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Bass Tab:The Guitar

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THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
The Guitar (the lion sleeps tonight)
Originally Tabbed By Jason The Great (DAWgAWD@HoTMaiL.com)
Corrections to the verse part suggested by Brian Troyan (thanks sounds
much better now)

INTRO
G|----------------|
D|3-3--3--3-3--3--|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

G|---------------------------|
D|--------4------------------|
A|----4-7---7-4-5--5-4---4---| (a few times)
E|-5-------------------7---7-|

VERSE
G|---------------------------------|
D|-----------4---------------------|
A|-------4-7---7-4-5--5--5-4---4---| (however many times)
E|-5--5----------------------7---7-|

(I suspect there is a small amount of variation on this riff
 in the second(?) verse, but I'm incompetent so I'm not going
 to attempt to tab it. - jason)

CHORUS? (the "in the space ship..." part)
G|---|---|---|---|
D|---|---|---|---|
A|-0-|-5-|-0-|---| (twice I do believe)
E|---|---|---|-0-|

STRANGE AUCTIONEER PART?
G|---|
D|---|
A|---| (over and over again)
E|-0-|

-DAWgAWD@HoTMaiL.com

Intro/verse riff as suggested by R3dk9:

G -------------------------------|
D ----------4--------------------|
A 0--0--4-7---7-4-5--5--5-4-2-4-2|
E -------------------------------|

Intro/verse riff as suggested by SixtyeightState:

G -------------------------------|
D ----242-0--0-------------------|
A -0-4---4----42420--------------|
E -------------------------------|

For verses, the only different part from the intro is the open notes are staccato (you cut them off) if you listen to the song you should get what I mean.
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