Return Post Bass Tab by The Bangles

Return Post bass tab by The Bangles

Bass Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: A

Difficulty: Novice

Standard Tune
4/4 - Blues; Key A
With Compression Efx

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

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G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------7p5---------|---------7p5---------|-----------R---------|-----------R---------|
E|---0.-0--------------|---0.-0--------------|---------------------|---------------------|

Verse 1:
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|-----7~--------------|---------------------|-----7---------------|--7~-----------------|
E|--5------------------|---------------------|--5------0--5~-----5-|------------------0--|
   Writing the lines as   come to me,           Scratching them out   mediately
                 they                                    almost im-
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|----------------3----|---------------------|---------------------|
A|-0~----------------0-|--------------3------|---------7p5---------|---------7p5---------|
E|---------------------|--1~-----------------|--0.-----------------|---0.-0--------------|
   Don't know what it's   done to me.                                               It's

Verse 2:
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|-----7~--------------|---------------------|--7------------------|--7~-----------------|
E|--5------------------|---------------------|-----5---0--5~-----5-|------------------0--|
    cold and it's wet     raining all night,    there's a letter      to write
             it's been                  And        I've been trying
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|----------------3----|---------------------|---------------------|
A|-0-----------------0-|--------------3------|---------7p5---------|---5h7---7p5---------|
E|---------------------|--1~-----------------|--0.-----------------|-------0-----------0-|
   Something better       somewhere for me.
             waiting

Chorus:
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|-------------------0-|--5---7-----9----11--|------9p7---9--------|
E|h5~----------------0-|-h5~-----------------|---------------------|---9------9---9.-----|
      One of them is      sitting on the wrong    One awaits an ans-  by return post,
                                       coast                 wer
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|----------7p5--------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|--9-9.-------9--9----|--------------7p5p0--|---------------------|----------R----------|
E|-------------------0-|h5-0-5---------------|--0.-----------------|---------------------|
   Waiting,              waiting (waiting).
G|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|
A|----------R----------|----------R----------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|


Verse 3:
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|-----7~--------------|---------------------|-----7---------------|--7~-----------------|
E|--5------------------|---------------------|--5------0--5~-----5-|---------------------|
   Try to remember how    long it's been,      There was more to us   paper and pen,
                                                             than
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|----------------3----|---------------------|---------------------|
A|-0-----------------0-|--------------3------|---------7p5---------|---5h7---7p5---------|
E|---------------------|--1~-----------------|--0.-----------------|-------0-------------|
   Think how easy it      is to conceal.

Verse 4:
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|-----7~--------------|---------------------|--7------------------|--7~-----------------|
E|--5------------------|---------------------|-----5---0--5~-----5-|------------------0--|
   And I know when we're  gether again,         We'll be strangers    hour and then,
                     to-                                for an
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|----------------3----|---------------------|---------------------|
A|-0-----------------0-|--------------3------|---------7p5---------|---------7p5---------|
E|---------------------|--1~-----------------|--0.-----------------|---0.-0------------0-|
   We'll have to figure   this thing is real.
                 out if

Chorus:
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|-5----7-----9----11--|------9p7---9--------|
E|h5~------5---------0-|h5~------------0h5---|---------------------|---9------9---9.-----|
      One of them is      sitting on the wrong    One awaits an ans-  by return post,
                                       coast                 wer
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---7~---7p5----------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|--9-9.-------9--9----|------------7p5p0----|---------7p5---------|---5h7---7p5---------|
E|-------------------0-|h5-------------------|---0.-0--------------|-------0-------------|
    Waiting,              waiting (waiting).

Solo:
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|--------7-5--------5-|h7---7-5~------------|
A|--0h7-7.----5------5-|-h7---7--5~-----5----|------------7--------|---5---------7--5--0-|
E|----------7---7~-----|----5---------7---7--|--5~-----------------|---------------------|

G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|----------7p5--------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|--------------7p5p0--|--0h7-7.----5------5-|-h7---7--5~-----5----|
E|--2.-2~-----2-2-2--0-|-5.-5~---------------|----------7---7~-----|----5---------7---7--|

G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------------5-------|
D|--------7-5--------5-|h7---7-5~------------|---------------------|---------5h7---7~----|
A|------------7--------|---5---------7--5--0-|---------------------|---------------------|
E|--5~-----------------|---------------------|--2.-2~-----2-2-2--0-|-5.-5~---------------|

G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------R-----------|----------R----------|-----------R---------|-----------R---------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

Verse 5:
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|-----7~--------------|---------------------|-----0~--------------|-5\7~----------------|
E|--5------------------|---------------------|--0------------------|---------------------|
      Cold and wet and   rainin' all night,        There's a letter    gotta write
                                                              I’ve
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|-0~----------------0-|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|---------------------|--1~--------------1.-|--0~-----------------|---------------------|
   Somethin' better is    waiting for me.

Chorus:
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|--5---7-----9----11--|------9p7---9--------|
E|-5~------5---------0-|h5~------------0h5---|---------------------|---9------9---9.-----|
   One of them is       sitting on the East      One awaits an ans-  by return post,
                                       coast                 wer
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|----------7p5--------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|--------------7p5p0--|---------7p5---------|---------7p5---------|
E|--2.-2~-----2---2-2-0|h5.-5~---------------|--0~-----------------|--0~-----------------|
   Waiting,              waiting (waiting)

G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-------9p7-----------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|--5---7-----9----11--|-----------9p7p0-----|
E|-5.-5~-------------0-|h5.-5~---------0h5---|---------------------|--9------------------|
   Take a drink and      staring out the       Wondering how          long this can conti-
                                     window,
G|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|----------7p5--------|
A|---------------------|--------------7p5p0--|
E|--2.-2~-----2---2-2-0|h5.-5~---------------|
   nue, waiting,           waiting (waiting).

Pre Outro:
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---0h7-------7p5-----|---0h7-------7p5-----|---0h7-------7p5-----|---0h7-------7p5-----|
E|---------0-----------|---------0-----------|---------0-----------|---------0-----------|

G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---0h7-------7p5-----|---------7p5---------|---------7p5---------|---------7p5---------|
E|---------0-----------|--0------------------|-0-0-----------------|--0-0----------------|

Outro:
(to fade)
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|-------7\9-----------|-------7\9-----------|-------7\9-----------|
A|--------7.-------7.--|-------------7--7.---|-------------7--7.---|-------------7--7.---|
E|--0--0------0--0-----|--0--0---------------|--0--0---------------|--0--0---------------|

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| R - Whole Rest
| . - staccato
| \ - slide up
| p - pull off
| h - hammer on
| ~ - sustain note
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