Bass tabs
CROWDED HOUSE - in my command
Tuning:E A D G
INTRO
G|-----------------|-----------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------||PLAY TWICE
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-----------------||
E|---------------2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||
*VERSE
G|----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|
D|-4-5-4----------|-----6--------6---|-4-5-4----------|-----6--------6---|
A|-------6-3------|------------------|-------6-3------|------------------|
E|-----------6----|-4-4------4-4-----|-----------6----|-4-4------4-4-----|
G|----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------||
D|-4-5-4----------|------------------|-3--3--3-3--3---|-3-3-3-----3-3-3--|| BACK TO *VERSE
A|-------6-3------|------------------|----------------|------------------||
E|-----------6----|-4-4-----6-6------|----------------|------------------||
this bar 1st time only
CHORUS
G F E D C B A G
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------------*|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-*|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-3---------------|
PLAY VERSE STARTING FROM 2ND BAR
PLAY VERSE AGAIN FROM BAR 1
PLAY CHORUS (4 BARS)
THEN CHORUS AGAIN, FROM D AN OCTAVE HIGHER, LIKE THIS
G F E D C B A
G|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4---------|
D|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|---------7-7-7-7-| CHORUS AGAIN
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| (4 BARS)
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----6--------6--|-4-5-4-----------|-----6--------6--|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-------6-3-------|-----------------|
E|-3---------------|-4-4------4-4----|-----------6-----|-4-4------4-4----|
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-4-5-4-----------|-----6--------6--|
A|-------6-3-------|-----------------|
E|-----------6-----|-4-4------4-4----|
G|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|| YOU THEN PLAY THE CHORUS
D|-----------------|----------------*||-----------------|| THROUGH 4 TIMES
A|-1-1-1-1---------|----------------*||-1-1-1-1---------|| ALTERNATING BETWEEN A LOW D
E|---------4-4-4-4-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||---------4-4-4-4-|| AND A HIGH D
THE SONG JUST FINISHES ON A "G" CHORD
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|*-------5--5-----|--------5--5-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5*|
A|*----5-----------|-----5-----------|-----------------|----------------*|
E|-3-3-------------|-3-3-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A GREAT SONG FROM CROWDED HOUSE!
JUST A LITTLE SIDENOTE:
THE 2ND BAR OF THE VERSE (Ab) THE BASSIST VARIES WHAT HE DOES THROUGHOUT THE SONG
USING THE OCTAVE SOMETIMES AND SLIDES AS WELL!
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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