Shayla Bass Tab by Blondie

Shayla Bass Tab

by Blondie

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one > slide up G |--11<9-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A |-----------------|-rest------------|-9<7-------------|-rest------------| E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & verse 1 Shayla worked in a factory she wasn't G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A |-7---------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-----------------| E |-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & history she's just a number G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A |-7---------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-----------------| E |-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|--rest-----------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
one day she gets her final pay and she goes G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A |-7---------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-----------------| E |-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & far away G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A |-7---------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-----------------| E |-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|--rest-----------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & bit of a fill lots of ooing and woing G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |-----------------|-6 7 6 4 6-- ----|-----6 7 6 4 6---|-----------------| A |------4----------|-----------4-----|---------------7-|-----------------| E |-4-7-----7 5-----|-----------------|-7 5-------------|-rest------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & verse 2 as verse 1 but not the fill green trees, call to me I am free but life is so cheap scenery is still outside of me all alone trapped by its beauty two notes into chorus G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------- 4 7---| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & chorus Shayla turned to run away to leave in peace and end her stay G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |-----------------|-----------------|----------------6|-----------------| A |-----------------|---------------7-|-9 7 ----9-------|-9 7 5-----------| E |-5---------------|-7---------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & years of fear were in her way lost in space and down she came G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |-----------------|-----------------|----------------6|-----------------| A |-----------------|----------------7|---9 7---9-------|--9 7 5----------| E |-5---------------|-7---------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & short guitar riff can't work out bass line but it follows this riff play it twice G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A |-----------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-----------------| E |-5---------------|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & verse 3 as verse 1 but after 2nd line put this little bit in suddenly some subtle entity some cosmic energy brushed her like shadows down here we stay to wonder cause on the freeway bright lights and thunder G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------9>11 9-----| A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------11 9l E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & repeat the fill which follows verse 1 and add this little jangle G |--13 14 13 11 13-|14 3-------------|-----------------|-----------------| D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & THE END

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Last Updated: February 9, 2026