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Party At Ground Zero Bass Tab by Fishbone

Party At Ground Zero bass tab by Fishbone

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Song Title: 	"Party At Ground Zero"
Artist:	Fishbone
Album:		Fishbone [Columbia/CBS 40032]
Written by:	K. Jones, A. Moore, J. Fisher
Bassist:	John Norwood Fisher
Bass tablature transcribed by: Me! (Bill Montbleau)

"sl\" denotes sliding the note DOWN the bass neck.
"sl/" denotes sliding UP to the next note


-------------9-|---------------9-|---------------|----------------
----9-7--------|------9-7--------|----9-7--------|----------------
-7-------10----|---7-------10----|-7-------10--9-|-7--5-----------
---------------|-----------------|---------------|------0--[rest]-
repeat these 4 bars a few times
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---------------------|-------------------------
---------------------|-------------------------
---------3-2-----3-2-|-------------------------
-(1)--5-------5------|-5--3--3---(1)-----------
 sl/                             sl/
repeat a few times, then repeat both the first part
and this part, and now...


------------------------------------------------
---3---3---3---3---3---3---2-0-2----------------
------------------------------------------------
-0---3---0---3---0---3--------------------------
[Note: bass is played in quarter noes, while band is
playing triplets.]


------------------------------------------------
---3---3---3---3---3---3---2-0------------------
------------------------------------------------
-0---3---0---3---0---3--------------------------
[Band goes back to slower groove, bass line stays
same except for last note before everybody but
the guitar cuts out.]


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----------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------
-------4--------------------------------------
       sl\
[guitar riff]  "Party at ground zero, a..."


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------------------------------------6---------
----------------------4-----6--(6)-----6------
----------4--2--1--4-----4--------------------
[scream]  [walking bass line]
[This line is repeated through most of the song]


Then the bass line follows the vocal melody:

-----------------------------------------------------
-6--3*----------------------6----3*---------------3---
--------6-----------6----------------6--------6------
--------------4-------------------------4------------
"People don't fear, 'cause fishbone is here..."

[* - I'm still not sure if he plays an F or F# here.
It sounds like some of the band might be playing one
note, some the other.]


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-3--5----3--------------5--3--------0--2------
-----------5--------5---------5---------------
----------------3-----------------3-----------
"...have a good time..."


--------------------------------------------------------
----6--3------------------6---3------------6-3--------3-
-6---------6-----------6----------6-----6-------6---6---
----------------4--------------------4------------4-----
the toilet has...

---------------------------------------------------|
-3--4-4-4-3-1----1-1-1-1---------------------------|
-------------------------4-2---1-1--------------1--|
-----------------------------------4-2----2-2-2---2|

[Then back to verse/walking line]


------|-----------------------------------|----------
------|---3-6-3---------------------------|----------
------|-4----------3-6-3--4-4-6-6---------|----------
------|----------4----------------4-2-1-4-|----------
"Well I wonder"


-------------------------------------|----------------------
---3-6-3-----------------------------|---[back to ----------
-4----------3-6-3--4-4-6-6--6-4-3-6--|---- walking riff] ---
----------4--------------------------|----------------------
                                      "Johnny, go to Jordan..."


Repeat these last two sections for "Johnny goes to..."

Go back to walking riff for rest of song


Bill Montbleau
geezerbill (...at yahoo, dot com)

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