Faction
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Faction by Less Than Jake
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Standard Tuning
Intro
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-5---7-7-7-7-7-7---| 4 times
D|-5---7-7-7-7-7-7---|
A|-3---5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E|-------------------|
Then
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---6---6---5---5----|
G|------------7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---5---5---5---5--|
D|-5~------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5~------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3~------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Horn Break 1
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|----------7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9--10-10--------| 2 times
D|-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9--10-10-10-10--|
A|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--8--8--10-10--|
E|-3-3-3-3--------------------------8--8---|
Verse 1 (ska strumming
e|-12-------10-------7--------8-----8-----|
B|-12-------10-------8--------10----8-----|
G|-12-------11-------9--------10----9-----| 2 times
D|-12-------12-------9--------10----10----|
A|-10-------12-------7--------8-----10----|
E|----------10----------------------8-----|
Chorus part 1
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|----------7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9--10-10--------| 2 times
D|-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9--10-10-10-10--|
A|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--8--8--10-10--|
E|-3-3-3-3--------------------------8--8---|
Horn Break 2 (ska strum these power chords, half speed of the verse
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7--9~-------10-10--------| 2 times
D|-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--9~-------10-10-10-10--|
A|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--7~-------8--8--10-10--|
E|-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--7~-------------8--8---|
Verse 2 (same as verse 1
Chorus part 1
Chorus part 2
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|----------7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5--| 2 times
D|-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--|
A|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--|
E|-3-3-3-3-----------1-1-1-1-----------|
Bridge ("so strike a match"
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
bass break
D|-5-----------------------|
A|-5-----------------------------------|
E|-3-----------------------------------|
"so strike a match"
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|----------7---7----2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5--|
D|-5---5----7---7----3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--|
A|-5---5----5---5----3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--|
E|-3---3-------------1-1-1-1-----------|
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Pm
"it's the path that"
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|----------7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5--|
D|-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--|
A|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--|
E|-3-3-3-3-----------1-1-1-1-----------|
"it's the promise"
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|----------7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5--| Come off palm mute at end
D|-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--|
A|-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--|
E|-3-3-3-3-----------1-1-1-1-----------|
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Pm
Chorus part 1
Chorus part 2
End on G
That's it. Pretty fun ska song to play. Please rate and leave comments/corrections!
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