------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boys Don't Cry - Japanther ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed By : afterthewar e-mail: e10005515g@gmail.com Tuning:Standard Bass Tuning Here's a cover of a Cure song by that great sampler/drum/bass duo Japanther. This song is so amazingly simple, its just three notes. Still its fun to play and sing (yell) the words (which are different from the ones in the song by the Cure)at the top of your lungs. Figure 1: Played Clean G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5s7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7s10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| Figure 2: Played heavily distorted G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5s7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7s10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| The clean part is the verse, the distorted part is the chorus. The song goes: First Verse- Play Figure 1 x4 Chorus- Play Figure 2 x2 Second Verse-Play Figure 1 x2 Ending Chorus, Bridge thingie- Figure 2 x10 The tempo changes during the bridge, its not really that hard to figure out. | s slide | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================