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The Goon


   | R  L  R  L  | R  L  R  L  | R  L  R  L  | R  L  R  L  |
   | gn -- -- dn | -- dn -- dn | gn -- -- -- | -- -- -- -- |
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   | gn -- -- dn | -- dn -- dn | gn -- -- -- | gn -- -- -- |  first, a goon gets added in the last bar
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   | gn -- -- dn | -- dn -- dn | gn -- -- dn | gn -- -- -- |  a pickup beat is added just before the last goon
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dn | gn -- -- dn | -- dn -- dn | gn -- -- dn | gn -- -- dn |  a final pickup beat is added at the very end - just before the first beat


The Go



   | R  L  R  L  | R  L  R  L  | R  L  R  L  | R  L  R  L  |
do | go -- -- do | go -- -- do | go -- go -- | gn -- -- do |
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do | go -- -- do | go -- -- do | go -- go dn | gn -- -- do |  a goon is quickly added which makes it a bit harder to play, but it sounds really good.



Practice Rhythm with Timini as vocals

The vocal part for this is beautiful.
Michael goes into a solo later in the song - I may try to transcribe it later, but not today :-)

The transcription below has two pickup beats before the first bar, which are the same beats as at the end.  I wrote them in at the beginning just to express how connected they are to that first goon on the one.

R  L  | R  L  R  L  | R  L  R  L  |
go do | gn -- pa ta | -- -- go do |