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               START!
                             As recorded by The Jam
                       (From the 1980 Album SOUND AFFECTS)

Words by Paul Weller
Transcribed by Travis (twistoftrav)

          Bm                    C                  Dsus4                  D
      x 2 4 4 3 2          x 3 5 5 5 3          x x 0 2 3 3          x x 0 2 3 2

          G7                  DVII                  D7
    x x x 12 12 13        x x x 7 7 10          x x x 7 7 8

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Paul Weller (clean)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Paul Weller (acoustic)'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Paul Weller (lead)'

 Intro
  Q=140
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||


 Verse
  Bm          C            Bm          D
   W            W           W            W
|-----------|-^-8--------|-----------|-^10----|
|-^7--------|-^-8--------|-^7--------|-^10----|
|-^7--------|-^-9--------|-^7--------|-^11----|
|-^9--------|-^10--------|-^9--------|-^12----|
|-^9--------|------------|-^9--------|--------|
|-----------|------------|-----------|--------|


  Bm          C            Bm             E               E
   W            W           W          Q   H     E E   Q   H     E E
|-----------|-^-8--------|-----------|----12----12---|----12----12---||
|-^7--------|-^-8--------|-^7--------|-----9-----9---|-----9-----9---||
|-^7--------|-^-9--------|-^7--------|-----9-----9---|-----9-----9---||
|-^9--------|-^10--------|-^9--------|---------------|---------------||
|-^9--------|------------|-^9--------|---------------|---------------||
|-----------|------------|-----------|---------------|---------------||


 Chorus
  Am             D              Am             D
   H.      e E    H.      e E    H.      e E    H.      e E
|-^5-------5---|-^2-------2---|-^5-------5---|-^2-------2---|
|-^5-------5---|-^3-------3---|-^5-------5---|-^3-------3---|
|-^5-------5---|-^2-------2---|-^5-------5---|-^2-------2---|
|-^7-------7---|-^0-------0---|-^7-------7---|-^0-------0---|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|


     G7              G7              DVII            DVII
  Q   H     E E   Q   H     E E   Q   H     E E   Q   H     E E
|----13----13---|----13----13---|----10----10---|----10----10---||
|----12----12---|----12----12---|-----7-----7---|-----7-----7---||
|----12----12---|----12----12---|-----7-----7---|-----7-----7---||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||


 Verse
  Bm          C            Bm          D
  Gtrs I, II
   W            W           W            W
|-----------|-!-8--------|-----------|-!10----|
|-!7--------|-!-8--------|-!7--------|-!10----|
|-!7--------|-!-9--------|-!7--------|-!11----|
|-!9--------|-!10--------|-!9--------|-!12----|
|-!9--------|------------|-!9--------|--------|
|-----------|------------|-----------|--------|


  Bm          C            Bm             E
                                     Gtr I
   W            W           W          Q   H     E E   Q   H     E E
|-----------|-!-8--------|-----------|----12----12---|----12----12---||
|-!7--------|-!-8--------|-!7--------|-----9-----9---|-----9-----9---||
|-!7--------|-!-9--------|-!7--------|-----9-----9---|-----9-----9---||
|-!9--------|-!10--------|-!9--------|---------------|---------------||
|-!9--------|------------|-!9--------|---------------|---------------||
|-----------|------------|-----------|---------------|---------------||


 Chorus
  Am             D              Am             D
   H.      e E    H.      e E    H.      e E    H.      e E
|-^5-------5---|-^2-------2---|-^5-------5---|-^2-------2---|
|-^5-------5---|-^3-------3---|-^5-------5---|-^3-------3---|
|-^5-------5---|-^2-------2---|-^5-------5---|-^2-------2---|
|-^7-------7---|-^0-------0---|-^7-------7---|-^0-------0---|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|


     G7              G7              DVII            DVII
  Q   H     E E   Q   H     E E   Q   H     E E   Q   H     E E
|----13----13---|----13----13---|----10----10---|----10----10---|
|----12----12---|----12----12---|-----7-----7---|-----7-----7---|
|----12----12---|----12----12---|-----7-----7---|-----7-----7---|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|


