NOFX - Johnny Appleseed
From album White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean (Epitaph Records 1992)
Tabbed by Alex Flynn, 19 July 2014. Email suggestions or corrections to alexflynn2@gmail.com
Personnel:
"Fat Mike" Burkett - Bass, vocals
Aaron "El Hefe" Abeyta - Lead guitar
Eric Melvin - Rhythm guitar
Erik "Smelly" Sandin - Percussion
Chords used:
F#: 244222
B(1): 799877
D: x57775
F: x57765
A: 577655
B: 224442
Intro (Let each chord ring out once): F#-B(1)-D-F-F#-B(1)
A
[EL HEFE] Through word of mouth
B
Let it be known
D
The man who spends his life on a mission
A
He's legendary
[MIKE] Hey, hey hey, hey hey!
A
Travelling
B
From coast to coast
D
He's the contemporary
A
Johnny Appleseed
[SPOKEN] Man, who's talkin' shit about Johnny anyway?
He's down for the cause, holmes.
A
He's making sure
B
His garden grows
D
He'll plant the seed
A
In every town he goes
A
Fertilizing
B
The countryside
D
You couldn't stop him with
A
Insecticide
F# B D
Makin' sure that the garden grow (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
A
He water the yard with the yarden hose
F# B D
And you know he be plantin' the seed (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
A
Groomin' the backyard or whackin' a weed
[SPOKEN] Oh, yes. This Johnny character is exactly what we're looking for.
H-He's very street, very gang, very Hispanic. He'll do just fine.
A
When digging holes
B
He be wearin' a glove
D
He go out to the shed
A
He grab a shovel and he shove
A
He plant the seed
B
Makin' sure it's sowed
D
He go into the shed
A
And he start hoein' with the hoe
[MIKE] Ho, ho, ho, ho!
F# B D
Makin' sure that the garden grow (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
A
He water the yard with the yarden hose
F# B D
Groomin' the backyard or whackin' a weed (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
A
The contemporary Johnny Appleseed