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Babylons Burning

Ruts
Bass Tab
3.7(7)

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

Song

"Babylons Burning"

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The Ruts

(From "The Crack" 1979, and live on the "Grin And Bear It" LP, 1980)

Basic Riff.....

G-|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D-|-------------0-0-2-2-3-3-2-2---------|-------------0-0-2-2-----2-2---------|
A-|-0-0-2-2-3-3-----------------3-3-----|-0-0-2-2-3-3---------3-3-----0-0-----|
E-|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

A A B B C C D D E E F F E E C C A A B B C C D D E E C C E E C C

Chorus.....

G-|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D-|-0-------0-0-0-------3---------------|-------------------------2-----------|
A-|-------------------------------------|-0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0-------3-------|
E-|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D-|-0-------0-0-0-------3---------------|-------------------------2-----------|
A-|-------------------------------------|-0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0-------3-------|
E-|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------0-----------|---------0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
A-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-------------|-3-3-3-3-----------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

(All tabbed by ear - may well be full of mistakes - and probably missing a

few flourishes, turn-arounds and the like. Any corrections, additions of

the guitar part, other Ruts stuff, etc - please e-mail me .....

tobyb@post.almac.co.uk )

Cheers!

Toby Branfoot -=*

tobyb@post.almac.co.uk *=-

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