History Lesson Part Two

Someone requested minutemen. Here's one. I'm in the process of

writing down some others I know.

For anyone not familiar with minutemen, they were comtemporaries

of Husker Du, Meat Puppets, Black Flag, etc, on the SST label in

the early to mid '80s. Guitar player D. Boon died in a car crash

in '85. The two rmaining members reformed with a new guitarist

as fIRHOSE.

In light of D. Boon's death, this song is very sad.

@Song: History Lesson Part 2

Written by Mike Watt

Recorded by Minutemen on album "Double Nickles on the Dime" (SST)

File format: tab

Transcription: Gary Von Colln

Our band could be your life

e-|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|------------------------

B-|--------1--|--------1--|--------0--|--------1-----|------------------------

G-|-----0-----|-----0-----|-----0-----|-----2-----2--|------------------------

D-|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|------------------------

A-|--3--------|--2--------|-----------|--------------|------------------------

E-|-----------|-----------|--3--------|--1-----------|------------------------

e-|-----3-----|-----1-----|-----5-----|-----8-----|---------------------------

B-|--------3--|--------1--|--------5--|--------8--|---------------------------

G-|--4--------|--2--------|-/5--------|-/9--------|---------------------------

D-|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------

A-|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------

E-|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------

e-|--------3--------3--------3--------3--------3------------------------------

B-|-----3--------3--------3--------3--------3---------------------------------

G-|--4--------4--------4--------4--------4------------------------------------

D-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------

A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------

E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------

e-|--8------------------------------------------------------------------------

B-|--8------------------------------------------------------------------------

G-|--9------------------------------------------------------------------------

D-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------

A-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------

E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Song structure and words

(Over riff A 4x)

Our band could be your life,

Real names will be the proof.

Me and Mike Watt, we played for years,

But punk rock changed our life.

(Riff B, played 2x)

(Over riff A 4x)

We learned punk rock in Hollywood.

Drove up from Pedro.

We were f-cking corn dogs,

We'd go drink and pogo.

(Riff B 4x, then riff C, 1x)

(Over riff A 4x)

Mr Narator,

This is Bob Dylan to me.

My story could be his songs

Me as his soldier child.

(Riff B 2x)

Our band is scientist rock.

'Cause I was E. Bloom, Richard Hell,

Joe Strummer, and John Doe.

Me and Mike Watt, playing guitar.

(Riff B 4x, then riff C 1x, then riff D 1x)