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Dover Beach by The Bangles

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: A

Difficulty: Novice

4/4; Key of A
Standard tune

Intro:
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|--------R------------|-----------R---------|----------R----------|---------R-----------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------0\--|

G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------9-9-9-9/---|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|---7-7-7-7-7-7-5h7---|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|---7--7-7----------0-|

Verse 1:
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|--5~-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|--5~-----------------|---------------------|--5~-----------------|--0~-----------------|
  If I had the     time   I would    run away with    you
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|--5~-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|--5~-----------------|---------------------|--5~-----------------|--0~-----------------|
  To a perfect     world  We'd sus    pend all that is   duty or re-
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|--2---2-2-----2-0----|--2---2-2-----2-0----|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|--3---x-3-3----x--3--|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
  quired.

Verse 2:
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|---------------------|---------------------|
E|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|---------------------|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|--0-0---0---0-0---0--|
  Late last night you  cried    And I  couldn't come to    you      But
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|---------------------|---------------------|
E|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|---------------------|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|--0-0---0---0-0---0--|
  on the other     side         You and I, in   -  separable and
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|--2---2-2-----2-0----|--2---2-2-----2-0----|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
  walking,            yeah     oh          woh.

Solo 1:
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|---------------------|---------------------|
E|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|---------------------|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|--0-0---0---0-0---0--| 2x

G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|

G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---7-7-7-7-7-7\9-5---|
E|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-------------------0-|
                                            If
Verse 3:
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|---------------------|---------------------|
E|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|---------------------|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|--0-0---0---0-0---0--|
  we could steal a  - way    Like    jugglers and     thieves    But
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|---------------------|---------------------|
E|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|---------------------|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|--0-0---0---0-0---0--|
  we could come and   go,      Oh,  and talk of      Michaelange  -
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|--2---2-2-----2-0----|--2---2-2-----2-0----|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
  lo.                     Oh           woh.

Solo:
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|----0~---------------|------------------0--|---2~----------2--0--|---------------------|
E|---------------0.----|---2~----------2-----|---------------------|--0~-----------------|

G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|----0~---------------|------------------0--|---2~----------------|---------------------|
E|---------------0.----|---2~----------2-----|---------------------|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
  If we had  the    time  (we had the  time) We have the   time.
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
          The

Verse 3:
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|---------------------|---------------------|
E|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|---------------------|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|--0-0---0---0-0---0--|
  day you looked at   me,      And   it was on your    mind      The
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|---------------------|---------------------|
E|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|---------------------|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|--0-0---0---0-0---0--|
  world is no one's   dream,        We will never     ever find the
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|--2---2-2-----2-0----|--2---2-2-----2-0----|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
  time.                     Oh          woh

Coda:
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|--\7~----------------|---0~----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|----5~---------------|---0~----------------|
  If we had the     time   I would    run away with    you
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|---------------------|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|
E|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|---------------------|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|---------------------|
  To a perfect     world         To a perfect     world

Outro:
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|--5--5-0--5.5--5-0---|---------------------|--5--5-0--5.5--5-0---|
E|--5--5-0--5.5--5-0---|---------------------|--5--5-0--5.5--5-0---|---------------------|

G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|---------------------|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|
E|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|---------------------|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|---------------------|2x

  (to fade)
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|--5-5---0---5-5---0--|

***********************
| R - whole rest
| \ - slide up
| / - slide down
| ~ - sustained note
| . - staccato
| x - muted note
***********************

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