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Djion



   | R  L  R  L  | R  L  R  L  | R  L  R  L  | R  L  R  L  |
   | pa -- -- dn | gn -- -- do | go -- -- do | go -- pa -- |
   | pa ta pa ta | go -- -- -- | pa ta pa ta | go -- -- -- |
do | go -- -- -- |(pa)-- -- do | go -- -- -- |(pa)-- -- do | (Ibo Rhythm)

This the djun part

   | bm -- bm -- | bm -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | bm -- bm -- | bm -- bm -- | bm -- -- -- | -- -- ps -- | -- -- -- -- |

It's neat to look at how some of the patterns line up, for example if you split the jun part in half and stack it up, you can see that each half begins the same way, and it's only the second half that changes.  If you stack some of the hand drum parts on top, then you can see how they line up as well.  I really enjoyed finding these relationships on paper and then trying to hear them in the song.  I bolded all notes that line up with bass notes on the Jun.

   | pa ta pa ta | go -- -- -- | pa ta pa ta | go -- -- -- |
   | bm -- bm -- | bm -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- | bm -- bm -- |
   | bm -- bm -- | bm -- -- -- | -- -- ps -- | -- -- -- -- |
   | pa -- -- dn | gn -- -- do | go -- -- do | go -- pa -- |