Smoking Gun bass tab by Robert Cray

Bass tabs

Bass Tabs
Tuning : EADG
Tempo: 126 bpm 4/4

Key signature: E
Tuning: E A D G


Intro: 00:01
G|+---+-------------|+-----------||---+-------------|+------------|-
D|-------------5----|------------||------------5----|-------------|-
A|--7g----5------7g-|----5---5-6-||-7g----5------7g-|----5---5----|-
E|------7---7-------|--7---7-----||-----7---7-------|--7---7---6--|-

G|+---+-------------|+-----------||---+-------------|+------------|-
D|-------------5----|------------||------------5----|--5g---------|-
A|--7g----5------7g-|----5---5-6-||-7g----5------7g-|-----7-5---.-|-
E|------7---7-------|--7---7-----||-----7---7-------|---------7---|-

Verse1: 00:15
G|----+-------------|+-----------||---+-------------|+------------|-
D|-------------5----|------------||------------5----|-------------|-
A|--7g----5------7g-|----5---5-6-||-7g----5------7g-|----5---5----|-
E|------7---7-------|--7---7-----||-----7---7-------|--7---7---6--|-
I get a constant busy signal
when I call you on the phone

G|+---+-------------|+-----------||---+-------------|+------------|-
D|-------------5----|------------||------------5----|--5g---------|-
A|--7g----5------7g-|----5---5-6-||-7g----5------7g-|-----7-5---.-|-
E|------7---7-------|--7---7-----||-----7---7-------|---------7---|-
I get a strong uneasy feeling
you're not sitting there alone


Chorus1: 00:31
G|-+-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-
A|---------------|-----------3-5-|---------------|---------------|-
E|-5----8-8--5-5-|------3-5------|-0---3--3--0-0-|----0--3--4-4--|-
I'm having nasty nasty visions
and baby you're in every one, yeah

G|-+----------- --- -|------------------------|-
D|------------- --- -|-----5-7s8g--7-5--7-5---|-
A|------------- --- -|-7g-------------------5-|-
E|-5--8-8--5-5- 5-5 -|------------------------|-
And I'm so afraid I'm gonna find you with
a so-called smoking gun

Bridge:
G|----+-------------|+-----------||---+-------------|+------------|-
D|-------------5----|------------||------------5----|-------------|-
A|--7g----5------7g-|----5---5-6-||-7g----5------7g-|----5---5----|-
E|------7---7-------|--7---7-----||-----7---7-------|--7---7---6--|-

Verse2: 00:52
G|----+-------------|+-----------||---+-------------|+------------|-
D|-------------5----|------------||------------5----|-------------|-
A|--7g----5------7g-|----5---5-6-||-7g----5------7g-|----5---5----|-
E|------7---7-------|--7---7-----||-----7---7-------|--7---7---6--|-
Maybe you want to end it
you've had your fill of my kind of fun

G|+---+-------------|+-----------||---+-------------|+------------|-
D|-------------5----|------------||------------5----|--5g---------|-
A|--7g----5------7g-|----5---5-6-||-7g----5------7g-|-----7-5---.-|-
E|------7---7-------|--7---7-----||-----7---7-------|---------7---|-
But you don't know how to tell me
and you know that I'm not that dumb

Chorus2: 01:07
G|-+-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-
A|---------------|-----------3-5-|---------------|---------------|-
E|-5----8-8--5-5-|------3-5------|-0---3--3--0-0-|----0--3--4-4--|-
I put two and one together
and we know that's not an even sum

G|-+----------- --- -|------------------------|-
D|------------- --- -|-----5-7s8g--7-5--7-5---|-
A|------------- --- -|-7g-------------------5-|-
E|-5--8-8--5-5- 5-5 -|------------------------|-
And I know just where to catch you with
that well known smoking gun

