Start Choppin

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main riff looks like A D A A|-B with the main guitar playing 
 
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in the chorus, sometimes D sounds like Bm and vice versa... 
 
 
A                          D 
There's no going back to there 
              A            D 
Some of them can't even react 
        A            D 
Didn't say it's not OK 
           A                D 
But we are dealing the same way 
 
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in the chorus, sometimes D sounds like Bm and vice versa... 
 
 
A                          D 
There's no going back to there 
              A            D 
Some of them can't even react 
        A            D 
Didn't say it's not OK 
           A                D 
But we are dealing the same way 
 
          D 
I ain't telling you a secret  ---> CHORUS 
            Bm                A D A A B (+ 9) 
I ain't telling you GOODBYE 
 
(main riff) 
It's the last thing on my mind 
 
Still you won't let things unwind 
 
Instead it stayed around your head 
 
Can't you hear a word I said  (CHORUS) 
 
(main riff) 
When you call, it's just not fair 
 
It's the last thing you should share 
 
I can't deal, I'll let you know 
 
Still I wish you'd let it go (CHORUS) 
 
      D 
I'm telling you for one last time 
A                                            E 
It's not just you, the problem's mine cause HER 
   D 
I waited it out long as I could 
A                                     E 
If you need it, sure I would, that's FINE 
 
solo: D A E D A E A 
 
A                          D 
There's no going back to there 
              A            D 
Some of them can't even react 
        A            D 
Didn't say it's not OK 
           A                D 
But we are dealing the same way (CHORUS) 
 
Goodbye...Goodbye...Goodbye... 
 
      D 
I'm telling you for one last time 
A                                            E 
It's not just you, the problem's mine cause HER 
   D 
I waited it out long as I could 
A                                     E 
If you need it, sure I would, that's FINE 
 
      D 
I'm taking away alot of stuff 
     A                                     E 
I'm telling you it's rough or not, you're GONE 
 
D ... 
 
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I'm sure of all the lyrics except for two parts: 
        Where it goes:  cause HER 
                        you're GONE 
 
From: "Simon A. Morgan"  
 
NOTE: Somebody has already submitted a partial tab of this song to 
      the archive, but it doesn't include this (important) riff. 
 
Dinosaur Jr. 
"Start Choppin" (from the 1993 album "Where You Been") 
 
This is the main riff used; 
 
    ^  ^    v    v    ^       v  ^  v  ^  v  ^  v	(v = upstrum) 
E|---------------------------------------------------    (^ = downstrum) 
B|----------7----5------------2-----2-----2-----2---- 
G|--2--2--------------2-/-4------4-----4-----4------- 
D|--2--2----4----2----2-/-4-------------------------- 
A|--------------------------------------------------- 
E|--------------------------------------------------- 
    1  1    4    4   4    4   1  4  1  4  1  4  1 
            1    1   3    3 
 
(Numbers below tab showing the fingering I use)