Roy Orbison – Penny Arcade (Bass Tab)

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1969 single (cover) release for American Musician Roy Orbison. Song was originally written and performed by Yorkshire club artist Sammy King with his band The Voltaire’s. Song peaked at number 27 UK Charts. Tab by bass50611. Although based on original bassline my tab is not exact. This is what I would play on stage.
[Intro:]
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[Verse 1:]
  The light shone in the night some way ahead.......Blue turned into
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   Green...Then it was red......And stirring the night, love music played
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       The light I saw in the night was a Penny Arcade...
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[Chorus:]
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                                     [Break]
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[Verse 2:]
  At first I thought it was a dream, that I was in........Lost, lost in a
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  Sea of glass and tin........But no so dipping my hand in the back of 
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  My jeans.......I grabbed a handful of coins to feed the machines...
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  Machines...
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[Chorus:]
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                               [Song Fades Out]
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