Art For Arts Sake Bass Tab by 10cc

Art For Arts Sake bass tab by 10cc

Bass Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: C

Difficulty: Intermediate


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Eric Stewart - Bass'

    Intro:
    Q=118
    4/4
    Gtr I
      W           +W          3x  W           +H      +E   E  +Q
G||------------|--------------||-----------|-----------------------|
D||o-----------|-------------o||-----------|-----------------------|
A||o-----------|-------------o||-----------|--------------10-(10)--|
E||--10--------|-(10)---------||-10--------|-(10)----(10)----------|

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                                         |--3--|
    E  E  E  a  E  +H        +Q    E  E  S  S  S  E  E  E
G|-10-------12h14-(14)----|-(14)--12-14-12h14p12-10-------|
D|----12-10---------------|-------------------------12-10-|
A|------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|------------------------|-------------------------------|


    E  E  E  E  +E   E  +Q      +H      S  S  E  E E
G|----10---------------------|-----------------------|
D|-12----12-10-(10)-12-(12)--|-(12)------------------|
A|---------------------------|-----------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------10h13-10-10-8-|


   +H.       E  E    E.  S  +E   E  E  E  E  E    Q.    E  H       +W
G|----------------|----------------------------|----------------|----------|
D|----------------|----------------------------|-------10-12----|-(12)\----|
A|----------14-15-|-14--14-(14)-12-------------|----------------|----------|
E|-(8)------------|----------------10-11-10-11-|-10-------------|----------|


   a Q  E E E E E E   a E E E E E E E E   a E E E E E E E E   E E E E S S E Q
G|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
A|-3h5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5------|
E|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|


   E E Q  E E E E   E E Q  E E E E   E E Q  E E E E   E E Q  E E E E
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D|---5------------|---5------------|---5------------|---5------------||
A|--------4-3-1---|--------4-3-1---|--------4-3-1---|--------4-3-1---||
E|-3------------3-|-3------------3-|-3------------3-|-3------------3-||


   1st & 2nd Verses:
     E Q  E H      E E E E H      E Q  E H      E E E E H
G||--------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
D||o-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
A||o-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
E||--3----3------|-3-3-1-3------|-3----3------|-3-3-1-3------|


   E Q  E H      E E E E H      E Q  E H      E. S +E  E +S  E. Q
G|-------------|--------------|-------------|----------------------|
D|-------------|--------------|-------------|----------------------|
A|-------------|--------------|-------------|----1-(1)-3-(3)-4--5--|
E|-3----3------|-3-3-1-3------|-3----3------|-3--------------------|


   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   W          W
G|-----------------|-----------------|----------|------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|----------|------||
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-5--------|-4----||
E|-----------------|-----------------|----------|------||


  Chorus:
    Q   E  E E  E Q    W           Q.    E E  E  +Q      +W
G|-14--14-14---12----|----------|-17----17---15-(15)--|-(15)----|
D|-15--15-15---14----|----------|-17----17---15-(15)--|-(15)----|
A|-------------------|----------|-19----19---17-(17)--|-(17)----|
E|-------------------|----------|---------------------|---------|


    Q   E  E E  E Q    W           Q.    E E  E  +Q      +W
G|-14--14-14---12----|----------|-17----17---15-(15)--|-(15)-----||
D|-15--15-15---14----|----------|-17----17---15-(15)--|-(15)----o||
A|-------------------|----------|-19----19---17-(17)--|-(17)----o||
E|-------------------|----------|---------------------|----------||


  Bridge:
     Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  3x Q  E E E E E E   +H     E E E E
G||-----------------|------------------||----------------|-----------------|
D||o----------------|-----------------o||----------------|-----------------|
A||o-5--5-----5---5-|---2-2-3-3-4-4-5-o||-5--5-----5---3-|-(3)------3---2--|
E||-----------------|------------------||----------------|-----------------|


   +W           +W           +W           +W
G|------------|------------|------------|--------|
D|------------|------------|------------|--------|
A|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
E|------------|------------|------------|--------|


     E E Q  H      E E E E +H       E E Q  H      E E E E +H
G||--------------|---0------------|-------------|---0-------------||
D||o-------------|-3--------------|-------------|-3--------------o||
A||o-------------|-------1-(1)----|-------------|-------1-(1)----o||
E||--1-3---------|----------------|-1-3---------|-----------------||


