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simple minds
dont you forget about me
transcribed by silvernapalm aka j3
standard tuning eadg

intro
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|
|--------|-----5--|--5-----|--------|--------|-----5---|--5-----|
|--5--7--|--5-----|-----5--|--5--7--|--------|--5------|-----5--|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|

note:  accent the upbeats.. one - AND - two - AND..etc ---with "AND" being the upebeat

verse 4x
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|

pre chorus 1x
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

chorus 2x
|*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|*-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
|*-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-*|

tag
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|
|--------|-----5--|--7-----|--------|--------|-----5---|--5-----|
|--5--7--|--5-----|-----5--|--5--7--|--------|--5------|-----5--|
|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|

verse all the way thru to end the bass break is not straight 8ths

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Grunge Hamster Lead Player	#1 by Grunge Hamster at Dec 13, 1970 at 3:17 PM EST
	i can't believe no one's commented on this song. this is one of the greatest love songs ever goddamn it! nevermind one of the best new wave songs

No Picture RHCP Average	#2 by RHCP freak at Jul 21, 1977 at 9:05 PM EST
	Tinderbox - In this case Simple Minds were approached to record the song. Upon seeing it, Jim Kerr was skeptical as it wasn't their type of music. However, more than anything he and the other members wanted to break into the American market. The American market had always been the ultimate goal for them...so they recorded it. It worked but I don't think Jim Kerr ever felt for that song like he did for all the ones he wrote himself. Anyway, that's what I got from reading 1001 articles on Simple Minds in my younger years. I was a huge fan.

No Picture claude Average	#3 by claude barrett at Nov 8, 1977 at 12:55 AM EST
	i heart the breakfast club:)

No Picture Tim Average	#4 by Tim Curry at Feb 5, 1985 at 8:39 AM EST
	amazing song..."breakfast club" theme song...i guess its about this couple that broke up and the guy is wondering what's gonna happen later if they see each other again and if they'll remember each other?

No Picture A Lead Player	#5 by A J at Nov 1, 1985 at 3:46 PM EST
	For "drum beat" read bassline :-) though the drums follow it. It's upfront only in the break before the last chorus. I know a lot of people really love this song, but I feel "Love Song" or "Ghost Dancing" to give just a couple, are much more powerful.

No Picture Alyssa Professional	#6 by Alyssa at May 2, 1986 at 5:54 AM EST
	Wow for one of the greatest songs on the whole world this is the only recognition it gets i mean what these ppl actually wrote is great and exactly how i feel except for the theory about the hooker lol. anyways it is a very hopeful song for anyone who is in true love that may find their high school sweetheart after 5 or 10 years and hopefully start over again. if me and my girlfriend break up then thats the sorta thing that id want to happen is to have a second chance.

No Picture Josh Wanna Be	#7 by Josh at Dec 22, 1994 at 2:32 PM EST
	definitely relates perfectly to breakfast club

No Picture Krystal Average	#8 by Krystal at Dec 12, 1998 at 3:00 AM EST
	Jim said in interviews later on that he felt it was a tearjerker lyric and not a very good song - it became their biggest U.S. hit but wasn't included on the next album. Different from most of their 80s stuff and more mainstream, The band were pros enough to record it very good, but I still feel Ultravox or some german band could've done it. T he drum beat is taken from The Talking Heads hit "Road To Nowhere".

No Picture Joseph Average	#9 by Joseph Ross at May 3, 2000 at 7:03 PM EST
	A very wicked song. It was so perfect for the Breakfast Club, one of the best films ever in my opinion, and definetly the best teen film ever. Most teen movies are crap after all

No Picture Smitty Lead Player	#10 by Smitty Warknocks at Nov 19, 2001 at 5:20 AM EST
	Song is great......never really paid attention to what the lyrics meant......i was too busy just singing it at the top of my lungs :)

No Picture van Wanna Be	#11 by van laurel at May 28, 2002 at 4:00 PM EST
	This song was written for this movie. Meaning writers who wrote the movie wrote the lyrics for this song for the Simple Minds to sing. Since it was their only big hit they were cheesed since they didn't even write it themselves. The lyrics are about the 5 students who become friends after realizing they're not so different after all and that they don't want to be forgotten in each other's hearts, or ours.