Rancid – Roots Radicals
162 bpm 4/4 8th Note Strumming
[…And Out Come the Wolves 1995]
Verse 1
C F
Took the sixty bus… out of downtown Campbell…
G. F. C
Ben Zanotto he was on there he was waiting for me…
C F
All the punk rockers… and the moon stompers…
G. F. C
are out on the corners where they sparing for change…
Verse 2
C F
I started thinking… You know I started drinking…
G. F. C
I don't really remember too much of that day…
C F
Something struck me funny when we ran out of money…
G. F. C
Where do you go now when you're only fifteen…
Pre Chorus
A# F
With the music execution and the talk of revolution…
G G
It bleeds in me… Oh and it goes…
Chorus
C F. G.
Give them the boot… The roots… The radicals…
C F. G.
Give them the boot… You know I'm a radical…
C F. G.
Give them the boot… The roots… The reggae on
C G
my-yyy stereo…
Verse 3
C F
The radio was playing Desmond Dekker was singing
G. F. C
on the forty three bus as we climb up the hill…
C F
Nothing incoming but the reggae drumming
G. F. C
and we all come from… unloving homes… I said…
Verse 4
C F
“Why even bother…” and I pick up the bottle…
G. F. C
Mr. Bus Driver please let these people on…
C F
Rude girl Carol was a mini skirt girl my…
G. F. C
blurry vision saw nothing wrong…
Pre Chorus
A# F
With the music execution and the talk of revolution…
G G
It bleeds in me… Oh and it goes…
Chorus
C F. G.
Give them the boot… The roots… The radicals…
C F. G.
Give them the boot… You know I'm a radical…
C F. G.
Give them the boot… The roots… The reggae on
C G
my-yyy stereo…
Break
^ C (C)
On my ste-re-o-ooo…
Solo
F F C C
Yeah… Yeah… Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah-hhh…
F F C C
Yeah… Yeah… Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah-hhh…
F F C C
Yeah… Yeah… Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah-hhh…
F F G G
Yeah… Yeah… Yeah yeah yeah yeah… Yeah-hhh… Ah-hhh…
Verse 1
C F
Took the sixty bus… out of downtown Campbell…
G. F. C
Ben Zanotto he was on there he was waiting for me…
C F
All the punk rockers… and the moon stompers…
G. F. C
are out on the corners where they sparing for change…
Verse 5
C F
The radio was playing Desmond Dekker was singing
G. F. C
on the forty three bus as we climb up the hill…
C F
Rude girl Carol was a mini skirt girl…
G. F. C
my blurry vision saw nothing wrong…
Pre Chorus
A# F
With the music execution and the talk of revolution…
G G
It bleeds in me… Oh and it goes…
Chorus
C F. G.
Give them the boot… The roots… The radicals…
C F. G.
Give them the boot… You know I'm a radical…
C F. G.
Give them the boot… The roots… The reggae on
C G
my-yyy stereo…
Outro
C F. G.
Give them the boot… The roots… The radicals…
C F. G.
Give them the boot… You know I'm a radical…
C F. G.
Give them the boot… The roots… The reggae on
C G * C (C.) ^ C
my-yyy stereo…