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Silent Treatment Bass Tab by The Bangles

Silent Treatment bass tab by The Bangles

Bass Tab

Key: Eb

Difficulty: Novice

180 BPM
4/4; Key - Eb
Tuning - Eb-A-D-G

Intro:
 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|---------R-----------|----------R----------|---6---6----6\13-----|--13~----------------|
Eb|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|--6--6.--------------|--6--6.--------------|--6--6.--------------|--6--6.----6-6-6.----|
Eb|------------x-x-7----|------------x-x-7----|------------x-x-7----|---------------------|
Verse 1:
 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|---------------------|---------------------|-----------4-4-4-----|---6---6-6-6-6---4-4-|
Eb|-----7-7---5h7-7-7---|---7-7-7-7------5h7--|---7-7---------------|---------------------|
      Told her you'd for    get,
 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|---------------------|---------------------|-----------4-4-4-----|---6---6-6-6-6---4-4-|
Eb|-----7-7---5h7-7-7---|---7-7-7-7------5h7--|---7-7---------------|---------------------|
      It hasn't happened    yet.

 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|---------------------|--------------6------|---------------------|--------------8------|
Eb|----5--5-5-5--5-5----|-----5-5-5-----------|----7--7-7-7--7-7----|-----7-7-7------7----|
       Oh     oh              oh, you want to      know.                  She said

Chorus:
 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|----6-6.-------------|----6-6.-------------|----6-6.-------------|-----6--------4------|
Eb|-----------x-x-7-----|-----------x-x-7-----|-----------x-x-7-----|---------------------|
       Nothing               nothing               nothing                she      said

 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|---6---6-----6---\9--|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Eb|---------------------|-----3-----3-3-3-----|---5--5-5-5---5-5-5--|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
      no   thing            You'd got to hear      now.
                                      right

Verse 2:
 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|---------------------|---------------------|-----------4-4-4-----|---6---6-6-6-6---4-4-|
Eb|-----7-7---5h7-7-7---|---7-7-7-7------5h7--|---7-7---------------|---------------------|
        What goes through   head
                   your
 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|---------------------|---------------------|-----------4-4-4-----|---6---6-6-6-6---4-4-|
Eb|-----7-7---5h7-7-7---|---7-7-7-7------5h7--|---7-7---------------|---------------------|
       Better left un  -   said,                                       yeah

 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|---------------------|--------------6------|---------------------|--------------8------|
Eb|----5--5-5-5--5-5----|-----5-5-5-----------|----7--7-7-7--7-7----|-----7-7-7------7----|
       Oh     oh              oh, you want to      know.                  She said

Chorus:
 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|----6-6.-------------|----6-6.-------------|----6-6.-------------|-----6--------4------|
Eb|-----------x-x-7-----|-----------x-x-7-----|-----------x-x-7-----|---------------------|
       Nothing               nothing               nothing                she      said

 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|---6---6-----6---\9--|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Eb|---------------------|-----3-----3-3-3-----|---5--5-5-5---5-5-5--|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
     no  thing            You'd got to hear       now.
                                      right

Solo:
 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|---4-4.--------------|---4-4.--------------|---4-4.--------------|-----4-------3-------|
Eb|-----------x-x-5-----|-----------x-x-5-----|-----------x-x-5-----|---------------------|

 G|---3-3.--------------|---3-3.--------------|---3-3.--------------|---3-3.-----3-3-3----|
 D|-----------x-x-3-----|-----------x-x-3-----|-----------x-x-3-----|---------------------|
 A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Eb|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|---4-4.--------------|---4-4.--------------|---4-4.--------------|-----4-------3-------|
Eb|-----------x-x-5-----|-----------x-x-5-----|-----------x-x-5-----|---------------------|

 G|---3-3.--------------|---3-3.--------------|---3-3.--------------|---3-3.-----3-3-3----|
 D|-----------x-x-3-----|-----------x-x-3-----|-----------x-x-3-----|---------------------|
 A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Eb|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|---4-4.--------------|---4-4.--------------|---4-4.--------------|-----4-------3-------|
Eb|-----------x-x-4-----|-----------x-x-4-----|-----------x-x-4-----|---------------------|

 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|---------------------|----------R----------|---6---6----6\13-----|--13~----------------|
Eb|--0~-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

Chorus:
 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|----6-6.-------------|----6-6.-------------|----6-6.-------------|-----6---------------|
Eb|-----------x-x-7-----|-----------x-x-7-----|-----------x-x-7-----|----------x-x-7\10---|
       Nothing               nothing               nothing                she      said

 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|---6---6-----6---\9--|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Eb|---------------------|-----3-----3-3-3-----|---5--5-5-5---5-5-5--|---5-5-5---5-5-5-----|
      no  thing            You'd got to hear       now.
                                      right
 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|--------R------------|----------R----------|----------R----------|---------R-----------|
Eb|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
      Nothing               nothing               nothing                she      said
 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|--------R------------|----------R----------|----------R----------|----------R----------|
Eb|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
     nothing              You'd got to hear       now.
                                      right
Outro:

 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Eb|---12/-----x-x-7-----|---12/-----x-x-7-----|---12/-----x-x-7-----|----12-------10------|
      Nothing               nothing               nothing                she      said

 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Eb|-12-12-----12---\15--|--------3-----3-3-3--|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
    no thing               You'd got to hear     now.                    Hear  it now
                                       right
 G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 D|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
 A|---------------------|-\6~-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Eb|----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--0~-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|

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

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