-=-=-=-=-=- SOUND SYSTEM -=-=-=-=-=-
            by Operation Ivy from their self-titled album
              Tabbed by Dave Miller (dwm3@po.cwru.edu)

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   A great and simple Op Ivy tune.  This is just the basic root of what
   is played.  The actual song varies quite a bit but can be played just
   by straying slightly from the root.     
   

   Basic Outline:
      - Intro
      - Chorus (2X)
      - Verse (2X)
      - Chorus (2X)
      - Verse (2X)
      - Chorus (2X)
      - slight pause before the interlude followed by A and another pause
        with no bass
      - Chorus (2X)
      - another A pause
      - Chorus (2X)
      - Interlude

   Choose from over 600 more tabs at the Bass Tab Archive at:

         http://b63240.student.cwru.edu/bta/bta.html
   
   If you have any submissions for the archive, feel free to mail them to
   me at dwm3@po.cwru.edu.

   Enjoy!    

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    Intro                                                                                 

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    Chorus

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    Sound system gonna bring me back up...
                                                                                


    Verse

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    Try to describe to the limit of my ability....                                                                                
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    Interlude   

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    Sound.....system........sound.....system

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-=-=- Lyrics -=-=-

(Chorus)
Sound system gonna bring me back up
One thing that I can depend on.

Try to descreibe to the limit of my ability;
It's there for a second
Then it's given up what it used to be.
Contained in music somehow more than just sound,
This inspiration coming and twisting things around
Because you always know that it's gonna have to go.
You always know that you'll be back in the cold.
Point of departure sublimated in a song
It's always coming to give me that hope for just a second
then it's gone, but!

(Chorus)

Static pulse inside of music bringing us escape.
It's always temporary, changing nothing in it's wake...
Just a second where we're leaving all this shit behind.
Just a second but it's leaving just this much in mind;
To resist despair, that second makes you see...
to resist despair, because you can't change everything...
To resist despair, in this world is what it is to be free.

(Chorus)

Wake up turn my box on,
Bust the shade, let the sun in.
Times getting tougher 'bout time to start runnin'
Box in my hand music by my side,
Skankin' to the rhythm of the music by my side.

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