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Why Get Up Bass

(ver. 1)
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Chorus1: 00:01
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A|---5-5-8----|---5-5-8----||---5-5-8----|---5-5-8----|- 
E|-6----------|-6----------||-6----------|-6----------|-
Why get up, why get up
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How can I get up, why should I get up
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D|---7-7-10---|---5-5-8----||------------|------------|-
A|-8----------|-6----------||------------|------------|- 
E|------------|------------||-6.---------|-666--------|-
This whole world's gone crazy

Think I've seen enough
I'm gonna sleep forever why get up


Verse1: 00:24
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A|---5-5-8----|---5-5-8----||---5-5-8--------------8--|- 
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Phone keeps ringing right off the hook
Some bill collector, I know what cooks
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Think I'll stay in bed, dream all day
World outside bugs me anyway
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When I get things going, the going gets rough
So I ask myself why get up


Chorus2: 00:47
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Why get up, why get up
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How can I get up, why should I get up
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D|---7-7-10---|---5-5-8----||------------|------------|-
A|-8----------|-6----------||------------|------------|- 
E|------------|------------||-6.---------|-666----666-|-
This whole world's gone crazy

Think I've seen enough
I'm gonna sleep forever why get up


Verse2: 01:10
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Went to the doctor, he said lose some weight
If you don't do it quick, we'll have to operate
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I talked to my lawyer, he said case is closed
That woman got it all even the garden hose
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Staring at the ceiling thinking just my luck
Better roll back over why get up



Chorus2: 01:32
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Why get up, why get up
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A|-6----------|-6----------||---5-5-8----|---5-5-8----|- 
E|------------|------------||-6----------|-6----------|-
How can I get up, why should I get up
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D|---7-7-10---|---5-5-8----||------------|------------|-
A|-8----------|-6----------||------------|------------|- 
E|------------|------------||-6.---------|-666----666-|-
This whole world's gone crazy

Think I've seen enough
I'm gonna sleep forever why get up


Instrumental: 01:56 (Play X2)
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A|-6----------|-6----------||---5-5-8--------5--6--7--|- 
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Verse3: 02:41
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Well I can't quit drinking, I'm nervous all the time
When I wake up, it's like a ton lead on my mind
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What was it, I said to that girl last night
She really got upset, I best stay out of sight
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I remember a gun and calling somebody's bluff
I better duck under the cover why get up


Chorus3: 03:03
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E|-6----------|-6----------||-6----------|-6----------|-
Why get up, why get up
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E|------------|------------||-6----------|-6----------|-
How can I get up, why should I get up
G|---------10g|---------8g-||------------|------------|-
D|---7-7-10---|---5-5-8----||------------|------------|-
A|-8----------|-6----------||------------|------------|- 
E|------------|------------||-6.---------|-666----666-|-
This whole world's gone crazy

Think I've seen enough
I'm gonna sleep forever why get up


Chorus4 / Outro: 03:26
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E|-6----------|-6----------||-6----------|-6----------|-
Why get up, why get up
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E|------------|------------||-6----------|-6----------|-
How can I get up, why should I get up
G|---------10g|---------8g-||------------|------------|-
D|---7-7-10---|---5-5-8----||------------|------------|-
A|-8----------|-6----------||------------|------------|- 
E|------------|------------||-6.---------|-666.-------|-
This whole world's gone crazy

Think I've seen enough
I'm gonna sleep forever why get up


End: 03:49



Tablature Legend ----------------  
| S  slap 
| P  pop 
| x  mute note 
| /  slide up 
| \  slide down 
| h  hammer-on 
| p  pull-off 
| g  grace note 
| ~  vibrato 
| ^  brush up



A+ scale
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D|---5-8-------8-5--||---5-8-------8-5--|- 
A|-6----------------||-6----------------|-
E|------------------||------------------|-

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D|-------5-8-5------||-------5-8-5------|-
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G|-------7-10-7-----||-------7-10-7-----|-
D|---7-10------10-7-||---7-10------10-7-|-
A|-8----------------||-8----------------|- 
E|------------------||------------------|-

G|-------5-8-5------||-------5-8-5------|-
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A|-6----------------||-6----------------|-
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D|-------5-8-5------||-------5-8-5------|-
A|---5-8-------8-5--||---5-8-------8-5--|- 
E|-6----------------||-6----------------|-

            
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