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song : irish car bomb
band : hot rod circuit
album : If I Knew Now What I Knew Then
tabbed by : matt ross (apollyon365@home.com)
standard EADG tuning
* : hold that note
h,p : hammer on, pull off
/, : slide up, slide down
intro with guitar
G:------------------------------------------|
D:------------------------------------------|
A:-93-2-2-2-2/7-5-5-5-5-5/93-2-2-2-2/7-5*-|
E:------------------------------------------|
:17
G:----------------------------|
D:----------------------------|
A:-444------------------------|
E:----3-2-2-2-2/7775-5-5-5-5/-|
:50 "breathe in, exhale..."
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D:-----------------------------------------|
A:-2*-5*-----------------------------------|
E:-------33333333-55555555-7777777777777p5-|
G:----------------------------------------------------|
D:----------------------------------------------------|
A:-22222222-55555555----------------------------------|
E:-------------------33333333-55555555-777777777777p5-|
1:13
G:-----------------|
D:-----------------|
A:-2-2/5-5-------5-|
E:--------3-3-5h7--|
1:25
G:----------------------------|
D:----------------------------|
A:-444------------------------|
E:----3-2-2-2-2/7775-5-5-5-5/-|
1:58 "breathe in, exhale..."
G:-----------------------------------------|
D:-----------------------------------------|
A:-2*-5*-----------------------------------|
E:-------33333333-55555555-7777777777777p5-|
G:----------------------------------------------------|
D:----------------------------------------------------|
A:-22222222-55555555----------------------------------|
E:-------------------33333333-55555555-777777777777p5-|
2:21
G:-----------------------|
D:-----------------------|
A:-22-22/55-55---------5-|
E:------------33-33-5h7--|
2:33
G:------------------------------------|
D:------------------------------------|
A:-222222222222/-7p5-4444444455555555-|
E:------------------------------------|
2:57 "breathe in, exhale..."
G:----------------------------------------------------|----|
D:----------------------------------------------------|----|
A:-22222222-55555555----------------------------------|-4*-|
E:-------------------33333333-55555555-777777777777p5-|----|
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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J Wanna Be |
#1 by J kennedy at Dec 25, 1971 at 9:20 PM EST |
| i think this is one of those songs you just kinda listen to and scream. i saw them in concert and all i can remember is going crazy during this song, its a good one...these guys rock. | |
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--xXeduXx--UC Rhythm Player |
#2 by --xXeduXx--UC at Nov 17, 1975 at 2:23 PM EST |
| No, this is all the lyrics. They just say them so many times. But still..... they're great lyrics and deserve to be said many times. | |
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jay Average |
#3 by jay culver at Nov 7, 1980 at 1:52 AM EST |
| You guys are not thinking about this enough. For one, none of you has regarded the title, "Irish Car Bomb"... To me, this brings to mine the Catholic/Protestant dispute that's been going on in Ireland. Maybe this is a song about a young guy, throwing it all away, in one day by maybe joining the Irish Republican Army, or committing and act of violence. The cancer, breathing in, exhaling deal can mean many things... Maybe he is taking a puff on a cigarette, with all of this stress on his mind, and he is telling the cigarette "you taste like cancer". But, it could be a metaphor for death. Maybe he knows he is going to die that day, and he is saying it tastes like cancer, which could be another name for death. | |
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Kitty/Dottie Average |
#4 by Kitty/Dottie kat at Sep 7, 1981 at 10:37 PM EST |
| I really doubt this song is literally about smoking cigarettes because if I can remember correctly, one of the guys in the band smokes. I think im with mulk73 on this one. | |
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LiL_meL Wanna Be |
#5 by LiL_meL at Apr 17, 1983 at 7:30 AM EST |
| tsucol is right, maybe all you player hater should get a kick in the nuts, 'cause hey man, god doesn't like it when your hands are at your genitals. | |
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cody Rhythm Player |
#6 by cody watts at Apr 30, 1983 at 10:27 PM EST |
| This song is amazing live. | |
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Emmanuel Average |
#7 by Emmanuel Morales at Aug 22, 1984 at 9:09 PM EST |
| damn good song, but if i remember correctly those aren't the full lyrics. | |
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vintage Average |
#8 by vintage rocker at Aug 23, 1984 at 11:01 AM EST |
| its obviously more complex than a person inhaling anothers second - hand smoke...hrc arent known to write a song with such a simple topic, and i dont believe thats what hes writing about. i agree it must touch on smoking..but that cant possibly be what the song is ABOUT. alucard seems to have most closely reached the actual meaning of the song...but i think there is more to it than that. but there is no need for us to know it..its something in their lives that we dont know. a person or place or thing and it wont be fully understood. great song though. | |
