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The Red And The Black Bass Tab by Blue Öyster Cult

The Red And The Black bass tab by Blue Öyster Cult

Bass Tab 

x(x)= That notes times the number it's next to, so the D for example below would be played 16 times.
/= Slide up
\= Slide Down
~ = Ring
* = Staccato, after you fret a note, quickly take pressure off fret.

Play with song below to perfect timing.

Fast Tempo
Awesome song to play once you get it down.

Intro
0:01-0:17
After you play the note 16 times, slide up and down a bunch.
G |------------|------------|
D |------------|------------|
A |-5-5x16/\~--|-3-3x16/\~--|
E |------------|------------|
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 Main verse
 0:18-0:41
 The ringed C is a very fast ring and the C after that is play very fast as well.
 The first A on the E string has similar but slightly shorter ring to it.
G |-------------------|
D |-------------------| X14
A |-0-0-3~-3----------|
E |----------5~-5-3-0-|

 0:41-0:44
G |--------|
D |--------|
A |-5*x16--|
E |--------|

0:44-0:47
G |-------------------|
D |-------------------| X2
A |-0-0-3~-3----------|
E |----------5~-5-3-0-|

0:48-0:51
G |--------|
D |--------|
A |-5*x16--|
E |--------|

0:51-0:54
G |-------------------|
D |-------------------| X2
A |-0-0-3~-3----------|
E |----------5~-5-3-0-|

0:54-0:57
G |--------|
D |--------|
A |-5*x16--|
E |--------|

0:58-1:01
G |-------------|-----------------|------|
D |-------------|-----------------|------|
A |-7--5--3--0--|-0--3--5--7--10--|-10\--|
E |-------------|-----------------|------|

 1:01-1:21
G |-------------------|
D |-------------------| X12
A |-0-0-3~-3----------|
E |----------5~-5-3-0-|

 1:21-1:24
G |--------|
D |--------|
A |-5*x16--|
E |--------|

1:25-1:28
G |-------------------|
D |-------------------| X2
A |-0-0-3~-3----------|
E |----------5~-5-3-0-|

1:28-1:31
G |--------|
D |--------|
A |-5*x16--|
E |--------|

1:32-1:34
G |-------------------|
D |-------------------| X2
A |-0-0-3~-3----------|
E |----------5~-5-3-0-|

1:35-1:38
G |--------|
D |--------|
A |-5*x16--|
E |--------|

1:38-1:41
G |-------------|-----------------|------|
D |-------------|-----------------|------|
A |-7--5--3--0--|-0--3--5--7--10--|-10\--|
E |-------------|-----------------|------|

1:42-1:54
G |-------------------|
D |-------------------| X8
A |-0-0-3~-3----------|
E |----------5~-5-3-0-|

1:55-2:00
G |------|------|------|------|
D |------|------|------|------|
A |-0-3--|-0-3--|-0-3--|-0-3--|
E |------|------|------|------|

2:01-2:05
G |----------|
D |----------|
A |---5*x16--|
E |----------|

2:05-2:18
G |---------------|--------|---------------|--------|
D |---------------|--------|---------------|--------|
A |-7--5--10/\--X2|-5*x16--|-7--5--10/\--X2|-5*x16--|
E |---------------|--------|---------------|--------|

 2:19-2:22
G |-------------|-----------------|------|
D |-------------|-----------------|------|
A |-7--5--3--0--|-0--3--5--7--10--|-10\--|
E |-------------|-----------------|------|

 2:22-2:29
G |-------------------|
D |-------------------| X4
A |-0-0-3~-3----------|
E |----------5~-5-3-0-|

 2:29-2:39
G |----|------|------|------|
D |----|------|------|------|
A |-0--|-0-3--|-0-3--|-0-3--|
E |----|------|------|------|

