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The Final Countdown performed by Europe as performed on The Final Countdown
Tab written by Skúli Á. Sigurðsson, E-mail: Skulisig@mi.is
>: Let note last b: Bend string
Intro (before drum-opening)
Play this four times (Bass fig. 1)
G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
A[-----------][--4-5>-----][--2>-------][-----------]
E[--2>-------][-----------][-----------][---0---1---]
Play this once (Bass fig. 2)
G[-----------]
D[-----------]
A[-------5-4>]
E[-2-4-5-----]
(Drum-opening)
Play this twice (Bass fig. 3)
G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
A[-----------][--5-5-5-5--][--2-2-2-2--][-----------]
E[--2-2-2-2--][-----------][-----------][--0-0-0-0--]
Play this once (Bass fig. 4)
G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
A[-----------][------5-5--][--4-4-4-4--][--4-4-4-4--]
E[--2-2-4-4--][--5-5------][-----------][-----------]
Play this seven times (Bass fig. 5)
G[-----------]
D[-----------]
A[-----------]
E[--2-2-2-2--]
Play this once (Bass fig. 6)
G[-----------]
D[-----------]
A[--2-2-2-2--]
E[-----------]
Play Bass fig. 5 two more times
Play this once (Bass fig. 7)
G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
A[-----------][-----------][--5-5-5-5--][--7-7-7-7--][-----------]
E[---2---2---][--5-5-5-5--][-----------][-----------][--5-5-4-4--]
G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
A[-----------][--5-5-5-5--][--4-4-4-4--][--7-7-7-7--][-(7b)------]
E[--2-2-0-0--][-----------][-----------][-----------][--0--------]
(It’s The Final Countdown!)
Play Bass fig. 3 twice
Play Bass fig. 5 three times
Play Bass fig. 6 once
Play Bass fig. 5 twice
Play Bass fig. 7 once
Play Bass fig. 3 twice
Play Bass fig. 4 once
Play this once (Bass fig. 8)(Guitar solo)
G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
A[--2-2-2-2--][--0-0-0-0--][--5-5-5-5--][-----------]
E[-----------][-----------][-----------][--3-3-3-4--]
G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
A[-----------][-----------][--2-2-2-2--][-----------]
E[--0-0-0-0--][--5-5-5-5--][-----------][--2-2-2-2--]
G[-----------][-----------] [-----------][-----------]
D[-----------][-----------] [-----------][-----------]
A[--2-2-2-2--][--0-0-0-0--] [--5-5-5-5--][-----------]
E[-----------][-----------] [-----------][--3-3-3-2--]
G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
A[-----------][-----------][--2-2-2-2--][--4-4-4-4--]
E[--0-0-0-0--][--5-5-5-5--][-----------][-----------]
Play this ? (Bass fig. 9)
G[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
D[-----------][-----------][-----------][-----------]
A[-----------][--4-5>-----][--2>-------][-----------]
E[--2>-------][-----------][-----------][---0-1>----]
Play Bass fig. 2 once
Play Bass fig. 3 twice
Play Bass fig. 4 once
Play Bass fig. 3 as often as necessary as the song fades out
This is the way I play it but it’s supposed to be played with a pick and each ]
stroke in this tab sheet is actually one stroke up and two down.
Have fun with it :)
Artist: Europe
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