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Rat Trap Bass Tab by The Boomtown Rats

Rat Trap bass tab by The Boomtown Rats

Bass Tab 

std tuning

INTRO after slide in
G |-----------------|-----------4-7-4---|-----------------|-------------------|
D |-----5-----------|-------5-7-------7-|-----5-----------|-------------------|
A |---------------5-|-7---7-------------|---------------5-|-7---5-7-5-7-5-----|
E |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------7-5-|

G |-----------------|-----------4-7-4---|-----------------|-------------------|
D |-----5-----------|-------5-7-------7-|-----5-----------|-------------------|
A |---------------5-|-7---7-------------|---------------5-|-7-----------------|
E |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-------------7---|-----------------|-------------7---|-----------------|
A |-----------5---5-|-7-------7---5---|-----------5---5-|-7-------7---5---|
E |-3---3---3-------|-----0-----0---0-|-3---3---3-------|-----0-----0---0-|
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VERSE
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-------------7---|-----------------|-------------7---|-----------------|
A |-----------5---5-|-7-------7---5---|-----------5---5-|-7-------7---5---|
E |-3---3---3-------|-----0-----0---0-|-3---3---3-------|-----0-----0---0-|

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-------------7---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------5---5-|-7-------7---5---|-3------->15-----|-----------------|
E |-3---3---3-------|-----0-----0---0-|-----------------|-----------------|


VERSE
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-------------7---|-----------------|-------------7---|-----------------|
A |-----------5---5-|-7-------7---5---|-----------5---5-|-7-------7---5---|
E |-3---3---3-------|-----0-----0---0-|-3---3---3-------|-----0-----0---0-|

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-------------7---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------5---5-|-7-------7---5---|-3-------5-------|-7---------------|
E |-3---3---3-------|-----0-----0---0-|-----------------|-----------------|


VERSE
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-------------7---|-----------------|-------------7---|-----------------|
A |-----------5---5-|-7-------7---5---|-----------5---5-|-7-------7---5---|
E |-3---3---3-------|-----0-----0---0-|-3---3---3-------|-----0-----0---0-|

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-------------7---|-----------------|-------------7---|-----------------|
A |-----------5---5-|-7-------7---5---|-----------5---5-|-7-------7---5---|
E |-3---3---3-------|-----0-----0---0-|-3---3---3-------|-----0-----0---0-|


CHORUS
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-------------2-5-|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-3---3---3-------|-3---3---3-5-----|-------------2-3-|-5---5---5---5-6-|
E |-----------0-1-0-|-----------------|-3---3---3-5-----|-----------7-----|

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-------------9---|-----9-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-7-------5-7-----|-5-7---5-6-7-----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-------------9---|-----9-----------|
A |-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5---5-6-|-7-------5-7-----|-5-7---5-6-7-----|
E |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------7-----|-----------------|-----------------|

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5---5-6-|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------7-----|

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-------------9---|-----9-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-7-------5-7-----|-5-7---5-6-7-----|-3---3-----------|-5---------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


BRIDGE
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|
E |-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


IN THIS TOWN
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|
IN THIS TOWN
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|
YOU WALK UP TO
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4---5---6--|
D |------------7-7--|------------7-7--|-----7-7-----7-7-|---7--------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----2---3---4----|
E |-5--555-3-5------|-5--555-3-5------|-5-5-----5-5-----|-5----------------|
WALK DON'T WALK
G |-------------7-7-|-------------7-7-|-------------9-9-|-------------9-9-|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-5---3---5-------|-5---3---5-------|-7---5---7-------|-7---5---7-------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
WALK DON'T WALK
G |-------------7-7-|-------------7-7-|-------------9-9-|-------------9-9-|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-5---3---5-------|-5---3---5-------|-7---5---7-------|-7---5---7-------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
BILLY TAKE A WALK
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----9-----9-----|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---9---9-----9---|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-------7-----7-|
E |-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-----------------|
E |-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-----------------|-----------------|


FILL
G |-----------------|-----------4-7-4---|-----------------|-------------------|
D |-----5-----------|-------5-7-------7-|-----5-----------|-------------------|
A |---------------5-|-7---7-------------|---------------5-|-7---5-7-5-7-5-----|
E |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------7-5-|

G |-----------------|-----------4-7-4---|-----------------|-------------------|
D |-----5-----------|-------5-7-------7-|-----5-----------|-------------------|
A |---------------5-|-7---7-------------|---------------5-|-7---5-7-5-7-5-----|
E |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------------7-6-|


SAX SOLO
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E |-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-5---------------|
E |-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


VERSE
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-------------7---|-----------------|-------------7---|-----------------|
A |-----------5---5-|-7-------7---5---|-----------5---5-|-7-------7---5---|
E |-3---3---3-------|-----0-----0---0-|-3---3---3-------|-----0-----0---0-|

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-------------7---|-----------------|-------------7---|-----------------|
A |-----------5---5-|-7-------7---5---|-----------5---5-|-7-------7---5---|
E |-3---3---3-------|-----0-----0---0-|-3---3---3-------|-----0-----0---0-|


CHORUS
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|

G |---------9-------|---9-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-------9---------|-9---9-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-7---------------|---------7-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E |-----------------|-------------0---|-----------------|-----------------|

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7---------------|-----------------|
E |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7---7-----------|-----------------|
E |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


ENDING
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-5---5-----5-----|-5---5-----5-----|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-------------7-5-|-------------7-5-|-7---7-----7-5---|-7---7-----7-5---|
E |-----------------|-----------------|---------------7-|---------------7-|
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