Never Gonna Give You Up bass tab by Rick Astley

Bass tabs

Tuning: Eb


Note: Order of the riffs are at the bottom.

  Chorus (Play after drum intro):
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------4-2---------------4-2--222-4-2------4-2---------------|
Eb|---0-000-----5-5--05-2-222--------------0-000----5-5-55-2-222--|



Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-4-2------5-------4-2---------------4-2---222-4-2------4-2-----|
Eb|-----5-55---0-000-----5-5--05-2-222---------------0-000----5-5-|

Gb|---------------------|
Db|---------------------|
Ab|----------4-2------5-|
Eb|-55-2-222-----5-55---|

 Main Riff 1:
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-2-22-454-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------|

  Main Riff 2:
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------|}
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------|}
Ab|--22--454------------------------------------------------------|}
Eb|-2--02---------------------------------------------------------|}

  Main Riff 3:
Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-22---------------22-22-454-0-2--------------------------------|
Eb|----0--000-5-5--2----------------------------------------------|

  Riff 4:
Gb|--------------|
Db|-02-02-454-02-|
Ab|--------------|
Eb|--------------|

  Riff 5:
Gb|--------------|
Db|--------------|
Ab|--02-02-454-2-|
Eb|-2------------|

  Outro:
Gb|---|
Db|---|
Ab|---|
Eb|-0-|

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Order:

Chorus


Main Riff

\
/ These two x2


Riff 2 (x2)


Chorus


Main Riff

\
/ These two x2


Riff 2 (x2)


Chorus


Riff 4|\

Riff 5|/ These two x3


Main Riff

\
/ These two x2


Chorus (x3)


Outro

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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note