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In Vain Bass Tab by INXS

In Vain bass tab by INXS

Bass Tab

  • Difficulty: Advanced 🤯
Tempo: 142 BPM

Intro:
 (0:00)

Bass rests

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------5-----|
A|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|--------3---5-2-|
E|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------2-----|
E|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---0-3---3---|

On all of the 4 beats after the dead note, you can improvise like I think
he does.  I wrote in the B throughout, but you can play an F#, an A or a Ab on occasion
to spice it up.  Really almost any note there in the neighborhood sounds cool,
you can just play around with it and see what you like. If you can pick up his
patterns you might have a better feel for knowing what you want to do with it.

Verse 1: (0:57)

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------2-----|
E|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---0-3---3---|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------5---6-|
A|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------------|
E|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---0-3---4---|

Chorus: (1:11)

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

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------------|
E|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---0-3-3-4-4-|

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

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------------|
E|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---0-0-0-0---|

Verse 2: (1:38)

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------2-----|
E|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---0-3---3---|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------5---6-|
A|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------------|
E|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---0-3---4---|

Chorus: (1:51)

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

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------------|
E|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---0-3-3-4-4-|

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

Interlude: (2:12)

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|  x4
E|7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-|7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-|7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-|7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-|

Solo: (2:41)

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

G|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3->1-|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

G|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3->1-|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

Chorus 3: (3:15)

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-3---2-|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------5-----|
A|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------------|
E|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---0-3---4---|

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

G|----------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|------10---x-10\---|7-----------7\---|
E|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0-3--------------|-----------------|

Verse 3: (3:43)

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------2-----|
E|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---0-3---3---|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------5---6-|
A|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------------|
E|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---0-3---4---|

Chorus 4: (3:56)

G|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------5-5-4-|
A|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5->5-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------5-----|
A|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------x-2---|----------------|
E|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---3---------|0-0---0-3---4-4-|

G|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5->5-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

2/4 time for one measure followed by 4/4 time again

G|--------|------------------|------------------|
D|--------|------------------|------------------|
A|------6-|(6)---------------|(6)---------------|
E|5-5-5---|------------------|------------------|

G|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
E|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5->5-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

2/4 time for one measure followed by 4/4 time again

G|--------|------------------|------------------|
D|--------|------------------|------------------|
A|------6-|(6)---------------|(6)---------------|
E|5-5-5---|------------------|------------------|



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| x   Dead note
| (n) Ghost note (hold previous note)
| >   Accented note
| \   Slide down

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