Ana Ng Bass Tab

		
		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 
	

Lincoln Tabs:

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THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
ANA NG 
TABBED BY JASON THE GREAT (BYRD)

The last tab i sent in was totally off, this sounds much better.

if you have a five string you could play this SO much better

Okay, I tabbed a 5 string version AND a 4 string version, take
whichever one happens to be compatable with your bass.

5 STRING VERSION

INTRO

G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0---------|
B|-----------1-1-2-2-----------1-1-2-2-|

VERSE

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------3---5-5-5-5-5-0-0-5-5-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-5-3---3-------------------|
B|-----------1-1-2-2-----------1-1-2-2-------------------------------------|

CHORUS

G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|----3--5--3--0-----1-1--3--5-5-|
E|-3--------------3--------------|
B|-------------------------------|

BRIDGE (about the bridge ironically enough)

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

LAST VERSE

G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0---------|
B|-----------1-1-3-3-----------1-1-3-3-|

G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|---------------3---| x 3
E|-0-0-0-0-0-5-3---3-|
B|-------------------|

G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-5-5-|
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|


4 STRING VERSION

INTRO

G|-------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2---------2-2-2-2-2---------|
A|-----------3-3-5-5-----------3-3-5-5-|
E|-------------------------------------|

VERSE

G|-----------------------------------------------2-0-5-0-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-7-7-|
D|-2-2-2-2-2---------2-2-2-2-2---------2-2-2-2-2---------------------------|
A|-----------3-3-5-5-----------3-3-5-5-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

CHORUS

G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|----3--5--3--0-----1-1--3--5-5-|
E|-3--------------3--------------|

BRIDGE

G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|-5--2--5---5--3--5--3---3-|
E|---------3------------3---|

LAST VERSE

G|-------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2---------2-2-2-2-2---------|
A|-----------3-3-5-5-----------3-3-5-5-|
E|-------------------------------------|

G|-----------2-0-5-0-|
D|-2-2-2-2-2---------|
A|-------------------| x 3
E|-------------------|

G|-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-7-7-|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

Jason The Great (DAWgAWD@hotmail.com)  if i made any HUGE errors,
please let me know.  if you know how to play Birdhouse in your soul
on guitar or bass, hit me up!  i can't figure that out.


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

Source: BassMasta.net
http://www.bassmasta.net/t/they_might_be_giants/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Craig Average	#1 by Craig Brotschi at Jan 8, 1986 at 4:07 AM EST
	Ana Ng isn't really a specific person. The Johns were looking through the phonebook and saw a lot of Ana's under the last name "Ng." They figured the name Ana Ng most be one of the popular names in the world, like "John Smith" or "Jane Doe" So, Ana Ng is likely the name of the soul-mate the narrator's looking for.

No Picture Tadej Average	#2 by Tadej Supukovic at Feb 12, 1988 at 9:14 AM EST
	Oh yeah, and Ng is a Vietnamese name.

No Picture ed Professional	#3 by ed evans at Jun 16, 1990 at 8:04 PM EST
	What's interesting to me is that this song was written before the rise of the Internet and the proliferation of the Long-Distance Relationship.

No Picture josip Wanna Be	#4 by josip pucek at Jan 30, 1993 at 7:47 PM EST
	I'm probably wrong, but I think this song is more about the general idea that the Western world is largely ignorant of anyone living anywhere else. The name of the song, Ana Ng, is a very common name, but sounds like nonsense to the majority of listeners from places like the USA and UK. Linnell seems to be saying in the chorus that it's a shame people are so ignorant, because the world would be a better place if we weren't - "walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence". I'm not trying to flame or anything, hell, I'd include myself in the "ignorant" category. That's just my interpretation.

No Picture Emoshi Wanna Be	#5 by Emoshi RTF at Aug 14, 1993 at 4:14 PM EST
	This is about a guy's idea that his true love lives on EXACTLY the opposite side of the earth. Vietnam is that place. "her voice is a backwards record" = the garbled craziness of the vietnamese language. "humid air" = vietnams incredible humidity. "water spirals the wrong way out the sink"= the water above the equator spirals clockwise; below: counterclockwise. "still haven't.. ...majestic presence"=they haven't met. Think about it.

No Picture Joan Macrise Wanna Be	#6 by Joan Macrise Corrado at Apr 7, 1995 at 1:20 AM EST
	If Ana is from Vietnam, and the singer is from the exact opposite side of the world, he must be from Colombia.

No Picture rudy Average	#7 by rudy smith at May 20, 1995 at 6:54 PM EST
	You're all right... good work people :) http://www.tmbg.org/band-info/songs/

No Picture JAY Average	#8 by JAY at Jan 23, 2001 at 10:36 PM EST
	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dQLkxz6c2E Theres the video, but I doubt it will help your understanding of the song. I always thought Ana Ng was a made up name that was supposed to allude to the fact that she was a mystery, either something elusive to be sought, or because he already has the girl but she is so emotionally unavailable that she may as well be on the other side of the world. The bit about the bench being warm went with my hunter tracking prey thing. But Im an english major so Im used to reading WAY more meaning into things than could possiably have been intended.

No Picture lindsey Average	#9 by lindsey Rogogo at Aug 11, 2007 at 2:25 PM EST
	Ana Ng is apparently the shortest female name you can find. Good song.