 2:42-2:45
G |-----------|
D |-----------|
A |--5*x16/\--|
E |-----------|

 2:46-2:49
G |-------------------|
D |-------------------| X2
A |-0-0-3~-3----------|
E |----------5~-5-3-0-|

 2:50-2:53
 Here he does a slight rest after the first 8, you probably can get away with playing it normal,
 but I like to be exact as I can.
G |----------|
D |----------|
A |-5*x8rx8--|
E |----------|

 2:53-2:56
G |-------------------|
D |-------------------| X2
A |-0-0-3~-3----------|
E |----------5~-5-3-0-|

 2:56-2:59
G |----------|
D |----------|
A |---5*x16--|
E |----------|

 3:00-3:02
G |-------------|-----------------|------|
D |-------------|-----------------|------|
A |-7--5--3--0--|-0--3--5--7--10--|-10\--|
E |-------------|-----------------|------|

 3:03-3:09 BASS SOLO!
G |-/14-14-12-12---------------------------------------------------11--12h14-14-14-14-12h14-12h14-|
D |-------------14-14-13-13-12-10------------10-----10-10/12-13-14---14---------------------------|
A |------------------------------12-10--10-12--12-12----------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------12----------------------------------------------------------|

 3:10-3:22
G |-------------------|
D |-------------------| X8
A |-0-0-3~-3----------|
E |----------5~-5-3-0-|

 3:23-3:29
If there is any parts of this I will change, it is these parts. He is basically playing similar
riffs on different areas on the neck. I think this is pretty good, but I don't know about perfect.
G |-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D |----------5-7-7--|--------7~-5-----|--------------------|--------------------|
A |-----3-3-7-------|----3-3-----7-7--|-0-0-3~-3-----------|-0-0-3~-3-----------|
E |-/5-5------------|-5-5-------------|----------5~-5-3-0--|----------5~-5-3-0--|

 3:29-3:36
G |-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D |-----------7-10-7--|-------10~-7-------|--------------------|--------------------|
A |-----7-7-10--------|----7-7-----10-10--|-0-0-3~-3-----------|-0-0-3~-3-----------|
E |-/8-8--------------|-8-8---------------|----------5~-5-3-0--|----------5~-5-3-0--|

 3:36-3:42
G |-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D |-----------7-10-7--|-------10~-7-------|--------------------|--------------------|
A |-----7-7-10--------|----7-7-----10-10--|-0-0-3~-3-----------|-0-0-3~-3-----------|
E |-/8-8--------------|-8-8---------------|----------5~-5-3-0--|----------5~-5-3-0--|

 3:43-3:49
G |-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|--------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|--------------------|
A |----0-0-3-3-5-5--|----0-0-3-3-5-5--|-0-0-3~-3-------------|-0-0-3~-3-----------|
E |-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|----------5~-5-3-0----|----------5~-5-3-0--|

 3:49-3:56
G |-------------------|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D |-----------5-5-----|------7--------|--------------------|--------------------|
A |----3-3-7-7--------|----3---5-3-3--|-0-0-3~-3-----------|-0-0-3~-3-----------|
E |-5-5---------------|-5-5-----------|----------5~-5-3-0--|----------5~-5-3-0--|

 3:56-4:02
G |----------------|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D |-------------5--|-------------7-|--------------------|--------------------|
A |----0-0-3-3-5---|----3-3-5-5-7--|-0-0-3~-3-----------|-0-0-3~-3-----------|
E |-3-3------------|-5-5-----------|----------5~-5-3-0--|----------5~-5-3-0--|

 4:03-4:09
G |-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D |-------------7-10--|-------------7-10--|--------------------|--------------------|
A |----7-7-10-10------|----7-7-10-10------|-0-0-3~-3-----------|-0-0-3~-3-----------|
E |-8-8---------------|-8-8---------------|----------5~-5-3-0--|----------5~-5-3-0--|

4:09-4:21
G |------12---|------10----|--------------------------|
D |-----------|------------|--7---7-----7-------------|
A |-0x12/--10-|-0x12/--8---|--------------------------|
E |-----------|------------|---5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-5~--|

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