311 - Purpose

      
 
 Performed by 311
 From the album "311" on Capricorn Records
 Music by: N. Hexum
 Lyrics by: N. Hexum
 (c) 1995 Allegiance Music/Hydroponic Music BMI

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 Tabbed by: Josh Tyson (jotyson@vt.edu)
 Additions/Corrections by: Michael Slusarz (slusarz@ucsu.colorado.edu)
 Gregory Parr (gparr@tiger.lsuiss.ocs.lsu.edu)
 Fred Lidskog (swede@email.unc.edu)
 The 311 Guitar Archive -- http://chromosome.colorado.edu/311archive/
 
 Riff 1 (Clean):
 ===============
 E F#m Abm F#m 
     

 1:-7--7---9--9--11--11---9---9-
 2:-9--9--10-10--12--12--10--10-
 3:-9--9--11-11--13--13--11--11-
 4:-----------------------------
 5:-----------------------------
 6:-----------------------------
 

 
 Pre-Chorus (Clean):
 ===================
 N.C.

 1:----------------14\\----------------------------------14--14p13p12-
 2:-11h12p11h12p11-------9h10p9h10p9------11h12p11h12p11--------------
 3:----------------------------------9\\------------------------------
 4:-------------------------------------------------------------------
 5:-------------------------------------------------------------------
 6:-------------------------------------------------------------------
 

 
 N.C.

 1:----------------14\\----------------------------------14-14/16-
 2:-11h12p11h12p11-------9h10p9h10p9------11h12p11h12p11----------
 3:----------------------------------9\\--------------------------
 4:---------------------------------------------------------------
 5:---------------------------------------------------------------
 6:---------------------------------------------------------------
 

 
 Riff 2 (w/Distortion):
 ======================
 N.C.

 1:-----------------------------------------------------------
 2:-----------------------------------------------------------
 3:-----------------------------------------------------------
 4:-----------------------------------------------------------
 5:--------7-7--------7-----------------7-7--------7----------
 6:-0--5-7------4-5-7----4-5-7----0-5-7------4-5-7----4-5-7-5-
 

 
 Riff 3 (w/Distortion):
 ======================
 F#5 A5 E5 F#5 A5 E5 
       

 1:------------------------------
 2:------------------------------
 3:------2--------------2--------
 4:-4----2----2----4----2----2-2-
 5:-4----0----2----4----0----2-2-
 6:-2---------0----2---------0-0-
 

 
 Riff 4 (w/Distortion):
 ======================
 N.C.

 1:----------------------------------------------------
 2:----------------------------------------------------
 3:----------------------------------------------------
 4:----------------------------------------------------
 5:----------------------------------------------------
 6:-2-0-1-2--0-1-2-0-1-2--2-4-5--2-4-5--2-4-5--0-0-0-0-
 

 
 N.C. C#5/G# B5/F#

 1:--------------------------------------
 2:--------------------------------------
 3:--------------------------6------4---4-
 4:--------------------------6------4---4-
 5:--------------------------4------2---2-
 6:--2-0-1-2--0-1-2-0-1-2-1--4------2---2-
 

 
 Lyrics/Song Structure:
 ======================
 ---> Drum Intro
 ---> Play Riff 1 over:
 I believe in your purpose baby
 Coming up to the surface and maybe
 I'll never see you again then again who knows
 Make me quiver hands will shiver
 Still got all the things that I woulda give her
 Yeah, yeah but it's slow going
 Something's showing yeah, yeah
 ---> Play Pre-Chorus (x1)
 ---> Play Riff 2 (x2)
 ---> Play Riff 2 over:
 Love is a stream that will find it's own course
 Making due is a thing a thing I will do no more
 ---> Play Riff 3 over:
 Whenever you come back I'll be waiting
 Trifling the slack no head gating
 ---> Play Riff 4 over:
 This is all pure fiction you know that's right
 Just pure fiction
 That's all right
 ---> Play Riff 1 over:
 I believe in your purpose baby
 Coming up to the surface and maybe
 I'll never see you again then again who knows
 Make me quiver hands will shiver
 Still got all the things that I woulda give her, yeah
 But it's slow going something's showing
 Yeah, yeah
 ---> Play Pre-Chorus (x1)
 ---> Play Riff 2 (x2)