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Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: C

Difficulty: Novice

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Howie Epstein - Bass'

 Intro:
 Q=117
 4/4
  Gtr I
   W          W          W          W
G|----------|----------|----------|------|
D|----------|----------|----------|------|
A|----------|----------|----------|------|
E|----------|----------|----------|------|


   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-3-3-3-------------|-------------------|
A|-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3-|
E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------||
D|-------------------|-------------------||
A|-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|-------------------||
E|-1-1-1-------------|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3-||


  1st Verse:
     E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G||--------------------|-------------------|
D||o-3-3-3-------------|-------------------|
A||o-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|-------------------|
E||--------------------|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3-|


   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|---------------------||
D|-------------------|--------------------o||
A|-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|--------------------o||
E|-1-1-1-------------|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3---||


  2nd & 3rd Verses:
     E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G||--------------------|-------------------|
D||o-3-3-3-------------|-------------------|
A||o-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|-------------------|
E||--------------------|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3-|


   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|--------------------|
D|-------------------|--------------------|
A|-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|--------------------|
E|-1-1-1-------------|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3--|


   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-3-3-3-------------|-------------------|
A|-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3-|


   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------||
D|-------------------|-------------------||
A|-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|-------------------||
E|-1-1-1-------------|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3-||


 Chorus:
   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-3-3-3-------------|-------------------|
A|-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3-|


   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|-------------------|
E|-1-1-1-------------|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3-|


   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-3-3-3-------------|-------------------|
A|-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3-|


                      1.
   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|--------------------||
D|-------------------|-------------------o||
A|-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|-------------------o||
E|-1-1-1-------------|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3--||


                                                           Guitar Solo:
  2.
   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||-------------------|
D|-------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-3-3-3-------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|
E|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------||-------------------|


   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-0-0-0-------------|-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|-------------------|
E|-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-------------|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3-|


   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-3-3-3-------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|-------------------|-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|
E|-------------------|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-------------|


                      4th Verse:
   E E E E +E  E E E    W          W          W
G|-------------------||----------|----------|------|
D|-------------------||----------|----------|------|
A|-------------------||----------|----------|------|
E|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3-||----------|----------|------|


   W          W          W          W          H    E E E E
G|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
D|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
A|----------|----------|----------|----------|------------0-|
E|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------3-3---|


  5th Verse:
     E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G||--------------------|-------------------|
D||o-3-3-3-------------|-------------------|
A||o-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|-------------------|
E||--------------------|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3-|


   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|---------------------||
D|-------------------|--------------------o||
A|-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|--------------------o||
E|-1-1-1-------------|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3---||


  Chorus:
     E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G||--------------------|-------------------|
D||o-3-3-3-------------|-------------------|
A||o-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|-------------------|
E||--------------------|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3-|


   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G|-------------------|---------------------||
D|-------------------|--------------------o||
A|-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|--------------------o||
E|-1-1-1-------------|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3---||


 Interlude:
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   W
G|-----------------|-----------------|------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|------|


   W          E E E E +H       E E E E +H
G|----------|----------------|----------------||
D|----------|-3-3-3----------|----------------||
A|----------|-------3-(3)----|----------------||
E|----------|----------------|-5-5-5-3-(3)----||


  Out-Chorus:
     E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E
G||--------------------|-------------------|
D||o-3-3-3-------------|-------------------|
A||o-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|-------------------|
E||--------------------|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3-|


   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   6x
G|-------------------|---------------------||
D|-------------------|--------------------o||
A|-------3-(3)-3-3-3-|--------------------o||
E|-1-1-1-------------|-5-5-5-3-(3)-3-3-3---||

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Duration Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura; 
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration). 

|  (n)  -  note tied to previous
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