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Cantonese Boy Bass

(ver. 1)
Japan
 Cantonese Boy
 BASSIST: Mick Karn

A classic mick karn bassline and a nightmare to work out. There are some 
variations to each riff!!! And he swaps the order they are played in!!

Verse
Riff 1                           (A)          Variation to riff 1
G|----------------------------7-------7-------|---7-------7-------------|
D|----------x--7---9--------------9-----------|-------9-----------------|
A|--2---5-------------------------------------|---------------0---------|
E|---------------------0----------------------|-------------------------|



Riff 2                           (B)          Variation to riff 2
G|----------------------------12--11----------|---12--11----------------|
D|----------x--7---9------------------9--12\--|-----------9--12\--------|
A|--2---5-------------------------------------|--------------------0--2-|
E|---------------------0----------------------|-------------------------|



Riff 3                          (C)           Variation to riff 3
G|----------------------------12h11-----------|----12h11----------------|
D|----------x--7---9--------------------------|-------------------------|
A|--2---5-----------------------------0--5--5-|-----------0--5--5--0----|
E|---------------------0----------------------|-------------------------|



Riff 4                         (D)            Variation to riff 4
G|----------------------------9/-11-----------|----9/-11----------------|
D|----------x--7---9------------------12-12---|-----------12-12---------|
A|--2---5-------------------------------------|------------------0------|
E|---------------------0----------------------|-------------------------|



Chorus                         (E)
G|---------11-----------------h11-------------13----------------9h11\---|
D|---------11---------------9-----11----------13----------9h11----------|
A|--------------------1-------------------------------------------------|
E|--0--2-----------2-------------------2--4---------0--0----------------|



                               (F)  End of the chorus he changes to this
G|---------11-----------------h11-------------13------------------9--11-|
D|---------11---------------9-----11----------13-----------9--11--------|
A|--------------------1-------------------------------------------------|
E|--0--2-----------2-------------------2--4---------0--0----------------|



Outro                          (G)     
G|----------------------h11---------------------------------------------|
D|------7------------9-------9-h11----------7---------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0--------0------------------------0---------0-------0--0--0--0------|



Variation to the outro played twice                           End
G|-----------------9---9------------------------------------|-----------|
D|-----7--------------------------7-------------------------|-----7-----|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
E|--0-------0-----------------0--------0-------0--0--0--0--|---0----0*--|
            
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