Bass Tab:The Cap'm

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The Cap'm

By: They Might Be Giants

Key: E Major

Year: 2007

Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jphySWDa74Y Used this video to try and learn it myself, then asked permission to upload (what I think?) is the tabs here First time writing tabs ever, so feel free to edit the timing/format/notes as you see fit :) ==================== INTRO G--------------------------------------------------------| D--------------------------------------------------------| A---------------------------------------------1010--55---| E--2--2--2-0-2-0-2--2--2-0-2-0-3--3--3-0-2-3-----------7/| VERSE "Do you think there's somebody out there..." G--------------| D--------------| A-----7-7--9-7-| E--0---7-------| x4 "got..." "...well there's not, there's-" G----------------------------------------------------------| D----------------------------------------------------------| A-------------------------------0--1212--1111--99--7-9-7---| E--2--2--2-0-2-0-2--2--2-0-2-0---------------------------7-| "not/ when I talk" G--------------| D--------------| A-----7-7--9-7-| E--0---7-------| x6 "pot..." "...but I'm not, I'm-" G----------------------------------------------------------| D----------------------------------------------------------| A-------------------------------0--1212--1111--99--7-9-7---| E--2--2--2-0-2-0-2--2--2-0-2-0---------------------------7-| "not" G--------------| D--------------| A-----7-7--9-7-| E--0---7-------| x2 BRIDGE "look me over I'm the Cap'm" "you say it's such a joke but I don't see you laughing" G--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------| D--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------| A-----------------------77---77---77-7-66-6--|--4444--7777--10101010--7777--99-9-99-9--1414-14-1414-14/-| E--55-0-55-0-55-0-55-0-----7----7------------|----------------------------------------------------------| BACK TO VERSE, THEN PLAY INTRO, THEN SONG REPEATS NORMALLY UP TO BRIDGE EXCEPT: "find out what will happen" G---------------------------| D---------------------------| A--99-9-99/--22/--1414-14/--| E---------------------------| PLAY VERSE "this button here, is the fast forward- button" G-----------------------------------------------------| D-----------------------------------------------------| A----------------------------------10-----10-12-10-7/-| E--2--2--2-0-2-0-2--2--2-0-2-0--3/---10---------------| if you listen to the bass line you can pretty much figure out the rest until the end here- "I don't, I don't, I don't..." G-----------------------------------------------------|--------------| D-----------------------------------------------------|--------------| A-----------------------------------------55-5-1010---|-----7-7--9-7-| E--2--2--2-0-2-0-2--2--2-0-2-0--33-3-77-7-------------|--0---7-------| x2 G-----------------------------| D-----------------------------| A-----------------------------| E--22222-22222-33333-33333--0-|