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King For A Day
by Faith No More
From the album King For A Day/Fool For A Lifetime
(C) 1995 Big Thrilling Music/Give Us Our Publishing
Transcribed by
Re-tabbed by Joe White
Bass is tuned down one whole step, DGCF.
E s s s e e q s s E s s s e e e q E s h + e s s E s H
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G---4:-||*-----------s-------|-----------s---9\|--------------6-|----------
D------||--2-2-----2-t-2-2-2-|-2-2-----2-t-2---|-4-4------------|-4-4------
Intro
4x E s s s e e q s s E s e e e e q E s h + e s s E s
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C---~~~-*||-||*-----2h4---e-------|---------e-----|-----6~~~-6-6---|-------
G-------*||-||*-----------s-------|---------s---9\|--------------6-|-------
D--------||-||--2-2-----2-t-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-t-2---|-4-4------------|-4-4---
1st Verse
h q 4x s s s e s e s s s e s e s s s e s e s e s q E s e e s
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G----------*||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|---------s---
D--------0--||-------------------------|---------------------|-2-2-2-2-t---
Chorus
s e e s s E s e h + e s s s e s e s s s e s e s s s e s e s e
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C-------e-----|-------6~~~-6-|-------------------------|-------------------
G-------s-----|--------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7---
D---2-2-t-2-2-|-2-2-2--------|-------------------------|-------------------
s q E s e e s s e e s s E s e e s s e e s s h E E e + h E E
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D-------|-2-2-2-2-t-2-2-t-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-t-2-2-t-2-2-|---------|-------5----
e E s s s e e q s s E s e e e e q E s h + e s s E s h
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D---4-||--2-2-----2-t-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-t-2---|-4-4------------|-4-4---------
2nd Verse
q 4x s s s e s e s s s e s e s s s e s e s e s q E s e e s s e
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C-----*||-------------------------|---------------------|---------e--------
G-----*||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|---------s--------
D---0--||-------------------------|---------------------|-2-2-2-2-t-2-2----
e s s E s e h + e s s s e s e s s s e s e s s s e s e s e s q
F---r-----|--------------|-------------------------|-----------------------
C---e-----|-------6~~~-6-|-------------------------|-----------------------
G---s-----|--------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7---
D---t-2-2-|-2-2-2--------|-------------------------|-----------------------
E s e e s s e e s s E s e e s s e e s s s s s e s s s s s s s
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C---|---------e-----e-----|---------e-----e-----|--------------------------
G---|---------s-----s-----|---------s-----s-----|-5-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-5-x-x----
D---|-2-2-2-2-t-2-2-t-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-t-2-2-t-2-2-|--------------------------
e s s s s s e s s s s s s s q q h E E e 4x + e E E E E e
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C---------|---------------------------||*---------*||---------------||*----
G---5-x-x-|-5-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-5-x-x-7-5-||*-4-2-5-4-*||---4-4-5-6-7-8-||*----
D---------|---------------------------||-----------||---------------||-----
Tied on repeats
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s 4x h E E e 4x + e E E E E e
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C-----------------------------------*||-||*---------*||---------------|----
G---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7h9-9-9-9-9-9-7h*||-||*-4-2-5-4-*||---4-4-5-6-7-8-|----
D------------------------------------||-||-----------||---------------|----
Tied on repeats
h Q e + h E E e + h Q e s s s e s s s s s s s s e s s s s s
F---------|-----------|---------|-------------------------------|----------
C---4-5-7-|---7-8-8-4-|---4-5-7-|-------------------------------|----------
G---------|-----------|---------|-5-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-5-x-x-7-5-x-x-|-5-5-5----
D---------|-----------|---------|-------------------------------|----------
e s s s s s s s s e s q q s s s s e s s q + q s s e e e e e s
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C---------------------------|-----------7-------|-------------------|------
G---5-x-5-5-5-5-x-x-5-7-7-7-|-------7h9---9-7-9-|---9-----7-4-2-0-2-|-5----
D---------------------------|-2-7h9-------------|-----7h9-----------|------
s s e s s s s s s s s e s q e e e s s s s q s s s s s s s s s s
F-------------------------------|---------------------|-6-6-6-5-5-5-4-4----
C-------------------------------|-----------2---4-2h4-|--------------------
G---5-5-5-x-5-5-5-5-x-x-5-7-7-7-|-----2-4-2---4-------|--------------------
D-------------------------------|-2-5-----------------|--------------------
s s s s s s e s s s e s s s s s s s e s s s s s e s s s s s s s
F---4-2-2-2-----2-|-----------------------------|--------------------------
C-----------2h4---|-----------------------------|--------------------------
G-----------------|-5-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-5-x-x-5-x-x-|-5-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-5-x-x----
D-----------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------
q q h E E e + h E E e E s e e q q E s e e q q
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G---7-5-|-4-2-5-4-|---4-2-----||*---------s-5-|---------s-5-*||------------
D-------|---------|-------5-4-||--2-2-2-2-t---|-2-2-2-2-t----||------------
Outro: repeat (ad lib) and fade.
