[Intro]
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B
G
D
A
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[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.