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Aquarius - Let the Sunshine In

The 5th Dimension
Bass Tab
4.6(13)

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

Song

Song: Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)

Artist: 5th Dimension

Key: Eb

(A lot of these sequences repeat, for example, the Intro repeats

numerous times before you would play the lead-in, listen to the

song for the changes)

Intro: Lead-in:

C Eb F Bb

G|-----------|-------------------------------------------------
D|-----------|-1--11-----3---33--------------------------------
A|-3---33----|-------1----------3--1---------------------------
E|-------3---|-------------------------------------------------

Chorus:

This is the dawning of the age of...

Ab C F C

G|-----------|---------|---------|--------------------5------5--
D|-6---66----|---------|-3--33---|-------------------5-5----5-5-
A|--------6--|-3--33---|-------3-|--3-33---3-33----3------3-----
E|-----------|-------3-|---------|-------3------3---------------

Harmony and understanding...

Bb Eb Repeat 3 times

G|--------------------|----------------------------------------
D|-8---8----------5---|----------------------------------------
A|----8--8--6-/8----6-|----------------------------------------
E|--------------------|----------------------------------------

Mystic visions.....

C D Eb Eb Eb D C C F G

G|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------3----5--
A|-3-----3-5----5-6---6---6------5------3-------3--------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------

Aquarius...

F C

G|---------|----------------------5-------5---------------------
D|-3--33---|---------------------5-5-----5-5--------------------
A|------3--|--3--33---3--33----3-------3------------------------
E|---------|-------3-------3------------------------------------

(There's a lot of improv in the following section, but this is

the guts of it)

Let the sunshine......

B F# F# B

G|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|-9---99--7h8h9----------------------------------9---99--7h8h9
A|---9---9--------9---99---7h8h9--9---99---7h8h9----9---9------
E|------------------9----9----------9----9---------------------

G D

G|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------7h8-----------------------
A|-10-10----10-10-9--------------------------------------------
E|-------10-----------10-10-10-10-10---------------------------

B F# F# B

G|--------------------/11-11-----------------------------------
D|-9---99--7h8h9-------------9--------------------9-9-99--7h8h9
A|---9---9--------9-9-------------9-9-99---7h8h9--------9------
E|---------------------------------------9---------------------

G D

G|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------10h12---------------
A|-10-10----10-10-9------------------10h12---------------------
E|-------10-----------10-10-10-10-10---------------------------

Transcribed by Christopher Funicelli

Comments or suggestions, please email me at cfunz@aol.com

or visit ethanbrand.com

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