[Intro] e B G D A E [Verse 1] C It was 1983, when Eric G/B Melvin called He heard that I played F/A bass in False Alarm Fm/G# He asked me if I wanted Em/G to start a punk band Em/G I said “F**k Yeah” And we saw Code G of Honor And since then we’ve C been brothers C G/B I met Smelly in East Hollywood F/A He didn’t know me, Fm/G# but he liked my Black Em/G Flag skateboard I liked his two piece Em/G Tama Drama drum set G That was a night I G won’t forget, the night C we became NOFX
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[Bridge 1] Dm To survive we bought F and sold and C did so many drugs Am And made so many bad F decisions and recordings Fm We never had a chance until we got [Verse 2] C A Mexican American, G/B a stolen phone F/A card, a van to tour the country Fm/G# Playing backyards Em/G , maybe even Em/G we’d get paid G But we knew in our hearts from that G first day We would always C do it our way [Briege 2] C Everyone would shoot G/B us down, shoot us up, said our F/A sound was much too F/G# like RKL We could never s Em/G ell out a garage or Em/G a basement G Self abasement the only G thing we had that didn’t really C suck Dm To show our F gratitude, this song’s for all of you C Call it (No idea, Mike Am mumbles this line) Friendship comes with F all your trust Fm And for all the older punk bands [Verse 3] C Who proved punk will G/B never die F/A And showed us how we F/G# could be DIY Em/G There’s not enough words to show Em/G our appreciation G If it wasn’t for you G we couldn’t C have done it our way
[Outro]
C G/B
Since 1983, ‘till
this final show
F/A
We want you all to
know
F/G#
that we mean what
we say
Em/G
So stop assuming
there’s
G
gonna be a reunion
C
This is the last
time
G/B
NOFX will
Am Am
ever play
G F
Don’t feel bad,
just
have the best
G
time you’ve ever
had
E/G#
So let’s give three
cheers and
one hip hip
Am
hooray (hip hip
G
hooray)
F
If it wasn’t
for all
of you, we
G
couldn’t have
C
done it our way.
