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The Breakup Song They Dont Write Em

Greg Kihn Band
Bass Tab
4.2(23)

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

Song

BASSLINE FOR BREAKUP SONG

As recorded by Greg Kihn Band

Transcribed by Michael Raisey

Am F G Am

||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------2------o||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-3---3-0--o||
||------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------||

Intro

x4

||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--o||
||------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------||

Verse

F C G Dm

||------------|-----------|-----------|---------|
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
||o-----------|-3--3------|-----------|-5--5----|
||--1--1------|-----------|-3--3------|---------|

Chorus

F C G G

|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|---------------|---------2-----|-----------------|------------------o||
|-------0-3-0---|-3--3--3---3-0-|-----------------|------------------o||
|-1--1--------3-|---------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---||

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

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Format:

Intro

Verse

Chorus

Verse

Chorus

Bridge same as intro

Verse (1/2 the length as the others)

Chorus

End (I usually end it like the intro) end on Am

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