NoFX – Cops And Donuts

COPS AND DONUTS by NOFX. Album: Maximum Rocknroll (1988?)                 1/2
One of the coolest songs on this album.
A=left Melvin   B=right Melvin   A&B=both Melvins
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# intro #A&B X4 *=play 16X palm-muted    # intro2 #A&B
E—————|                        E———————————-|
B—-*———-|                        B———————————-|
G—7——-5—|                        G—7————————7-7—|
D—7—5—5—|                        D—7————————7-7—|
A—5—5—3—|                        A—5————————5-5—|
E——-3——-|                        E———————————-|
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# verse #A&B    *=play 6X
E—————————————————————————-|
B——————*——————-*—————–*—————–*-|
G–10-10-10-9-9-9-7—-10-10-10-9-9-9-7—————–7—————–7–|
D–10-10-10-9-9-9-7—-10-10-10-9-9-9-7—–3-3-3-5-5-5-7—–3-3-3-5-5-5-7–|
A—8–8–8-7-7-7-5—–8–8–8-7-7-7-5—–3-3-3-5-5-5-5—–3-3-3-5-5-5-5–|
E——————————————-1-1-1-3-3-3——-1-1-1-3-3-3—-|
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# verse2 #A&B
E———————————————————–>
B———————————————————–>
G———9-9-9-5-7-7-5-7-7—-10-10-10-9-9-9-5-7-7-5-7-7—>
D—3-3-3-9-9-9-5-7-7-5-7-7—-10-10-10-9-9-9-5-7-7-5-7-7—>
A—3-3-3-7-7-7-3-5-5-3-5-5—–8–8–8-7-7-7-3-5-5-3-5-5—>
E—1-1-1—————————————————>
>verse2A&B
>———————————————————–|
>———————————————————–|
>———9-9-9-5-7-7-5-7-7—-10-10-10-12-10-7-7-7-7-7-7—|
>—3-3-3-9-9-9-5-7-7-5-7-7—-10-10-10-12-10-7-7-7-7-7-7—|
>—3-3-3-7-7-7-3-5-5-3-5-5—–8–8–8-10–8-5-5-5-5-5-5—|
>—1-1-1—————————————————|
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# verse3 #A&B  X4
E——————————|
B——————————|
G–10-9-9-10-9-9-5-7-7-5-7-7—|
D–10-9-9-10-9-9-5-7-7-5-7-7—|
A—8-7-7–8-7-7-3-5-5-3-5-5—|
E——————————|
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# chorus #A&B   (Cops and donuts…)
E——————————————————>
B——————————————————>
G——————————————————>
D—5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10-7-8-8-7-8-8-5-5-5-5-5—>
A—5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10-7-8-8-7-8-8-5-5-5-5-5—>
E—3-3-3-5-5-5-6-6-6–8–8–8-5-6-6-5-6-6-3-3-3-3-3—>
>chorus A&B            *=play 12X
>———————————————————-|
>——————————————————-*–|
>——————————————7-7-7-7-7-7-9—|
>—5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10-7-8-8-7-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-9—|
>—5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-10-10-10-7-8-8-7-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-7—|
>—3-3-3-5-5-5-6-6-6–8–8–8-5-6-6-5-6-6—————–|
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# slow-verse #A&B   X2
E—/–p-mute——/-p-mute——-/——-palm-mute—————-|
B———————————————————————|
G———————————–5-5-5-5—————————|
D—7-7-7-7-7-7-8—7-7-7-7-7-7-8—5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7—|
A—7-7-7-7-7-7-8—7-7-7-7-7-7-8—3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7—|
E—5-5-5-5-5-5-6—5-5-5-5-5-5-6———–3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5—|
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COPS AND DONUTS                                                           2/2
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# slow-verse2 #A  X2
E—/–p-mute——/-p-mute——-/——-palm-mute—————-|
B———————————————————————|
G———————————–5-5-5-5—————————|
D—7-7-7-7-7-7-8—7-7-7-7-7-7-8—5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7—|
A—7-7-7-7-7-7-8—7-7-7-7-7-7-8—3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7—|
E—5-5-5-5-5-5-6—5-5-5-5-5-5-6———–3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5—|
# slow-verse2 #B  X2
E———————————————————————|
B———————————————————————|
G———————————–5———————————|
D—7—————7———–8——————-7—————–|
A———————————————————————|
E———————————————————————|
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Then play slow-verse X2 (without palm-muting!).
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# bridge #A&B    GuitarB joines later   *=play 12X palm-muted
E——————————————–|
B——————————————–|
G—————————————–*–|
D—7-10–7-10–5-5-5-9-9-9–7-10–7-10–9—|
A—7-10–7-10–5-5-5-9-9-9–7-10–7-10–9—|
E—5–8–5–8–3-3-3-7-7-7–5–8–5–8–7—|
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# bridge2 #A&B  /=slide-up           *=play 24X
E—————————————————————|
B————————————————————*–|
G—–7/10-10-10—-7/10-10-10—-7/10-10-10—-7/10-10-10–9—|
D—7-7/10-10-10–7-7/10-10-10–7-7/10-10-10–7-7/10-10-10–9—|
A—7-5/-8–8–8–7-5/-8–8–8–7-5/-8–8–8–7-5/-8–8–8–7—|
E—5————-5————-5————-5—————–|
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# chorus2 #A&B    (Cops and donuts…)   *=play 12X
E——————————————————————————|
B——————*——————*——————*———————|
G–10-10-10-9-9-9-7—10-10-10-9-9-9-7—10-10-10-9-9-9-7—10-10-10-9-9-9-7-7-|
D–10-10-10-9-9-9-7—10-10-10-9-9-9-7—10-10-10-9-9-9-7—10-10-10-9-9-9-7-7-|
A—8–8–8-7-7-7-5—-8–8–8-7-7-7-5—-8–8–8-7-7-7-5—-8–8–8-7-7-7-5-5-|
E——————————————————————————|
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Auuuuuuu…Ehhehehehhe.
Tabbed by Jussi Heinonen 18.04.1998.