Bass tabs
Cantonese Boy ARTIST: Japan ALBUM: Tin Drum BASSIST: Mick Karn TAB BY [email protected] A classic mick karn bassline and a nightmare to work out. There are some variations to each riff!!! And he swaps the order they are played in!! Verse Riff 1 (A) Variation to riff 1 G|----------------------------7-------7-------|---7-------7-------------| D|----------x--7---9--------------9-----------|-------9-----------------| A|--2---5-------------------------------------|---------------0---------| E|---------------------0----------------------|-------------------------|
Riff 2 (B) Variation to riff 2 G|----------------------------12--11----------|---12--11----------------| D|----------x--7---9------------------9--12\--|-----------9--12\--------| A|--2---5-------------------------------------|--------------------0--2-| E|---------------------0----------------------|-------------------------| Riff 3 (C) Variation to riff 3 G|----------------------------12h11-----------|----12h11----------------| D|----------x--7---9--------------------------|-------------------------| A|--2---5-----------------------------0--5--5-|-----------0--5--5--0----| E|---------------------0----------------------|-------------------------| Riff 4 (D) Variation to riff 4 G|----------------------------9/-11-----------|----9/-11----------------| D|----------x--7---9------------------12-12---|-----------12-12---------| A|--2---5-------------------------------------|------------------0------| E|---------------------0----------------------|-------------------------| Chorus (E) G|----------------------------h11-------------------------------9h11\---| D|---------11---------------9-----11----------13----------9h11----------| A|--------------------1-------------------------------------------------| E|--0--2-----------2-------------------2--4---------0--0----------------| (F) End of the chorus he changes to this G|----------------------------h11---------------------------------9--11-| D|---------11---------------9-----11----------13-----------9--11--------| A|--------------------1-------------------------------------------------| E|--0--2-----------2-------------------2--4---------0--0----------------| Outro (G) G|----------------------h11---------------------------------------------| D|------7------------9-------9-h11----------7---------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--0--------0------------------------0---------0-------0--0--0--0------| Variation to the outro played twice End G|-----------------9---9------------------------------------|-----------| D|-----7--------------------------7-------------------------|-----7-----| A|------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
