Excitable Bass Tab by Def Leppard

Excitable bass tab by Def Leppard

Bass Tab

Tuning: 5-string standard (BEADG)

INTRO (Starting w/ drums in @ approx. 0:17):

              (Rest x10)
G |---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|
B |-r-------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &



G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-0---r---0---r-------------------|-r-------0---0---0---0---0---0---|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

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PRE-VERSE:

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-0---0---0---r---0---r-------3---|-5---r---5---r-------------------|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-0---0---0---r---0---r-------3---|-5---3---5---r-------------------|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &


VERSE 1:
                                 (x3)
G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-r---0---0---r---0---r-------3---|-5---r---5---r-------------------|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |-----7---------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-0-------0---r---0---r-------3---|-5---3---5---r---5---5---r---5---|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &


PRE-CHORUS:

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-r---0---0---r---0---r-------3---|-5---r---5---r-------------------|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-r---0---0---r---0---r-------3---|-5---3---5---3---r---3----(3)^---|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-r---0---0---r---0---r-------3---|-5---r---5---r-------------------|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |-----7-------------------7-\-----|---------------------------------|
E |-0-------0---r---0---r-------0---|-5---3---5---5---r---3----(3)^---|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &


CHORUS 1:
                                 (x3)
G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|-------------5^------------------|
A |---------------------------------|-----------------7---0---5---7---|
E |-0---r---0---r---0---r-----------|-r-------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-0---r---0---r-------------------|---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|-r-------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &


PRE-VERSE:

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-0---0---0---r---0---r-------3---|-5---r---5---r-------------------|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |-----7---------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-0-------0---r---0---r-------3---|-5---3---5---r---5---3----(3)^---|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &


VERSE 2:
                                 (x3)
G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-r---0---0---r---0---r-------3---|-5---r---5---r-------------------|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------7-----------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-0---0---0---r---0---r-------3---|-5---3---5---r---5-------3-------|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &


PRE-CHORUS:

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-0---r---0---r---0---r-------3---|-5---r---5---r-------------------|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-0---r---0---r---0---r-------3---|-5---3---5---3---r---2---3---4---|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-0---r---0---r---0---r-------3---|-5---r---5---r-----------3^------|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |-------------------------7---\---|---------------------------------|
E |-0---r---0---r---0---r-----------|-5---3---5---5---r---5---3---5---|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &


CHORUS 2:
                                 (x3)
G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|-------------5^------------------|
A |---------------------------------|-----------------7---0---5---7---|
E |-0---r---0---r---0---r-----------|-r-------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-0---r---0---r-------------------|---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|-r-------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &


INTERLUDE:

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B |-r-------------------------------|-r-------------------0---3-------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

                                 (x12)
G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B |-5---r---------------------------|-r-------------------0---3-------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|-----------------------------0---|
B |-5---r---------------------------|---------------------0---3-------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &


BRIDGE (x4):

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-0---0---0---r-----------3-------|-5---r---5---r-------------------|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &


BREAKDOWN:
               (Rest x7)
G |---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------||-r---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
B |-r-------------------------------||---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &      1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &


CHORUS 3:
                                                         a
G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|-------------------------5---7---|
E |---------------------------------|-5---r---5---r------5/7----------|
B |-5---5---3---r---5-------5-------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|-5---3---5---3---r---3----(3)^---|
B |-5---5---3---r---5-------5-------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

                                                         a
G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|-------------------------5---7---|
E |---------------------------------|-5---r---5---r------5/7----------|
B |-5---5---3---r---5-------5-------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------|-5---3---5---5---r---5---3--(3)^-|
B |-5---5---5---r---5-------5-------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &


CHORUS 4:
                                                         a
G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|-------------------------5---7---|
E |-0---0---0---r---0---r-------3---|-5---r---5---r------5/7----------|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

   vf
G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-0---r---0---r---0---r-------3---|-5---3---5---3---r---3---3--(3)^-|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

                                                         a
G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|-------------------------5---7---|
E |-0---0---0---r---0---r-------3---|-5---r---5---r------5/7----------|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-0---r---0---r---0---r---3^------|-5---3---5---5---r---5---3--(3)^-|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &


OUTRO:

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|-------------5^------------------|
A |---------------------------------|-----------------7---0---5---7---|
E |-0---0---0---r---0---r-----------|-r-------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|-------------5^------------------|
A |---------------------------------|-----------------7---0---5---7---|
E |-0---r---0---r---0---r-----------|-r-------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|-------------5^------------------|
A |---------------------------------|-----------------7---0---5---7---|
E |-0---0---0---r---0---r-----------|-r-------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

                                               vo
G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-0---r---0---r---0---r-----------|-r-------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

🏷Legend:
r = rest
() = sustained note
^ = 1/2 bend
/ =  slide up
a = acciaccatura (appears above bar)
vf = volume fade (appears above bar)
vo = volume out (appears above bar)

Published: July 1, 2021

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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