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Zim
by Omar Rodríguez-López
I play this using the Digitech Bass Synth Wah - Bass Envelope Filter on Type setting 4 (Synth 2), Sens at max, Control at 9 (3:00), and Range at max. G|--9-7------7------------9-7------7---------| D|------10-9---107~~~~--------10-9---107~~~~-| 107 = 10 7 A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------| D|--5-7-2~~~--02----------5-7-2~~~--022------| A|--------------0~~~~------------------0~~~~-| E|-------------------------------------------| That's the main part. Repeat x4. The next part I improvised, it's not really how it goes but here's how I play it: G|-------------------------------------------9-------------------------| D|--3--9--15--12-10-12--12-10-7~--7/15--15\10---12-10-12~-10/12-1212---| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| Repeat the main part x2. Then the next part is similar to the previous, again, I just improvised: G|---------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--3--9--15--17-15-17--15-10-12~-12~12/15~-17-15-12-14--14-10-7~-7/12-| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| Then comes the end part, somewhat improvised but this part is pretty close to what it actually is: G|---------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--3333-37777-779999999--3333-37777-7799999999--3333-377777-----------| A|----------------------------------------------------------99999999---| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| Repeat x2 then finish with: G|---------------------------| D|---3~~~--------------------| A|--------9~~~--0~~~~~~~~~~--| E|---------------------------| | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bending
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