Bass tabs
SONG: SKIN O' MY TEETH ARTIST: MEGADETH ALBUM: COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION REASON?:COS IT'S MEGADETH! Opening song of the album, cracker to warm up to. i'm going to transcribe it for a five string cos it's got that extra low fat D in the chorus that just sounds sooo good. drum intro, then: G--------------------------|------|------|------|------|| D--------------------------|------|------|------|------|| A--------------------------|------|------|------|------|| E-5----4----3----2----1--0-|-5----|------|------|------|| B--------------------------|------|------|------|------|| e. e. e. e. e e e (r) (r) (r) (r) G------------------------------------|------------------------------------| D*-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------*| A-0-0-0-3--3-3--5---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-3--3-5--0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--| E*-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------*| B------------------------------------|------------------------------------| s s s s s s e s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e s s s s s s s s (1st time - - - - - - - - - - - -) G--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| D--------------------------------|-------------------------------*|| A------------------------3-5--3--|--------------------------------|| E-5----4---3--(3)-0-3-5----------|-1----0------------------------*|| B--------------------------------|----------3--(3)-3-3-3--3---3---|| q e. s (s) s s s s s e q e. s (s) s s s e e "by the skin of my teeth..." (2nd time - - - - - - - -) G------------------------|| D------------------------|| A------------------------|| E-1----0-----------------|| B----------3--(3)--------|| q e. s (h) G------------------------------------|-----| D------------------------------------|-----| A-------3--3-----------3-r--3--------|--%--| E-5-5-5------3--5--5-5--------5-2-3--|-----| B------------------------------------|-----| s s s s s s e s s s r s s s s G-------------------------------------| D-------------------------------------| A----------------------3-3-3--3-------| E-2-2-2-3--3-3--5--(5)----------5-3-2-| B-------------------------------------| s s s s s s e (s) s s s s s s s G-------------------------------------| D----------------------5-5-5--5-7--7--| A-------3--3--------------------------| E-5-5-5------3--5--(5)----------------| B-------------------------------------| s s s s s s e (s) s s s s s e KEY CHANGE! G------------------------------------|-----| D------------------------------------|-----| A-------5--5-----------5-r--5--------|--%--| E-7-7-7------5--7--7-7--------7-4-5--|-----| B------------------------------------|-----| s s s s s s e s s s r s s s s G--------------------------------------| D--------------------------------------| A----------------------5-5-5--5--------| E-4-4-4-5--5-5--7--(7)----------7-5-4--| B--------------------------------------| s s s s s s e (s) s s s s s s s G-------------------------------------|| D----------------------5-5-5--5-5--7--|| A-------5--5--------------------------|| E-7-7-7------5--7--(7)----------------|| B-------------------------------------|| s s s s s s e (s) s s s s s e G--------------------------|------|------|------|------|| D--------------------------|------|------|------|------|| A--------------------------|------|------|------|------|| E-5----4----3----2----1--0-|-5----|------|------|------|| B--------------------------|------|------|------|------|| e. e. e. e. e e e (r) (r) (r) (r) these are the riffs in the song. i'm at work so i don't have access to either my guitar or the song so i can't remember the order entirely. i may have missed some bits but i hope it's useful. cheers, gareth ________________________________________________________________________________
