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Song
Cat Stevens - "Matthew and Son" - Bass Tab
common time(4/4)
standard tuning(EADG)
INTRO:
|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
VERSE 1:
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |*-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
_____ _____
|1. |2.
|-------------|---------|--------------|-----------| |-.-.---.-----|---------|-------------*|-.---------| |-7-7---7-----|---------|-------7-7-5-*|-7---7-----| |-------------|---------|--------------|-----------|
1 & 2 & 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 & 4 & 1 2 & 3 4
CHORUS:
(x2) (x2)
|-----------------------|-----------------------| |*---------------------*|*---------------------*| |*---------------------*|*---------------------*| (x2) |--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
1 & a 2 & 3 & a 4 & 1 & a 2 & 3 & a 4
(x2) (x2)
|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
|*-------------|-----------------*|*-----------------*| (play (5)
|*-------------|-------7-7-7-(5)-*|*-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-*| 2nd time) |--0---0-5---5-|-7---7------------|-------------------|
1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
VERSE 2:
(x2)
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|---------| |*-----------------*|-----------------|-.-.---.-----|---------| |*-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-*|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7---7-----|---------| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------|---------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-----------| |-.---------| |-7---7-----| |-----------|
1 2 & 3 4
MIDDLE BIT:
|------------------|------------------| |*-----------------|-----------------*| |*-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------*| (x4) |------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
By: Johari Taylor
E-mail: viking@powerup.com.au
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