The Knife Bass Tab by Genesis

The Knife bass tab by Genesis

Bass Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: G#m

Difficulty: Intermediate

tempo ~ 138
4/4

Intro
   * * * *   * * * *   * * * *   * * * *   * * * *   * * * *       * * * *       * * * *
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-------------|-------------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|---6---6-|---6---6-4---|---6---6-4---|---6---6-|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------6-|-----------6-|---------|
E|---------|---------|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|-4---4---|-4---4-------|-4---4-------|-4---4---|

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   * * * *   * * * *       * * * *       * * * *   *   *     *     *       *   *     *     *
G|---3---3-|---3---3-1---|---3---3-1---|---3---3-|---5-5-5-5-5-3---------|---5-5-5-5-5-3---------|
D|---------|-----------3-|-----------3-|---------|---------------5-3-----|---------------5-3-----|
A|-1---1---|-1---1-------|-1---1-------|-1---1---|-3-----------------6-5-|-3-----------------6-5-|
E|---------|-------------|-------------|---------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

   *   *     *     *       *     *     *   *       * * * *   * * * *   *       * * * *   * * * *
G|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-------|---------|-----------------|---------|---------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|---6---6-|---6---6-4-------|---6---6-|---6---6-|
A|-3---------------------|-----------------------|---------|-----------6-4---|---------|---------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------1-2-3-|-4---4---|-4---4---------7-|-4---4---|-4---4---|

Verse 1
   * * * *       * * * *   *       * * * *       * * * *       * * * *       * * * *
G|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------|---3---3-1---|---3---3-1---|
D|---6---6-4---|---6---6-4-------|---6---6-4---|---6---6-4---|-----------3-|-----------3-|
A|-----------6-|-----------6-4---|-----------6-|-----------6-|-1---1-------|-1---1-------|
E|-4---4-------|-4---4---------7-|-4---4-------|-4---4-------|-------------|-------------|

   * * * *       * * * *       *   *     *     *       *   *     *     *
G|---3---3-1---|---3---3-1---|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3---|---5-5-5-5-5-3---------|
D|-----------3-|-----------3-|---------------------5-|---------------5-3-----|
A|-1---1-------|-1---1-------|-3---------------------|-3-----------------6-5-|
E|-------------|-------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

   *   *     *     *       *     *     * *   * * * *   * * * *    * * * *   * * *   *
G|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3---|-3-5-5-3-5-5-5---|---------|----------|---------|-----------|
D|---------------------5-|---------------5-|---------|--------5-|---------|-----3h5-5-|
A|-3---------------------|-----------------|-3-------|----------|-3-------|-----------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------|---------|----------|---------|-----------|

      *   *   *   *        *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *
G|-||---5-3-5---------|  |-------------3-5-|---5-5-5-5-3-----|---5-5-3---------|
D|-||-----------5-3-5-|x3|-------3-5-6-----|-------------5-3-|---------5-3-----|
A|-||-3-------3-------|  |-3-5-6-----------|-3---------------|-3-----------6-5-|
E|-||-----------------|  |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *     * * * *   * * * *   *  * * *     *  * * *     * * * *
G|---5-5-5-5-3-----|---5-3-----------|---------|---------|---4-3-1--|---6-4-3---||---------|  |
D|-------------5-3-|-------6-5-3-----|---------|-----3---|----------|---------6-||---------|x4|
A|-3---------------|-3-----------6-5-|---------|-1-----1-|-2--------|-4---------||---------|  |
E|-----------------|-----------------|-4-------|---------|----------|-----------||-4-------|  |

Bridge
      * * * *       * *     *     *
G|-||-------------|---------------------|  |
D|-||---6---6-4---|---4h5h6-------4h5h6-|x2|
A|-||-----------6-|---------4h5h6-------|  |
E|-||-4---4-------|-4-------------------|  |

Verse 2
   * * * *   * * * *   * * * *   * * * *   * * * *   * * * *
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|---3---3-|---3---3-|
D|---6---6-|---6---6-|---6---6-|---6---6-|---------|---------|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|-1---1---|-1---1---|
E|-4---4---|-4---4---|-4---4---|-4---4---|---------|---------|

   * * * *   * * * *   *   *     *     *       *   *     *     *
G|---3---3-|---3---3-|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3---|---5-5-5-5-5-3---------|
D|---------|---------|---------------------5-|---------------5-3-----|
A|-1---1---|-1---1---|-3---------------------|-3-----------------6-5-|
E|---------|---------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

   *   *     *     *       *     *     * *   * * * *   * * * *   * * * *   * * *  *
G|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3---|-3-5-3-5-3-5-5-3-|---------|---------|---------|-----------|
D|---------------------5-|-----------------|---------|--------5|---------|-----------|
A|-3---------------------|-----------------|-3-------|---------|-3-------|-----------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------|---------|---------|---------|-----1h3-3-|

