The Prom - You Happened bass tab by Soundtracks

Bass tabs

• Difficulty: Intermediate

NB: this is adapted for 4-string bass. The original part goes down to a C2 and is played on a 5-string. Also
I did this by ear so I apologise in advance for any mistakes

Intro:
:

G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|------0-3---------------3-4-5--0-5-3--3--------| x2
E|-1--------3----3-4-5--------------------5-3-(1)|


Verse 1: (Since J.V. football ):

G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|------0-3---------------2-3-4-5-5----3-3----|
E|-1--------3----3-4-5------------------------|

G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|------0-3----------------------3-0-1-3--0-1-3--0-1-3|
E|-1--------3----3-4-5----5-5-------------------------|

Chorus 1: (You happened ):

G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------0-2-3----------0-3-------------|
A|------0-3-0----3-------1----1-3--------5-5--3--3|
E|-1--1-------------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------3--------------------------------------|
A|-----0-3--------1-3----------------------------------------|
E|-1-1-----3----3--------3-1-3-1-3-1-3-1-3/5--5-3/6----8\(1)-|

Post-chorus: (You're such an idiot ):

G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------0-3---------------3-4-5--0-5-3--3---|
E|-1--------3----3-4-5----------------------|

Verse 2:: (There's not ):

G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|------2-5---------------4-5-6-7---7-5--7-5---|
E|-3--------5----5-6-7------------7----------7-|

G|---------------------------------------------------------/7-7-7-7|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------2-5------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------|
E|-3--------5\3----5-6-7----7-7------------------------------------|

Chorus 2::

G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------2-4-5--------------------------|
A|------2-5-2----5-------3----3-5--------7-7--5--5|
E|-3--3---------------------------3-5-------------|

A|-------------------------2--2-0-2-0-2-2/4----2-5-4-------|
D|--------------------4------------------------------------|
A|-----2-5--------4-7--------------------------------3-3--5|
E|-3-3-----5----5------------------------------------------|

Post-chorus::

G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|------2-5-----1-2-3-------|
E|-3--------4-5-------------|

Bridge::

G|--------------------------|
D|------------3----0-1-2-3--|
A|-4-----1-3-4--------------|
E|-----4-------------------3|

G|-----------3-3--2/3\1----1-------|
D|--0-1-2-3------------------3-1---|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------4-|

G|------------------------------|
D|--------------------0-1-2-3---|
A|-------1-3-4------4-----------|
E|-----4------------------------|

Still the bridge but now they're singing::

G|-10--10----10--10-8--3--3----3--3---|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

G|-10--10----10--10-8--3--3--------------------|
D|--------------------------------------2--3-3-|
A|-----------------------------1-2-3--3--------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-1--1------1--1------3--3------3--3----------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|------4---------4---------1---------1--------|
(NB: this bit is octaves if you have a 5-string or want to detune)

(It's pretty obvious ):

G|----------------------------------|
D|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------/4-4-4-4-|
A|----------------------------------|
E|-----------------2-2-2-2----------|

Verse 3: (Before I met you ):

G|-------------------------------------------|
D|---------6---------------6-7-8---6--6------|
A|-\4----8---6----6-7-8----------8------8--4-|
E|-------------------------------------------|
(NB: 9 on the A string works for the slide)

G|------------------------------13-13--13-|
D|--------6-------------------------------|
A|-4----8---6\---6-7-8----8--8------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

Chorus 3::

G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--------6-9------5-6-7-8----------------------|
A|-4----8-----8---------------------------------|
E|-------------------------2--2-3-4-5--6-6--4--4|

G|-----------------------------------------------5-7-|
D|--------6-9--------------1-3-4-5-5-6--6-6-6--6-----|
A|-4----8-----6--------------------------------------|
E|--------------1--2-3-4-2---------------------------|

Chorus 4:(Something so true ):

G|------------/11--11--------11-9-------------------4---------|
D|------4-7-9------------4--------5---------------------------|
A|-5-5-----------------2---9----------------------2----0----0-|
E|----------------------------------3--2-3-4-5-3--------------|
(NB: the first D lands right on the start of the bar, before "true")

G|-3-4-5--7-7--------------------------------------------|
D|------------7-7-5----------------0-4-------------------|
A|------------------7-7----------0-----------------------|
E|----------------------0-0----2-------0--0-2--2-3-3-3-3-|

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

G|--------------------------------------2-4-7----|
D|------4-7-----------------------2-4-5----------|
A|-5--------7----5-6-7--8-9-10-----------------5-|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
(NB: the final 8,9,10 is on the offbeat)

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| (1) Note written at start of repeat
| /  Slide-up
| \  Slide-down

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