Bass tabs
Tuning: Standard
Song: Never Tear Us Apart
Artist: INXS
Album: Kick (1987)
Standard tuning (EADG); Triplet 8th feel
🏷Legend:
r = rest
(3) = triplet 8ths (appears above bar)
INTRO:
(Rest x4)
G |-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|
E |-r-----------------------|
1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &
VERSE 1:
(Rest x4)
G |-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|
E |-r-----------------------|
1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &
CHORUS 1:
(Rest x6)
G |-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|
E |-r-----------------------|
1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &
PRE-VERSE:
(3) (3) (3) (3)
G |---------------------------|---------------------------|
D |---------------------------|---------------------------|
A |---------------------------|---------------------------|
E |-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-r---------|-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-r---------|
1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & & 1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &
VERSE 2:
G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|---------------------0-3-|-5-------3-0-5---------7-|-8---------8-8---------5-|
E |-5-------3-0-5---------3-|-1---------1-1-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & & 1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & & 1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & & 1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &
(3)
G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-----------------------0-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-------------------3-----|---------------------0-3-|-5-------3-0-5-------3-0-|-8---------8-8-----8-8-8-|
E |-5-------3-0-5-----------|-1---------1-1-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & & 1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & & 1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & & 1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &
CHORUS 2:
( x2 ) (3) (3) (3) (3)
G |-------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------|
A |-3-----------------------|--3----------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------|
E |-----------0-1-----------|-----------0-1-----------||-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|-3-r---------------------|
1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & & 1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & & 1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & & 1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &
LEAD-IN TO SAX SOLO:
(3) (3) (3) (3)
G |---------------------------|-------------------------|
D |---------------------------|-------------------------|
A |---------------------------|-------------------------|
E |-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-r---------|-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-r-------|
1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & & 1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &
SAX SOLO:
(3)
G |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
A |-------------------------|---------------------0-3-|-5---------3-5-----5---7-|-8---8-8---8-8---8--8-8-8-|
E |-5-------3-0-5-------3-0-|-1---------1-1-----------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & & 1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & & 1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & & 1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &
OUT-CHORUS (Repeat to fade-out):
( x2 ) (3) (3) (3) (3)
G |-------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|
D |-------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------3-3-3-|
A |-3-----------------------|--3----------------------||----------------------------|
E |-----------0-1-----------|-----------0-1-----------||-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--------|
1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & & 1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & & 1 & & 2 & & 3 & & 4 & &
Follow along with the song: