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"The Sanity Assassin" by Bauhaus (from the album "Burning From The Inside")
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transcribed by Gilles Velay (gvelay@club-internet.fr)

Notation :
	w : whole         . : short note
	h : half	      R : rest
	q : quarter	      / : slide up
	e : 8th	    +++ : tied notes
	s : 16th           : slide down


Riff 0 (intro riff)
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    e e e e e e q     q   e e e e q     e e e q   e q     q   e q   e q   
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-R-5-5-3-3-5-3---|-5---5-3-3-5-3---|-0-0-0-3---0-3---|-0---0-3---0-3---|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Riff I (main riff)
======
    e e e e e e q     q   e e e e q     e e e q   e q     q   e q   e q   
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-5-5-5-3-3-5-3---|-5---5-3-3-5-3---|-0-0-0-3---0-3---|-0---0-3---0-3---|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Riff Ib 
=======
    e e e e e e q     q   e e e e q     e e e q    e q    q   e q   e q   
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-------14--------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|---14------------|-----------------|
A-|-5-5-5-3-3-5-3---|-5---5-3-3-5-3---|-12--12-----0-3--|-0---0-3---0-3---|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Riff Ic (one octave higher)
=======
    e e e e e e q     q   e e e e q     e e e q   e q     e   e q   e q   
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-------14--------|-----------------|
D-|-12121210101210--|-12--1210101210--|---14--------10--|-------10----10--|
A-|-----------------|-----------------|-12--12----12----|-12--12----12----|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


Riff II (chorus riff)
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    q   q   q   q     q   e q   e q     e   q   q   q     
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----10--12--10--|-----------------|-----10--12--10--|
A-|-12--------------|-12--1312--1312--|-12--------------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    e  e  e  e  e  e  q      q     e  e  e  e  q    
G-|------------------------|--------------------------|
D-|-11-11-11-10-10-11-10---|-11----11-10-10-11-10-----|
A-|------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|------------------------|--------------------------|


Intro :
	Riff 0
	Riff I  (then guitar enters)
	Riff I   (x2)
	Riff Ib  (x4)

Verses
	alternate between Riff I, Ib and Ic  (x4)

Choruses
	Riff II



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