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

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

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Piano Intro: x2

 (In case you want to imitate that)
  A#                Cm                Gm (*)
G|-------3-----3---|-------5-----5---|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------5-----5---|
A|-1-----1-----1---|-3-----3-----3---|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----3-----3---|
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
(*) here you could also play the (G) one octave higher and add the 5th (D 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#                Cm                Gm                 D#
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--||
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||--||
A||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------||x4||
E||-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------||--||
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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 Chorus:
         “Oh I’m too busy to finish…”
    A#      D         C       A#        A#       D        C
G||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
D||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
A||-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||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||

    F       D#        G       D#        G        F         A#
G||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
D||-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||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||
E||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||


 Interlude 1:
   A#      C         C       G        G                 G
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
A|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|---------|
E|-----------------|---------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#                Cm                Gm                 D#
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--||
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||--||
A||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------||x4||
E||-----------------|-----------------|-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#      D         C       A#         A#      D         C
G||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
D||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
A||-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||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||

    F       D#        G       D#        G        F         A#
G||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
D||-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||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||
E||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
*Here you can also play half Notes for the (D) and the (F) instead of eight’s

Interlude 2:

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-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#                Cm                Gm                 D#
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--||
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||--||
A||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------||x2||
E||-----------------|-----------------|-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#       D         C       A#
G||-----------------|-----------------||
D||-----------------|-----------------||
A||-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-||
E||-----------------|-----------------||

   A#       D         C      A#
G||-----------------|-----------------||
D||-----------------|-----------------||
A||-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-||
E||-----------------|-----------------||

   A#       D         C
G||-----------------|-----------------||
D||-----------------|-----------------||
A||-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|-3---------------||
E||-----------------|-----------------||
                     *end!

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