Drive bass tab by The Cars

Bass tabs (Ver. 2)

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Benjamin Orr - Bass'


 Intro
 Q=83
 4/4
 Gtr I
 Wx8
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 1st Verse
 Wx8
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 Chorus
 S S E S E S +H    S S E S E S +H
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|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|---4---4---4-(4)----|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|--------------------|


 S S E S E S +H    S S E S E S +H
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|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|---4---4---4-(4)----|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|--------------------|


 S S E S E S +H    S S E S E S +H
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|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---2---2---2-(2)----|---2---2---2-(2)----|


 S S E S E S +H    S S E S E S +H
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|---2---2---2-(2)----|---2---2---2-(2)----||
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 2nd Verse
 Wx8
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 3rd & 4th Verses
 $
 Wx8
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 Chorus
 S S E S E S +H    S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|---4---4---4-(4)----|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|--------------------|


 S S E S E S +H    S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|---4---4---4-(4)----|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|--------------------|


                To Coda
 S S E S E S +H    S S E S E S +H
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|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|---2---2---2-(2)----|---2---2---2-(2)----||


 Interlude
 e e e e e e e e  e e e e e e e e
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|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|------------------|
|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|


 e e e e e e e e  e e e e e e e e  e e e e e e e e  e e e e e e e e
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|-----------------|


            D.S. al Coda &
 e e e e e e e e  e e e e e e e e
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|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||


 S S E S E S +H    S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---2---2---2-(2)----|--------------------|
|--------------------|---4---4---4-(4)----|


 S S E S E S +H    S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|--------------------|
|--------------------|---4---4---4-(4)----|


 S S E S E S +H    S S E S E S +H    S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------||
|---4---4---4-(4)----|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|---2---2---2-(2)----|---2---2---2-(2)----||


 Outro
 S S E S E S +H    S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---2---2---2-(2)----|---2---2---2-(2)----|
|--------------------|--------------------|


 S S E S E S +H    W     +W
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|--------------------|----------|--------*|
|---2---2---2-(2)----|-2--------|-(2)----*|
|--------------------|----------|--------*|


Duration 🏷Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
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 h  - hammer-on
 p  - pull-off
 b  - bend
 pb - pre-bend
 r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s  - legato slide
 S  - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~  - vibrato
 tr - trill
 T  - tap
 TP - trem. picking
 PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n - tremolo bar down
 n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =  - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x  - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o  - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
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 | - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
 : - bar (freetime)
 $ - Segno
 & - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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