'A Child And His Lawnmower' by Dead Kennedys - Guitar Tutorial

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Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 12:02:32 -0600 (MDT)
From: Jeff Mutt 
Subject: A child and his lawnmower intro.. dead kennedys

attach this to the child and his lawnmower thing I sent yesterday...

intro
e-|-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-|--8-8-8-3-3-3--------------8-8-8-3-3-3-------------8-8-8-3-3-3-----
G-|--7-7-7-2-2-2-5-5-5-7-7-7--7-7-7-2-2-2-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2--4--
D-|--5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-5-7-7-7--5-5-5-0-0-0-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-5-5-0-0-0--4--
A-|--------------3-3-3-5-5-5--------------3-3-3-5-5-5--------------2--
E-|-------------------------------------------------------------------


verse...
e-|-----------------------------
B-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-7-7-
G-|-6-6-8-8-6-6-8-8-6-6-8-8-7-7-
D-|-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-7-7- repeat this a bit...
A-|-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-----
E-|-----------------------------

chorus...

e-|-----------------------------------
B-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5---
G-|-6-6-7-7-6-6-7-7-4-4-5-5-4-4-5-5---
D-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---
A-|-7-7-----7-7-----6-6-----6-6-------
E-|-----------------------------------

thats it... the intro is already on this nevada guitar thing... but I 
think you might want to play around with it a bit cause it doesn't seem 
to sound quite right to me... but maybe I'm just screwing the rythem up 
or something....

transcribed by rambozo