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Body by Bush
Written by Gavin Rossdale
from Sixteen Stone
Tabbed by Gendefect@aol.com
This is a really good song that is made kind of difficult by the many fills. The rhythm is kind of tricky as well. I tried to tab out the rhythm as best I could. Listen to the CD and do the best you can.
Guitar 1 begins playing this
Riff 1
e----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D-----5h7-7~-----5h7-7~-----5h7-7-5h7-7-7-5h7-7-----5h7-7--
A-5h7--------5h7--------5h7---------------------5h7--------
E----------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A-5h7-7-5--------------------------------------------------
E---------7------------------------------------------------
Then Guitar 2 jumps in playing this
Fill A
e----------------------------------------------------------
B-/8~--/12--10--8-7-8-8~-5---------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
Then comes a bass solo. An A chord is thrown in and then a G chord. Then in goes back to riff 1 with this fill
Fill B
e----------------------------------------------------------
B-/12/~/8/~/5----------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
More bass solo. Another A chord. Then comes a G-A-B-C-D Chord progression. Followed by this fill over riff 1
Fill C
e----------------------------------------------------------
B-15b-15--13-15-13--12-13-12-------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
Chorus
e----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------7--7-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-7-------------
D-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4--4--7--7-7-7-x-x-7-7-7-7-------------
A-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4--4--5--5-5-5-x-x-5-5-5-5-------------
E-2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-----------------------------------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bush/body_tab.html ]
then this fill is played over Riff 1
Fill D [ really fast ]
e----------------------------------------------------------
B-5~-7~-8~-10~-13131313/14141414/15151515/16161616/17171717/
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------
B-18b~-----------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
Then the verse is repeated and then play the chorus. At the end add this riff
Riff 2
e----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G---------------9--7--7-7-7-x-x-7-7-7--7------------------
D-4-----4---4-4-9--7--7-7-7-x-x-7-7-7--7-------------------
A-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7--5--5-5-5-x-x-5-5-5--5-------------------
E-2-0-0-2-0-2-2--------------------------------------------
Then play this riff
Riff 3
e----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2--5-5-x-x-7--7-7-7--------------------
A-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2--5-5-x-x-7--7-7-7--------------------
E-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--3-3-x-x-5--5-5-5--------------------
Followed by this riff
Riff 4
e----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D-7-7--5-5--2----------------------------------------------
A-7-7--5-5--2----------------------------------------------
E-5-5--3-3--0----------------------------------------------
Over Riff 3 play this fill once
Fill E
e----------------------------------------------------------
B-15b-15-13-15-13-15-17b-17~-------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
Then comes the solo [really fast] [really fast]
e----------------------------------------------------------
B-6h8-6h8-7~--6p5-6h8-7~--------------55555555-5b--------
G-------------------------33333333-3b----------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
Somewhere over the solo this fill is played followed by a pick slide
Fill F(or something like this)
e----------------------------------------------------------
B-12~-15~-12~-8~------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
Then back into riff 1 followed by a F# chord. Then back into the chorus.
That's it. Enjoy!
Any Questions or Comments E-mail me at Gendefect@aol.com