Bridge:
G|----+-------------|+-----------||---+-------------|+------------|-
D|-------------5----|------------||------------5----|-------------|-
A|--7g----5------7g-|----5---5-6-||-7g----5------7g-|----5---5----|-
E|------7---7-------|--7---7-----||-----7---7-------|--7---7---6--|-

Instrumental(1): 01:28 (Play X2)
G|----+-------------|+-----------||---+-------------|+------------|-
D|-------------5----|------------||------------5----|-------------|-
A|--7g----5------7g-|----5---5-6-||-7g----5------7g-|----5---5----|-
E|------7---7-------|--7---7-----||-----7---7-------|--7---7---6--|-

G|+---+-------------|+-----------||---+-------------|+------------|-
D|-------------5----|------------||------------5----|--5g---------|-
A|--7g----5------7g-|----5---5-6-||-7g----5------7g-|-----7-5---.-|-
E|------7---7-------|--7---7-----||-----7---7-------|---------7---|-

G|-+-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-
A|---------------|-----------3-5-|---------------|---------------|-
E|-5----8-8--5-5-|------3-5------|-0---3--3--0-0-|----0--3--4-4--|-

G|-+----------- --- -|------------------------|-
D|------------- --- -|-----5-7s8g--7-5--7-5---|-
A|------------- --- -|-7g-------------------5-|-
E|-5--8-8--5-5- 5-5 -|------------------------|-

G|----+-------------|+-----------||---+-------------|+------------|-
D|-------------5----|------------||------------5----|-------------|-
A|--7g----5------7g-|----5---5-6-||-7g----5------7g-|----5---5----|-
E|------7---7-------|--7---7-----||-----7---7-------|--7---7---6--|-


Verse3: 02:40
G|----+-------------|+-----------||---+-------------|+------------|-
D|-------------5----|------------||------------5----|-------------|-
A|--7g----5------7g-|----5---5-6-||-7g----5------7g-|----5---5----|-
E|------7---7-------|--7---7-----||-----7---7-------|--7---7---6--|-
I'm standing here bewildered
I can't remember just what I've done

G|+---+-------------|+-----------||---+-------------|+------------|-
D|-------------5----|------------||------------5----|--5g---------|-
A|--7g----5------7g-|----5---5-6-||-7g----5------7g-|-----7-5---.-|-
E|------7---7-------|--7---7-----||-----7---7-------|---------7---|-
I can hear the sirens whining
my eyes blinded by the sun

Chorus3: 02:56
G|-+-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-
A|---------------|-----------3-5-|---------------|---------------|-
E|-5----8-8--5-5-|------3-5------|-0---3--3--0-0-|----0--3--4-4--|-
I know that I should be running
my heart's beating just like a drum

G|-+----------- --- -|------------------------|-
D|------------- --- -|-----5-7s8g--7-5--7-5---|-
A|------------- --- -|-7g-------------------5-|-
E|-5--8-8--5-5- 5-5 -|------------------------|-
Now they've knocked me down and taken it
that still hot smoking gun

Bridge:
G|----+-------------|+-----------||---+-------------|+------------|-
D|-------------5----|------------||------------5----|-------------|-
A|--7g----5------7g-|----5---5-6-||-7g----5------7g-|----5---5----|-
E|------7---7-------|--7---7-----||-----7---7-------|--7---7---6--|-
Yeah, still hot smoking gun


Outro: 03:17
G|+---+-------------|+-----------||---+-------------|+------------|-
D|-------------5----|------------||------------5----|--5g---------|-
A|--7g----5------7g-|----5---5-6-||-7g----5------7g-|-----7-5---.-|- repeat till fading
E|------7---7-------|--7---7-----||-----7---7-------|---------7---|-
Yes, they've taken it
Still hot, smoking gun
Oh, they've taken it
Still hot smoking gun
They've knocked me down
and taken it, oh


End: 04:06


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Tablature 🏷Legend ----------------
| S slap
| P pop
| x mute note
| . full stop
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| > link to next bar
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| g grace note
| ~ vibrato

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