Bass Tab:The Guitar
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| The Guitar |
| By: They Might Be Giants |
| Key: A Major |
| Year: 1992 |
Tempo = 115
staccato - - - - - - - - - - - - X2
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||--8--8----------|--8------------||
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|---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------4----------------|
|-------------------------4--7-----------7--4-------|
|-5-------------------------------------------------|
X3
|---------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|--5-----------------------5--4-----------4---------||
|-----------------------------------7--------7------||
|---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------4----------------| Hey!
|-------------------------4--7-----------7--4-------|
|-5-----------5-------------------------------------|
X8
|---------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------|| Who's that playing? ...Is it Jim...?
|--5-----------5-----------5--4-----------4---------||
|-----------------------------------7--------7------||
X2
|------|-------|-------|-------||
|------|-------|-------|-------|| The lion takes control.
|------|--5----|-------|--7----||
|-5----|-------|--5----|--7----||
|---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------4----------------|
|-------------------------4--7-----------7--4-------|
|-5-----------5-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--5-----------5-----------5--4-----------4----------|
|-----------------------------------7--------7-------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------4----------------|
|--------------------------4--7-----------7--4-------|
|--5-----------5-------------------------------------|
X2
|---------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------4------------------------|| (horn-psychoses)
|--5-----------5--------------7-----5-----4---------||
|--------------------------------------------7------||
X2
|------|-------|-------|-------||
|------|-------|-------|-------|| The lion's on the phone.
|------|--5----|-------|--7----||
|-5----|-------|--5----|--7----||
|---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------4----------------|
|-------------------------4--7-----------7--4-------|
|-5-----------5-------------------------------------|
X4
|---------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|--5-----------5-----------5--4-----------4---------||
|-----------------------------------7--------7------||
X12
||----||
||----|| (12 measure rest) Be still, my darling.
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|----------------------------------------------------|-------||
|-----------------------------------4----------------|-------|| Hey!
|--------------------------4--7-----------7--4-------|--5----||
|--5-------------------------------------------------|-------||
|---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------4----------------| Hush, my darling.
|-------------------------4--7-----------7--4-------|
|-5-----------5-------------------------------------|
X3
|---------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------|| Hey!
|--5-----------5-----------5--4-----------4---------||
|-----------------------------------7--------7------||
|---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------4----------------| Turn it up!
|-------------------------4--7-----------7--4-------|
|-5-----------5-------------------------------------|
X8
|---------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------|| I can't hear . . .
|--5-----------5-----------5--4-----------4---------||
|-----------------------------------7--------7------||
(on the "off"-beats) X2
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|----0-----0-----0-----0----|-----0-----0-----0-----0----||
X2
|------|-------|-------|------||
|------|-------|-------|------|| The lion waves good-bye.
|------|--5----|-------|--7---||
|-5----|-------|--5----|--7---||
|---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------4----------------| Who's that playing . . .
|-------------------------4--7-----------7--4-------|
|-5-----------5-------------------------------------|
X8
|---------------------------------------------------||-------||
|---------------------------------------------------||-------|| . . . the guitar?
|--5-----------5-----------5--4-----------4---------||-------||
|-----------------------------------7--------7------||--5----||
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