THE DEAD MILKMEN
Beach Party Vietnam

from Eat Your Paisley

Tabbed by: Ben Gladdle (moose9377@hotmail.com)


I think this is another really easy one. Though the bass is again
what really makes the song. The whole song is practically just a
D chord throughout. There is a riff that is played at various points
in the song. The bass covers it up a lot of the time, but you can
hear this riff now and then.


Note: I just have to apologise for this tab. There's something on
      geocities where, no matter how many times I change it, it
      keeps putting spelling errors into this file. It's completely
      inexplicable and happens regardless of the file name or any
      other things I could think of changing. So if you encounter
      the odd spelling or formatting error, please disregard and/or
      blame geocities.

      Thanks,

      Ben.


D riff:
------
E---2-2-2---2-2-2-3-0-----
B---3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-----
G---2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-----
D---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-----
A-------------------------
E-------------------------

So basically just a D throughout, with a little Dsus4-Dsus2 bit at
the end.

Bass (for most of the song):
----
G-------------------5-4---
D------4------------------
A--5-5-------5-5-5--------
E-------------------------

To really complicate things (not) there is a G somewhere in the chorus!
Just play a straight G chord and G on the bass.

The only other bit you need to know is the outro.

Bass (outro):
----                        D
G-------------------------|---
D----4-5-6---7--7-5-4-----|---
A--5------------------5---|-5-
E-------------------------|---



The Song:

Chorus:
------
D
It's a beach party Vietnam
Surfin' with the viet-cong
G
Cookin' hot dogs with napalm
D
A beach party viet-nam

Verse:
-----
D
Franky and Annett were
Layin' on the sand
When Franky got a letter
From his From his Uncle Sam
It said: Get Moon Dog and all your friends
You're all invited to a

chorus:
Beach party Vietnam
Surfin' with the viet-cong
Cookin' hot dogs with napalm
A beach party viet-nam

D riff
- Hey Franky, aren't you gonna give mee your class ring?
- Oh I'm afraid I can't do that, Annettte
- Why not?
- 'Cause I don't have any arms!
(AH!)

chorus:
Beach party Vietnam
Surfin' with the viet-cong
Cookin' hot dogs with napalm
A beach party viet-nam

D riff
Annette, she wants Franky's ring
Franky wants Annette's thing
They're layin' on the West Coast
There's gonna be a wiener roast

chorus:
Beach party Vietnam
Surfin' with the viet-cong
Cookin' hot dogs with napalm
A beach party viet-nam

outro:

End on D.


From the Dead Milkmen Guitar Tab Project
http://www.geocities.com/dmtabs/