Down By The Sea Bass Tab by Men At Work

Down By The Sea bass tab by Men At Work

Bass Tab

Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

🎸 Intro:

G|---16h18-----------------------------------------------------|
D|---------16\--14h16----------------------------------16------|
A|--------------------14\--14/16\14/16\14--14--14--14----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|



G|--14--14--14--13--11------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------14---13--14--16--14--13--11--13---------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------12-----|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

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G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|--13--11-------13--11------13--11------------------|
A|----------12-----------12----------12--11--12------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|


🎸 Verse 1: Repeat till Chorus

G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|--7---7--7--0--0-5-7---7--7--0---0-5-7---7--7--0---------|


🎸 Chorus 1:

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


🎸 Verse 2:

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--7---7--7--0--0-5-7--7--7--0---0-5-7---7--7--0----------------------------|


🎸 Chorus 2:

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


Instrumental Break:

G|---------------------------14-14-13-11-------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------14---13-14-16-14-13-11-13-----------|
A|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----------------------------------------12--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----11-13-13-13-14--13-14--13-11-----13-11----13-11-----------------------|
A|--12------------------------------12--------12-------12--11-12-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------|
D|---------------------| Repeat this section 4 times
A|---------------------|
E|--7---7--7--0--0-5-7-|

G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------| Last part of instrumental break, starts at 4:59
A|--------------------------|
E|--0--0----0----0-5-7------|



🎸 Verse 3:

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--7---7--7--0--0-5-7--7--7--0---0-5-7---7--7--0----------------------------|


🎸 Chorus 3:

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



🎸 Outro:

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--7---7--7--0--0-5-7--7--7--0---0-5-7---7--7--0----------------------------|

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| h   hammer on
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down


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Published: August 24, 2021

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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