It Came From Japan Chords & Tabs
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It Came From Japan - The Von Bondies
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Tabbed by: jjjddd
the other tab for this song aint too good, so i done did it myself god dammit, its
such a cool song
also Rolling, the video game, best sound track ever.
Tuning: standard
Intro
e|-----------|-----------------------|
B|-----------|-----------------------|
G|-----------|-----------------------|
D|-----------|---7-9-----------------|x5
A|--+9~~~----|-9-----9999999999999---|
E|--+7~~~----|-------7777777777777---|
Verse 1
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|----7-9------------------|
A|--9------9999999999999---|
E|---------7777777777777---|
theres another guitar on the verse using a chorus effect
and playing the b power chord
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|--9999999999999999999999999999999999-|
E|--7777777777777777777777777777777777-|
Chorus 1
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9--7-7-7------------------|
D|-9-9-9--7-7-7------------------| x2
A|-7-7-7--5-5-5-999999999999999--|
E|--------------777777777777777--|
Verse 2
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----7-9---------|x4
A|--9------9~~----|
E|---------7~~----|
Chorus 2
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9--7-7-7------------------|
D|-9-9-9--7-7-7------------------| x2
A|-7-7-7--5-5-5-999999999999999--|
E|--------------777777777777777--|
Solo
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/v/von_bondies/it_came_from_japan_tab_ver_2.html ]
Rhythm Guitar
e|-------------------------| e|------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------| B|------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------| G|-9-9-9--7-7-7-----------------------|
D|----7-9------------------|x5 D|-9-9-9--7-7-7------------------7-9--| x2
A|--9------9999999999999---| A|-7-7-7--5-5-5-9999999999999--9------|
E|---------7777777777777---| E|--------------7777777777777---------|
Lead Guitar [it was too much effort to do the whole thing but
the rest is similar to the notes at the end so
mess around with them and it'll sound real swell]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------9-9---9---9---|etc...
G|--------7-----------7----------7--7h9-9b-9b-9b-9b-9b-7-------7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|
D|-7h9-9--9--9-7h9-9--9--9-7h9-9-9-----------------------9-7-9-------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 3
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----7-9---------|x4
A|--9------9~~----|
E|---------7~~----|
Chorus 3
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9--7-7-7------------------|
D|-9-9-9--7-7-7------------------| x2
A|-7-7-7--5-5-5-999999999999999--|
E|--------------777777777777777--|
End Riff
e|--------------------------| e|-------|
B|--------------------------| B|-(7)b--|
G|--------------------------| G|--9-b--|
D|--9-7---7-----------------| x4 on last time end with D|-------|
A|------9---9-7-9-99999999--| A|-------|
E|----------------77777777--| E|-------|
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
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