WHITE MINORITY
As recorded by Black Flag
From the 1980 Album THE FIRST FOUR YEARS
Words and Music by Greg Ginns
Arranged by Ginn
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Ginn - Distortion'
Intro
Q=200
F5 E5 A5 B5
4/4
Gtr I
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Q E E E E Q E E E Q. Q
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||o--9---9--9--9--9--9--|-7-7-7-7----9--|
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F5 E5 A5 B5
PM---------|
Q E E E E Q E E E Q. Q
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|-11--11-11-11-11-11--|-9-9-9-----------||
|--9---9--9--9--9--9--|-7-7-7-7----9---o||
|---------------------|-------5----7----||
Pre-Verse
B5 A5 Bb5 B5 A5 Bb5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-7-7-8-8-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-7-7-8-8--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-5-5-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-5-5-6-6--|
Verse
B5 E5 B5E5 B5E5 B5 E5 B5E5 B5E5
E E E E E E E E Q E Q E Q E E E E E E E E Q E Q E Q
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||------------------|-9----9----9--|-----------------|-9----9----9---||
||o-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7--9-7--9-7--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7--9-7--9-7--o||
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----7----7----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----7----7-----||
Chorus
F5 E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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||--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
||o--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
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A5 B5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
Verse
B5 E5 B5E5 B5E5 B5 E5 B5E5 B5E5
E E E E E E E E Q E Q E Q E E E E E E E E Q E Q E Q
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||o-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------o||
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||------------------|-9----9----9--|-----------------|-9----9----9---||
||o-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7--9-7--9-7--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7--9-7--9-7--o||
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----7----7----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----7----7-----||
Chorus
F5 E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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||o--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
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A5 B5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
Outro
B5 E5 B5E5 B5E5 B5 E5 B5E5 B5E5
E E E E E E E E Q E Q E Q E E E E E E E E Q E Q E Q
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||o-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------o||
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||------------------|-9----9----9--|-----------------|-9----9----9---||
||o-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7--9-7--9-7--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7--9-7--9-7--o||
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----7----7----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----7----7-----||
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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