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If I Had a Million Dollars

Barenaked Ladies
Bass Tab
4.8(11)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Song: If I Had a Million Dollars (Bass tabs)

Artist: Barenaked Ladies

Album: Gordon (also on Rock Spectacle)

Author: NightHawk (carmody@alma.edu)

I don't read/write tab very well, but I read/write musical score well,

so here's my attempt at translating score into tabs.

Intro: (first bar is the pickup)

4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

G|-|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|4|-----|.------0-2-------|-0-------0-------|-------0-2-------|-0-------0------.|
A|4|-----|.0---4-------2---|-----0-----------|-0---4-------2---|-----0----------.|
E|-|-3-4-|-----------------|-------------3-4-|-----------------|-----------------|

Verse: (notice repeats on second stanza)

G|-|-----------------|-----------------|
D|4|-------0-2-------|-0-------0-------|  play 7 times
A|4|-0---4-------2---|-----0-----------|
E|-|-----------------|-------------3-4-|
G|-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|4|-------0-2-------|-0-------0-------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|
A|4|-0---4-------2---|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2-4-|
E|-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Chorus:

G|-|-----------------|-2---1-----------|
D|4|-0-------2-------|---------4---2---|  play 3 times
A|4|-----0-------2---|-----------------|
E|-|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-|-2--1-----------|-----------------|
D|4|--------4---3---|-0-------2-------|
A|4|----------------|-----------------|
E|-|----------------|-----------------|

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