Sledgehammer Bass Tab by Peter Gabriel

Sledgehammer bass tab by Peter Gabriel

Bass Tab

Standard tuning, octave pedal and compressor
MusicMan Sabre fretless, played with a pick

Intro
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----6h8|6-------|6-------|
A|6------4|6-------|6------4|6-------|--------|--------|-------6|-----14\|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|7-------|6-------|--------|--------|

Pre-verse
G|--------------|8----------------------|
D|---------8-10-|------------8-10/11-10-|
A|6-6-8/10------|--x6-6-8/10------------|
E|--------------|-----------------------|

G|-----------8-|8-11\10-x8h10-8--------|
D|---------8---|----------------8h10-8-|
A|6-6-8/10-----|-----------------------|
E|-------------|-----------------------|

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Verse 1
G|----------8-|8--------------------|----------8-|8------------------|
D|---------8--|----------8-10/11-10-|---------8--|------------8\-----|
A|6-6-8/10----|---6-8/10------------|6-6-8/10----|--x6-6-8/10----4-4-|
E|------------|---------------------|------------|-------------------|

G|----------8-|8--------------------|----------8-|8----------------|
D|---------8--|----------8-10/11-10-|---------8--|----------8------|
A|6-6-8/10----|---6-8/10------------|6-6-8/10----|--x6-8/10---6-8\-|
E|------------|---------------------|------------|-----------------|

G|------------|---------------|
D|------------|---------------|
A|3-33-3--33-3|6--464--46--46-|
E|------------|---------------|

Verse 2
G|-----------8-|8----------------------|-----------8-|8----------------|
D|---------8---|------------8-10/11-10-|---------8---|-----------------|
A|6-6-8/10-----|--x6-6-8/10------------|6-6-8/10-----|--6-6-8/10--3-4/-|
E|-------------|-----------------------|-------------|-----------------|

G|-----------8-|8----------------------|-----------8-|8-----------------|
D|---------8---|------------8-10/11-10-|---------8---|------------------|
A|6-6-8/10-----|--x6-6-8/10------------|6-6-8/10-----|--x6-8/10--6-6-8\-|
E|-------------|-----------------------|-------------|------------------|

Chorus 1
G||------|----------||-----|----------|-----------|
D||------|----------||-----|----------|-----------|
A||-3-4-/|86--686--6||3-4-/|86-x686-x6|3-4--x6868-|
E||------|----------||-----|----------|-----------|

Preverse 3
G|-----------8-|8----------------------|--------------|8-11\10-x8h10----|
D|---------8---|------------8-10/11-10-|---------8-10-|-----------------|
A|6-6-8/10-----|--x6-6-8/10------------|6-6-8/10------|--------------6--|
E|-------------|-----------------------|--------------|-----------------|

Verse 3
G|-----------8-|8----------------------|-----------8-|8----------------|
D|---------8---|------------8-10/11-10-|---------8---|-----------8-----|
A|6-6-8/10-----|--x6-6-8/10------------|6-6-8/10-----|--6-6-8/10---3-4-|
E|-------------|-----------------------|-------------|-----------------|

G|-----------8-|8----------------------|-----------8-|8-11\10-x8h10-8-----|
D|---------8---|------------8-10/11-10-|---------8---|--------------------|
A|6-6-8/10-----|--x6-6-8/10------------|6-6-8/10-----|----------------6-8-|
E|-------------| ----------------------|-------------| -------------------|


Chorus 2
G||------|----------||
D||------|----------||
A||-3-4-/|86--686--6||
E||------|----------||  3x

G||-----|----------|------------||
D||-----|----------|------------||
A||3-4-/|86-x686--8|3-4--x686-x6||
E||-----|----------|------------||

G|------|---------------|
D|------|---------------|
A|-3-4-/|86-x6-x6h8-6h8-|
E|------|---------------|


Interlude
G|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|--------4b5-|-----------|-------4b5-|
A|64--4--464-|64--464-----|64--4--464-|6--464-----|
E|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------|

Outro  (Most of the outro is this riff + with different fills)
G|--------|---------|-------
D|--------|---4-----|-------
A|6--46--4|6-6-46--4|-------
E|--------|---------|7--67--

Fills
G---|------------|    G----|----------|    G---|-----------|
D---|6---466-3/4-|    D---6|--466-6/8-|    D---|66-8--6----|
A--6|--6---------|    A--6-|6---------|    A--6|-------8/9-|
E---|------------|    E----|----------|    E---|-----------|

G--|---------|    G---|---------|    G--|----------|
D--|6---4668-|    D---|66-8-668-|    D--|6-6--4668-|
A--|--6------|    A---|---------|    A--|---6------|
E--|---------|    E--4|---------|    E--|----------|

G---|--------6-|
D--6|66-88-99--|
A---|----------|
E---|----------|

G|8/------|---------|--------|-----------|
D|--------|---4-----|-------x|6---46-6/8-|
A|---46--4|6-6-46544|--------|--6--------|
E|--------|---------|7--67---|-----------|

G|--------|---------|--------|------6-|
D|--------|---4-----|-------6|66-8-9--|
A|6--46--4|6-6-46--4|--------|--------|
E|--------|---------|7--67---|--------|

                 start to fade out
G|8/------|----------|--------|------------|
D|--------|---4------|-------x|6---466-6/8-|
A|---46--4|6-6--46--4|--------|--6---------|
E|--------|----------|7--67---|------------|

fade out with main outro riff

Last updated: April 4, 2025

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