Australia Ol' Man Sam by Spiderbait Off the album Shashavaglava Transcribed by Trent Paton ([email protected]) I know this has already been done but i thought i'd give my version as it's fun to play it this way when sitting around with friends having a singalong on the good old acoustic. (0:16)Bassline intro (played on guitar) e--------------------|------------------------------------------ B--------------------|------------------------------------------ G--------------------|------------------------------------------ D---3----4----5----6-|---7----7----7----7----7----7----7----6--- A--------------------|------------------------------------------ E-1----2----3----4---|-5----5----5----5----5----5----5----4----- | |repeat this part 4x leaving out the last |note the 4th time around. This also gets |played in between the verses and the heavy Verse |distortion parts later in the song Johnny was a man.... e--------------------------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------------- D---7----7----7----7----7----7----7----6-----5----5----5----5--- A--------------------------------------------------------------- E-5----5----5----5----5----5----5----4----3----3----3----3----3- e--------------------------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------------- D-5----5----5----6----7----7----7----7----7----7---------------- A--------------------------------------------------------------- E---3----3----4----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----4--------- Play verse 2x and then.... With heaps of distortion e-------------------------------------- B-------------------------------------- G-------------------------------------- D-7--7-7---3-3-3-3---5--5-5-5--xx-5-5-- A-7--7-7---3-3-3-3---5--5-5-5--xx-5-5-- E-5--5-5---1-1-1-1---3--3-3-3--xx-3-3-- e-------------------------------------- B-------------------------------------- G-------------------------------------- D-7--7-7---3-3-3-3---5--5-5-5--xx-5-5-- A-7--7-7---3-3-3-3---5--5-5-5--xx-5-5-- E-5--5-5---1-1-1-1---3--3-3-3--xx-3-3-- Play the bassline intro next (only what's after the line) and then back into verse. Repeat the same way until after the third verse then play this next part straight after the loud part e-------------------------------------- B-------------------------------------- G-------------------------------------- D-5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--10----- A-5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--10----- E-3--5--3--5--3--5--3--5--3--5--8------ e-------------------------------------- B-------------------------------------- G-------------------------------------- D-5--7--5--7--5--7--5555--5555--------- A-5--7--5--7--5--7--5555--5555--------- E-3--5--3--5--3--5--3333--3333--------- * * Not too sure what chords are played here(*) in the actual song but i play these chords anyway Song finishes off with bassline intro (only the part after line) played twice I hope whoever reads this can understand it all, if not then just email me at [email protected]

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