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  'What Was I Thinking' -- Bass Tab
  Performed by 311
  From the album "Transistor" on Capricorn/Mercury Records
  Music by:  N. Hexum 
  Lyrics by:  N. Hexum
  (c) 1997 Allegiance Music/Hydroponic Music BMI
  ---------------
  Tabbed by: Chris McCoy (misterkite@msn.com)
  Additions/Corrections by: Tony Boehler (tboehler@adams.net)
                            Polyshed (Poly@juno.com)
                            Pfunkboy (Pfunkboy@aol.com)
                            Alex Martinez (music_man_mrtnz@hotmail.com) 
                            Cody Thigpen (Thunderychunk69@aol.com)
                            Nick von Sternberg (nickvrules@hotmail.com)
  The 311 Guitar Archive -- http://bigworm.colorado.edu/311archive/
  
  
  Verse A:
  ========
  
  1:-----------------------
  2:-------------------5-7-
  3:---------------0h5-----
  4:-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------
  
  -- or --
  
      S S S S S S S S   P P                                                
  G:---------------------------
  D:---------------------------
  A:----------------0h5-x-7p5--
  E:--0-0-x-0-x-0-0------------
                        ^possibly 7
  
  -- or --
  
  1:------------------------X(7)--p5--h7--
  2:------------------------x-x---x----x--
  3:------------------0h5---x---x-x----x--
  4:--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------
  
  All small x's are hit with whole thump with right hand
  
  Half of you may think its not right, but it is. You just have to know how
  to mute with the left hand while slapping. Its a little advanced in
  slap...
  
  -- or --
                                                                     P-H
  G:----------------------------------------------------------------------
  D:-----------------------------------------------------------------0--2-
  A:----------------------------------------------------------------------
  E:-0--(0)--0--(0)---(0)--0--(0)--(0)---0--(0)--0--(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-------
     T   *   T   *         *   T    *    *   T   *   T   *   *   *   *
  
  * = Left-hand slap
  
  -- or --
  
    T  T  T T  T T  T   T P T P
  G:--------------------------7h9-
  D:----------------------X-------
  A:------------------------------
  E:0--0--X-0--0-0--0hX-X---X-----
                    |-*-|
  
  The "|-*-|" area are triplets. All notes that have 2 dashes next to it are 
  8th notes, and all notes that have 1 dash next to it are 16th notes. T = 
  Thumb Slap, P = Finger Pull Slap, h = Hammer-On
  
  -- or --
  
  G:---------------------------------
  D:-----------------------------0h2-
  A:------------------0h5-0h5-5------
  E:--0-0--0-0--0--0-----------------
  
  
  Verse B:
  ========
  
  1:-----------------
  2:-----------------
  3:-----------------
  4:-1-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-
  
  Chorus:
  =======
  
  1:-------------
  2:-(4-4-4-4-4)-
  3:-(4-4-4-4-4)-
  4:--2-2-2-2-2--
  
  * Second time through, play as power chords, Listen *
  
  Bridge:
  =======
  
  1:----------------------------------
  2:----------------------------------
  3:----------5h7---------5h7---------
  4:-0h7--5h7-----0h7-5h7-----0h7-7p5-
  
  1:------------------------------------
  2:------------------------------------
  3:------------------5h7---------5h7---
  4:-0h7-7p5--0h7-5h7-----0h7-5h7-----0-
  
  
  Song Structure:
  ===============
  Verse A (x12)
  Verse B (x4)
  Verse A (x4)
  Verse B (x4)
  Verse A (x4)
  Chorus (x8)
  Bridge (x2)
  Verse B (x4)
  Verse A (x4)
  Verse B (x4)
  Verse A (x4)
  Chorus (x8)
  Bridge (x2)

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