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From: gobeirne@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Greg O'Beirne)

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S A B O T A G E     -   Beastie Boys
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Tabbed by Greg O'Beirne <gobeirne@tartarus.uwa.edu.au>
This isn't complete, it's just to give you a vague idea :)

Firstly, tune all strings down half a step.

The main bass/guitar riff is as follows:

    1 2 3 4                    1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4  
Eb ---------               Eb ---------------------------------
Bb ---------               Bb ---------------------------------
Gb ---------   followed    Gb -7-X-X-7-X-X-7-X-X-7-X-X-7-X-X-X-
Db ---------      by...    Db -7-X-X-7-X-X-7-X-X-7-X-X-7-X-X-X-
Ab ---------               Ab -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
Eb -0///5~~-               Eb -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-

   Slide up                   This riff gives the "drone" in the
   over three                 background during the song........
   beats & hold               Repeat, replacing the last four beats
   for one...                 in this riff with the sliding up riff...

It changes around a bit, but this good enough to give you the basic
background for the song...    The lyrics are:

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I Can't Stand It I Know You Planned It
I'm'a Set It Straight, This Watergate
I Can't Stand Rocking When I'm In Here
'Cause Your Crystal Ball Ain't So Crystal Clear
So While You Sit Back and Wonder Why
I Got This Fucking Thorn In My Side
Oh My God, It's A Mirage
I'm Tellin' Y'all It's Sabotage

S-S-S So Listen Up 'Cause You Can't Say Nothin'
You'll Shut Me Down With A Push Of Your Button
But Your.. I'm Out And I'm Gone
I'll Tell You Now I Keep It On And On

What You See You Might Not Get
And We Can Bet So Don't You Get Souped Yet
Scheming On A Thing That's A Mirage
I'm Trying To Tell You Now It's Sabotage

Why.... 

Our Backs Are Now Against The Wall...
Listen All Of Y'all It's a Sabotage
Listen All Of Y'all It's a Sabotage
Listen All Of Y'all It's a Sabotage
Listen All Of Y'all It's a Sabotage

I Can't Stand It, I Know You Planned It
I'm'a Set It Straight This Watergate
But I Can't Stand Rockin' When I'm In This Place
Because I Feel Disgrace Because You're All In My Face
But Make No Mistakes And Switch Up My Channel
I'm Buddy Rich When I Fly Off The Handle
What Could It Be, It's A Mirage!
You're Scheming On A Thing; It's Sabotage

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Hope this helps!! :)

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Greg O'Beirne
gobeirne@tartarus.uwa.edu.au