I Fought The Law bass tab by The Clash

Bass tabs

The Clash
I Fought The Law Bass Tablature
Transcribed by Gilles Velay ([email protected])
I'm not quite sure of the "Bridge" part

Notation :
	R : rest	||: repeat		+++ : tied notes
	q : quarter	\ : slide down
	e : 8th		/ : slide up
	s : 16th	^ : triplet


 Intro
 =====
       q   e e e e e e e e  e e e e e e e e  e e e e e e e e
G-+---+---+------++-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
D-|-R-|-R-|-R----||-------5-------7-|-5-5-5-6-7-7-7-7-|-------7---------|
A-|---|---|---12\||-5-5-5---5-5-5---|-----------------|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|
E-+---+---+------++-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
 drums

  q^q^q q q  [x2]
G-+-----------++
D-|-7-5-4---R-||
A-|-------5---||
E-+-----------++

 1st Verse
 =========
   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
G-++-----------------+-----------------++-----------------+-----------------+
D-||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
A-||-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|-------0-5-5-5-0-||-5-5-5-0-5-5-5---|-------3-5-5-5-5-|
E-++-----------------+-3-3-3-----------++---------------3-+-5-5-5-----------+


 Bridge
 ======
  q  q  e e e e  q  q  e e q   q  q  q  e e+++e e e e e e e e
G-+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------|-----------------+
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-7---5---4---5-7-|-7---4---7-7-5-4-|
A-|-----2---5\4/5\4-|-----2---5\4/5---|-----------------|---5---5---------|
E-+-3---------------+-3---------------+-----------------|-----------------+

  q  q  e e e e  q  q  e e q
G-+-----------------+-----------------+
D-|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-----2---5\4/5\4-|-----2---5\4/5---|
E-+-3---------------+-3---------------+

 Chorus
 ======
  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 q  q
G-+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-5-4------R----|
A-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|-------0-5-5-5-0-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-0-|--------5--------|
E-+-----------------+-3-3-3-----------+-----------------+-----------------+


 Guitar Solo
 ===========
   e e e e e e e e  e e e e e e q   e e e q  e e e  e e e e e e e e[x3]
G-++-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------++
D-||-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-R-----5-R-|-----5---R-5---R-||
A-||-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5---|-----------5-----|-5-5---5-----5---||
E-++-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------++

  e e e e e e e e  e e e e e e e e
G-+-----------------+-----------------+
D-|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-0-|
E-+-----------------+-----------------+


 Chorus (same as first time)
 ======


 2nd Verse (same as first one, except that bass stops on
 =========  2nd bar ["zip gun"])


 Bridge (same as first time)
 ======


 Chorus (same as first time)
 ======


 Instrumental break and final
 ============================

 Twice the Chorus bass line with no singing.
 Then, bass stops for 8 bars.
 bass re-enters and plays :

      e e e e
G-+-----------------+
D-|-R-------R-------|
A-|-----------0-2-4-|
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 e
G-+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|-------0-5-5-5-0-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5---|-------0-5-5-5-5-|
E-+-----------------+-3-3-3-----------+---------------3-+-5-5-5-----------+

  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 q  q
G-+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-5-4------R----|
A-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-|-------0-5-5-5-0-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-0-|--------5--------|
E-+-----------------+-3-3-3-----------+-----------------+-----------------+