WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Tom Rosenthal - Dont You Know How Busy And Important I Am Tabs | Ver. 1
[Piano Intro] x2
(In case you want to imitate that)
A# Cm Gm (*)
G|-------3-----3---|-------5-----5---|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------5-----5---|
A|-1-----1-----1---|-3-----3-----3---|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----3-----3---|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
(*) here you could also play the (G) one octave higher and add the 5th (D on G-string)
**From then on the bass is pretty much straight forward 8th notes (as you can hear from the song)
**And Note that the Parts go pretty much straight into each other
[Verse 1]
“Don’t you know how busy and important I am?.....”
A# Cm Gm D#
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--||
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||--||
A||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------||x4||
E||-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------||--||
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
[Chorus]
“Oh I’m too busy to finish…”
A# D C A# A# D C
G||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
D||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
A||-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-||-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
E||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
F D# G D# G F A#
G||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
D||-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-|-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-||-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|-----------------||
A||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||
E||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
[Interlude 1]
A# C C G G G
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
A|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---------|-----------------|---------|
E|-----------------|---------3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 +
*Timewise probably the most “tricky” part of the song, but again,
just listen to it three times and you have it ;)
[Verse 2]
“Don’t you know how busy and important I am?.....”
A# Cm Gm D#
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--||
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||--||
A||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------||x4||
E||-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------||--||
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
[Chorus]
“Oh I’m too busy to finish…”
A# D C A# A# D C
G||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
D||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
A||-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-||-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
E||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
F D# G D# G F A#
G||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
D||-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-|-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-||-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|-----------------||
A||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||
E||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||
*Here you can also play half Notes for the (D) and the (F) instead of eight’s
[Interlude 2]
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
[Verse 3]
“Don’t you know how busy and important I am?.....”
A# Cm Gm D#
G||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--||
D||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||--||
A||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------||x2||
E||-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------||--||
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
*Note, this one is only half the length
[Outro]
“I'm too busy to finish this song”
A# D C A#
G||-----------------|-----------------||
D||-----------------|-----------------||
A||-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-||
E||-----------------|-----------------||
A# D C A#
G||-----------------|-----------------||
D||-----------------|-----------------||
A||-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-||
E||-----------------|-----------------||
A# D C
G||-----------------|-----------------||
D||-----------------|-----------------||
A||-1-1-1-1-5-5-5-5-|-3---------------||
E||-----------------|-----------------||
*end!