Weak And Powerless Bass Tab by A Perfect Circle

Weak And Powerless bass tab by A Perfect Circle

Bass Tab

Song:   "Weak and Powerless"
Artist:  A Perfect Circle (Jeordie White/Bass)
Album:   Thirteenth Step

Tabbed by: Phillip Adrian Trujeque,
The Low-Man for Guttwrench
http://www.Guttwrench.com

Any comments, questions, jokes, threats, suggestions,
Recipes, Corrections, thoughts or concerns...
Please feel free to email me: MedicinalMusic2002@Yahoo.com

**Note**
 There are several licks in this song that I can't quite
 make-out at the moment considering I have no bass in hand.
 I suggest you clean out them ears and do your homework!!!

🎸

Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -


Tune down 3 semi-tones to C#.
Low to Hi = C# - F# - B - E

 "Intro" = Played w/pick
 160 bpm's (?)

 6/4
  A          [-----]     sl. sl.    [-----]
E |------16-----------------h-p-----------------------------h-p--||
B |--14-------14----14-14-141514--14-14-14\12-12/14-14-14-141514-||
F#|--0-----(0)0--(0)0----(0)------0-(0)(0)-0--0-(0)-0----(0)-----||
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------||

  (C)
E |------16------------------------------------------------------||
B |--14-------14----14-14-12/14-14--12/14--14-14-14-14---14-14-14||
G |--15---(15)--(15)-----------------------------------12-12-12--||
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------||

   A                 . . . [-----]
E |------16-----------------h--------------------h-p-------------||
B |--14-------14----14-14-12^14-12/14-14141414-141514-14-14-12-14||
F#|--0-----(0)---------------------------------------------------||
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------||

  (C)                        sl.
E |------16------------------------------------------------------||
B |--14-------14----14-14-12/14-14--12/14--14-14-14-14-/-17-17-17||
F#|--15---(15)--(15)---------------------------------------------||
C#|--------------------------------------------------------------||

******************************************************************
  Verse I
  Double Time
  E (...or C# if you wanna get all technical n chit)
E |-----21-------------------------------------------------------||
B |----------------------------h-------------sl-----sl-------h---||
F#|19-------19---19-19----19-19^20-19----19-19\17-17/19-19-19^20-||
C#|0-------------------------------------------------------------||
V.I:Tillin' my own grave to keep me level...

  E
E |--------------------------------------------------------------||
B |-----21--------------sl--------h-----------------h------------||
F#|19-------19--------17/19-19--17^19-19-19-19-19-17^19---h------||
C#|0----------------------------------------------------17^19-15-||
V.I:Jam another dragon down the hole...     Diggin' to the...

  E
E |--------------------------------------------------------------||
B |-----17--------sl---------sl-------------------h-----------h--||
F#|19-------19--17/19-19---17/19-19-19-19-19-19-19^20-19-19-17^19||
C#|0-------------------------------------------------------------||
V.I:Rhythm and the echo of a solitary siren...  one that

  E
E |-----21-------------------------------------------------------||
B |---------------------sl--------h-----------------h------------||
F#|19-------19--------17/19-19--17^19-19-19-19-19-17^19---h------||
C#|0----------------------------------------------------17^19-15-||
V.I:pushes me along, and leaves me so...         despe-

******************************************************************
  Chorus:I
  A         (A)   C         (C)
E |------------------|   |------------------|   ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|-12-12-12-12-12-12| 1x |-15-15-15-15-15-15| 1x ||
C#|------------------|   |------------------|   ||
 - rate            and . . .

  E         (E)   D         (D)
E |------------------|   |------------------|   ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------| 1x |------------------| 1x ||
C#|-12-12-12-12-12-12|   |-10-10-10-10-10-10|   ||
  ravenous...        ous...        so

  A         (A)   C         (C)
E |------------------|   |------------------|   |
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat|
F#|------------------| 1x |------------------| 1x |
C#|-5--5--5--5--5--5-|   |-8--8--8--8--8--8-|   |
  Weak           and

  E         (E)   D         (D)
E |------------------|   |------------------|   ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------| 1x |------------------| 1x ||
C#|-12-12-12-12-12-12|   |-10-10-10-10-10-10|   ||
  powerless                  over  you...

******************************************************************
  VII/Break: 0:54   *Both guitar and bass parts
  E          here are played as one.
E |----21----------------------------------------------------||
B |----------------------------------------------------------||
F#|19-------------19------19^20-19------19\17-17/19-----19^20||
C#|0------0--x-x-0-0--x-x-0---------x-x-------------x-x------||
...you!

  E
E |-----21---------------------------------------------||
B |---------------------h------------------------------||
F#|19-------19--------19^20-19----19\17-17/19---h------||
C#|0-----------x-0-0---------x-x--------------17^19-15-||

  E
E |----------------------------------------------------||
B |----------------------------------------------------||
F#|----------------------------7-----------------------||
C#|0-0---x-x-0-0---x-x-0-0-------0-0-----x-0-0----x-0-0||

VII:Someone feed the monkey while I . . .

