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From: [email protected]
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 17:18:38 -0700
Subject: TAB: 'The Impression That I Get' by 'The Mighty Mighty Bosstones'
ARTIST: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
SONG: The Impression That I Get
ALBUM: Lets Face It
TRANSCRIBED BY: Derek Miller ([email protected])
NOTES:
intro
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trumpet starts
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-5--5--x--7--7--x--5--5--x--4--4--x--5--5--x--5--5--x--5--5--x--7--7--|---------
-4--4--x--8--8--x--4--4--x--4--4--x--6--6--x--4--4--x--4--4--x--8--8--|---------
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verse
-x--4--x--4--x--7--x--7--x--5--x--5--|--x--4--x--4--x--7--x--7--x--5--x--5------
-x--5--x--5--x--7--x--7--x--5--x--5--|--x--5--x--5--x--7--x--7--x--5--x--5------
-x--4--x--4--x--8--x--8--x--6--x--6--|--x--4--x--4--x--8--x--8--x--6--x--6------
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|--x--5--x--5--x--7--x--7--x--5--x--5--|--x--5--x--5--x--7--x--7--x--5--x--5----
|--x--4--x--4--x--8--x--8--x--6--x--6--|--x--4--x--4--x--8--x--8--x--6--x--6----
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|--x--5--x--5--x--7--x--7--x--5--x--5--|--x--5--x--5--x--7--x--7--x--5--x--5----
|--x--4--x--4--x--8--x--8--x--6--x--6--|--x--4--x--4--x--8--x--8--x--6--x--6----
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have you ever been close to tragedy or close to folks who have
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|--x--4--x--4--x--8--x--8--x--6--x--6--|--x--4--x--4--x--8--x--8--x--6--x--6----
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have you ever felt a pain so powerful so heavy you collapse
pre-chorus chorus
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|---4--4--4--7--7--7--7--7--|--4--4--4--7--7--7--7--7--|---9--9--9--9--9--9-----
|---2--2--2--5--5--5--5--5--|--2--2--2--5--5--5--5--5--|---7--7--7--7--7--7-----
(he says no a few times here) never had to knock
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9--9--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--7--7--7--7--7----
7--7--|--------------------------|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--5--5--5--5--5----
on wood, but i know someone has, which makes me wonder should,it makes
who if i
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7--7--7--|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--6--6--6--6----
5--5--5--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--------------------------|--4--4--4--4----
me wonder never had to knock on wood, but im glad i have- yet because im
if i 'nt
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6--6--6--6--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
6--6--6--6--|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
4--4--4--4--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
sure it isnt good, thats the impression that i get.
2nd verse lyrics:
have you ever had the odds stacked up so high,
you have a strength most dont possess?
has it ever come down to do or die,
you gotta rise above the rest?
(after the verse and chorus twice it goes into this part)
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4--4--4--7--7--7--7--7--|--4--4--4--7--7--7--7--7--|----------------------------
4--4--4--7--7--7--7--7--|--4--4--4--7--7--7--7--7--|----------------------------
2--2--2--5--5--5--5--5--|--2--2--2--5--5--5--5--5--|----------------------------
im not a coward ive just
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---4--4-----5--5-----5--5-----5--5-----7--7-----|--5--5-----7--7-----5--5-------
---4--4-----6--6-----4--4-----4--4-----8--8-----|--4--4-----8--8-----4--4-------
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never been tested. but if i was id like to think (cant understand exactly what
id pass
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4--4-----5--5-----5--5-----5--5-----7--7----------------------------------------
4--4-----6--6-----4--4-----4--4-----8--8----------------------------------------
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he says here) --im afraid of what i might find out
-back to chorus x2
-then to outro which has no guitar
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Impression That I Get
I wanted to learn this song really bad but no one posted it. So I said screw it and figured it out myself. It may not be perfect but it's about as close as you can get.
