m: Fred Lidskog  (by way of cal woods)



"The Continuous Life"
Performed by 311
From the album "Transistor" on Capricorn/Mercury Records
Music by: C. Sexton
Lyrics by: D. Martinez
(c) 1997 Hydroponic Music BMI
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Tabbed by: Fred Lidskog 

THE CONTINUOUS LIFE:

Riff 1: (w/ some "chorus" or "reverb" effect)
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e--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--8------------------------9-------8--------------------------------------
D--4-----8---------9--------5-------4------8-------9-----5-----------------
A--------4---------5-----------------------4-------5-----5-----------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Riff 2: (w/ heavy distortion)
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e-------------------------------
B-------------------------------
G-------------------------------
D--6--6--8--8--4---4-x-4--------
A--6--6--8--8--4---4-x-4--------
E--4--4--6--6--2---2-x-2--------

Riff 3: (w/ heavy distortion)
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e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D--6--6--4--2--8----------------------------6--6--4--2--1----
A--6--6--4--2--6-----or perhaps, try this:--6--6--4--2--1----
E--4--4--2--0--6----------------------------4--4--2--0-------

Bridge: (w/heavy distortion)
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e----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D--------3---1---------------3---1---------------3---1-----------
A----------------3-----3-------------3-----3-------------3-----3-
E--1-----------------3---1---------------3---1---------------3---

e---------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------
D----3---1---------3---1-----------3---1-------------3---1------------
A-----------2---1----------2---1----------3----3-------------3------3-
E-1------------------------------------------3----1---------------3---

e----------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------
D----3---1-----3-------------------------------
A------------3-----3---------------------------
E-1--------------------------------------------

Ending: (w/ heavy distortion)
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e--------------------------------
B--------------------------------
G--6----4-----11-11-11-11-11-----
D--5----3-----10-10-10-10-10-----
A--6----4-----11-11-11-11-11-----
E--------------------------------


Lyrics/Song Structure:
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--- Play Riff 1 (x2)
--- Play Riff 1 over:
	When things are outta whck and they might collapse
	And at the end of the day you still can't relax
	And physically, you ache like a cavity
	Feeling the bind of your mind and the rest of your body
	Listen to your heartbeat, flow and imagine
	Become Jackson Pollack, airbrush Chinese dragons
	Or a sky-blue conversion van or an electra
	Buick of the mind full of luminous matter
--- Play Riff 2 over:
	And slowly all the pressure recedes and you stop to decay
	Naturally, think clearly
	Ultimately through your grace will give way to traffic jams
	Submachibe guns in hand
	City rednecks who think like the Omega Man
	Feelin' the extremes of the times we're livin'
	Stockpile Spaghetti-O's and Cheerios
	Tryin' to survive that fallout shit
--- Play Riff 3 over:
	It's not ambiguous to be continuous
	It's all about us, it's for real my man
	The continuous life, there is no end
	Movin' through life, movin' through death
--- Play Riff 1 (x1)
--- Play Riff 1 over:
	My radio emits a signal for
	A strange noise the kind of which I've never heard before
	I scan the dial for more stations
	But all I get is an eerie feelin'
	I'm not dreamin', this is the real dealin'
--- Play riff 2 over:
	There's nothing like this trance, I'm caught in the daze
	Cuz I'm finally out of my body
	The blue lights ablaze, yeah I'm really amazed
	And feelin' so light, that's right
	Lift off and I'm into the sky
	As if a hologram were created to shift my consciousness
	Changed again and I'm flung in the riff
	I wanna be free, I wanna do right
	I move through the portal to be purified
--- Play Riff 3 over:
	It's not ambiguous to be continuous
	It's all about us, it's for real my man
	The continuous life, there is no end
	Movin' through life, movin' through death
	It's not ambiguous to be continuous
	It's all about us, it's for real my man
	The continuous life, there is no end
	Movin' through life, movin' through death
--- Play Bridge
--- Play Ending over:
	It's not ambiguous to be continuous
	It's all about us, it's for real my man
	The continuous life, there is no end
	Movin' through life, movin' through death

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