The Real Thing Bass Tab by Faith No More

The Real Thing bass tab by Faith No More

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The Real Thing
by Faith No More
From the album The Real Thing
(C) 1989 Big Thrilling Music/Vomit God Music (ASCAP)
transcribed by Steve Gorenburg
re-tabbed by Joe White

       w  7x H e e   w      +w      +H     q    s E+H  +w   q H   H e e   w
---||--r--||-r-r---|-------|-------|----------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-r-|-r-r---|-------
4:-||*-e-*||-e-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14~~~-|-14~~~-14\|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-e-|-e-e-2/|-14~~~-
4:-||*-s-*||-s-s---|-------|-------|----------|-7-7-7-|-7-|-x-s-|-s-s---|-------
---||--t--||-t-t---|-------|-------|----------|-0-0-0-|-0-|-x-t-|-t-t---|-------
       Intro w/distortion and flanger

     +H  q    w      +q  q  q q   s E+H  +w   q H   H e e   w      +w
----|-------|-------|-----------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-r-|-r-r---|-------|-------|-----
~~~-|-14-14/|-16~~~-|-16\-------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-e-|-e-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14~~~-|-----
----|-------|-------|----10-9-5-|-7-7-7-|-7-|-x-s-|-s-s---|-------|-------|-----
----|-------|-------|-----------|-0-0-0-|-0-|-x-t-|-t-t---|-------|-------|-----

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q     q     q     q    s E s E s E s s e      t t s t t s e s s s t t s s s s
---------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||------------------------------------
14~~~-14~~~-14~~~-14\|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||*-----------------------------------
---------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||*-------------7\--------------7-----
---------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12\||--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---
                                              effects off

s s  8x     e e q    t t s t t s t t s t t s  4x e e q s  s  s  s  s  s  s
-----||-||------------------------------------||----------12-------11----11h----
----*||-||*----------------------------------*||-------10----10-10----10--------
5-7-*||-||*-5-7-7~~~-------------------------*||-2-3-3/-------------------------
-----||-||-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||--------------------------------
            1st Verse

s    e e q s  s  s  s  q    e e q s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s    e e q s s s s s s
12-|----------12-------11\|----------12-------11----11h12-|---------------------
---|-------10----10-10----|-------10----10-10----10-------|---------------------
---|-2-3-3/---------------|-2-3-3/------------------------|-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5---
---|----------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------

 e      e e q    t t s t t s t t s t t s  4x e e q s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s
----||------------------------------------||----------12-------11----11h12-|----
----||*----------------------------------*||-------10----10-10----10-------|----
/17\||*-5-7-7~~~-------------------------*||-2-3-3/------------------------|----
----||-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-------------------------------|----

e e q s  s  s  s  q    e e q s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s    e e q s s s s s s e
---------12-------11\|----------12-------11----11h12-|--------------------------
------10----10-10----|-------10----10-10----10-------|--------------------------
2-3-3/---------------|-2-3-3/------------------------|-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5/17\----
---------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------

    e s s e s s s s e s s s s  16xw    h  h    H  E  t  t    H +e  e    w
||-----------------------------||-13-|-14----|-------------|----------|-13-|----
||*---------------------------*||-14-|-14----|-------------|----------|-14-|----
||*-7-----7-----7-8-5-----7-8-*||-14-|-14-14-|-15-14-12h14-|-12-12-14-|-14-|----
||----0-0---0-0-------0-0------||----|-------|-------------|----------|----|----
    Chorus                        Bridge (w/flanger)

h  h    H  e  s  s    H  q    w    h  h    H +e  e    H  e  e    w    h  h
14----|-------------|-------|-13-|-14----|----------|----------|----|-14----|---
14----|-------------|-------|-14-|-14----|----------|----------|-14-|-14----|---
14-14-|-15-14-12h14-|-12-14-|-14-|-14-14-|-15-15-14-|-17-14-17-|----|-14-14-|---
------|-------------|-------|----|-------|----------|----------|----|-------|---

w    s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s  q      e e q    t t s t t s t t s t
---|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14\||----------------------------------
---|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\||*---------------------------------
