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Song:   I'm A Pioneer (Tenchi Muyo! Second OAV Series OP)
Artist: Music by Katsuki Maeda
Bass Tablature by Blackbird (blk_bird@yahoo.com)

    Okay. As before, this one I had to pull the notes out of a MIDI file using
Harmony Assistant. This song isn't *too* hard to play; even though it's nearly 
all 16th notes, it's at a slow enough tempo not to matter much. Also, Mr. Maeda
apparently felt the need to change the bass line a little bit each time, which
in turn makes tabbing it a lot more complicated, since there isn't too much
repetition, but enough to waste space. The bass line has two patterns that
repeat, which I've designated "Pattern A" and "Pattern B." Whenever the tab
lists those, that's what you play (11 references in all).
    BTW, this is for the extended version of the song, which has a guitar solo
and reprises some of the verses with different lyrics and a more showy finish.
If you want to do the short version, take out everything from the guitar solo
through Verse 9.

Pattern A
------------------|------------------|------------------|
-3333333-33333-32-|-0000000-00000-0--|--------------03--|
--------3-----3---|--------0-----0-3-|-1111111-11111--1-|
------------------|------------------|--------1---------|

Pattern B
------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
------------------|-------------3-22-|-00000000---------|------------------|
------------------|------------------|---------33333333-|---------331100---|
-1111111111111111-|-111111111111-----|------------------|-11111111------33-|

------------------|------------------|------------------|
------------------|---------00000000-|------------------|
---------11111111-|-33333333---------|---------33333333-|
-11111111---------|------------------|-33333333---------|

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Intro
------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
-3-----1--1-------|-3-----1--1-------|-333---111111-----|-333---111111-----|
----4--------1--3-|----4--------1--3-|----444------1133-|----444------11---|
------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------33-|

Verse 1: ("Can't you see..."/"Boku wa motto...")
------------------|---------|------------------|---------|------------------|
----------------2-| Pattern |-----------0--02--| Pattern |------------------|
--3-------3----5--|    A    |-333-3331-1-3---3-|    A    |---------331100---|
------------------|---------|----3-------------|---------|-11111111------33-|

Verse 2: ("You can't be a hero..."/"Afureru shitsuresen no...")
------------------|------------------|33
     Pattern      |-333---111111-----|
        B         |----444------3333-|
------------------|------------------|

Verse 3: ("If you're tired of..."/"Tokei no hari wa...")
------------------|------------------|41
     Pattern      |---------------03-|
        B         |-------------03---|
------------------|-11111111-134-----|

Verse 4: ("Some will say..."/"Ikiteru uchi ga...")
--------------3---|------------------|------------------|------------------|
------------3-----|-----3--2-0---0---|------------------|-------2--3-------|
-1----------------|----3-------------|--1-------------3-|----5--------1--2-|
------------------|-1-----1--1-----3-|------------------|------------------|

Verse 5: ("Can't you see..."/"Boku wa motto...")
--------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
--------|     Pattern      |-----------0--02--|     Pattern      |
--3--3--|        A         |-333-3331-1-3---3-|        A         |
--------|------------------|----3-------------|------------------|

------------------|------------------|
------------------|------------------|
-333-333333333333-|-1--0--------3-3--|
----3-------------|--------3-------1-|

Guitar Solo:
---------|---------|------------------|------------------|65
---------|---------|     Pattern      |-333---111111-----|
---------|---------|        B         |----444------3333-|
---------|---------|------------------|------------------|

Verse 6: ("You can't be a hero..."/"Beddo no shitani...")
    Same as Verse 3

Verse 7: ("Some will say..."/"Ikiteru uchi ga...")
    Same as Verse 4

Verse 8: ("Hand in hand..."/"Boku wa motto...")
    Same as Verse 5

Verse 9: ("Through the ages..."/"Boku wa motto...")
------------------|------------------|------------------|---------|--------|
------------------|------------------|-3----------------|---------|--------|
-1---0-------3--3-|---------33333333-|------------------|---------|--------|
---------3--------|-11111111---------|------------------|---------|--------|

------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
------------------|     Pattern      |------------------|------------------|
-333-3333331100---|        A         |-333-333333333333-|-1---0-------3--3-|
----3----------33-|------------------|----3-------------|---------3--------|

Outro:
------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|---|
------------------|---------00000000-|------------------|-333---111111-----|---|
---------11111111-|-33333333---------|---------33333333-|----444------1133-|---|
-11111111---------|------------------|-33333333---------|------------------|-1-|

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