Bass tabs
Song Title: "Lyin' Ass Bitch"
Artist: Fishbone
Album: Fishbone [Columbia/CBS 40032]
Written by: L. Grant, K. Jones, A. Moore
Bassist: John Norwood Fisher
Bass tablature transcribed by: Me! (Bill Montbleau)
The bass line throughout this song essentially
goes along with the vocal melody
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------------|------------------------------
------------|-------5-----5------5-6-5-----
--------6-6-|-6--6------8---8--8-------8---
[horns]
Repeat this until the vocal break, "La, lala la..."
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--------------------------7-----5--------------------------
--------8--------5---5------------6--------------0---0-----
-6--6-------------------------------8---8----1-3-------3-5-
I knew her, and she knew me... [hammer]
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--------------------------7-----5----------------------------
--------8--------5---5------------6--------------0--------0--
-6----6------------------------------8---8---1-3-----1-3-----
When I did...
Chorus:
[I hope you practice your scales and arpeggios! Because they sure
come into use here.]
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-------------------------------5---8---[rest]--
--------5--8----8---8-5--8---6-----------------
-6---------------------------------------------
you're nothing but a little...
-7---8----7---5---------------------------------------------
-------------------8---7-----5-----------5------------------
---------------------------------8---6--------6-------------
--------------------------------------------------8-----5---
... but you know she don't care
variation on the chorus:
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--5--------------------------
----8----6--5----------------
-----------------8------5----
...she really don't care
Closing:
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-------5--5--6--6--7--7--8--|---------------------
-6--6-----------------------|---------------------
[Spoken] "Lying, piece of..."
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------------|--------------------8-8 [*]-6-------------|
------------|-4--6-6-6-6-[*]---------------8-6-6-6-[*]-|
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...bitch!!"
[* - keep playing notes for big crescendo ending]
Bill Montbleau
geezerbill (...at yahoo, dot com)
