The Strokes – Welcome To Japan (Bass Tab)

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Welcome To Japan - The Strokes - from the album "Comedown Machine" (2013) Tabbed by: Radagast27 http://www.youtube.com/user/Radagast27 E-mail: [email protected]
Intro/Verse:
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Bridge (0:47):
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Chorus (1:02):
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Verse 2 (1:18):
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Bridge (1:48):
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(2:04)(Improvise a bit, this is not exactly worked out yet)
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Chorus (2:20):
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Interlude (2:35):
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Next part (2:51) (Improvise a bit, this is also not exactly worked out yet):
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Outro (3:05):
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(Something like that…I'm not entirely sure)
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| / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================