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Spirit Thing

Newsboys
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.

Song

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Spirit Thing – The Newsboys

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Tabbed by: George Juggles

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Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Intro (With Tremolo):

e|---------------------1------------4----------------------------------------|
B|--------6-----6------1------------4----------------------------------------|
G|---4h5-----5-----5---1------------5----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------3------------6----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------3------------6--------------3--------------3----------|
E|---------------------1------------4--------1--4-----------1--4-------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-o-----------------------------------------------------------------------o-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-o--------3---------4---------3---------1--------------------------------o-|
E|---1--4------1--4------1--4------1--3-----4--3-----------------------------|

Verse (NO Tremolo):

e|--------4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------6-----------6------|
B|-----4-----4-----4-----4-----6-----6-----6-----6-----8-----8-----8-----8---|
G|--5-----------5-----------6-----------6-----------8-----------8-----------6|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----4-----------4-----------------------Play verse 2 times----------------|
B|--6-----6-----6-----6------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------6---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus (With Tremolo):

e|---------------------------------------------------Play 2 times------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------3---------4---------3---------1------------------------------------|
E|--1--4------1--4------1--4------1--3------4--3-----------------------------|

Bridge (With Tremolo):

Guitar 1:

e|-----------------------------------------Play this 6 times-----------------|
B|-------6-----6------------6-----6------------------------------------------|
G|--4h5-----5-----5----5h7-----7-----7---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

After Guitar 1 plays the Riff 2 times, Guitar 2 plays this:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------Play 4 times-------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------1---------------------1-----------------------------------------|
E|--1---3h4------4--3--1--1---3h4--------------------------------------------|

After that, it goes:

e|---------------------------------------------------Play 2 times------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------3---------4---------3---------1------------------------------------|
E|--1--4------1--4------1--4------1--3------4--3-----------------------------|

Last Chorus, a little bit different than the other one (With Tremolo):

e|--------------------------------------------Play 3 times-------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------3------------------4------------------3------------------1---------|
E|--1--4-----4--3--4---1--4-----4--3--4---1--4-----4--3--4---1--3-----4--3---|

On the 3rd chorus, play this (With Tremolo):

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-o------6-----6-----------6-----6-----------6-----6-----------6-----6----o-|
G|---4h5-----5-----5---5h7-----7-----7---4h5-----5-----5---5h7-----7-----7---|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-o-----------------------------------------------------------------------o-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------6-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4h5-----5----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

| b Bend

| pb Pre-bend

| br Bend release

| pbr Pre-bend release

| brb Bend release bend

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