"Anaconda" by The Sisters of Mercy (from the album "Some Girls Wander by Mistake")
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transcribed by Frank Tower (towerf@Sol.ACS.UWOsh.Edu)
Riff 1:
G|-----------------
D|-----------------
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
E|-----------------
Riff 2:
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-2---0-2---0-2-0---2---0-2---0-2-0---2---0-2---0-2-0---5---7---8-
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 3:
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-2---0-2---0-2-0---2---0-2---0-2-0---2---0-2---0-2-0---8---7---5-
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 4:
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-2---0-2---0-2-0---2---0-2---0-2-0---2---0-2---0-2-0---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 5:
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7---
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/------------------------------9-
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
or
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sisters_of_mercy/anaconda_btab_ver_2.html ]
G|------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-
E|------------------------------------------------------------------
G|----------------
D|----------------
A|-14-14-14-14-14\
E|----------------
Riff 6:
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 7:
G|-----------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------
A|-7---------------5---------------2-
E|-----------------------------------
Riff 8:
G|-----------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------
A|-7---------------5---------------7-
E|-----------------------------------
How to play it
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| Verse | Chorus | | |
Bass: 1 | 2 3 2 4 | 5 6 5 6 | 2 3 2 4 | 2 3 2 4 |
| | | | |
Verse | Chorus | Verse | Chorus |
Bass: 2 3 2 4 | 5 6 5 6 | 2 3 2 3 2 4 | 5 6 5 6 | 7 8
| | | |
Notes
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When playing the alternate bass riff #5, be sure that the slide down
from the 14th fret is slow.
