Bass tabs
Song: Cold Gin
Artist: Kiss
Album: Kiss (1974)
Bassist: Gene Simmons
Eb tuning (1/2 step down)
🏷Legend:
r = rest
()= sustained note
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
p = pull off
/() = legato slide
s = 16th note (appears above bar)
INTRO:
(Rest x3)
Gb |-----------------||--------------------|
Db |-----------------||--------------------|
Ab |-----------------||--------------------|
Eb |-r---------------||-r-----5/(17)\-r----|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
s s
Gb |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5---------------|
Db |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---7-r-5---------|
Ab |-0---------------|(0)----------r---|-0-----------r---|---------7r5r3---|
Eb |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
PRE-VERSE:
(x2)
s s s s s s s s s s s s (x2)
Gb |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
Db |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
Ab |-----------------|-----------------||-3---------------|-----------------|
Eb |-5r5r5r5r5r5r5r5r|-5r5r5r5r5---r---||---5-3-5-r-5-r-5-|-3-0-3-5-5---r---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
VERSE 1 (x4):
Gb |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Db |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Ab |-----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|
Eb |-5-5-r-----------|-5-5-r-----------|---5-3-5-r-5-r-5-|-3-0-3-5-5---r---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
FILL:
Gb |-----------------|-----------------|
Db |-----------------|-----------------|
Ab |-3---------------|-----------------|
Eb |---5-3-5-r-5-r-5-|-3-0-3-5-5---r---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
CHORUS 1:
(x3)
Gb |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
Db |-----------------|---------5-------||-----------------|-----------------|
Ab |-7-7\r-----------|-7-7\/(7)--5---5-||-7-7\r-----------|-----------------|
Eb |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-r-2-r---3-r-4-r-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
PRE-VERSE:
(x4)
Gb |-----------------|-----------------|
Db |-----------------|-----------------|
Ab |-3---------------|-----------------|
Eb |---5-3-5-r-5-r-5-|-3-0-3-5-5---r---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
VERSE 2 (x4):
Gb |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Db |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Ab |-----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|
Eb |-5-5-r-----------|-5-5-r-----------|---5-3-5-r-5-r-5-|-3-0-3-5-5---r---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
FILL:
Gb |-----------------|-----------------|
Db |-----------------|-----------------|
Ab |-3---------------|-----------------|
Eb |---5-3-5-r-5-r-5-|-3-0-3-5-5---r---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
CHORUS 2:
(x3)
Gb |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
Db |-----------------|---------5-------||-----------------|-----------------|
Ab |-7-7\r-----------|-7-7\/(7)--5---5-||-7-7\r-----------|-----------------|
Eb |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-r-2-2-2-3-3-4-r-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
PRE-INTERLUDE:
(x3) 6/4
Gb |-----------------|-----------------||-------------------------|
Db |-----------------|-----------------||-------------------------|
Ab |-3---------------|-----------------||-3-----------------------|
Eb |---5-3-5-r-5-r-5-|-3-0-3-5-5---r---||---5-3-5-r-5-r-5-3-0-3-5-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &
Gb |-----------------|-----------------|
Db |-----------------|-----------------|
Ab |-----------------|------------/15\-|
Eb |-3---------------|(3)--------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
INTERLUDE (Repeat 1st staff x2): _________________ _________________
/1 /2
s sss s sss | s | s
Gb |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Db |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Ab |---------3-3-r---|-3r3232--3r323---|---------3-3-r---|-3r--------------|-3r--------------|
Eb |-3-3-r-----------|--------------1--|-3-3-r-----------|--------------1--|--------------3--|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
(Repeat next staff x2): _________________ _________________
/1 /2
s sss s sss | | ssssssssssssssss
Gb |-----------------|-7r7676--7r767---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Db |-----------------|--------------5--|-7-7-r-----------|-----------------|--p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p|
Ab |---------5-5-r---|-----------------|---------5-5-r---|-5\r-------------|-5454545454545454|
Eb |-5-5-r-----------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------3--|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Gb |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Db |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Ab |-----------------|-7-7-r-----------|-7-7-r-----------|-7-----5-----4---|
Eb |-0-0-r-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
BREAKDOWN:
Gb |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Db |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Ab |-0---------------|(0)--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Eb |-----------------|-----------------|-r---------------|-r---------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
CHORUS 3:
(x2)
Gb |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
Db |-----------------|---------5-------||-----------------|-----------------|
Ab |-7-7\r-----------|-7-7\/(7)--5---5-||-7-7\r-----------|-----------------|
Eb |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-r-2-2-2-3-3-4-r-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
OUTRO:
(x2)
Gb |-----------------|-----------------|
Db |-----------------|-----------------|
Ab |-3---------------|-----------------|
Eb |---5-3-5-r-5-r-5-|-3-0-3-5-5---r---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Gb |-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|
Db |---7-5-7-r-5-----|-----------------|---7-5-7-r-5-----|-----------------|
Ab |-------------7-5-|-r-3---------3-5/|-------------7-5-|-r-3-------------|
Eb |-----------------|-----5-3-5-------|-----------------|-----5-3-5-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Gb |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Db |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Ab |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Eb |(5)--------------|(5)--------------|(5)----------5---|-r---------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &