Vampire Weekend – A-Punk (Bass Tab)

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by Vampire Weekend www.vampireweekend.com www.myspace.com/vampireweekend www.xlrecordings.com This is tabbed so far up the neck because: ONE: this is how the bassist plays it, and TWO: it gives you the same bouncy sound as in the recording.
[Intro]
(Bass comes in at 0:02)
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|---------17171717-|
E|-17~-15~----------|

G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------16--17--16-|
A|-----16-------14---1717--17--17---|
E|-1717--17-1515--15----------------|

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------1717171717171717-----------55555555-|
E|-17171717-15151515------------------5555-3333----------|

[Verse]
G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------16--17--16-|
A|-----16-------14---1717--17--17---|
E|-1717--17-1515--15----------------| x3

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------1717171717171717-----------55555555-|
E|-17171717-15151515------------------5555-3333----------|

G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------16--17--16-|
A|-----16-------14---1717--17--17---|
E|-1717--17-1515--15----------------| x3

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------1717171717171717-----------55555555-|
E|-17171717-15151515------------------5555-3333----------|

[Chorus]
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|-(17-x22)------17----17----17---|
E|-----------1517--1517--1517--17-| x3

G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-1717171717171717171717171717-17~17~17-17-17-17-|
E|------------------------------------------------|

[Bridge]
G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------16--17--16-|
A|-----16-------14---1717--17--17---|
E|-1717--17-1515--15----------------|

G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|-----16-------14---17-|
E|-1717--17-1515--15----|

[Verse]
G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------16--17--16-|
A|-----16-------14---1717--17--17---|
E|-1717--17-1515--15----------------| x3

G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------1717171717171717-----------55555555-|
E|-17171717-15151515------------------5555-3333----------|

G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------16--17--16-|
A|-----16-------14---1717--17--17---|
E|-1717--17-1515--15----------------| x3

[CHORUS II]
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------1717171717171717-----------55555555-|
E|-17171717-15151515------------------5555-3333----------|

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|-(17-x22)------17----17----17---|
E|-----------1517--1517--1517--17-| x5

G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-1717171717171717171717171717-17~17~17-17-17-17-|
E|------------------------------------------------|

[BRIDGE/OUTRO]
G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------16--17--16-|
A|-----16-------14---1717--17--17---|
E|-1717--17-1515--15----------------|

G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|-----16-------14---17-|
E|-1717--17-1515--15----|
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