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Bass Tab for "Beautiful America" by Five Iron Frenzy
Tabbed by Josh Vajda, 10/21/2000
jd_vajdaman@hotmail.com
Upbeats and Beatdowns, 1996
5 Minute Walk Records
Bass - Keith Hoerig
Copyright: 1957, The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Company LLC/ASCAP
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Instructions:
Nxt = repeat (N) note (t) number of times (3x5 would be third fret 5 times)
0 = play open string
"So, should we start it from the beginning, or what?"
"Yeah"
Intro:
G| ------------------------
D| ------------0x2-0-4x2-4-
A| 2x2-2-0x2-0-------------
E| ------------------------
(4x)
Verse: [wait for second time through to add words]
G| ------------------------
D| ------------0x2-0-4x2-4-
A| 2x2-2-0x2-0-------------
E| ------------------------
(repeat)
G| 0x2-0----------------------------------0x2-0------------------------------
D| ------0x2-0-2x2-2---------------------------0x2-0-2x2-2---------------2x8-
A| ------------------2x2-2-------0x2-0--------------------2x2-2-----0x2-0----
E| ------------------------3x2-3-------0x5---------------------3x2-3---------
(repeat entire
verse)
Chorus:
(In America, it's wonderful...)
G| ------------------------0x2-0-------0x2-0-------
D| 3x2-3-------3x2-3-------------0x2-0-------0x2-0-
A| ------3x2-3-------3x2-3-------------------------
E| ------------------------------------------------
G| ------------------------------------------------
D| 3x2-3-------3x2-3-------0x2-0-------0x2-0-------
A| ------3x2-3-------3x2-3-------0x2-0-------0x2-0-
E| ------------------------------------------------
Pre-Verse:
G| ------------------------
D| ------------0x2-0-4x2-4-
A| 2x2-2-0x2-0-------------
E| ------------------------
(verse, chorus)
Bridge:
(I want to be in America...)
G| --1-4-------------1-2-4-----------------------------------------1---1-
D| 2-----2---2-----2-------2---4-1---------------7-4-----2-3-5-2-2---2---
A| --------0---4-0-----------2-----2---2-3-5-2-5-----5-3-----------------
E| ----------------------------------3-----------------------------------
(repeat throughout bridge)
Ending: [this is where everything goes crazy]
G| ------------------------------1---1-
D| 2x8-----2x8---------0x8-----2---2---
A| ----0x8-----2x8---------3x8---------
E| ----------------3x8-----------------
(repeat till end)