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Light Years

Jamiroquai
Bass Tab
4.5(4)

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Song

Jamiroquai

Light Years

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Transcribed by Sampo Vesa <svesa@cc.hut.fi>

Verse

-----

.not played...

.first time...

|------------12---------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-14----12-14-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----14--------(x)---7-5------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------7-5-0------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------12--------------------|----12-----12-----12---------------|
|-14----12-14-----------------------|-------11-----12-----13------------|
|----14-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------(\)-----|-----------------------------------|

4th time

|------------12---------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-14----12-14-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----14--------(x)---7-5------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------7-5-0------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------12--------------------|
|-14----12-14-----------------------|
|----14-----------------------------|
|---------------------------(\)-----|
|----16-14-12----14-12-------12-------------------|
|-------------14-------14-12----14-12-------------|
|-------------------------------------14-12-------|
|-------------------------------------------15-10-|

(7/8)

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------12----12-13-------|
|(10)---12-------15-------------------------|

(4/4)

|-------------------------12----------------------|
|----------12-------14----------14----12h14-------|
|-14----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

Chorus

------

I

|----------------------------------|--------------------4-------------|
|-2--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------5----3---0-2---2--5----x-5-|
|------0--3--3--5------------------|----------------------------------|

E-0--3--3--3--5 (2nd chorus, 1st time)

II

|----------------------------------|--------------------4-------------|
|-2-------5--5-------7(h5)--(7h5)--|----------------------------------|
|---*-----------***----------------|-------5----3---0-2---2--5(5)---5-|
|---0--3--------3(/5)--------------|--------------------------***-----|

* or: A-x or E-x *** a random slide (/) *** or x

when played with 7h5's

() - variations

Fill 1: -------12--12-|--

              (in 1st  -7/-----------|--

chorus) --------------|--

                       --------------|--

Fill 2:

(in 2nd chorus)

|------------------14-h16--h17--h16--14------|--
|-2---------/14-17---------------------------|--
|----x---------------------------------------|--
|-------3------------------------------------|--

Fill 3:

(in 2nd chorus)

|----------------------12---x---14p12--------|--
|-2----------5--5----------------------------|--
|----x---------------------------------------|--
|-------3----------3/------------------------|--

Percussion break (\-slide on E-string)

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