i havnt played bass in quite a while can anyone help me explain to me to remind me of how to read them i have some idea on how to already
and 0 is open on the string yeah?
LOL
This is bass tab's from one of my favourite songs abigail from Motionless in White
~ - Vibrato … just let that shit ring
^ - I didn’t know what this symbol means in standard tabbing, I mean punch it.
Intro (0:00-0:06)
F|---------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------(Palm mute all)---------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------(Guitar-Fill-in)---------------|
C|-00000-0000-0-0000-00-00-00-0000----------------0000--00-0-0---|
Verse (0:07-0:20)
F|------------------------------------------------------------|----------|
C|---------------(Palm mute all)------------------------------|--Repeat--|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|-Un-muted-|
C|-00000-0000-0-0000-00-00-00-0000----0----0----0000--0000----|----------|
Pre-Chorus (0:21-0:23)
F|--------------------------|
C|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
C|-00000-000000-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Chorus (0:24-0:44)
F|----------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-^---------------^-----------------^----------------------|
C|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
F|---------------------------------------------------------|1st-time|
C|---------------------------------------------------------|--------|
G|-^---------------^-----------------^---------------------|--10’s--|
C|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8|-101010-|X2
Verse (0:45-0:50)
F|----------------|Guitar-fill-in-|-------------|---------------------|
C|-----------7-8--|---------------|-------------|---------------------|
G|------5---8-----|---------------|-5---8-7-5-0-|-4444-5555-7777-8888-|
C|-8-8-8--8-------|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8|--0-0-0------|---------------------|
(0:50-0:55)
F|--------------|-----------------|------------7-9-10-9-7------------|
C|--------------|-----------------|---------7-8----------8-7---------|
G|-5---8--7-5-0-|-5-7-5-0-4-7-4-0-|-5-7-8-10----------------10-8-7---|
C|--0-0-0-------|-----------------|----------------------------------|
(0:56-1:00)
F|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
C|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
C|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7—7-|
Pre-Breakdown? Lol (1:01-1:07)
F|-------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0---0000000000--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---0000000000-----|
(1:08-1:13)
F|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
C|-------------------------|-8-7-6-5-------------------------|
G|-44-55-77-88-55-77-88-77-|---------8-7-6-5-----------------|
C|-------------------------|-----------------8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-|
Breakdown (1:14-1:39)
F|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------(Palm mute all)---------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
C|-000000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-000000-000000-0-00-00--0--0-|X2
F|----------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
C|-000000-0-00000---0-0-0000-00-00-00-1-11-11-1-11-11-|X2
Chorus (1:40-2:03)
F|----------------------------------------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-^---------------^-----------------^----------------------|
C|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
F|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-^---------------^-----------------^-----------------------10’s--|
C|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-101010-|
^ End with 0.
(2:04-2:19)
Just let it ring from the chorus to the breakdown but there’s one open halfway through
so yeah didn’t feel necessary to tab it.
Outro/Breakdown (2:20-2:51)
F|---------------------------------| First time let it ring.
C|---------------------------------| Second time mute.
G|---------------------------------|
C|-0000-00-0-0000-0-00-0-00-0------|X2
F|--------Play-Slower----------|-2nd--time-|
C|-----------------------------|-End--With-|
G|-----------------------------|-----------|
C|-0000-00-0-0000-0-00-0-00-0~-|-000-000-0~|X2
This post was edited by Scourge on Jan 19 2012 06:48pm