Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Cyndi Lauper (From the 1983 Album SHE'S SO UNUSUAL) Words and Music by Robert Hazard Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Eric Bazilian - Bass'
   Intro
    Q=122
   4/4
    Gtr I
    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
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||o-4----4-4-----|-4----4-------|--------------|--------------o||
||o--------------|-----------4--|-6----6-6-----|-6----6-2--4--o||
||---------------|--------6-----|--------------|---------------||

 1st Verse
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
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|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|-----------4--|-6----6-6-----|-6----6-6--4--|
|-2----2-2-----|-2----2-6-----|--------------|--------------|

  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-2----2-2-----|-2----2-2--4--|-6----6-4-----|-2----2-2--4--|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

                  Interlude
  Q  E E Q  E E    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
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|---------------||-4----4-4-----|-4----4-4-----|--------------|
|-6----6-4----4-||--------------|-----------4--|-6----6-6-----|
|---------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|

                 2nd Verse
  Q  E E Q  Q     Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
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|--------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-6----6-2--4--||--------------|-----------4--|-6----6-6-----|
|--------------||-2----2-2-----|-2----2-2-----|--------------|

  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-6----6-6--4--|-2----2-2-----|-2----2-2--4--|-6----6-4----4-|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|

                                     Bridge
                                   $
  Q  E E a Q  Q    Q  E E Q  E S S    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|----------------|-----------------||--------------|--------------|
|--------4s6--4--|-----------------||-4------4-----|-4------4-----|
|-2----2---------|-6----6-4----4h6-||----4-6----4--|----4-6----4--|
|----------------|-----------------||--------------|--------------|

  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E E E Q     Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-6----4-6-----|-6----4-6---x\--|--------------|-----------4--|
|----6------6--|----6-----6-----|-2----2-2-----|-2----2-2-----|

  Q  E E Q  E E    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q     Q  E E Q  Q
|----------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|----------------|--------6--4--|---------------|--------------|
|-6----6-4----4\-|-2----2-------|-6----6-4--4\--|--------------|
|----------------|--------------|---------------|-2----2-2-----|

                                               Synthesizer Solo
                                     To Coda
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|--------------|--------------|--------------||--------------|
|-----------4--|-6----6-6-----|-6----6-2--4--||--------------|
|-2----2-2-----|--------------|--------------||-2----2-2-----|

  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------4--|-6----6-6-----|-6----6-6--x--|--------------|
|-2----2-2-----|--------------|--------------|-2----2-2-----|

                                               3rd Verse
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q     Q  E E Q  Q
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|--------------|--------------|--------------||--------------|
|-----------4--|-6----6-6-----|-6----6-2--4--||--------------|
|-2----2-6-----|--------------|--------------||-2----2-2-----|

  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------4--|-6----6-6-----|-6----6-6--4--|-2----2-2-----|
|-2----2-2-----|--------------|--------------|--------------|

                                                D.S. al Coda
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|------3-------|---------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------6--4--|---------------||
|-2----2-2--4--|-6----6-4-----|-2------------|-6----6-4--4\--||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||

   Outro
    &
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||o--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
||o-----------4--|-6----6-2--4--|-----------4--|-6----6-2--4---|
||--2----2-2-----|--------------|-2----2-2-----|---------------|

                               1.
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
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|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||
|-----------4--|-6----6-2--4--|-----------4--|-6----6-2--4--o||
|-2----2-2-----|--------------|-2----2-2-----|---------------||

    2.
    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    5x
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||o--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------o||
||o-----------4--|-6----6-2--4--|-----------4--|-6----6-2--4---o||
||--2----2-2-----|--------------|-2----2-2-----|----------------||
Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line 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. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths