Epic (Ver2) Bass Tab by Faith No More

Epic (Ver2) by Faith No More

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Song: Epic
Artist: Faith No More
Album: The Real Thing

Standard tuning (EADG)

PERFORMANCE NOTE: Slap all verses, choruses and bridges.  The interlude and guitar solo
are played with heavy distortion, and get as sloppy as you'd like because Gould rarely,
if ever, plays them the same way twice anyway.  

LEGEND:
r = rest
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
* = staccato
r = rest
R = release bend
^ = full bend
v = release bend 
p = pull off
s = 16th note (appears above bar)
t = 32nd note (appears above bar)
vf = volume fade (appears above bar)
vo = volume out (appears above bar)
INTRO:
    sss    ss s       sss    ss ss      sss    ss s       sss    ss ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E |-000r---00r0r----|-000r---00r00r---|-000r---00r0r----|-000r---00r00r-12\|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


VERSE 1:
                 ( x3 )
    s s     s ss      s s     s ss       s s     s ss      s s     s ss
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
E |-0r0r----0r00r---|-0r0r----0r00r---||-0r0r----0r00r---|-0r0r----0r00r-12\|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 1:
    sss    ss s       sss    ss ss      sss    ss s       sss    ssssss 
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------7--7r7-|
E |-000r---00r0r----|-000r---00r00r---|-000r---00r0r----|-000r---00-00----|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


VERSE 2:
    s s     s ss      s s     s ss      s s     s ss      s s     s ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E |-0r0r----0r00r---|-0r0r----0r00r---|-0r0r----0r00r---|-0r0r----0r00r-12\|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 2 (x2):
    sss    ss s       sss    ss ss      sss    ss s       s   s   s   ssss 
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-000r---00r0r----|-000r---00r00r---|-000r---00r0r----|-0r--0r--0r--3323|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


VERSE 3:
    s s     s ss      s s     s ss      s s     s ss      s s     s s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------7\-\-\|
E |-0r0r----0r00r---|-0r0r----0r00r---|-0r0r----0r00r---|-0r0r----0r0------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 3 (x2):
    sss    ss s       sss    ss ss      sss    ss s       s   s   s   ssss 
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-000r---00r0r----|-000r---00r00r---|-000r---00r0r----|-0r--0r--0r--3323|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


BRIDGE 1:
    s   s   s   ssss  s   s   s   ssss  s   s   s  s (start distortion)
G |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E |-0r--0r--0r--3323|-0r--0r--0r--3323|-0r--0r--0r-2/12-\-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 &  4  &


INTERLUDE (cont. distortion):
                  s s s s s s s       s s s s       s s s s s s s s s 
G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|-----------------------------5---|
A |---------7---------------7---7---|(7)7-----7-------7-------5-7---7-|
E |-0-------------0-0-0-0-0---0-----|-----0-0-------0---0-5-7---------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

                  s s s   s s s s s   s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s tt
G |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------5-7-7^75|
A |(7)\-r---7---------------7---7---|-------------------5-7-5-7---------|
E |---------------0-0-0-r-0---0---0-|-3-0-0-5-0-0-6-0-0-----------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

    t   s s s     s s s s     s s s   s   s s s     s s s s     s s s 
G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------5-----------5-----------|---------5-----------5-----------|
A |-75--5-7---7---7-5-7---7---7-5-7-|-----5-7---7---7-5-7---7---7-5-7-|
E |---------------------------------|-0-r-----------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &

    s   s s s     s s s s     s s s   s   s s s     s
G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------7-----------7-----------|---------7-----7-7v---/9-\-/14\--|
A |-0-r-5-7---7---7-5-7---7---7-5-7-|-0-r-5-7---5---------------------|
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &


GUITAR SOLO (cont. distortion):
                      (  x3  )
                            s  s    s         s s                           s  s           s s  
G |----------------------------12-r-12*-14^---Rp12 ||--------------------------12-14^------R-^-R-\---|
D |------------------------/14---------------------||----------------------/14-----------------------|
A |-------------7----------------------------------||------------7-----------------------------------|
E |-0----------------------------------------------||-0----------------------------------------------|
    1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &       1     &    2     &     3     &     4     &

                            s  s    s         s s                           s  s  
G |----------------------------12-r-12*-14^---Rp12 |--------------------------12-14^----------R--\--|
D |------------------------/14---------------------|----------------------/14-----------------------|
A |-------------7----------------------------------|------------7-----------------------------------|
E |-0----------------------------------------------|-0----------------------------------------------|
    1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &      1     &    2     &     3     &     4     &

                            s  s    s         s s    s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s s  s  s  s 
G |----------------------------12-r-12*-14^---Rp12 |------------------------------------------------|
D |------------------------/14---------------------|-14-13-12---------------------------------------|
A |-------------7----------------------------------|----------14-13-12-10---------------------10----|
E |-0----------------------------------------------|----------------------12-11-10-0-10-11-12-------|
    1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &      1     &     2     &     3     &     4     &
 

BRIDGE 2 (end distortion):
    s   s   s   ssss  s   s   s   ssss  s   s   s   ssss  s   s   s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0r--0r--0r--3323|-0r--0r--0r--3323|-0r--0r--0r--3323|-0r--0r--0r--12\-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 4:
                (  x3  )
    sss    ss s       sss    ss ss       sss    ss s        sss    ssssss 
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|----------7--7r7-|
E |-000r---00r0r----|-000r---00r00r---||-000r---00r0r----|-000r---00-00----|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


OUTRO:
                                   sss       sss            ss  ss  ss
G |-----------------|-------4/7-----54|-5---------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|--------------0--|-------545-----\-|-----5---4---2---|
A |---------7-------|(7)--------------|------0----------|-----------------|
E |-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-r-00--00--00----|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                                   sss       sss     sss    ss  ss  s 
G |-----------------|-------4/7-----54|-5---------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|--------------0--|-------545-------|-----5---4---2---|
A |-7---------------|-7---------------|------0--------32|-3-33--33--3r----|
E |-0---------------|-----------------|--------------0--|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

   vf                              sss       sss      ss    ss  ssssssss
G |-----------------|-------4/7-----54|-5---------------|-----------------|
D |-------------4-5-|--------------0--|-------545---\---|---545----545----|
A |-----------------|-7---------------|------0--------32|-3-----323---323-|
E |-0---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                                   sss       sss      ss    ss  ss  ss                   vo
G |-----------------|-------4/7-----54|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-------------9---|--------------0--|-------545---\---|-----5---4---2---|-----------------|
A |-7---------------|-7---------------|------0--------32|-3-33--33--33----|-7---------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

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