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Action and Action

The Get Up Kids
Bass Tab

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

Song

song: Action & Action

artist: The Get Up Kids

album: Something to Write Home About

Tabbed by: John Krohn (jkrohn@scs.k12.mi.us)

Go see these guys in concert, they rock. Robbie Pope lays down melodic basslines all over this album.

(intro) guitar, then

G -------------------------------

D -------------------/6666-------

A /4444-22-0000------------------
E --------------00-44-----555^7^5    X2

(verse) you really think...

G ---------------------------------------

D ---------------------------------------

A --------------------/77779^79^7--------

E 00000000444444445555-----------88888888 X2

(bridge) no wonder now...

G --------------------------------------

D --------------/22-2----/6666----------
A 44-4------00-0------------------------
E -----44-4-----------4444----55557^57^5

(chorus){

You Tought me how, how to play the fool

G ----------------

D ----------------

A ----------------

E 0000444455557777

Every mistake that i made, I couldn't have made without you

G ------------------

D ------------------

A ------------------

E 0000444455557722-2

What's said is done, and plain to see

G ----------------

D ----------------

A ----------------

E 0000444455557777

You take it all too seriously

G ----------------

D ----------------

A ----------------

E 5555555577778888

}

intro again

verse again

bridge again

chorus again almost. instead of the last part noted above, it says

"here's all you get from me" and you play:

G -----------------------------

D -----------------------------

A ------------7779-9-9---------

E 555555557777--------888888889

No bass, just keyboard, then drums

I'm down for whatever...

G -----------------------------------

D 4--------4\------------------------

A -64444444--00000000----------------

E -------------------0000000044444444 X2

wait for.. I'll wait

G ---------------------------------

D 4-----2244----2244----2244-------
A -60000----2222----0000----22223/\

E ---------------------------------

chorus again, end on the C# at the 9th fret of the E string.

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