   E E S S E Q  Q      +H.      E E
G|-----------------||---------------|
D|-----------------||o--------------|
A|---3---3---3-----||o--------------|
E|--------------5--||--(5)------5---|


   H.      E E   H.      E E   E E S S E Q  Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------------||
D|-------------|-------------|------------------o||
A|-------------|-------------|---3---3---3------o||
E|---------5---|---------5---|--------------5----||


 Interlude:
                                                      |-3-|
   +H     +E   E E E   W          +H     +E   E E E   q q q H
G|-----------------9-|-9--------|-(9)----(9)--------|-9-9-9-9----|
D|---------------7---|----------|-----------------7-|------------|
A|-------------8-----|----------|---------------8---|------------|
E|-(5)----(5)/-------|----------|------------10-----|------------|


                         |-3--|  |--3--|
   +H     +E   E  E E    Q Q  Q  Q  Q  Q    W           +H      +E   E  Q
G|-(9)----(9)-12-10-9-|-12-9-------------|-----------|--------------12-14--|
D|--------------------|------12-12-------|-----------|---------------------|
A|--------------------|------------12----|-----------|---------------------|
E|--------------------|---------------13-|-10--------|-(10)----(10)--------|


    a  Q   E  E  +E   E  +Q      +H      +E   E  E  E
G|-12p10----------------------|-----------------------|
D|--------12-10-(10)-12-(12)--|-(12)----(12)-------10-|
A|----------------------------|--------------10h12----|
E|----------------------------|-----------------------|


    |-3--|  |3|
    Q  Q Q  Q H    +H     +E  E Q
G|---------------|------------------|
D|---------------|------------------|
A|-12-10-9-------|--------------8---|
E|---------10-8--|-(8)----(8)-8-----|


     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    +Q    E   E  Q.    E
G|--------------------10----|-------10-/14-17----14-|
D|-/12p10----------10----12-|-(12)------------------|
A|--------12p10-12----------|-----------------------|
E|--------------------------|-----------------------|


    W           H     a  H
G|-----------|-----------------|
D|-12--------|-12----10h12\----|
A|-----------|-----------------|
E|-----------|-----------------|


   a E E E E E E E E   a E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-------------------|-------------------|


   a E E E E E E S S E   E E E E S S E Q
G|---------------------|-------------------|
D|---------------------|-------------------|
A|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|
E|---------------------|-------------------|


   E E Q  E E E E   E E Q  E E E E   E E Q  E E E E   E E Q  E E E E
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D|---5------------|---5------------|---5------------|---5------------||
A|--------4-3-1---|--------4-3-1---|--------4-3-1---|--------4-3-1---||
E|-3------------3-|-3------------3-|-3------------3-|-3------------3-||


  3rd Verse:
   E Q  E H      E E E E H      E Q  E H      E E E E Q  Q
G|-------------|--------------|-------------|----------------|
D|-------------|--------------|-------------|------------3\--|
A|-------------|--------------|-------------|----------------|
E|-3----3------|-3-3-1-3------|-3----3------|-3-3-1-3--------|


   E Q  E H      E E E E H      E Q  E H      E. S +E  E +S  E. Q
G|-------------|--------------|-------------|----------------------|
D|-------------|--------------|-------------|----------------------|
A|-------------|--------------|-------------|----1-(1)-3-(3)-4--5--|
E|-3----3------|-3-3-1-3------|-3----3------|-3--------------------|


   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   W          W
G|-----------------|-----------------|----------|------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|----------|------||
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-5--------|-4----||
E|-----------------|-----------------|----------|------||


   Chorus:
      Q   E  E E  E Q    W           Q.    E E  E  +Q      +W      4x
G||--14--14-14---12----|----------|-17----17---15-(15)--|-(15)-----||
D||o-15--15-15---14----|----------|-17----17---15-(15)--|-(15)----o||
A||o-------------------|----------|-19----19---17-(17)--|-(17)----o||
E||--------------------|----------|---------------------|----------||


   Outro:
     Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   7x
G||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||
D||o----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------o||
A||o-5--5-----5---5-|---2-2-3-3-4-4-5-|-5--5-----5---5-|---2-2-3-3-4-4-5--o||
E||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||

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Duration 🏷Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

|  (n)  -  note tied to previous
|   /\  -  slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
|   h   -  hammer on
|   p   -  pull off
| |-3-| -  triplet
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Last updated: December 10, 2018

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