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Bumba

Soulfly
Tab

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

Song

SOULFLY

BUMBA - tabbed by Dominic Alessio, dimebag@tpgi.com.au

Intro (w/ wah, echo and delay)

B|-------------------------------------------------------------------10----|
F|-------------------------------------------------------------------10----|
D|-0h1\-------------------------------^-12--^-10---------------------12----|
A|------12-x12-x12-x-12-x12-x12-x-x-x-^-12--^-10--12-x-12-x-12-x-x-x-12----|
E|------10-x10-x10-x-10-x10-x10-x-x-x-^-10--^--8--10-x-10-x-10-x-x-x-10----|
B|------------------------------------------^--8---------------------10----|
B|---------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------|
D|-9/16-----12---9--10-------------------|
A|-9/16-----12---9--10--10-10-10-10-10---|
E|-7/14-----10---7---8---8--8--8--8--8---|
B|---------------------------------------|

grad. release effects

B|-----------------------------|
F|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-2---------------------------|
B|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-etc.----|

* * * * * * * * *

Verse

B|----------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|-2---------------------------6----|
B|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4----|

* * * * * * * * * * * * *

Chorus

B|--------------------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|-6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-7--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-3-|
B|-4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-5--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-1-|
B|--------------------------|
F|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|-6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-7--|
B|-4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-5--|

Post-Chorus (1st time only, improvise. Use echo, wah

and delay)

B|------------------|
F|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|-12-x-12-x-12-----|
E|-10-x-10-x-10-----|
B|------------------|

Bridge

B|-----------------------|
F|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
B|-2-0-4-0-2-0-4-0-2-0---|

"Bumba" by Soulfly

Off their self titled debut album

Tabbed by Dom Alessio

Tune down to B (B E A D F# B)

LEGEND:

/ or \ - slide up or down

~~ - vibrato

p - pull off

h - hammer on

b - bend

N - natural harmonics

A - artifical harmonics

* - palm mute

trem. - tremelo pick

^ - arpeggiate

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Intro (w/ clean tone and wah)

B|-----------------------------------------------10--10----------13--------|
F|1h2/4/5/7--------8---8---8------------10-----------10----------11--------|
D|-----------5-----7---7---7----7/---12-----12-------12----------10--------|
A|------------------------------------------------------10-------10--------|
E|-----------------7--7---7---7------------------------------9-------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------10---------------------------^7------8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
F|----8-----8--8--------12-------12-----------^7-----^7------8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
D|----5-----7--7---x11--11-------11-----9-----^7-----^8------7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|-------6--6--6------------------------------^7-----^9------6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
E|-7-----7--7--7-----------------9------------^7-----^7---7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse

B|----------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
B|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|

* * * * * * * * * *

Chorus

B|---------------------------|
F|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|-6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-2---|
B|-4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-0---|

Post-Chorus (1st time only, w/ clean tone and wah)

B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-8-----8----8-------8----8------8---------------12----x--------12-12-12------|
D|-7-----7----7-------7----7------7---9-7----/11-----11-x--------12-12-12------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------14----------------|
E|-7--7-------7----7-------7---7-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
F|--12------------------------|
D|--12---13------7-9-9~~~-----|
A|-------14-------------------|
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|

Bridge

B|-----------------------|
F|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
B|-2-1-4-1-2-1-4-1-2-1---|

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Any suggestions, questions, additions, email me at dimebag@tpgi.com.au

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