Bass tabs
The Israelites / Desmond Dekker
tabbed by Martin Wos / Dec 2oo1
in OEjendorf (Hamburg) / Germany
for your Eb/Ab/Db/Gb tuned bass
("I don't like reggae - ...")
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4/4
Gb|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
Db|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
Ab|-2__-|-----|-2__-|-----|-----|-----|-----|
Eb|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
Get up... so that...
3/4
|-------------|-----------|
|-------------|-----------|
|-------------|0-0-0-0-0-0|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------|
Verse / Figure I
4/4
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---4-1---4-1-|---4-1---4-1-|---4-1---4-1-|---4-1---4-1-|
|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Get up in the morning...
Refrain
|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|---4-1---4-1-|
|---2-----2-----|---1-4---1-4-|-2-----2-----|
|-0---4-0---4-0-|-2-----2-----|-------------|
Poor
Run
|-------0-2-5-6-7-|
|-0-2-4-----------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
Verse / Figure I
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---4-1---4-1-|---4-1---4-1-|---4-1---4-1-|---4-1---4-1-|
|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
My wife and my kids,...
Refrain
|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|---4-1---4-1-|---4-1---4-1-|
|---2-----2-----|---1-4---1-4-|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|
|-0---4-0---4-0-|-2-----2-----|-------------|-------------|
Poor me, Israelite
Verse / Figure I
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---4-1---4-1-|---4-1---4-1-|---4-1---4-1-|---4-1---4-1-|
|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Shirt, them I tear...
Refrain
|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|---4-1---4-1-|
|---2-----2-----|---1-4---1-4-|-2-----2-----|
|-0---4-0---4-0-|-2-----2-----|-------------|
Poor me, Israelite
Run
|-------0-2-5-6-7-|
|-0-2-4-----------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
Verse / Figure I
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---4-1---4-1-|---4-1---4-1-|---4-1---4-1-|---4-1---4-1-|
|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
After a storm...
Refrain
|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|---4-1---4-1-|
|---2-----2-----|---1-4---1-4-|-2-----2-----|
|-0---4-0---4-0-|-2-----2-----|-------------|
Poor me, Israelite. Yee
|-------------|-------------|-------0-2-5-6-7-|-------------|
|-----2-4-5-5-|---4-1-------|-0-2-4-----------|---4-1-------|
|-5-5---------|-2-----2-2-2-|-----------------|-2-----2-2-2-|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|---4-1-----|-------------|-------0-2-5-6-7-|-------------|
|-2-----3-3-|---4-1-------|-0-2-4-----------|---4-1-------|
|-----------|-2-----2-2-2-|-----------------|-2-----2-2-2-|
|-----------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---4-1---4-1-|---4-1---4-1-|---4-1---4-1-|
|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
I said...
|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|---4-1---4-1-|---4-1---4-1-|
|---2-----2-----|---1-4---1-4-|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|
|-0---4-0---4-0-|-2-----2-----|-------------|-------------|
Poor, a poor... ...Israelite. I a wonder who I'm...
|---------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|---4-1---4-1-|---4-1---4-1-|
|---2-----2-----|---1-4---1-4-|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|
|-0---4-0---4-0-|-2-----2-----|-------------|-------------|
...Israelite. I look a down...
