Anna Ternheim – China Girl (Guitar Tab)
Capo 3
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Tabbed by: Jore Vanmeenen
Marvelous Bowie/Iggy cover that I learned by ear, and now for all the world to learn!
First time tabber... Here goes nothing!
Tuning: Standard / !Capo on the 3rd fret! / fret numbering starting from capo posisch.
INTRO & VERSE 1:
" I could escape this feeling with, China girl "
" I feel a wreck without my, little China girl
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VERSE 2:
" I hear her heart beating, loud as thunder "
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VERSE 1 REPRISE:
" I'm a mess without my, little China girl "
" Wake up in the morning where's my, little China girl? "
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VERSE 2 REPRISE:
" I hear her heart beating, loud as thunder "
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VERSE 3:
" I feel tragic like I'm, Marlon Brando "
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" When I look at my China girl "
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" I could pretend that nothing, really meant too much "
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" When I look at my China girl "
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VERSE 4:
" I stumble into town, just like a sacred cow "
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" Visions of swastikas in my head, Plans for everyone "
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" It's in the white of my, eyes "
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VERSE 5:
" And when I get excited, my little China girl says "
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" Baby, just you shut your, mouth "
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VERSE 6:
" She says, sh-sh-shhh "
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" Shhhh "
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VERSE 6 REPRISE:
" ... "
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" ... "
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INTRO = OUTRO... duh:
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Do what you want at the ending ^^
Have fun!
Jore V.
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| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
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| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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