   Interlude
                                       1.
    Bm                C                 Bm                C
    Gtr I
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
    | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
    / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /

    Gtr II
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------2-------2---|-----3-------3---|-----2-------2---|-----3-------3-----||
||o-------3-------3-|-------5-------5-|-------3-------3-|-------5-------5--o||
||----4-------4-----|---5-------5-----|---4-------4-----|---5-------5-------||
||--4-------4-------|-5-------5-------|-4-------4-------|-5-------5---------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||


  2.
  Dsus4             D
  W                  H    H
  |                  |
  /                  /

  E E E E E E E E    H    H
|-----3-------3---|-^2------------------||
|-------3-------3-|-^3------------------||
|---2-------2-----|-^2------------------||
|-0-------0-------|-^0------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| W                  H    E  Q.
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------13pb14.5r===||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||


 "Guitar Solo"
           G7                  G7
  Gtr I
   Q       H       E E    Q     H     E E
           |       |            |     |
           /       /            /     /

  Gtr III
                                ~~
   S  S  E E E Q.    E    E  E  Q  H
|----------------------|------------------|
|-11h13p11-0-----------|------------------|
|----------0---------x-|-12-11-10--0------|
|--------------------x-|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|


          G7                                                  G7
  Q        H                            E    E      Q         H             E E
           |                            |                     |             |
           /                            /                     /             /

                                                                     \0.75
                                                            ~~
  E  S  S  S  E  S       +E        +E   E.      S   S  S S  H    +S  Q
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------0----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------0----------|
|------------10-11b12.5r(11)b12.5r(11)-12b13---10-|-9-10-9-10---(10)-0----------|
|---12p10-12--------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|


           DVII                     DVII   D7DVII
   Q        H          E  E     Q   Q.     E E    E
            |          |            |      | |
            /          /            /      / /

                                             \0.5
            ~~~        ~~       ~~~~
   E     E  Q.    +E   E  E    +H        Q   Q
|---------------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------15----|-----------------------||
|-13b14-10---------------14-|-(14)------12---0------||
|----------12----(12)-------|----------------0------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------||


   Interlude
                                       1.
    Bm                C                 Bm                C
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
    | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
    / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /

    Gtr II
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------2-------2---|-----3-------3---|-----2-------2---|-----3-------3-----||
||o-------3-------3-|-------5-------5-|-------3-------3-|-------5-------5--o||
||----4-------4-----|---5-------5-----|---4-------4-----|---5-------5-------||
||--4-------4-------|-5-------5-------|-4-------4-------|-5-------5---------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||


  2.
  Dsus4             D
  E E E E E E E E    W
  | | | | | | | |    |
  / / / / / / / /    /

  E E E E E E E E    W
|-----3-------3---|-^2----||
|-------3-------3-|-^3----||
|---2-------2-----|-^2----||
|-0-------0-------|-^0----||
|-----------------|-------||
|-----------------|-------||


   Out-Chorus
       G7              G7              DVII  D7DVII      DVII
    Gtr I
    Q   H     E E   Q   H     E E   Q   Q.   E  E E   Q   H     E E
||-----13----13---|----13----13---|----10----8-10---|----10----10----|
||o----12----12---|----12----12---|-----7----7--7---|-----7-----7----|
||-----12----12---|----12----12---|-----7----7--7---|-----7-----7----|
||----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
||o---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
||----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|


     G7       G6  G7        G7    G6 G7        DVII            DVII
  Q   Q.       E   E E   Q   Q.    E  E E   Q   H     E E   Q   H     E E  3x
|----13-------12--13---|----13----12-13---|----10----10---|----10----10----||
|----12-------12--12---|----12----12-12---|-----7-----7---|-----7-----7---o||
|----12-------12--12---|----12----12-12---|-----7-----7---|-----7-----7----||
|----------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------o||
|----------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------||


  W          W
|----------|------*|
|----------|------*|
|----------|------*|
|----------|------*|
|----------|------*|
|----------|------*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
n  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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