The Atlantics - Bombora guitar tab
Transcribed by: Lindsay Morrison
Email: lindsay_morrison@hotmail.com
An Australian surfing classic from the 1960s!
instructions to play the song (after listening to the record)
play as follows:
(after watching The Atlantics on Studio 22, I realised that the
guitarist plays the verses etc down below the 5th fret whereas I have tabbed
it out up around the 7th)
intro
part 1
part 2 (part 1 down an octave)
part 3
part 4
part 2 again
extended version of intro (about 8 bars)
part 3 again
Part 4
part 1 again
intro again (and fade)
INTRO (drumming
and guitar effects) PART 1
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------7---7--------------------|---7---7-10-10-10-8-10-8-7-5|-----------------
----7---7---10-10-10-8-10-8-7-5|-7---7----------------------|-----------------
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----------10-8-10-8-7-7|-------8-7-8-7-7p5-5-5|-------------------------------
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---7---7--------------------|---7---7---10-10-10-8-10-8-7-5|------------------
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---7-9-10-9-7|-------------------|---7-9-10-9-7-6-7-9v|-----------------------
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---7-9-10-9-7-6-7-9--------------|---7-7-10-9----|----|-----------------------
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-7-7-7--------------|-5-5-5----------------|-2-2-2-5-3-2-0|-------------------
-------10-8-10-8-7-7|-------8-7-8-7-7p5-5-5|--------------|-------------------
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-17----17----20-20-20-18-20-18-17---|-17-17-15-14---|-------------------------
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many thanks to Martin Cilia (from The Atlantics) for providing the following
chords:
part 1..... A G A C A G A G A x 2
part 2..... Dm A Dm A Dm E
Dm A
part 3..... A Gm Dm A Gm Dm
