Bass tabs
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TO GO OFF AND THINGS - Cardiacs
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Tabbed by: SPLAM!
Bassist: Jim Smith
Tuning: EADG
Verse/main riff (in 7/8)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|555555555555--|
E|--------------|
Jim doesn't do this, but it sounds quite good to slide down the neck after the last D.
Middle bit (in 4/4). Do a big slide down the neck on the last Bb. Again used throughout the song.
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----8-8---------|
E|6-6-----6.-6\---|
(dotted)
Bridge section (after Sarah's saxophone solo)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-R-5-5-5-R-|
E|----------------|----------------| x2, then
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|3-3-3-R-3-3-3-R-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|4-4-4-R-4-4-4-R-| x2
Play the main riff twice after this.
Interlude (in 6/8)
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 6
G|------------|------------| G|----|
D|------------|--------6---| D|----|
A|------------|7---6-----6-| On the final repeat the A|5-7-|
E|----------7-|--7---7-----| last two notes are replaced with this: E|----|
Guitar solo: play main riff.
Verse: exactly the same as before
End on this:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|55555---------|
E|--------------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
