Modern Love bass tab by Peter Gabriel

Transcribed by Brian Schretzmann


                          Modern Love
                        by Peter Gabriel
                    off Peter Gabriel (1977)

NOTE: I think Tony Levin used a 5-string (Music Man, no doubt) on this,
      which would make the arpeggio-like run up to high C in the chorus
      a bit easier.  Then again, it's Tony Levin...


INTRO
       w   w   q e s s e e e e    q+e s s e e e e   q q q q
+---||---|---|------------------|-----------------|---------|
|4:-||-R-|-R-|---R--------------|-R---------------|-R-------|
|4:-||---|---|-7---5-5-7-5-7-5\-|-----5-5-7-5-7-3-|---3-4-4-|
+---||---|---|------------------|-----------------|---------|

    q  e s s e e e e    q+e s s e e e e   q q q q
||--------------------|-----------------|----------||
||*----R--------------|-R---------------|-R-------*||
||*-5\---5-5-7-5-7-5\-|-----5-5-7-5-7-3-|---3-4-4-*||
||--------------------|-----------------|----------||

  q  e s s e e  e  e    q+e s s e e  e  e   q q q q
|---------------9--7\-|--------------9--5-|---5-6-6-|
|----R-------9-(9)-7\-|-R---------9-(9)-5-|-R-5-6-6-|
|-5\---5-5-7----------|-----5-5-7---------|---------|
|---------------------|-------------------|---------|


VERSE 1
    w   H+e s s   H+e s s   w     w   w   w   w
||----|---------|---------|----||---|---|---|---|
||*-3-|-7---5-5-|-5---5-5-|-5-*||---|---|---|---|
||*---|---------|---------|---*||-5-|-1-|-5-|-1-|
||----|---------|---------|----||---|---|---|---|


CHORUS
    w+   e  s s  h  s s  s  s    h+e s s  s  s  s  s    H  q
||----|------------------------|----------------------|-17----||
||*---|----------10------10----|-------------------17-|----R-*||
||*---|-----8-10----8h10----10-|----------15----15----|------*||
||--8-|-(8)--------------------|-8---8-15----15-------|-------||


VERSE 2
   Same as VERSE 1, but embellish and vary the line.

CHORUS


BRIDGE
  q e e h+   H  q    H e e   H+e e   H   e e   h+e e+q   H+e e   H q
|---------|-------||-9-9-8-|-6-----|-5-----5-|-7---/11-|-9---8-|-6---|
|-7-R-----|-----R-||-------|-----R-|---6/7---|---------|-------|---R-|
|-----7-7-|-(7)---||-------|-------|---------|---------|-------|-----|
|---------|-------||-------|-------|---------|---------|-------|-----|

  e e H   q q q q
|-5-----|----------|
|---5---|----------|
|-----3-|-5-5-5-5/-|
|-------|----------|

  q e s s e e e e    q+e s s e e e e   q q q q
|------------------|-----------------|---------|
|---R--------------|-R---------------|-R-------|
|-7---5-5-7-5-7-5\-|-----5-5-7-5-7-3-|---3-4-4-|
|------------------|-----------------|---------|

  q  e s s e e e e    q+e s s e e e e   q q q q
|-------------------|-----------------|---------|
|----R--------------|-R---------------|-R-------|
|-5\---5-5-7-5-7-5\-|-----5-5-7-5-7-3-|---3-4-4-|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------|

    q  e s s e e  e  e    q+e s s e e  e  e   q q q q
||----------------9--7\-|--------------9--5-|---5-6-6--||
||*----R-------9-(9)-7\-|-R---------9-(9)-5-|-R-5-6-6-*||
||*-5\---5-5-7----------|-----5-5-7---------|---------*||
||----------------------|-------------------|----------||
    ^
    | Second time, do a double stop on the G and D strings, 7th fret.


VERSE 3
   Same as VERSE 1.

CHORUS (repeat and fade)