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Artist: Presidents of the United States of America
Album: Presidents of the United States of America
Song: Kick out the Jams
Transcribed by: Anthony DeFrancesco
TAB

it starts out with a bass, but it sounds good with 1 guitar and a bass
since they only use the top three strings, i'll only write them out.

DROP D TUNING

FIGURE 1
GUITAR 1 X4

DI----0-0-3-5//7\\5-----I
AI----0-0-3-5//7\\5-----I
DI----0-0-3-5//7\\5-----I

GUITAR 2
PICK SLIDE STARTING ON 3 1/2 TIME THROUGH END OF 4

GUITARS 1&2 X8
FIGURE 1 PLAYED REGULAR

GUITARS 1&2 X8
FIGURE 1 PICK HAND MUTED THROUGH VERSE

"WELL I'VE BEEN ELECTED TO ROCK YOUR ASSES TILL MIDNIGHT,
WELL THIS IS MY TERM AND I'VE JAMMED UP THE BIRD AND IT'S ALRIGHT"

GUITARS 1&2 X1
FIGURE 2

DI---5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8---I
AI---5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8---I
DI---5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8---I

THIS IS PLAYED THROUGH:
"I SOLOMELY SWEAR TO UP HOLD THE CONSTITUTION,
GOT A ROCK AND ROLL PROBLEM, BUT I GOT A SOLUTION"

GUITARS 1&2 X1
FIGURE 3

DI---0-0-3-7------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------I
AI---0-0-3-7-----3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-8---8---8---8--8---8---8---8--8---8------
I
DI---0-0-3-7-----5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----I

THIS IS PLAYED THROUGH:
"JUST LET ME BE WHO I AM,
AND LET ME KICK OUT THE JAMS,
YA LET ME KICK OUT THE JAMS."

BOTH GUITARS PAUSE THROUGH:
"I DONE KICKED 'EM OUT!"

SAME PARTS THROUGH THE SECOND VERSE AND SAME NUMBER OF TIMES

VERSE 2:
"WELL I'VE BELL SELECTED TO ORBIT THE PLANET IN A ROCKET (IN A ROCKET),
I'M GOING TO MARS, I GOT A MESSAGE FOR THE POODLE IN YOUR POCKET (IN YOUR
POCKET),
WELL MISSION CONTROL, CALL IN SUPER NOVA,
THE HOT LINE'S HOCKIN YOU CAN COME ON OVER,
AND LET US BE WHO WE AM,
AND LET US KICK OUT THE JAMS,
YA, KICK OUT THE JAMS."

BOTH GUITARS PAUSE THROUGH:
"WE DONE KICKED 'EM"

BUT ON "OUT!!" BOTH GIUTARS PLAY

DI---3p0-------I
AI---3p0-------I
DI---3p0-------I

THAT'S IT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, E-MAIL ME AT ANTHONYDEF@AOL.COM.






intro/main riff-------dropped d tuning
d:
I0-0-3-5-5/7\5----------------------------------------------------------------
------I
a:
I0-0-3-5-5/7\5----------------------------------------------------------------
------I    repeat as much
e:
I0-0-3-5-5/7\5----------------------------------------------------------------
------I    as necessary
i've been elected to rock your asses etc...

pre-chorus:
d:I0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5--0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5--I
a:I0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5--0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5--I     i solemnly
swear.......
e:I0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5--0--0--0--0--5--5--5--5--I

chorus:
d:I5-5-6-7-----10---12---3--I
a:I5-5-6-7-----10---12---3--I
e:I5-5-6-7-----10---12---3--I
let me be..       let me kick out the jams, yeah....

lyrics? you want 'em, i got 'em!

i've been elected to rock your asses till midnight.. this is my term and i
shaved off my perm but its allright

i solemnly swear to uphold the constitution, got a rock n roll problem well
we got the solution. so let me be who i am... and let me kick out the jams.

i've been selected to orbit the planet in a rocket.. i'm going to mars i got
a message for the poodle in your pocket

mission control, calling supernova, the hotline's rockin' you can come on
over. so let us be who we am... and let us kick out the jams
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     ok, there's some sort of solo between the two verses, but i don't bother
with it.

     also, all credit i have been tempted to take, but, alas, do NOT deserve.
thanks to MARK WERCHOWSKI for being a great teacher and motivational
conversationalist.
by the way, i know it's tough to keep up with a three stringed guitar, but if
you tune to dropped d, you can figure out almost any presidents song on the
album.

send comments, questions, hate mail, insults, mariage proposals (women only),
or just drop me a line (like you really cared, im just desperate for human
contact) to:
blair08@aol.com

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