Don't You Know How Busy And Important I Am tab by Tom Rosenthal

Tabs

Piano Intro: x2

 (In case you want to imitate that)
 A#A#        C minorCm        G minorGm (*)
G+G|-------3-----3---|-------5-----5---|-----------------|
D MajorD|-----------------|-----------------|-------5-----5---|
A augmentedA|-1-----1-----1---|-3-----3-----3---|-----------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----3-----3---|
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
(*) here you could also play the (G+G) one octave higher and add the 5th (D MajorD on G-string)

**From then on the bass is pretty much straight forward 8th notes (as you can hear from the song)
**And Note that the Parts go pretty much straight into each other

 Verse 1:
 “Don’t you know how busy and important I am?.....”
  A#A#        C minorCm        G minorGm         D#D#
G+G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--||
D MajorD||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||--||
A augmentedA||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------||x4||
E MajorE||-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------||--||
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

 Chorus:
     “Oh I’m too busy to finish…”
  A#A#   D MajorD     C majorC    A#A#    A#A#    D MajorD    C majorC
G+G||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
D MajorD||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
A augmentedA||-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-||-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
E MajorE||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||

  FF    D#D#    G+G    D#D#    G+G    FF     A#A#
G+G||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
D MajorD||-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-|-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-||-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|-----------------||
A augmentedA||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||
E MajorE||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||


 Interlude 1:
  A#A#   C majorC     C majorC    G+G    G+G         G+G
G MajorG|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
D MajorD|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
A augmentedA|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|---------|
E MajorE|-----------------|---------3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-|
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 +

*Timewise probably the most “tricky” part of the song, but again,
just listen to it three times and you have it ;)

 Verse 2:
 “Don’t you know how busy and important I am?.....”
  A#A#        C minorCm        G minorGm         D#D#
G+G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--||
D MajorD||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||--||
A augmentedA||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------||x4||
E MajorE||-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------||--||
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

 Chorus:
     “Oh I’m too busy to finish…”
  A#A#   D MajorD     C majorC    A#A#     A#A#   D MajorD     C majorC
G+G||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
D MajorD||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
A augmentedA||-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-||-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
E MajorE||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||

  FF    D#D#    G+G    D#D#    G+G    FF     A#A#
G+G||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
D MajorD||-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-|-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-||-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|-----------------||
A augmentedA||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||
E MajorE||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
*Here you can also play half Notes for the (D MajorD) and the (FF) instead of eight’s

Interlude 2:

G+G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D MajorD|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
A augmentedA|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

 Verse 3:
 “Don’t you know how busy and important I am?.....”
  A#A#        C minorCm        G minorGm         D#D#
G+G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--||
D MajorD||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||--||
A augmentedA||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------||x2||
E MajorE||-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------||--||
 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

*Note, this one is only half the length

 Outro:
 “I'm too busy to finish this song”
  A#A#    D MajorD     C majorC    A#A#
G+G||-----------------|-----------------||
D MajorD||-----------------|-----------------||
A augmentedA||-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-||
E MajorE||-----------------|-----------------||

  A#A#    D MajorD     C majorC   A#A#
G+G||-----------------|-----------------||
D MajorD||-----------------|-----------------||
A augmentedA||-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-||
E MajorE||-----------------|-----------------||

  A#A#    D MajorD     C majorC
G+G||-----------------|-----------------||
D MajorD||-----------------|-----------------||
A augmentedA||-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|-3---------------||
E MajorE||-----------------|-----------------||
           *end!

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