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NICE BOYS (Bassline)
As recorded by Guns N' Roses
(From the 1988 Album G N' R LIES)
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Duff McKagan'
Intro
4/4
Gtr I
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|-7S=11\--|
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||o------------------------------------------------------------------o||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------0-0-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-0-0-0-0---||
|-----------------------------------------------------1-1-2-2-4-4-|
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|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------0-0-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
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|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----7-7-----7-7--------------|
|---------------------------------0-0-----0-0-----0-0--0--0--0-|
Verse
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||o-----------------------------------------------------------------o||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
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|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5S7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5---5-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------7---7-5-|
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|-----0-0-1-1-2-2-----0-0-1-1-2-2---------------------------------|
|-2-2-------------0-0---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Chorus
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||o-----------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|
||--7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5-5-|
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|---------------------------------o||---------|
|---------------------------------o||--7--7\--|
|-5-5-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5-3-3--||---------|
This is the part after the guitar solo where the guitars and bass stop
playing, then the bass starts playing alone.
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|-9-9-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-7-7-7-|-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5--|
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|-9-9-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-9-7-7-7-|-7-7-5-5---------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------7-7-5-5-------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------7\----|
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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