Self Control bass tab by Laura Branigan

5-string standard (BEADG)

PERFORMANCE NOTE: You'll notice all the verses, pre-choruses
and choruses are the exact same riff, all played staccato.
As such, rather than copy and paste the same four measures over
and over, I chose instead to simply provide the riff up front,
and then indicate how many times to play it in each section.
Any other riffs will be provided as they appear in the song.

🏷Legend:
h = hammer on
. = staccato (appears above bar)


THE RIFF:
    .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |-----4-------4-------4-------4---|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|-----4-------4-------4-------4---|
E |-2-------2-------2-------2-------|---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|-2-------2-------2-------2-------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

    .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |-----4-------4-------4-------4---|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|-----4-------4-------4-------4---|
E |-2-------2-------2-------2-------|---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|-2-------2-------2-------2-------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

    .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|-----9-------9-------9-------9---|
A |-----7-------7-------7-------7---|---------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|-7-------7-------7-------7-------|
B |-5-------5-------5-------5-------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

    .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|-----7-------7-------7-------7---|
A |-----5-------5-------5-------5---|---------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|
B |-3-------3-------3-------3-------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

And now on to the song...


INTRO:
              (Rest x10)
G |---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|
B |-r-------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &


PRE-VERSE (x2):

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |-------------------------0-------|---------------------------------|
E |-2-----2-0---2-------0h2---------|-------------------------0-------|
B |---------------------------------|-2-----2-0---2-------0h2---------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &


VERSE 1 - THE RIFF x1

VERSE 2 - THE RIFF x1

PRE-VERSE - THE RIFF x1

VERSE 3 - THE RIFF x1

CHORUS 1 - THE RIFF x2

BRIDGE (x2):
                                 (x2)                                            (Rest x4)
G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
E |-r-------2-----------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|-r-------2-----------------------||-r-------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &      1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

VERSE 4 - THE RIFF x1

PRE-CHORUS - THE RIFF x1

CHORUS 2 - THE RIFF x2

PRE-OUTRO (x2):

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-r-------2-----------------------|---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|-r-------2-----------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &


OUTRO (Repeat to fade-out):
    .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .     .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .
G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |-----4-------4-------4-------4---|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|-----4-------4-------4-------4---|
E |-2-------2-------2-------2-------|---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|-2-------2-------2-------2-------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &