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To Go Off And Things by Cardiacs

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                             TO GO OFF AND THINGS - Cardiacs
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Tabbed by: SPLAM!
Bassist: Jim Smith
Tuning: EADG

Verse/main riff (in 7/8)
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7   
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|555555555555--|
E|--------------|
Jim doesn't do this, but it sounds quite good to slide down the neck after the last D.

Middle bit (in 4/4). Do a big slide down the neck on the last Bb. Again used throughout the song.
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----8-8---------|
E|6-6-----6.-6\---|
          (dotted)

Bridge section (after Sarah's saxophone solo)
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-R-5-5-5-R-|
E|----------------|----------------| x2, then

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|3-3-3-R-3-3-3-R-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|4-4-4-R-4-4-4-R-| x2

Play the main riff twice after this.

Interlude (in 6/8)
  1 2 3 4 5 6  1 2 3 4 5 6                                             5 6 
G|------------|------------|                                         G|----|
D|------------|--------6---|                                         D|----|
A|------------|7---6-----6-| On the final repeat the                 A|5-7-|
E|----------7-|--7---7-----| last two notes are replaced with this:  E|----|

Guitar solo: play main riff.

Verse: exactly the same as before

End on this:
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7   
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|55555---------|
E|--------------|

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note