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jamie Lead Player |
#9 by jamie mordue at Apr 15, 1986 at 1:51 AM EST |
| i don't get it, why the fuck does a band have to have meaningful lyrics, i bet if i was in a band that got famous and we wrote a lyric like "i went out to the bus stop that cold september morning" and meant it literally, you would be arguing how it really meant how i had a crush on a girl i knew or something stupid like that. | |
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kyle Professional |
#10 by kyle mcdonough at Feb 14, 1988 at 5:18 PM EST |
| nah its all they lyrics..they just repeat them a lot.....this is such a great song...ahh i love it | |
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Grimani Wanna Be |
#11 by Grimani at Jul 10, 1991 at 6:32 AM EST |
| The song is obviously about smoking "Throw it all away in the course of one day" how easy it is to throw your life away in one day like taking up the habit of smoking. "Why can't you just go outside?" some people tend to hate it when people are smoking near them and want to take them outside. "Breathe in, exhale, you know you taste like cancer." Obviously refering to how to smoke a cigarette and how someone tastes when you kiss them after they smoke. 1 2 Next | |
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Lumière Average |
#12 by Lumière Sara at Nov 15, 1993 at 9:32 PM EST |
| nah just about throwing your life away for one thing ie smoking just like someone planting a bomb in a car..throwing away lives for one thing | |
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aleXeXeX Rhythm Player |
#13 by aleXeXeX at Jul 8, 1996 at 4:09 PM EST |
| yeah it is | |
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Pleather Wanna Be |
#14 by Pleather Face at Dec 12, 1996 at 12:46 PM EST |
| jeez..powerful lyrics, tho there aren't many. hRc rocks my god damn socks off =) mMm..yum. | |
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steven Badass |
#15 by steven van baelen at Jul 7, 1998 at 6:11 PM EST |
| brona!!! | |
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bradley Wanna Be |
#16 by bradley goodman at Aug 18, 1999 at 1:56 AM EST |
| Perhaps not a person smoking, but rather a person recieving the second hand smoke. "Throw it all away in the course of one day. Why can't you just go outside?" Could mean he wants the person to smoke outside(which seems very logical to me) and as he inhales the smoke "Breathe in, Exhale, You know you taste like cancer." Maybe trying to tell the person who's smoking it how they will get cancer later on. I know it's hard to explain but you get my point, right? | |
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Alex Average |
#17 by Alex Tachauer at Sep 23, 2000 at 6:11 PM EST |
| I love this song! I didnt realise they were all the lyrics......i though there were more.....even though i listen to this song every day i never realised. | |
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dustin Wanna Be |
#18 by dustin docerty at Oct 25, 2000 at 1:03 PM EST |
| an Irish Car Bomb is an Alcoholic Drink as far as I know it is a Pint of Guiness, a shot of Baileys Irish Cream and a Shot of Whiskey. In my oppinon this song is about a Bar Romance, You meet the girl you kiss her before she leaves the bar and you wake up the next morning by the tastes of cigarrettes in your mouth. | |
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Kitty/Dottie Average |
#19 by Kitty/Dottie kat at Oct 4, 2001 at 2:04 PM EST |
| i'm pretty sure there's more, too. | |
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Rodney Wanna Be |
#20 by Rodney at Nov 11, 2002 at 4:43 PM EST |
| Great song, I think its about a smoker he knows that is throwing his/her life away by smoking. The chorus alone tells it, "Breathe In, Exhale, You Know You Taste Like Cancer" | |
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Daniel Wanna Be |
#21 by Daniel Kreuzer at Feb 28, 2003 at 6:24 PM EST |
| It feels like the song is about seeing someone smoke, possibly a loved one, and despising it. My girlfriend smokes, and while I love her, I absolutely hate the habit. That's what this feels like. | |
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K. Average |
#22 by K. G. at Apr 21, 2003 at 2:24 AM EST |
| i agree with alucard about the chorus. awesome song. | |
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jessie Wanna Be |
#23 by jessie sinanan at Apr 25, 2006 at 9:04 AM EST |
| Gosh, it's so gosh darn sexy. | |
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mongoose Average |
#24 by mongoose jones at Jun 17, 2006 at 3:32 AM EST |
| Its about someone he loves, that smokes too much, and he gets so mad about it only because of how much he loves them. he probably wrote this song while being drunk just watching them smoke and thinking about how really gross it is. | |
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Evan Wanna Be |
#25 by Evan Deges at Aug 18, 2006 at 2:21 PM EST |
| i think i love this song more and more everytime i hear it. geeez. hot rod really gets to me... | |
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