Joke bass tab by Mindless Self Indulgence

Bass tabs

Tuning: Half-Step Down (Eb Ab Db Gb)

Intro + Verse 1: This joke has gone too far

Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|------0-0-0----------------------|
Eb|0-0-0-------1-1-1-0-0-0----------|

Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|------0-0-0----------------------|
Eb|0-0-0-------1-1-1-0-0-0----------|


Chorus: In a big way, in a lot of ways

Gb|--------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------| > x3
Eb|0-4-7-9-9-9---------------------|

Verse 2:

It's all downhill from here

Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|------0-0-0--------------------|
Eb|0-0-0-------1-1-1--------------|


Verse 3: Milli Vanilli is punk rock as it gets

Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|----------------2-2-2-2--------|
Eb|0-X-0-X-0-X-0-X----------------|

Gb|-------------------------------------|  >X2
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-7b---|
Eb|0-X-0-X-0-X-0-X----------------------|


Verse 4, same as 1:
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|------0-0-0----------------------|
Eb|0-0-0-------1-1-1-0-0-0----------|

Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------|
Ab|------0-0-0----------------------|
Eb|0-0-0-------1-1-1-0-0-0----------|

Chorus: In a big way, in a lot of ways

Gb|--------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------| > x3
Eb|0-4-7-9-9-9---------------------|


Verse 5, same as 2: It's all downhill from here

Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|------0-0-0--------------------|
Eb|0-0-0-------1-1-1--------------|


Verse 6, same 2: Milli Vanilli is punk rock as it gets

Gb|-------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|----------------2-2-2-2--------|
Eb|0-X-0-X-0-X-0-X----------------|

Gb|-------------------------------------|  >X2
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-7b---|
Eb|0-X-0-X-0-X-0-X----------------------|


Verse 7: Takes one to know one

Gb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------0-0-0-0-7b------------0-0-0-0-7b------------|
Eb|0-0-0-0-5b------------0-0-0-0-5b------------0-0-0-0-5b-|


Bridge:

Gb|--------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------|
Eb|9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-11-11-11-11-5-5-5-5---| >5X

Playing all that sh*t and doing flips and *splits*
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------6--------|
Eb|9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-11-11-11-11----------|

Gb|--------------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------------|
Eb|9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-11-11-11-11-5-5-5-5---|

Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------6--------|
Eb|9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-11-11-11-11----------|


Chorus: In a big way, in a lot of ways

Gb|--------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------------| > x5
Eb|0-4-7-9-9-9---------------------|


Outro: Here

Gb|-----------------|
Db|-----------------|
Ab|-----------------|
Eb|0----------------|


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