Dover Beach Bass Tab by The Bangles

Dover Beach bass tab by The Bangles

Bass Tab

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-|

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

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--|

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