      *   *   *   *        *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *
G|-||---5-3-5---------|  |---5-3-----------|---5-5-5-5-3-----|---5-5-3---------|
D|-||-----------5-3-5-|x3|-------6-5-3-----|-------------5-3-|---------5-3-----|
A|-||-3-------3-------|  |-3-----------6-5-|-3---------------|-3-----------6-5-|
E|-||-----------------|  |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *     * * * *   * * * *   * * * *   * * * *    * * * *
G|---5-5-5-5-3-----|---5-3-----------|---------|---------|--4-3-1--|--6-4-3--||---------|  |
D|-------------5-3-|-------6-5-3-----|---------|-----3---|---------|--------6||---------|x4|
A|-3---------------|-3-----------6-5-|---------|-1-----1-|-2-------|-4-------||---------|  |
E|-----------------|-----------------|-4-------|---------|---------|---------||-4-------|  |

Guitar solo
      * * * *   * * * *   * * * *   * * * *       *   *     *     *          *   *   * *
G|-||---------|---------|---------|---------|  ||---3-3-3-3-3-1---------|  |-3-1---------|
D|-||---6---6-|---6---6-|---6---6-|---6---6-|x2||---------------3-1-----|x3|-----3-1-----|
A|-||---------|---------|---------|---------|  ||-1-----------------4-3-|  |---------4-3-|
E|-||-4---4---|-4---4---|-4---4---|-4---4---|  ||-----------------------|  |-------------|

      *   *     *     *          *     *     * *  * * * *   * * * *   * * * *   * * * *
G|-||---5-5-5-5-5-3---------|  |-3-5-3-5-3-5-3---|--------|---------|---------|---------|
D|-||---------------5-3-----|x3|---------------5-|--------|--------5|----5---5|---5-----|
A|-||-3-----------------6-5-|  |-----------------|-3------|---------|-3---3---|-3---3---|
E|-||-----------------------|  |-----------------|--------|---------|---------|---------|

      *   *   *   *        *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *    *   *   *   *      *   *   *   *
G|-||-----------------|  |-----------3-5-3-|-5-5-5-3---------|-----------3-5-3-|-----------3-5-3-|
D|-||-----------------|x3|-------3-5-------|---------5-3-----|-------3-5-------|-------3-5-------|
A|-||-3-3-3-3-3-1-----|  |-3-5-6-----------|-------------6-5-|-3-5-6-----------|-3-5-6-----------|
E|-||-------------3-1-|  |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   *   *   *   *
G|-5-5-5-5---------|
D|---------3-3-3-3-|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

Bridge
      * * * *      * * * *
G|-||---------|---------|---------||---------|
D|-||---------|---------|---------||---------|x11
A|-||---------|---------|---------||---------|
E|-||-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-||-4-4-4-4-|

Flute solo
   * * * *   * * * *    *   * *       *        * * *   *      * * *   *        * * *   *
G|---------|---------||-------------------|  |-------------||-------------|  |-----------|
D|---------|---------||-------------------|x4|-------------||-------------|x8|-----------|
A|---------|---------||-------------------|  |-------------||-------------|  |-----------|
E|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-|  |-4-4-4-4-4-4-||-4-4-4-4-4-2-|  |-4-4-4-4-4-|

   * * * *   * * * *   * * * *   * * * *    * * * *   * * *   *
G|---------|---------|---------|----------|---------|-------------|
D|---------|---------|---------|----------|---------|-------------|
A|---------|---------|---------|----------|---------|-------------|
E|-4-------|--------2|-4-------|-------4-2|-4-------|-------4-2-2-|

   * * * *   * *  *   *     * * * *   * *  *   *     * * * *   * * * *   * * * *   * * * *
G|---------|--------------|---------|--------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|--------------|---------|--------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|---------|--------------|---------|--------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
E|-4-------|----4-4-2-2-4-|-4-------|----4-4-2-2-4-|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|

Guitar/bass solo
   *   *   *   *      *     *     *     *       *     *     *        *
G|------------------|-------------------------|-15----16-15-20----20-20/---|
D|-6-4-8-6-9-8-11-9-|-13—11-14-13-16-14-18-16-|----18----------------------|
A|------------------|-------------------------|----------------18--------11|
E|------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|

   *        *      *        *     * *       *        *        *        *       *        *
G|-13----13-13/----20----20-20/-|---------------------------|-13----13--------------------------|
D|------------------------------|-----------11-13-11--------|------------------11-13-11---------|
A|----11--------18----18--------|-11--13-14-----------14-11-|----11------13-14------------14-18-|
E|------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|

