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This song is played on a four-string fretted bass.
s: slap
p: pop
^: downward flamenco strum
v: upward flamenco strum
x: muted note
h: hammer on
p: pull
/: slide up
\: slide down

Intro/Verse:
   s ^     v     ^     v     ^ v ^ s ^     v     ^     v     ^ v ^
G:---0-----0-----0-----0-----x-x-x---0-----0-----0-----0-----x-x-x-----------------------
D:---0h3h5-0h3h5-0h3h5-0h3h5-5-5-5---0h3h5-0h3h5-0h3h5-0h3h5-5-5-5-----------------------
A:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E:-3-------------------------------3-----------------------------------------------------

This is the way he does it on the Hallucino-Genetics DVD:
   s ^     v     ^     v h ^ v ^ s ^     ^     v     ^ h v ^ v
G:---0-----0-----0-----3---x-x-x---0-----0-----0-----3---x-x-x---------------------------
D:---0h3h5-0h3h5-0h3h5-x-5-5-5-5---0h3h5-0h3h5-0h3h5-x-5-5-5-5---------------------------
A:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E:-3-----------------------------3-------------------------------------------------------

Chorus:
   ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v
G:-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------------------------
D:-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------------------------------------------------------
A:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Outro:
   ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ 
G:-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-7-7---------------
D:-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-3-3-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-3-3-5-5---------------
A:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

If you have any comments or corrections, please let me know. 
I would rather you tell me what I did wrong then have a bad tab sitting 
around. Thanks, and enjoy!!!