Bass tabs
Tuning: Drop D (D A D G)
Key: D
Difficulty: Intermediate
Artist : Hum
Album : You'd Prefer An Astronaut
Song : Why I Like The Robins
Use a pick. Once you get the strumming it's not very complicated, is goes like this (u : up, d : down) :
1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +
d d u d u d d u d u d d u d u d d u d u
v v v v
Intro: (0:03)
12/8
G|----7-----------7-----------7-----------7-------|----7-----------7-----------7-----------7-------|
D|0-------0---0-------0---0--------0--0-------0---|5-------5---5-------5---5--------5--5-------5---|
A|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| (x4)
D|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
G|7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|
D|0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|
A|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| (x4)
D|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
G|0-----0--0--0--0--9-----9--9--9--9--12----12-12-12-12-14----14-14-14-14-|
D|0-----0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| (x4)
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|14----14-14-14-14-16----16-16-16-16-16----16-16-16-16-14----12----14----|
D|0-----0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0-----0-----0-----|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| (x4)
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2:
G|7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|
D|0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|
A|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| (x4)
D|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
Interlude 1:
G|7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|
D|0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|
A|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| (x2)
D|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| (x2)
D|0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------|5-----------5--------/--7-----------7-----------|
G|7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|
D|0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|
A|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| (x4)
D|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
Verse 3:
G|0-----0--0--0--0--9-----9--9--9--9--12----12-12-12-12-14----14-14-14-14-|
D|0-----0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| (x4)
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Interlude 2:
G|14----14-14-14-14-16----16-16-16-16-16----16-16-16-16-14----12----14----|
D|0-----0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0-----0-----0-----|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| (x3)
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|14----14-14-14-14-16----16-16-16-16-14----14-14-14-14-16----16-16-16-16-|
D|0-----0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| (x2)
D|0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------|5-----------5---------/-7-----------7-----------|
Outro:
G|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| (x2)
D|0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------|5-----------5-----------7-----------7-----------|
G|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------11--11--11--|------------------------------------12--12--12--|
A|------------9-------9---12------12--------------|------------9-------9---12------12--------------|-|
D|9---9---12--------------------------------------|9---9---12--------------------------------------| |
| (x4)
G|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| |
D|------------------------------------11--11--11--|11----------------------------------------------|-|
A|------------9-------9---12------12--------------|----12------12----------12--9-------9-----------|
D|9---9---12--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
D|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
A|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
D|0-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------||
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| v Accented note (strumming)
| / Slide up
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