Mongoloid bass tab by DEVO

Bass tabs

DEVO - Mongoloid
As featured on the album Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Word and Music by Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald V. Casale

Transcribed by Seanexander N. Right

* Each hyphen is a sixteenth note in duration.
* The song is 4/4 at about 72 bpm.
* / is a slide upwards. \ is a downwards slide.
* A "p" signifies a pull-off.

INTRO
   *begin riff 1
G|--|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|--|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--|----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------|----------------|
E|3/|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----------------|3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-|
   |  |  |  |  ]|  |  |  |  ]|  |  |  |  ]|  |  |  |  ]

     end riff 1*
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------|----------------|
E|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----------------|3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
 |  |  |  |  ]|  |  |  |  ]|  |  |  |  ]|  |  |  |  ]

CHORUS (note: "10" is a whole note on the tenth fret)
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|10--10\-3-3-3/--|7-7-7---7-7-7---|
 |  |  |  |  ]|  |  |  |  ]

BRIDGE
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------
------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------
------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------
------|
E|10--10\-3-3-3---|5-5-5---5-5-5---|5-5-5---5-5-5---|5-5-5---5-5-5---|5-5-5---5-
5-5---|
 |  |  |  |  ]|  |  |  |  ]|  |  |  |  ]|  |  |  |  ]|
|  |  |  ]

INTERLUDE
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------|--------5p0-----|
E|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----------------|3-3-3---5-5-5---|7-7-7-7-----7-7-|
 |  |  |  |  ]|  |  |  |  ]|  |  |  |  ]|  |  |  |  ]

OUTRO
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------|----------------|
E|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----------------|3-3-3---5-5-5---|7-5-7-5-7-------|
 |  |  |  |  ]|  |  |  |  ]|  |  |  |  ]|  |  |  |  ]

intro
riff 1 x 5
chorus x 3
bridge
riff 1 x 2
chorus x 3
bridge
riff 1 x 2
interlude x 4
chorus x 3
bridge
outro

We must repeat! (4_L)

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