   *        *       *        *         *        *   *      *
G|-20----20--------------------------|-20----20-----------------|
D|------------------11-13-11---------|--------------------------|
A|----18------13-14------------14-18-|----18----11/-------------|
E|-----------------------------------|--------------7-6-7-9-7-6-|

   *   *   *     *       *   *   *     *       *   *   *     *
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------4-----------|---------6-4---------|
A|---6---6-7-6-4-------|---6---6---7-6-4-----|---6---6-----7-6-4---|
E|-4---4---------7-6-2-|-4---4-----------7-6-|-4---4-------------7-|

   *   *   *     *      * * * *   * * *  *     * * * *     *       *       *       *
G|---------------------|---------|------------|-----------|-------------------------------|
D|---------9-8-6-------|---------|------------|-------11/-|-------------------------8-6-8-|
A|---6---6-------9-7-6-|-6---4---|------------|-4---------|-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-9-9-9-9-------|
E|-4---4---------------|---------|-4----4-6-7-|-----------|-------------------------------|

      * * * *   * * * *   * * *        *     * * * *
G|-||---------|---------|------------------|---------|  |
D|-||-9---8---|-6-------|------------------|---------|x2|
A|-||---------|------4-6|-7----6h7-6h7-6-7-|-6-4-----|  |
E|-||---------|---------|------------------|-----7-6-|  |

   * *   *   *     * *     *   *     *   *   *     * * * *  *        * *       *
G|-------------6-|-4-3h4p3---------|---6-6-4-6---|---------|---------------------|
D|-----------6---|---------6-------|-------------|---------|---------------------|
A|---6-9-9p8-----|---------------2-|-4-----------|-6-4-----|---------------------|
E|-7-------------|-----------4-4---|-------------|-----7-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-|

   *        *     *   *     * * * *   *     *     *      *         *       *    *       *
G|------------------------|---------|-8h9-6h8--------------------|--------------------------|
D|------------6-6-4-------|---------|---------9h11—8h9-8-6-8-9-6-|--------------------------|
A|------------------6-4-6-|-7-6-4---|----------------------------|--------------------------|
E|-\4-4-4-4-4-------------|-------7-|----------------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-\6-6-6-6-6-6-\4|

   *        *     *       *        * * * *   * * * *   *   *   *   *     *   *   *   *
G|-------------------------------|---------|---------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|------------6-6-6-4--------4---|---------|-6-8-9-8-|-----------------|---6---6---6-----|
A|--------------------6-4-6----6-|-4-2-6-4-|---------|-----------------|-------------6-9-|
E|-\4-4-4-4-4--------------------|---------|---------|-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|-4---4---4-------|

   * * * *   * * * *   * * * *   * * * *   * * * *   * * * *
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|---------|-6-4-----|---------|---------|---------|-------4-|
E|-0-------|-----7-6-|-4-------|---------|---------|-4-6-7---|

Final
   * *     * *       * *     *   *     * *     * *       * *     *   *
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------6--4----|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------6-|
E|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4--4—-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4--—------|

      * *     * *       * *     *   *        * *     * *       * *     *   *
G|-||-----------------|-----------------|  |-----------------|-----------------|
D|-||---6-4-----6-4---|---6-4-----------|x3|---6-4-----6-4---|---6-4-----------|
A|-||-------6-------6-|-------6-4—-5-—6-|  |-------6-------6-|-------6-6—-4-—--|
E|-||-4-------4-------|-4---------------|  |-4-------4-------|-4-------------7-|

   * *     * *       * *     *   *     * *     * *       * *     *   *
G|-----------------|---------------5-|-----------------|-----------------|
D|---8-6-----8-6---|---8-6---6—-8----|---8-6-----8-6---|---8-6-----------|
A|-------8-------8-|-------8--—------|-------8-------8-|-------8-6—-4—-3-|
E|-6-------6-------|-6---------------|-6-------6-------|-6---------------|

      * * * *   * * * *       *   *   *   *         *   *   *   *
G|-||---------|---------|  ||-5---5---5---5---|  ||-----------------|  |
D|-||---------|---------|x4||---5---5---5---5-|x8||-----------------|x8|
A|-||-3-------|---------|  ||-----------------|  ||-3-3-3-3-3-1-----|  |
E|-||---------|---------|  ||-----------------|  ||-------------3-1-|  |

   * * * *   * * *   *      *   *   *   *        * * * * *
G|---------|-------------||-----------------|  |---------|
D|---------|-------------||-----------------|x2|---------|
A|---------|-------------||-----------------|  |---------|
E|-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|  |-4-------|


G|--------8--12--13-----13--13-13-13-13-|---||
D|-6--10--------------------------------|---||
A|--------------------------------------|---||
E|--------------------------------------|-4-||

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| \ Slide down
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| * pulses
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