Turning Japanese (Lead Guitar only) - By Incubus
EADBGE-Standard Tuning

*The 2 chinese riff thingees repeated throughout the song:

The intro one (comes in at 0:02) x1   "After Chorus" one (sounds better):
|-----15151515131310101313---------   ------15151515131310101313---------|
|-----15151515131310101313---------   ------141414141212-9-91212---------|
|----------------------------------   -----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------   -----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------   -----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------   -----------------------------------|

*Verse (starts for first time at 0:05)
*This bit x2 then ---------------------> this bit x1        *whole lot-----| x3
|---------8-7----------------------   -------------------------------------|
|--77x7------8----44x4-------------   -------------------------------------|
|--77x7-----------44x4-------------   -2----5----7-------------------------|
|--55x5-----------22x2-------------   -2----5----7-------------------------|
|-----------------------5-5-6-7----   -0----3----5-------------------------|
|----------------------------------   -------------------------------------|

*"Little Fill" (at 0:42) x1
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----5-9-7-5-5-99-77------5-9-7-5-5-9-7--|
|--5-5-9-7-5-5-99-77----3-5-9-7-5-5-9-7--|
|--5-3-7-5-3-3-77-55----5-3-7-5-3-3-7-5--|
|--3--------------------5----------------|

*Then "After Chorus" Asian riff thingee (0:50) x1

*Then repeat verse (0:52) x1

*Chorus (1:05) x2
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|--------------------7-7-----4-7-5-4---------------------5-5-------5-4-2---------------|
|--55555555-55555555-7-7-7-7---------7-33333333-33333333-5-5-----5-------5-------------|
|--55555555-55555555-5-5---------------33333333-33333333-3-3-3-3-----------------------|
|--33333333-33333333-------------------11111111-11111111-------------------------------|

*Slow riff (1:24) x1
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|-----------------------------------------|
|--5--4--3--4-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

*Then repeat second half of the "Little Fill" (1:27)

*Then "After Chorus" chinese riff thingee (1:31) x1

*Repeat Verse (1:34) x1

*Then Chorus (1:46) x2

*Following bit switches between 8-beat palm muted and an off-beat ska kinda style, the 
dashes between chords means off beat style (2:06) x1

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|--------------------------7--7--7--7--------------------------5--5--5--5--------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------------|
|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------------1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------7--7--7--7---------------------5--5--5--5------------------------|
|--55555555-55555555--7--7--7--7--33333333-33333333--5--5--5--5--55555555-55555555-----|
|--55555555-55555555--5--5--5--5--33333333-33333333--3--3--3--3--55555555-55555555-----|
|--33333333-33333333--------------11111111-11111111--------------33333333-33333333-----|

*Chorus (2:35) x1

*Lead break (2:42) x2

|--12-10-12-10-10----10----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------12----12-12-10-10-8-10-10-8-10-8-8---8-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------9-----5^-7^-8^-10^-12^-14^--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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*Play this after the second time through the lead break (3:02)
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|--19-19-19-19-19-19-----7-7-----4-7-5-4----5-5-------5-4-2----------------------------|
|------------------------7-7-7-7---------3*-5-5-----5-------5--------------------------|
|------------------------5-5-------------3--3-3-3-3------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------1---------------------------------------------|


*Then play the lead break (3:12)

*Then finish off by playing around with

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|--5*-----5h7-5h7-5*---3333------------------------------------------------------------|
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Key:                            Tabbed by Matt
*= Hold for 1 bar
^= Full bend
h= Hammer on
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