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Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
Bass Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|3-3-0---------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------3---1-------------------|--------------------------------| (X16)
E|----------------3---------------|3-------------1-3---------------|

Verse

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|3-3-0---------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------3---1-------------------|--------------------------------| (X8)
E|----------------3---------------|3-------------1-3---------------|

Chorus

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|3-3-0---------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------3---1-------------------|--------------------------------| (X6)
E|----------------3---------------|3-------------1-3---------------|

Verse

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|3-3-0---------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------3---1-------------------|--------------------------------| (X10)
E|----------------3---------------|3-------------1-3---------------|

Chorus

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|3-3-0---------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------3---1-------------------|--------------------------------| (X8)
E|----------------3---------------|3-------------1-3---------------|

Verse

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|3-3-0---------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------3---1-------------------|--------------------------------| (X12)
E|----------------3---------------|3-------------3-3---------------|

Chorus

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|3-3-0---------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------3---1-------------------|--------------------------------| (X8)
E|----------------3---------------|3-------------1-3---------------|

Verse

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|3-3-0---------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------3---1-------------------|--------------------------------| (X16)
E|----------------3---------------|3-------------1-3---------------|

Chorus

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|3-3-0---------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------3---1-------------------|--------------------------------| (X8)
E|----------------3---------------|3-------------1-3---------------|

Verse

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|3-3-0---------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------3---1-------------------|--------------------------------| (X28)
E|----------------3---------------|3-------------1-3---------------|

Chorus

G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|3-3-0---------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------3---1-------------------|--------------------------------| (X8)
E|----------------3---------------|3-------------1-3---------------|

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