Hip To Be Square bass tab by Huey Lewis & The News
Bass Tab
Standard tuning (EADG)
LEGEND:
r = rest
\ = slide down
()= sustained note
INTRO:
(x3)
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
A |-7---------------|---------------5-||-7---------------|-------------5---|
E |---0-0-4-r-4-r-4-|-5-4-5-r---5-7---||---0-0-4-r-4-r-4-|-5-r-5-r-7-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
VERSE 1:
(x3)
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|---------------5-|
A |-7---------------|---------------5-||-7---------------|-----------5-7---|
E |---0-0-4-r-4-r-4-|-5-r-5-r---5-7---||---0-0-4-r-4-r-4-|-5-4-5-r---------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
PRE-CHORUS:
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-7---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------4-7-|
E |---5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-0-|(0)0-0-0-4-7-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-\-r-----------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
CHORUS 1:
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-7---------------|---------------5-|-7---------------|-------------5---|
E |---0-0-4-r-4-r-4-|-5-4-5-r---5-7---|---0-0-4-r-4-r-4-|-5-r-5-r-7-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
VERSE 2:
(x3)
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|---------------5-|
A |-7---------------|---------------5-||-7---------------|-----------5-7---|
E |---0-0-4-r-4-r-4-|-5-r-5-r---5-7---||---0-0-4-r-4-r-4-|-5-4-5-r---------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
PRE-CHORUS:
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-7---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------4-7-|
E |---5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-0-|(0)0-0-0-4-7-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-\-r-----------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
CHORUS 2 (x2): _________________ _________________
/1 /2
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-7---------------|---------------5-|-7---------------|-----------------|-------------5---|
E |---0-0-4-r-4-r-4-|-5-4-5-r---5-7---|---0-0-4-r-4-r-4-|-5-4-5-r---------|-5-r-5-r-7-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
INTERLUDE:
(x7)
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-------------5-6-|
E |-0-0-r-0-0-0-r-0-|-0-0-r-0-0-0-2-0-||-0-0-r-0-0-0-r-0-|-2-2-5-6-7-7-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
SAX SOLO:
(x3)
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
A |-7---------------|---------------5-||-7---------------|-------------5---|
E |---0-0-4-r-4-r-4-|-5-4-5-r---5-7---||---0-0-4-r-4-r-4-|-5-r-5-r-7-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
VERSE 3:
(x3)
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|---------------5-|
A |-7---------------|---------------5-||-7---------------|-----------5-7---|
E |---0-0-4-r-4-r-4-|-5-r-5-r---5-7---||---0-0-4-r-4-r-4-|-5-4-5-r---------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
PRE-CHORUS:
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-7---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------4-7-|
E |---5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-0-|-0-0-0-0-4-7-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------4-7-|
E |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-0-|(0)0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-4-7-----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-\-r-----------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
CHORUS 3 (x2): _________________ _________________
/1 /2
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-7---------------|---------------5-|-7---------------|-----------------|-------------5---|
E |---0-0-4-r-4-r-4-|-5-4-5-r---5-7---|---0-0-4-r-4-r-4-|-5-4-5-r---------|-5-r-5-r-7-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
OUTRO (Repeat to fade-out):
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-7---------------|---------------5-|-7---------------|-----------------|
E |---0-0-4-r-4-r-4-|-5-4-5-r---5-7---|---0-0-4-r-4-r-4-|-5-4-5-r---------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-7---------------|---------------5-|-7---------------|-------------5---|
E |---0-0-4-r-4-r-4-|-5-4-5-r---5-7---|---0-0-4-r-4-r-4-|-5-r-5-r-7-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & Last updated:
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