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Bass Tab

Song: Truganini
Artist: Midnight Oil
Album: Earth & Sun & Moon (also available on 20000 Watt R.S.L.)
Tabbed by vince (vlarat@yahoo.co.uk)

This is the way I play it. If you find it unaccurate email me your suggestions !!

Normal tuning


I didn't bother writing down the intro. Just jam the open E.

Verse (x 22)
G---------------|---------------|
D---------------|---------------|
A---------------|---------------|
E-0----5--7-5-7-|-0----3--5-3-5-|

Chorus (x 1)
G-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
D-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
A-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
E-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/|

G-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-3/|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|

G-----------------|------------------------|
D-----------------|------------------------|
A-----------------|------------------------|
E-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|

G-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
E-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|

G------------------------|------------------------|
D------------------------|------------------------|
A------------------------|------------------------|
E-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-3/|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|

G-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
A-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3/5-5--|
E-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|----------------|

Verse (x 11)

Chorus (x1)

Interlude / Last chorus (play twice)
G-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-------5-5-7-5-7-|-------5-5-7-5-7-|-------5-5-7-5-7-|
A-------3-3-5-3-5-|-5-5-5-----------|-5-5-5-----------|-5-5-5-----------|
E-3-3-3-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-------5-5-7-5|-----------------|-----------------|
A-------3-3-5-3-5-|-5-5-5---------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-3-3-3-----------|---------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

G-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D-----------------|-------5-5-7-5-7-|-------5-5-7-5-7-|-------5-5-7-5|
A-------3-3-5-3-5-|-5-5-5-----------|-5-5-5-----------|-5-5-5---------|
E-3-3-3-----------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|

G-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
A-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3/5-5--|
E-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|----------------|

The second time the last bar is:
G-----------------|
D-----------------|
A-3-3-3-3-3-------|
E-----------------|

Back to the verse part (x 8)

That's it !
Probably Oil's best song !!!!


Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: BassMasta.net
http://www.bassmasta.net/m/midnight_oil/.html


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Aleksandar
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#1 by Aleksandar Radošević at Oct 9, 2007 at 10:36 PM EST
if you read the liner notes to the deluxe version of CRCR, malkmus discusses how the smashing pumpkins line was never meant to mean anything negative, but billy corgan got pissy about it