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Song - Dont You Foget About Me
Artist - Simple Minds
Corrected By davidjohn13@hotmail.com
standard tuning (eadg)
First up, thanks to silvernapalm aka j3, most of the tablature was correct
except the intro, the bass stays on the A string, the lead guitar goes to
the D sting as shown originally.
Intro
G |------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D |------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
A |-5-7--|-5-7-|-3-5-|-5-7-|-----|-5-7-|-3-5-|
E |------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
verse (play four times)
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
pre-chorus (play once)
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
chorus (play twice)
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
tag
G |------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
D |------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
A |-5-7--|-5-7-|-3-5-|-5-7-|-----|-5-7-|-3-5-|
E |------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
then play the verse all the way to the end of the song but at one point it
is just a single note in each bar and not the usual 8 notes throughout the
rest of the song.
Well i hope this helps everyone, any problems e-mail me, thanks again to
silvernapalm aka j3.
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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DEMENTED KID Average |
#1 by DEMENTED KID at Jul 20, 1986 at 10:55 PM EST |
| This is my favorite 80s song. Simply beautiful and amazing. I think that the song is actually very hopeful. Yes,the couple broke up,but he has hope for them and thus,he's happy. Which explains the LA LA LA at the end. He's singing because he's happy. God this song is mindblowingly awesome. | |
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Dany Average |
#2 by Dany at Nov 11, 1987 at 4:32 PM EST |
| Um I'm in love with John Bender. I almost think this song relates directly to what Brian was talking about. "Will you calll my name-or just walk on by?" Brian was talking about how they all made a certain friendship that day, and they learned a lot. But that friendship may change in school. When all the cliques are put into place, which is what they talked about in the movie. And all the references to love, well i really think they're about the bender/claire allison/andrew relationships. "Love's strange". There's this chemistry all throughout the movie, and there's love throughout this song. | |
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Jonathan Average |
#3 by Jonathan Williams at Dec 14, 1988 at 7:20 AM EST |
| alibaby: the song being written for a movie doesn't mean the words were scripted by the folks who made the film. Soundtrack songs are most often commissioned, you may even sell a song that's been recorded years before. Btw, thnere are soundtrack albums that are superb but where most of the music bnever appeared in the movie, like Prince's "batman" (a few pieces heard here and there) or the "Singles" soundtrack - superb Seattle/Grunge anthology, but although Pearl Jam were in the movie, almost none of the music on the cd was heard on-screen. Keith Forsey used to wield the sticks for the Psychedelic Furs, as pointed out above: ten years later, he also produced a good album with the Simple Minds, I'm not blaming them for recording this, just pointing out that it's different and they probably knew it was a nod to the big market. | |
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Sir Stuff Professional |
#4 by Sir Stuff at Aug 11, 2003 at 5:10 PM EST |
| Yeah, Breakfast Club definatley made a huge impact on this song. It's such a classic. Beautiful. | |
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Guide Professional |
#5 by Guide Manf at Nov 25, 2004 at 3:13 PM EST |
| Lol... I can believe that there haven't been that many comments on this song. Is there any question what it's about? Nonetheless, still an awesome song. | |
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'MAGS' Badass |
#6 by 'MAGS' Bondoc at Sep 23, 2005 at 9:07 PM EST |
| great song jus watched breakfest club and listened to the song well this is one of my fav songs of all time...bender in breakfast club kicks ass btw | |
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