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Solomon Bites the Worm

The Bluetones
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Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 11:36:18 +0100

From: "\"Mr Frederic F. MAQUET\"

Subject: b/bluetones/solomon_bites_the_worm.tab

Solomon Bites the Worm - by The Bluetones

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Tabbed by Frederic Maquet

This is the first single from the "Return to the Last Chance Saloon"

album. The riff is v.cool...I hope you find this tab satisfying....

E-mail corrections, etc... to f.maquet@ic.ac.uk

For more Exclusive Tabs, go to:

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/3224/guitar.html

Intro riff:

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A

e:---------------------------------------|
B:---------------------------------------|
G:---2---------0--------2---------0------|x6
D:---2------------------2----------------|with
A:---0---3h4------3h4---0----3h4---------|spanish words
E:-----------------------------------3h4-|

Aye hombre hippa, vamos vamos! etc...

G/A

G/B

D D/F# D/G G/C Second time, end with:

e:---2----2----2---3-3-3---|--|--------------------------|
B:---3----3----3---3-3-3---|--|--1h3p1-0-----------------|
G:---2----2----2---0-0-0---|--|----------0h2p0-----------|
D:---0----0----0---0-0-0---|x2|----------------0h2p0-----|
A:--------x----x---0-2-3---|--|----------------------0h3-|
E:--------2----3-----------|--|--------------------------|

Use thumb...

intro riff x2

Verse Riff:

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A D C Intro Riff

e:-----------0--------------------|-----------------------------|
B:-----------2----3---3-----1---1-|-----------------------------|
G:--2--------2----2---2-----0---0-|--2------0------2-----0------|
D:--2--------2----0---0-----2---2-|--2-------------2------------|
A:--0---3h4--0--------------3---3-|--0--3h4---3h4--0-3h4--------|
E:--------------------------------|-------------------------3h4-|

A D C A (intro riff)

Monday! Count all the teeth in my head

A D C A

Tuesday! anointed by a man in a dress

D D/F# D/G G/A G/B G/C

It's more than just a question of time

D D/F# D/G 2nd time riff play intro riff once.

It's more a question of reason and rhyme

(pause, scrape strings)

Verse 2:

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Wednesday! Got hitched like a good boy should

Thurdsday and Friday didn't feel so good,

Saturday I said my goodbyes,

On Sunday I'm food for the worms and the flies

intro riff x2

Break:

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F#m A D Dm A

Pack up your troubles now, Take all you can carry

F#m A E (pause)

On your way, your way, just remember this time,

G D A A G A(solo)

You've only got seven days

Solo:

----- G-------------------------------| play this x3 with variations

   A   G      A   |-----------------------------------|
e:-------|--|----------------3-----------------|------|
B:-------|--|-----------1h3--3---3p1-----------|------|
G:-2-2-0-|x3|-2-2--0h2-------0--------2--0--2--|-x2---|
D:-2-2-0-|--|-2-2--0------------------2--0--2--|------|
A:-0-0-0-|--|-0-0------------------------------|------|
E:-------|--|----------------------------------|------|

Verse 3: (chords from second bit of verse 1)

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It's more than just a question of time,

It's more a question of reason and rhyme.

Play Break again, ending on:

e:-----------|
B:----5p3--2-|
G:---------2-|
D:---------2-|
A:---------0-|
E:-----------|

seven days....

End

Some chords:

F#m 244222

D x00232

Dm x00231

E 022100

Thanks to Collen Chandler for sending me the intro...

Hope this stuff was correct...the solo's a bit -ish...

^Z

--

Frederic Maquet

Webpage: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/3224/

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