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Generals and Majors

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

Song

Standard Tuning

Intro

G|---------------------------------------3-5-----------3-5-----------|
D|-3--3--3---1-3-3--3--3---1-3---------5-------------5---------------|
A|---------3-------------3-----3--3--3-------3--3--3-----------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------1-3-----------1-3---------------------------------------|
D|---------3-------------3-----3--3--3---1-3-3--3--3---3-1-----------|
A|-1--1--1-------1--1--1---------------3-------------1---------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse

G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3--3--3---1-3-3--3--3---1-3-3--3--3---1-3-----------0-2-3------|
A|---------3-------------3-------------3---------0-1-3------------|
E|-------------------------------------------1-3------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3------|
E|--------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|-3~~~~~~~-1~~~~~~~----------------------------|
A|-------------------1~~~~~~~-------------------|
E|---------------------------1~~~~~~~-----------|

Outro

G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-3--3--3---1-3-3--3--3---1-3----------------------------------|
A|---------3-------------3-----3--3--3--3-2-3--3--3--3-2--------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------3--3--3---1-3-3--3--3---3-1------|
A|-1--1--1-------1--1--1---------------3-------------1----------|
E|---------1-4-1---------1-4-1----------------------------------|

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