Bass Tab:Cage & Aquarium

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Cage & Aquarium

By: They Might Be Giants

Key: E Major

Year: 1988

Tabbed By: Jaydarb10

This is the saxophone part transcribed to bass. Play it in Drop D, slap the low D while popping the high D. Intro G |-----------------|-------------------| D |---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2---| A |-----------------|-------------------| D |-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---2-| (Rest for 2 measures) Main riff ("Somebody's reading your (...)," "They're digging through all (...)," "This is the spawning (...)", "Then you hear (..)") G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |---2---2---2---2-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---2---2---2---2-| A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |-2---2---2---2---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-2---2---2---2---| Prechorus ("You cover your windows (...)," "Even keeping the pets (...)") G |-----------------|-----------------| D |-----------------|---7---7---7---7-| A |-----------------|-----------------| D |-5---5---5---5---|-7---7---7---7---| End of choruses: Variant 1 G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |---2---2---2---2-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---7---7---7---7-| A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |-2---2---2---2---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-7---7---7---7---| Variant 2 G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |---2---2---2---2-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---9---9---9---9-| A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |-2---2---2---2---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-9---9---9---9---| Repeat the intro twice for the outro, keep the two measures of rests