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Thong Song

Kyuss
Bass Tab

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Song

Artist : Kyuss

Song : Thong Song

Album: Blues for the Red Sun (1992)

Tuning: C-F-Bb-Eb

\ : Slide Down

h : Hammer-On

p : Pull-Off

First Chorus: "Whoa yeah I don’t even care"

Eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
F |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7/-|
C |------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------|
F |-6/0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------5-5-5-5-7/-|
C |-------------------3-3-3-3-3------------|

Second Chorus: "Whoa yeah You cried like I care"

Eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
F |-6/0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-|
C |-------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------|
F |-10/0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------5-5-5-5-|
C |--------------------3-3-3-3-3---------|

Last Verse: "Hooray for Hooray for you"

Eb|----------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------|
F |-7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
C |----------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
F |---------------------------------|
C |-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-|

Variations:

1:

Eb|---------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------|
F |-7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--7--7----------|
C |------------------------------------10-9-8-7-|

2:

Eb|----------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------|
F |-7--7-7-7--7--7-7-7--0h5h7-0h7--7--7-7-7-7-7--|
C |----------------------------------------------|

Outro: Nick just improvises and goes crazy so you do that too

But here's a start

Eb|------------------------7h9------------|
Bb|-------------------7h8h9-----Go crazy--|
F |-7~----0-5-7~---7h9--------------------|
C |---------------------------------------|

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