Alphabet Street bass tab by Prince

Bass tabs

As played by Prince

Slap throughout

Intro

6 Bars Rest

Verse 1

6 Bars Rest

Chorus 1

|---------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|---3h5p3-------------------------|---------------3-3-|-5p3---------------|
|---------1-------1---------------|-----------3h5-----|-----5-------------|
|-----------3-x-3---3-x-3-x-x-x-x-|-------------------|------/3-----------|
 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  H    S S E E E  S S E E E H

|---------5---5---------|---7---------------------|---7---7---7h5---3-3---3-3---|
|-----------------7p5h7-|-8---8-------5-7-3-------|---------------------5-----5-|
|-----3h5---------------|-------8-x-x-------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
 Q  S S S S E E S S S  S S S S E E S S S E Q   S S S S S E S S S S S S S E

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
 W         W

Verse 2

|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---1/13\1/13\1-----|-----------------|---5/17-17\5-----|-------3/8-8\3---|
 E E E E E E Q   W         E E E E E Q.  Q.  E E E E E

|-------------------|-----------------|
|---------5-7-9-8---|-----------------|
|-------------------|-5---------------|
|-5/--5-------------|-----------------|
 Q  Q  S S E E E  E E Q  H

Chorus 2

|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------5-3\|-----------5---5h7p5h7p|-5-7-------------------|
|-----1---5-5-3-------|------/5-7---7---------|-----------------------|
|---3-----------------|-----------------------|-----3-3-1-x-3-1---1-1-|
 E E E E S S S E S E  Q.  E S S E S S S S  S S E S E S E S E E S

|---------5---2-2-3-|-5-5------------------|-9-9-9-7-7-5-5-4\--|
|---8-5-5-----------|----------5-3---------|-------------------|
|-3-----------------|--------------5-------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------1/3-|-------------------|
 E E E S E S S E.E  S S Q.  S S E E S S  S E S E.S E.S Q

|--------------15-|--15--15---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|----------13\----------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
 H     Q E E  S S S S S E S H

Verse 3

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|
 E E Q  H     E E Q  H     E E Q  H     E E Q  H

|-------------------2-|-----------------|
|-5-------------2h4---|-----------------|
|---------------------|-5---------------|
|---x-x-x---x-x-------|-----------------|
 E E S E S E E S S E  E E Q  H

Chorus 3

|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------5/|---------5-2-4-2-----|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-5p3-----------------|-----------------------|
|-1h3-3-3---3p1-1-3---|-----1h3---------x-x-|-3p5-1-3-3---3-5-1-1---|
 E S S E E S S E E E  E E S E S S S E E E  S S E E S S S S S S E.

|-----12--12--12\---7h9p7-|-7h9---------7p9h7-5---|-7p9-----5h7p5-----7-7-|
|---------------5/--------|-----5-5-3h5---------7-|-----5\--------5-------|
|-8-10--------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 S S S S S S S Q  S S E  S S S E.S S S E E S E  S E Q  S S S E S E S

|-3-3-------------|-----------------|
|-----5\----------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----0---1---2---|
 S S E Q  H    Q  Q  Q  Q

Bridge

|-------------------|---------------------|-3---3---3-------5-5-5-----|
|-------------------|---------------------|-----------5-5h7-------7p5-|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-3---1---3-3-3---1-|-3-3-1-3-1-3-3-2-1-3-|---------------------------|
 E E E E S S E E E  E S S E E E S S E E  S S S S S E S S S E S S S

|-5---5---5-------------|---------------4-5-6-|-7---------------|
|-------------5\--------|-------------7-------|-----------------|
|---------------3-1-----|---------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------5-3-|-5-5-x-x-x-x---------|-----------------|
 S S S S S S E E E E E  E E S S S S E E E E

Chorus 4

|-------------------|-------4--------------|---------------------|
|---------x---x-x-x-|-----------2-2\-------|---------------5-x-5-|
|-------------------|-0h2---------------7/-|-----5p7hx-----------|
|---3-2-0---1-------|---------------0------|-1---------1h3-------|
 E S S E E E E E E  S S E E S S E E S E.  E E S E S S E E S E

|---------7p4-----------|-5-----------------|----------------------|
|-------------------5h7-|---7-----5-7-8-5---|------------------3---|
|-----------------------|-----------------8-|-7\------7\-----5---5-|
|-1h3---------3-3-1-----|-------------------|-----0-0--------------|
 S S Q  S S E S S E E  E E Q  S E E S E  Q  E E Q  S S S S

|---------------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5-3-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|----/4-1-3-5-3-1-------1---|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------3-1-3---3-|-----------------|-3---------------||
 S E E S S S S S S S S S E  W         W


Key to rhythm notations:

W - Whole Note/Semi-Brieve
H - Half Note/Minim
Q - Quarter Note/Crotchet    Q. - Dotted Quarter Note
E - Eight Note/Quaver      E. - Dotted Eight Note
S - Sixteenth Note/Semi-Quaver S. - Dotted Sixteenth Note