e|------|---------|
Tabbed by| Josh Tyson (jotyson@vt.edu)
Additions/Corrections by| Michael Slusarz (slusarz@bigworm.colorado.edu)
               Kathy Storlauk (krs@haven.engin.umich.edu)
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   F#5  (A) F#5 (A) B5 (E5)  G#5 (E) A5  G#5
e|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|------------|
B|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|------------|
G|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|------------|
D|------(0)-----(0)-4e|------|---------|--------|
A|-4--4--0--4----0--2--(2--2)-6-------7---6-|
E|-2--2-----2-----------0--0--4---0---5---4-| (Play x3)

   F#5  (A) F#5 G#5      E5
e|e|------|---------|----------|
B|e|------|---------|----------|
G|e|------|---------|----------|
D|------(0)e|------|---------|-|
A|-4--4--0--4---6--6--6--2-|
E|-2--2-----2---4--4--4--0-|

Riff 1 (Clean)|
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   N.C.
e|-17p14e|------|---------|--------|
B|-------17p14e|------|---------|--|
G|--------------16-16-16-16p14-|
D|e|------|---------|--------------|
A|e|------|---------|--------------|
E|e|------|---------|--------------|

Riff 2 (Clean)|
===============
   N.C.
e|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|-|
B|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|-|
G|-------14-14-16-14-14-------14-|
D|-14h16e|------|---------|-14h16----|
A|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|-|
E|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|-|

Riff 3 (Clean)|
===============
   N.C.
e|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|--------------|
B|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|--------------|
G|-16p14----14--16p14-----14--14--16p14----14-|
D|-------16------------16e|------|---------|16----|
A|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|--------------|
E|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|--------------|

Riff 4 (w/Distortion)|
======================
   F#5                             G#5   E5
e|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|-----------|
B|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|-----------|
G|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|-----------|
D|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|-----------|
A|-4----4--4--4--4----4-4-4--4--4--6-6-6-2-|
E|-2----2--2--2--2----2-2-2--2--2--4-4-4-0-|

Riff 5 (w/Distortion)|
======================
   N.C.
e|e|------|---------|--------|
B|e|------|---------|--------|
G|e|------|---------|--------|
D|e|------|---------|----4/6-|
A|e|------|---------|----5/7-|
E|-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-----|

Riff 6 (w/Distortion)|
======================
   E5 F#5  E5  F#5 E5  F#5
e|e|------|---------|--------|
B|e|------|---------|--------|
G|e|------|---------|--------|
D|e|------|---------|--------|
A|-2---4---2---4---2---4-|
E|-0---2---0---2---0---2-|

Riff 7 (w/Distortion and Palm Muting)|
======================================
   E5
e|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|---|
B|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|---|
G|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|---|
D|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|---|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

   F#5
e|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|---|
B|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|---|
G|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|---|
D|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|e|------|---------|---|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

Riff 8 (w/light distortion)|
============================
   N.C.
e|e|------|---------|-------|
B|e|------|---------|-------|
G|e|------|---------|-------|
D|-------16p14----14-16-|
A|-14-16-------16-------|
E|e|------|---------|-------|

Riff 9 (w/light distortion)|
============================
   N.C.
e|------|
B|-b14b-
G|-b16b-
D|------|
A|------|
E|------||

Riff 10 (w/Distortion)|
=======================
    F#  A   B
e|------|-------|
B|-------------|
G|-(3---6---8)-|
D|--4---7---9--|
A|--4---7---9--|
E|--2---5---7--|


Lyrics/Song Structure|
======================
E|--->| Fade in w/E5 (222xxx)
B|--->| Play Intro over|
   SA| Boom - *** the bull***'s what it is
   Nick| There it is ***ing 311
   SA| *** the bull***'s what it is
   Nick| There it is ***ing 311
   SA| *** the bull***'s what it is
   Nick| There it is ***ing 311
E|--->| Play Riff 1 over|
Nick|
   You know I'm ready, yes to rock steady,
   My name's not Betty or Teddy, but Nick
   And I'm what you might call a heretic
   Yes, and I am from Nebraska
E|--->| Play Riff 2 over|
Nick|
   My girl is satisfied, you can ask her
   You know I've never visited Alaska,
   Huh, where the oil was spilled
   That drunken captain should be killed
E|--->| Play Riff 3 over|
Nick|
   For polluting the sea, an atrocity
   But he still walks free, well
   This one goes to all the birds that drown
Nick & SA|
   *** the bull*** it's time to throw down
E|--->| Play Chorus over|
Nick & SA|
   *** the bull*** it's time to throw down
   *** the bull*** it's time to throw down
   *** the bull*** it's time to throw down
   SA| Hey Holmes
E|--->| Play Riff 1 over|
Nick|
   Just ***ed up bull*** too many *** fears an panic
   It's time to throw down and so I said it words of
   Wisdom that will keep you guessing cause
   I'm tired of laying and I'm tired of messing around
E|--->| Play Riff 2 over|
Nick|
   With all those suckers
   Yes, those stupid mother ***ers
   Who put down what we do
   We stand alone with the group that's new
E|--->P| lay Riff 3 over|
Nick|
   If I was a dwarf I'd surely be Dopey
   I'm a stone wheat thin you can not cope G
   Kick in the teeth a condescending frown
Nick & SA|
   *** the bull*** it's time to throw down
E|--->| Play Chorus over|
   SA| That's right mother ***er
Nick & SA|
   *** the bull*** it's time to throw down
   *** the bull*** it's time to throw down
   *** the bull*** it's time to throw down
E|--->| Play Riff 4 over|
Nick|
   Yeah, right about now I'd like to turn the mic over to my man
   SA Martinez
E|--->| Play Riff 5 over|
SA|
   I am sly in the mix I am the mix master
   Deadly destructor, lyric conductor
   Rollin with the rhythm rhymin' while I'm rollin
   Go blast the parasites when they start to spaz
E|--->| Play Riff 6 and end with an E5 (022xxx) over|
SA|
   Nicholas hits hard he's got the jazz
   Now the B-boy rocking breakin' moves on the floor
   311's stepping loud have them yellin for more
   Go on hoping, I'm poetry in motion
   When I fire I spray just how I'm hopin'
   P-Nut, the bass storm is booming
   And in your mouth the rhythm is booming
   P to the N to the U to the T
E|--->| Play Riff 7 (x1)
B|--->| Play Riff 8 (x3)
G|--->| Play Riff 9 (x1)
D|--->| Play Riff 10 (Slowly and w/emphasis) over|
Nick & SA|
   Just *** the has-been's and their stupid-ass rapping
   Promising bull*** you can't come through with
   Do it in the basement no complacent
   It's time to kick the *** in
   Begin to win no sin and then
   Share it, declare it in the public domain
   Refrain
E|--->| Play Riff 3 over|
Nick|
   I'd be perfectly sad if rap was a fad but it's not
   So I thought I would come out with a shot
   Stupid dumb lyrics make you think I'm a clown
   I don't give a *** it's time to throw down
E|--->| Play Chorus over|
Nick & SA|
   *** the bull*** it's time to throw down
   *** the bull*** it's time to throw down
   *** the bull*** it's time to throw down
   *** the bull*** it's time to throw down
E|--->| Play sustained E5 (022xxx) over|
Nick|
   That's right, knockin' them down
   Nineties, all that



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| (n)  Ghost note
| p    Pull-off
| h    Hammer-on
| /    Slide up
| b    Bend
| >    Accented note