******************************************************************
  Chorus:II
  A         (A)   C         (C)
E |------------------|   |------------------|   ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|-12-12-12-12-12-12| 1x |-15-15-15-15-15-15| 1x ||
C#|------------------|   |------------------|   ||
 - rate            and . . .

  E         (E)   D         (D)
E |------------------|   |------------------|   ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------| 1x |------------------| 1x ||
C#|-0--0--0--0--0--0-|   |-10-10-10-10-10-10|   ||
  ravenous...        ous...        so

  A         (A)   C         (C)
E |------------------|   |------------------|   |
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat|
F#|------------------| 1x |------------------| 1x |
C#|-5--5--5--5--5--5-|   |-8--8--8--8--8--8-|   |
  Weak           and

  G         (G)   D         (D)
E |------------------|   |------------------|   ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------| 1x |------------------| 1x ||
C#|-3--3--3--3--3--3-|   |-10-10-10-10-10-10|   ||
  powerless                  over  you...

******************************************************************
  E
E |---------|-----------|-----------|----------||
B |---------|-----------|-----------|----------||
F#|---------|-----------|-----------|----------||
C#|0--------|(0)--------|(0)--------|(0)-------||

Guitar-
Slack Tuning - Low to Hi = C# F# B E G# C#

C#|-------------0-||
G#|------------0--||
E |-----------5---||
B |----------7----||
F#|----0----0-----||
C#|-0-------------||

******************************************************************
  Bridge: 1:39
  A           (A)  C           (C)
E |2--2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2|   |5--5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5|   ||
B |----------------------|Repeat|----------------------|Repeat||
F#|----------------------| 1x |----------------------| 1x ||
C#|----------------------|   |----------------------|   ||
****{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ Repeat Twice }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}****

  E           D
E |---------------------|-------------------------------||
B |---------------------|-------------------------------||
F#|7------------7-------|5------5-------5-------5-------||
C#|0------0-----0----0--|-------------------------------||
  Little angel go away! Come again some other day!   The..

  E           D
E |---------------------|-------------------------------||
B |---------------------|-------------------------------||
F#|7------------7-------|5------5-------5----5^7--------||
C#|0------0-----0----0--|------------------------5^7--3-||
  Devil has my ear today I'll never hear a word you say! He

  E           D
E |---------------------|-------------------------------||
B |---------------------|-------------------------------||
F#|7------------7-------|5------5-------5-------5-------||
C#|0------0-----0----0--|-------------------------------||
 Promised I would find a little solace and some peace of mind...

  E           D
E |---------------------|-------------------------------||
B |---------------------|-------------------------------||
F#|7------------7-------|-------------------------------||
C#|0------0-----0----0--|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-/-10-\-||
Whatever. just as long as I don't feel so   despe-

******************************************************************
  Chorus:III
  A         (A)   C         (C)
E |------------------|   |------------------|   ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------| 1x |------------------| 1x ||
C#|-5--5--5--5--5--5-|   |-8--8--8--8--8--8-|   ||
 - rate            and . . .

  E         (E)   D         (D)
E |------------------|   |------------------|   ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------| 1x |------------------| 1x ||
C#|-0--0--0--0--0--0-|   |-10-10-10-10-10-10|   ||
  ravenou...        ous...        so

  A         (A)   C         (C)
E |------------------|   |------------------|   |
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat|
F#|------------------| 1x |------------------| 1x |
C#|-5--5--5--5--5--5-|   |-8--8--8--8--8--8-|   |
  Weak           and

  G         (G)   D         (D)
E |------------------|   |------------------|   ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------| 1x |------------------| 1x ||
C#|-3--3--3--3--3--3-|   |-10-10-10-10-10-10|   ||
  powerless                  despe-
*****************************************************************
  A         (A)   C         (C)
E |------------------|   |------------------|   ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------| 1x |------------------| 1x ||
C#|-5--5--5--5--5--5-|   |-8--8--8--8--8--8-|   ||
 - rate            and . . .

  E         (E)   D         (D)
E |------------------|   |------------------|   ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------| 1x |------------------| 1x ||
C#|-0--0--0--0--0--0-|   |-10-10-10-10-10-10|   ||
  ravenous...        ous...        so

  C         (C)   C         (C)
E |------------------|   |------------------|   |
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat|
F#|------------------| 1x |------------------| 1x |
C#|-8--8--8--8--8--8-|   |-8--8--8--8--8--8-|   |
  Weak           and

  G         (G)   D         (D)
E |------------------|   |------------------|   ||
B |------------------|Repeat|------------------|Repeat||
F#|------------------| 1x |------------------| 1x ||
C#|-3--3--3--3--3--3-|   |-10-10-10-10-10-10|   ||
  powerless                  over  you...

          (back to Intro:)
******************************************************************
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