E B C#m A
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-9-9-------6-6----------------------------
-9-9--9-9--6-6- 7-7------------------------
-7-7--9-9--4-4- 7-7------------------------
------7-7-------5-5-----------------------
It sounds better if you use bar chords instead of power chords
Pre-Chorus
F# A twice
-2-------5--------------------------------
-2---H---5---H----------------------------
-3---O---6---O----------------------------
-4---L---7---L----------------------------
-4---D---7---D----------------------------
-2-------5--------------------------------
Chorus
the chorus is the same as the verse except you hold each chord for 6 counts
E B C#m A
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-9-9-9-9-9-9---------------6-6- 6-6-6-6-
-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--6-6-6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7-7-7
-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7
---------------7-7-7-7-7-7---------------5-5-5-5-5-5
It sounds better if you use bar chords instead of power chords
From [email protected] Fri May 16 08:15:27 1997
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 23:08:58 PST
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: The Mighty Mighty Mighy Bosstones Tab
Here is a tab I made. Enjoy!
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Impression that I get by - Let's Face it
From-Daniel Orosz [email protected]
This tab was created with NOTEPAD... Copyright 1981-1995 Microsoft
Hehehehehehehehe...
^=upstrokes (ska style)
X=muted strings
Hi this is my SECOND tab. I seen them play live and they don't
play it like
this but it sure sounds correct. This is off their new album. If you
have any suggestions
or comments mail me at [email protected].
Intro: clean tone
e:---X--4--4--X--7--7--X--4--4--X--4--4--X--5--5--X--4--4--X--4--4--X--7--7--X--|
B:---X--5--5--X--7--7--X--5--5--X--4--4--X--5--5--X--5--5--X--5--5--X--7--7--X--|
G:---X--6--6--X--8--8--X--4--4--X--5--5--X--6--6--X--6--6--X--6--6--X--8--8--X--|
D:------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Have you ever have... And also the part when his sings, I might be a
coward.. w/dirty tone
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Pick slide
(second time only)
e:---4--4--4--4--7--7--7--7--4--4--4--4--5--5--5--5-----------------------------|
B:---5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--4--4--4--4--5--5--5--5-----------------------------|
G:---6--6--6--6--8--8--8--8--5--5--5--5--6--6--6--6-----------------------------|
D:--------------------------------------------------------/XXXXXXXXXXXXX--------|
A:--------------------------------------------------------/XXXXXXXXXXXXX--------|
E:--------------------------------------------------------/XXXXXXXXXXXXX--------|
Before Chorus: Second time, dirty or fuzzy tone
e:------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:----------------2--OR----------------------2--OR------------------------------|
G:----------------2--------------------------2----------------------------------|
D:---4--4--4--4---2-----7-------4--4--4--4---2----7-----------------------------|
A:---4--4--4--4---0-----7-------4--4--4--4---0----7-----------------------------|
E:---2--0--2--0---------5-------2--0--2--0--------5-----------------------------|
Never had to knock on wood... dirty or fuzzy tone Let ring--|
Let ring--|
e:---------------------------------------------------------0-0--0----------0-0--0---0-------|
B:---------------------------------------------------------0-0-0--0-0------0-0-0-0-0--------|
G:--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---------------------------5-------5-------6------6---------|
D:--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9--9--9--6--6-------------6--7-7------------7---|
A:--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---9--9--9--9--9--9--6--6-------------6--7-7------------7---|
E:---------------------------------7--7--7--7--7--7--4--4-------------4--5-5------------5---|
Outro: Clean tone
You also can do this at the end of the song when he's singing I better
knock on wood...
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e:--------------------------------------------------|
B:--------------------------------------------------|
G:---9---9---9---9---9---9---9----------------------|
D:--------------------------------------------------|
A:--------------------------------------------------|
E:--------------------------------------------------|
Thats about it. Hope you enjoyed it. The timing isn't really
correct so listen
to the cd when you play it. And listen to ska becuase the intro is a ska
rythum.
Daniel Orosz
[email protected]
Spam and chicken...yum yum yum 8-)
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