THE DEAD MILKMEN
Punk Rock Girl

from Beelzebubba

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


This is kind of similar to the one in OLGA, but in what sounds
to me like the right key, and with a couple of additions. Thanks
to Jim for giving me the chords way back in high school, and to
Matt Ransford <chunk@monkey.org> for his other transcription that
cleared up the confusion of the intro chords, unfortunately only
after I'd spent hours trying to figure them out. Mine's only got
a couple of very small differences (mainly the F on the 4th line
of each verse). Also if you've got an accordion just go nuts on
it, I'm sure it'll sound great. :)

This song now has the solo! The solo was quite tricky to get started
on, but I think I've got it right, except for one little bit
where there's a couple of quick notes. However, it should certainly
get you through the song just fine.


Intro:
-----

F      F      F      Dm
F      F      Dm  F  Bb  F
C  F   F
       ^
For some idea of the timing of the intro, just listen to the recording.
Much easier to hear it than to resort to my feeble attempt at an
explanation.

(Little bass walk-down at the ^ at the end of the intro. Do the same
at the end of pretty much every verse)

   F                   F (start of verse)
G|-------------------|-------------|
D|-------------------|-------------|
A|--------3--1-------|-------------|
E|-1------------5--3-|-1------....-|


Verse:
-----
F                     Bb            F
One Saturday I took a walk to Zipperhead
                           Bb                C
I met a girl there and she almost knocked me dead
          Dm            Bb       
Punk rock girl - please look at me
           F          Bb
(Punk rock girl) what do you see?
      F       C         Dm          Bb      C            F
Let's travel 'round the world, just you and me punk rock girl


verse:
F                                      Bb            F
I tapped her on the shoulder and said "Do you have a beau?"
                                Bb               C
She looked at me and smiled and said she did not know
          Dm          Bb       
Punk rock girl - give me a chance
           F           Bb
(Punk rock girl) let's go slamdance
      F          C      Dm          Bb      C            F
We'll dress like Minnie Pearl, just you and me punk rock girl


Other Bit:
---------
C              G            C           G                C
We went to the Philly Pizza Company and ordered some hot tea
    G                  C      G            C
The waitress said well no, we only have it iced
      G                C         G           C
So we jumped up on the table and shouted anarchy
    G                C               G          C
And someone played a Beach Boys song on the jukebox
            G          C         G             C
And it was "California Dreamin'" so we started screamin'
   G               C
On such a winter's day


verse:
F                           Bb           F
She took me to her parents' for a Sunday meal
                                   Bb          C
Her father took one look at me and he began to squeal
          Dm        Bb       
Punk rock girl - it makes no sense
     F             Bb
Your dad is a vice president
     F      C       Dm         Bb         C            F
Rich as the Duke of Earl yeah, you're for me punk rock girl


Solo:
----

Well, I've been trying to make a start on this for years, so today
I figured I'd just get stuck in to it, and I think it's pretty much
right. There's a couple of quick notes missing where I've put ???,
but I think it'll do. If you've got another guitar, just play the
verse chords where shown above the tab.

(1:31)
    F                      Bb
E----------------1-----------------------------
B---1----1-------------------------------------
G-----2-----2-3----2-3-2-----3-2-0-2-3----2----
D----------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------

(1:35)
    F                Bb       C
E-------------1--------------------------------
B---1-----1------------------------------------
G-----2-3---2----3-2-(0)--3-2-0----------------
D--------------------------------3/5-----------
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------

(1:39)
    Dm  Bb       F           Bb
E----------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------
G---2-0----------2-3-2-3-2-0-------------------
D-------3-0-3----------------3--0-3------------
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------

(1:43)
   F  C Dm     Bb     C     F
E---5-3-1---------------------------------------
B-----------------1-------1---------------------
G----------2---3--------------------------------
D-------------------2h3p2---3-------------------
A-----------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------
                     ???

(1:46)             
                 C
E----------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------
G---3b-2-3-2-0---------------------------------
D--------------3-2-/-/-/-/-/-------------------
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------
  slight bend      gradual slide

The C chord at the end of the chorus, corresponds to the first
chord of the next section, so you may wish to skip the slide
if you're playing by yourself.


other bit:
C          G               C
   We went to the shopping mall
    G                  C
And laughed at all the shoppers
    G               C          G           C
And security guards trailed us to a record shop
   G              C
We asked for Mojo Nixon
         G                   C
And they said "He don't work here!"
            G                  C
We said "If you don't got Mojo Nixon then
     G                    C
Your store could use some fixin'!"


Last Verse:
----------
F                     Bb             F
We got into her car, away we started rollin'
I said "How much you pay for this?"
          Bb               C
She said "Nothin' man it's stolen"
          Dm         Bb       
Punk rock girl - you look so wild
          F            Bb
Punk rock girl - let's have a child
      F        C      Dm
We'll name her Minnie Pearl
     Bb      C           F       C    Dm
Just you and me - eating fudge banana swirl
     Bb      C          F      C         Dm
Just you and me - we'll travel round the world
     Bb      C              F
Just you and me - punk rock girl

End on F.


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