Blur – Bugman (Guitar)

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Tabbed by gary, [email protected]. Intro:Bb F# G# F# G#

Bb             F# G# F# G#
 I am an ex offender 

Bb                     F# G# F# G# 
They let me out in the summer 

Bb                 F# G# F# G# 
I think I was in a coma 

Bb                    F# G# F# G# 
I didn't know what to do

 G# 
Oh no

Chorus:

C#                         E
You go hang around go round 

F#
 I'll watch myself hang on

                         E  
Look out for the Bugman 

C#                         E 
You go hang around around 

F#
 I'll watch myself hang on

N.C 
Look out for the Bugman

Verse 2:

Bb                    F# G# F# G#
 I got no sent of existence 

Bb                 F# G# F# G# 
I know the nodding dogs

Bb               F# G# F# G#
 I go out in the city

Bb                   F# G# F# G# 
I stay away from the bugs

  G#
 Oh yeah

Chorus:

C#                         E
 You go hang around go round 

F#
 I'll watch myself hang on

                          E 
Look out for the Bugman

 C#                         E 
You go hang around around

 F#
 I'll watch myself hang on

 N.C                     Bb
 Look out for the B-u-u-ugman

SOLO THING: This is played on 2 guitars on the recorded version, but can also be played on 1 if your good enough. Guitar 1 strums an Bb once and slide down four times guitar 2 plays around with this scale with very fast tremelo picking, heres the scale:

E-22-19------------------------    E-20-17------------------------
B-------22-19------------------ or E-------20-17------------------ 
G-------------20-18------------    E-------------19-17------------

Bb F# G# F# G#

Bb F# G# F# G#
 I go out in the city

Bb F# G# F# G# 
I stay away from the bugs

 F 
Oh yeah

Bb F# G# F# G#
 na na na na na oh oh...

Graham plays some minor cords underneath all that fuzz that go something like this:

     E  A  D  G  B  E
Bbm :x  x  x  15 14 13

f#m :x x x 11 10 9 G#m :x x x 13 12 11 the bass for the outro goes; E-6-6-6-4-6-6-6-4-6-6-6-4-6-2-3-4- (x2) E-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-3-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-3-4

E-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-3-2--

A-------4s/6---------4s/6---------4s/6--------6-4--
E-2s/6---------2s/6---------2s/6---------2s/6------   (x2)

E-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-3-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-3-4

A-------4s/6---------4s/6---------4s/6--------6-4--
E-2s/6---------2s/6---------2s/6---------2s/6------   (x2)

A-------4s/6---------4s/6-
E-2s/6---------2s/6-------

For the end bit after the sort of bass solo alex changes between: this riff: E-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-3-4- And this riff:

A-------4s/6-
E-2s/6-------

and graham plays this on his guitar:

D------------4-6------------4---------
A------4-4-6----------4-4-6---6-6p4---
E-4s/6-----------4s/6---------------6-

if you hadn't guessed damon is singing; space is the place x repeat to fade however as far as i know he dosn't sing it on the live version. Tabbed by Gary Dobson :: Ultimate Guitar Archive :: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com