3h5-----------0-0-0-2h3-----------

A:-2-2-2-3h5-2-3-2---2-0-0-0-2h3-2-3-2---2-

D:-2-2-2-3h5-------5---0-0-0-2h3-------5---



   E5    F5  N.C.      D5    E5  N.C.

e:-----------------------------------------

B:-----------------------------------------

G:-----------------------------------------

D:-2-2-2-3h5-----------0-0-0-2h3-----------

A:-2-2-2-3h5-0-1-0---0-0-0-0-2h3-0-1-0---0-

D:-2-2-2-3h5-------3---0-0-0-2h3-------3---



Ending:

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  G#5 G5 F5   D5   G#5 G5 F5   D5  G#5 G5 F5   D5   G#5 G5 F5 G#5 G5 F5

e:---------------------------------------------------------------------

B:---------------------------------------------------------------------

G:---------------------------------------------------------------------

D:-6--5--3-3--0-0---6--5--3-3--0-0--6--5--3-3--0-0---6--5--3---6--5--3-

A:-6--5--3-3--0-0---6--5--3-3--0-0--6--5--3-3--0-0---6--5--3---6--5--3-

D:-6--5--3-3--0-0---6--5--3-3--0-0--6--5--3-3--0-0---6--5--3---6--5--3-



   D#5  F5   G5   F5   D#5         F5   E5   F5  G#5 G5 F5

e:--------------------------------------------------------

B:--------------------------------------------------------

G:--------------------------------------------------------

D:-1-1--3-3--5-5--3-3--1-1--1-1-1--3-3--5-5--3-3--6--5--3-

A:-1-1--3-3--5-5--3-3--1-1--1-1-1--3-3--5-5--3-3--6--5--3-

D:-1-1--3-3--5-5--3-3--1-1--1-1-1--3-3--5-5--3-3--6--5--3-



   F5      F#5

e:-----------

B:-----------

G:-----------

D:-3-3--3--4-

A:-3-3--3--4-

D:-3-3--3--4-





Lyrics/Song Structure:

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---> Play Intro (x2)

---> Play Riff 1 over:

Nick:

  Talkin *** like shut up and listen to me

  Because cutting through the crap is my specialty

  Like a bomb I'm dropping yes a ton of lead

  You're trying to figure out the last thing that I said

---> Play Riff 2 over:

Nick:

  I'm a redwood I'd love to be a tree

  Yes I'm a druid

  My words are flowing out like a fluid

  Never give in never conform

  I'll be busting out rhymes in a triplet form

---> Play Riff 1 over:

SA:

  Dead leaves on the trees in spring

  Can't hear the birds sing

  A light powdered snow on the ground is glistening

  Vipers slither atop a colder ground they quiver

---> Play Riff 2 over:

SA:

  A crack in the sky snow is falling and inside we shiver

  With a brownskin friend claiming kin to Crazy Horse

  I stink of veno my greasy clothes are rancid

  But I tip the bottle back the spirits are in me kid

---> Play Chorus over:

Nick & SA:

  Firewater - Call it liquid rapture

  Into the flash and flames of my crazy nature

  Firewater - The world's a mixture

  Of broken liquored people get the picture

  Firewater - Call it liquid rapture (Nick repeating "firewater")

  Into the flash and flames of my crazy nature

  Firewater - The world's a mixture

  Of broken liquored people get the picture

---> Play Riff 1 over:

SA (?):

   Whiskey be spittle at the corners of my mouth

   I'm rather liquored a light flickers I got the shakes and jitters

   I roll I'm like Raging Bull bumrushing the snow

   Hand to my head sway in the fire I've waded into

---> Play Riff 2 over:

SA (?):

   All alone except the whiskey voices

   Whores laugh neon signs flash other choices

   I stagger stumble to toast the past while I mumble

   Slur my song slow porno show marquee words crumble

---> Play Chorus over:

Nick & SA:

  Firewater - Call it liquid rapture

  Into the flash and flames of my crazy nature

  Firewater - The world's a mixture

  Of broken liquored people get the picture

  Firewater - Call it liquid rapture (Nick repeating "firewater")

  Into the flash and flames of my crazy nature

  Firewater - The world's a mixture

  Of broken liquored people get the picture

---> Play Ending over:

Nick:

  You're hanging around the house with all your friends steady drinking

  Smokin the green weed and your head is sorta blinkin

  You're going with the flow and everybody's getting plowed

  And the voices and the music and the noise is getting loud

  You've got a heavy buzz on when seven o clock rolls around

  So you pile into the clunker and start heading downtown

  Only nineteen but you know where you can get it

  So you slide inside the bar and everything is hitting

  By about eleven o'clock your brain is near dead

  You really cant remember who was the one that said

  "Let's go in the bathroom, and meet this guy Chuck

  He's got a thirty dollar white powder pick-me-up."

  Ten minutes later the whole vibe has changed

  You try for conversation but you know you're acting strange

  Your eyes are wide open but your smile is gone

  You just keep fiending till the ***ing break of dawn