Ras Trent bass tab by The Lonely Island

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: Am

Intro:


0:03
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0:04 "Yes I, Ras Trent! Bada-ding-ding-ding-ding, woah!"
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0:12 "Who dem? You no want test me champion sound"
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Verse 1:

0:18 "Oh fire 'pon Babylon and fire 'pon a batty boy"
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0:26 "Rudeboy livin in the shanty dorms, my roommate Nick  "
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0:32 "Now chant down Babylon, midterm essays, then puff  "
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0:40 "Last week I read a book about Selassie I, then told  "
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0:46 "Oh hotstepper, you do so many dutty crimes"
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                                   (mute on each eighth note between)
0:54 "And plus you're fully skylarking all the time"
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Chorus:

1:01 "Have you ever noticed, how baldheads suck  "
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1:08 "Excuse I for my skanking, give thanks and praise  "
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Verse 2:

1:15 "In a dub style! Roller skates! A DVD of Cool Runnings!"
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1:22 "Murder She Wrote! Yagga-yagga-yagga yow!"
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NO BASS UNTIL 1:36


Bridge:

1:35
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1:36 "Are you there, Jah, it's me Ras Trent, please guide  "
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Outro:

1:43 "Oh, stanahoy, stanahoy, stanahoy, stanahoy Jah  "
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1:50 "Red Stripe, Shabba, ragamuffin and culture, me night  "
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1:57 (quick fade out)
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| ~   Vibrato

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