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
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|---------------------------------------------------||
|--5-----------------------5--4-----------4---------||
|-----------------------------------7--------7------||




|---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------4----------------|      Hey!
|-------------------------4--7-----------7--4-------|
|-5-----------5-------------------------------------|

                                                    X8
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|---------------------------------------------------||     Who's that playing?  ...Is it Jim...?
|--5-----------5-----------5--4-----------4---------||
|-----------------------------------7--------7------||



                               X2
|------|-------|-------|-------||
|------|-------|-------|-------||          The lion takes control.
|------|--5----|-------|--7----||
|-5----|-------|--5----|--7----||




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|----------------------------------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
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|---------------------------------------------------||
|--5-----------5-----------5--4-----------4---------||
|-----------------------------------7--------7------||



      X12
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||----||       (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
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|----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
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|---------------------------------------------------||-------||           . . . the guitar?
|--5-----------5-----------5--4-----------4---------||-------||
|-----------------------------------7--------7------||--5----||