Don't Cry bass tab by Guns N' Roses

Bass tabs (Ver. 2)

Music by Axl Rose & Izzy Stradlin


Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Bass (Duff)'


 Q=62
 1/4 4/4                    2/4
 Gtr I
 W  W     H  E. S +E S S  H  H   Q +S S S S
|----|----------|-------------------|-----------|---------------|
|----|----------|-------------------|------0----|---------------|
|----|----------|------3--2-(2)-3-2-|-0---------|---------------|
|----|----------|-------------------|-----------|-3--(3)-2-3-4--|

 4/4
 W     H  H   Q.  S S E. S +E S S  H  H
|----------|-----------|-----------------------|-----------|
|----------|-----------|-----------------------|------0----|
|----------|------5----|------0-2-3--2-(2)-3-2-|-0---------|
|-5--------|-5---------|-3---------------------|-----------|


 Q.  S S E. S +E S S  H  H   Q.  S S E. S +E S S  H  H
|-----------------------|-----------|-----------------------|-----------|
|-----------------------|------0----|-----------------------|------0----|
|------0-2-3--2-(2)-3-2-|-0---------|------0-2-3--2-(2)-3-2-|-0---------|
|-3---------------------|-----------|-3---------------------|-----------|


 Q.  S S Q E E  H  H   Q..  S S S E E E  H  H
|-----------------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|
|------0-2-3--2-0-|-----------|-0-------0---0-0---|-----------|
|-3---------------|-1----3----|-------3---3-----3-|-1----3----|


 Q..  S S S E E E  H  H   Q Q Q E E  H  H
|-------------------|-----------|--------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-----------|--------------|-----------|
|-0-------0---0-0---|-----------|-3--2--0------|-----------|
|-------3---3-----3-|-1----3----|----------3-3-|-1----3----|


 W     H  H   Q.  S S E. S +E S S  H  H
|----------|-----------|-----------------------|-----------|
|----------|-----------|-----------------------|------0----|
|-0--------|-0----5----|------0-2-3--2-(2)-3-2-|-0---------|
|----------|-----------|-3---------------------|-----------|

 Q.  S S E. S +E S S  H  H   Q.  S S E. S +E S S  H  H
|-----------------------|-----------|-----------------------|-----------|
|-----------------------|------0----|-----------------------|------0----|
|------0-2-3--2-(2)-3-2-|-0---------|------0-2-3--2-(2)-3-2-|-0---------|
|-3---------------------|-----------|-3---------------------|-----------|


 2/4      4/4
 Q +S S S S  Q Q Q E E  H  H   Q..  S S S E E E
|--------------|--------------|-----------|--------------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------|--------------------|
|----------0-2-|-3--2--0------|-----------|-0-------0---0-0----|
|-3--(3)-------|----------3-3-|-1----3----|-------3---3-----3--|


 H  H   Q..  S S S E E E  H  H   Q Q Q Q
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|--------------|
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|--------------|
|-----------|-0-------0---0-0---|-----------|-3--2--0------|
|-1----3----|-------3---3-----3-|-1----3----|----------3---|


 H  H   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E  H  H
|-----------|-------------------------------|-----------|
|-----------|-------------------------------|-----------|
|-----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-|-5---------|
|-1----3----|-------------------------------|------1----|


 H  E. S +Q   H  H   Q..  S S S E E E  H  H
|----------------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|
|----------------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|
|------0---------|-----------|-0-------0---0-0---|-----------|
|-3-------3-(3)--|-1----3----|-------3---3-----3-|-1----3----|


 E S S E S S E S S E S S  H  H   W     H  Q.  S S
|-------------------------|-----------|----------|----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------|----------|----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------|-0--------|-5---------0-2--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1----3----|----------|------3---------|


 E. S +E S S H   H  Q.  S S  E. S +E S S H   H  Q.  S S
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|-0-------------|-------------------|-0-------------|
|-3--2-(2)-3-2-0----|-----------0-2-|-3--2-(2)-3-2-0----|-----------0-2-|
|-------------------|------3--------|-------------------|------3--------|


 E. S +E S S H   H  Q.  S S  Q Q Q Q  H  H
|-------------------|---------------|-------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-0-------------|-------------|-----------|
|-3--2-(2)-3-2-0----|-----------0-2-|-3--2--0-----|-----------|
|-------------------|------3--------|----------3--|-1----3----|


 Q..  S S S E E E  H  H   Q..  S S S E E E  H  H
|-------------------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-----------|-------------------|-----------|
|-0-------0---0-0---|-----------|-0-------0---0-0---|-----------|
|-------3---3-----3-|-1----3----|-------3---3-----3-|-1----3----|


 Q Q Q S S S S  H  H   H  H   H  H
|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-3--2--0----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|----------3-3---3-|-1----3----|-1----3----|-1----3----|


 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  H  H   H  H
|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1----3----|-1----3----|


    Q=62  Q=60
 H  H   W     +W      +H   H
|-----------|----------|------------|-------------|
|-----------|----------|------------|-------------|
|-----------|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)---------|
|-1----3----|----------|------------|-------------|


 Q=70
 W
|------*|
|------*|
|------*|
|------*|



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Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h  - hammer-on
 p  - pull-off
 b  - bend
 pb - pre-bend
 r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s  - legato slide
 S  - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
n: - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~  - vibrato
 tr - trill
 T  - tap
 TP - trem. picking
 PM - palm muting
\
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \
 - tremolo bar down
 n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =  - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x  - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o  - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 | - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
 : - bar (freetime)
 $ - Segno
 & - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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