John Cougar Mellencamp - Paper In Fire Chords & Tabs

JOHN MELLENCAMP - "Paper In Fire" - Bass Tab

Common Time(4/4)
Standard Tuning(EADG)


INTRO:

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|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

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|-----------------*|
|-----------------*| (x4)
|-7-7-7-7-0-5-7-5--|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS:

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|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


              (x3)
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|-7-7-7-7-0-5-7-5--|-5-----5/3-|-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 2 3 4 &   1 2 3 4   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


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|-----------------|
|-9-7-6-------2-4-|
|-------9-7-5-----|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS:

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|-----------5-|-7-r-7-7-r-0-|-5-r-5-5-r-5-|-0-r-0-0-r-0-|
  1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4 &


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|-------------|-------------|---------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-r-5-5-r-5-|-0-r-0-0-r-0-|-5-------|-----------------|
  1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 3 4   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|
|-7-r-5-7-7-7-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-|
  1 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


INTERLUDE:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/john_cougar_mellencamp/paper_in_fire_btab.html ]
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|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|---------------5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-|---------------7-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


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|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-----------------|---------|
|-----------------|---------------5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-|-0-0-0-0-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 2 3 4


|---------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----5-r-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-r-----|-7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-0-5-5-|
  1 2 3 4   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


END:

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|------------5-|-7-r-7-7-r-0-|-5-r-5-5-r-5-|-0-r-0-0-r-0-|
   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4 &

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                             |1.
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|-------------|-------------|---------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-r-5-5-r-5-|-0-r-0-0-r-0-|-5-------|-----------------|
  1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 & 3 4 &   1 2 3 4   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

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                                    |2.
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|-7-r-5-7-7-7-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5--|-5-------|---------|
  1 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4 


         (fade-out)   

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|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


By: Johari Taylor

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