Bass tabs
"Insight" by Joy Division (from the album "Unknown Pleasures"
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transcribed by Gilles Vela
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Notation
w : whol
h : half R : res
q : quarter / : slide u
e : 8th h : hammer o
s : 16th ++++ : tied note
Riff
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e e e e e e e e [x4]
G-||12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--|
D-||--------------------------------|
A-||--------------------------------|| with crescend
E-||--------------------------------|
Riff
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e e e e q+e e ++++ e q q q e [x2
G-||/12--12--11--11--9------------9---|--9---9-------9-------9-------9---|
D-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
e e e e q+e e ++++ e q+e e q e [x2
G-||-7---7---9---9---5------------5---|--5---5-----------5---5-------5---|
D-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E-||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Riff I
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h sliding e e e e e e e e e e e e
G-|--5-------/-------19--19--19--19---|--19--19--19--19--19--19--19--19---
D-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
A-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
E-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
e e e e s s e e e s s e s s s s e e
G-||-19--19--19--19--17h18-19-19-19---|--17h18-19-19-19--17h18-19-19-19---
D-||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
A-||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
E-||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
e e e e e e e e e e e e s s e e e [x4
G-|--19--19--19--19--15--15--17--17---|--19--19--19--19--17h18-19-19-19--|
D-|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E-|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
e e e e s s e e e s s e s s s s e e
G-|--19--19--19--19--17h18-19-19-19---|--17h18-19-19-19--17h18-19-19-19---
D-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
A-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
E-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
h h w
G-|--19-------------------------------|-----------------------------------
D-|------------------R----------------|--R--------------------------------
A-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
E-|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------
Intro : Riff
Riff I
1st Verse : Riff I (x4
Chorus : Riff II
2nd Verse : Riff I (x4) with some rhythm variation
Chorus : Riff I
Note
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All through the song, there is a 2d bass which seems to play
q+e+s s e q+e
G-||----------------------------------|
D-||------------0-0-------------------|
A-||-R--------------------R-----------|| on verse
E-||----------------------------------|
an
e q+s s e q+s s
G-||----------------------------------|
D-||-0----------0-0----------------0--|
A-||-----R----------------R-----------|| on choruse
E-||----------------------------------|