15-|----------------------------------------||*-5-7-7~~~------------------------
---|----------------------------------------||-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----
                                                2nd Verse (flanger off)

t s  4x e e q s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s    e e q s  s  s  s  q    e e q s  s  s
-----||----------12-------11----11h12-|----------12-------11\|----------12------
----*||-------10----10-10----10-------|-------10----10-10----|-------10----10---
----*||-2-3-3/------------------------|-2-3-3/---------------|-2-3-3/-----------
0-0--||-------------------------------|----------------------|------------------

s  s  s  s  s    e e q s s s s s s e      e e q    t t s t t s t t s t t s
---11----11h12-|----------------------||----------------------------------------
10----10-------|----------------------||*---------------------------------------
---------------|-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5/17\||*-5-7-7~~~------------------------------
---------------|----------------------||-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------

 4x e e q s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s    e e q s  s  s  s  q    e e q s  s  s  s
-||----------12-------11----11h12-|----------12-------11\|----------12----------
*||-------10----10-10----10-------|-------10----10-10----|-------10----10-10----
*||-2-3-3/------------------------|-2-3-3/---------------|-2-3-3/---------------
-||-------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------

s  s  s  s    e e q s s s s s s e      w  3x H e e   w      +w      +H     q
11----11h12-|----------------------||--r--||-r-r---|-------|-------|------------
---10-------|----------------------||*-e-*||-e-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14~~~-|-14~~~-14---
------------|-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5/17\||*-s-*||-s-s---|-------|-------|------------
------------|----------------------||--t--||-t-t---|-------|-------|------------
                                             w/distortion and flanger

   s E+H  +w   q H   H q   w      +H  q    w      +Q  e  q q   s E+H  +w   q
-|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-r-|-r---|-------|-------|-------|-----------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x----
\|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x-e-|-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14-14/|-16~~~-|-16\-------|-9-9-9-|-9-|-x----
-|-7-7-7-|-7-|-x-s-|-s---|-------|-------|-------|----10-9-5-|-7-7-7-|-7-|-x----
-|-0-0-0-|-0-|-x-t-|-t---|-------|-------|-------|-----------|-0-0-0-|-0-|-x----

H   H e e   w      +w       q     q     q     q    s E s E s E s s e
r-|-r-r---|-------|-------|----------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||--------
e-|-e-e-2/|-14~~~-|-14~~~-|-14~~~-14~~~-14~~~-14\|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----||*-------
s-|-s-s---|-------|-------|----------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||*-------
t-|-t-t---|-------|-------|----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-12\||--------

e s s e s s s s e s s s s  12xw    h  h    H  e  s  s    H  q    w    h  h
---------------------------||-13-|-14----|-------------|-------|-13-|-14----|---
--------------------------*||-14-|-14----|-------------|-------|-14-|-14----|---
7-----7-----7-8-5-----7-8-*||-14-|-14-14-|-15-14-12h14-|-12-14-|-14-|-14-14-|---
--0-0---0-0-------0-0------||----|-------|-------------|-------|----|-------|---
Chorus (effects off)          w/flanger

H  e  s  s    h  q  q    w    h  h    H +e  s  s    H  e  e    w    h  h    w
------------|----------|-13-|-14----|-------------|----------|----|-14----|----|
------------|----------|-14-|-14----|-------------|----------|-14-|-14----|----|
15-14-12h14-|-12-14-14-|-14-|-14-14-|-15-15-14h15-|-17-14-17-|----|-14-14-|-15-|
------------|----------|----|-------|-------------|----------|----|-------|----|

h q q     s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s   s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
------||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|---
------||*---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---
0-----||*-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---
--3-2-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|---------------------------------|---

s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s   s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
--------------------------------|---------------------------------*||
3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------*||
--------------------------------|-----------------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2--||
                                                (repeat and fade)

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