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The Best Thing
Artist: Savage Garden
Album: Affirmation
Transcribed by: Ginger (fireinsidetheman@hotmail.com)
Format: Bass tabulature

Riff 1
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|0----------------|2----------------|
E|0----------------|2----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Play Riff 1 twice for the introductory chorus ("Never want to fly...")

Riff 2
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|0----0----0----0----|2----2----2----2----|
E|0----0----0----0----|2----2----2----2----|--------------------|--------------------|

Riff 3 (the bass solo! crank it!)
G|----------------------|----------------------|
D|4---4---6----------4--|7---7---6-------------|
A|-----------7---7------|-----------7---7---7--|
E|----------------------|----------------------|

Play Riff 2 once and then Riff 3 twice for the remainder of the introduction.

Riff 4
G|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|0----0-----0---------|
E|2----2--0--2----3----|--------3-------0----|

Riff 5
G|---------------------|-------------------|
D|4---4-4--6--7--------|(7)----------------|
A|---------------------|-------------------|
E|---------------------|-------------------|

For the first verse ("Sometimes I feel like..."), play Riff 4 four times,
  Riff 5 once, Riff 4 four times, and then Riff 5 twice (whew!)

Play Riff 2 twice for the chorus ("Never want to fly...")
Play Riff 3 twice for the bass solo riff.
For the first verse ("Walk on broken glass..."), play Riff 4 four times
  and Riff 5 twice.
Play Riff 2 twice for the chorus.
For the break, play Riff 2 twice.
For the bridge ("You're the center of..."), play Riff 5 twice, then Riff 1
  twice.
Play Riff 2 through the fade out.