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Controller Bass Tab by Oingo Boingo

Controller bass tab by Oingo Boingo

Bass Tab

  • Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
Key: F#m

🎸 Intro:

    S S S S S S S S S P S  S  S  S S S S S S S S S P S  S  S
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------(x)--------------------------(x)---------|
A|----------------------1--2--4----------------------1--2--4--|
E|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------|

    S S S S S S S S S P S  S  S  S S S S S S S S S P S  S  S
G|-------------------(x)--------------------------(x)---------|
D|----------------------9--8-------------------------9--8--6--|
A|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------9--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|


🎸 Verse 1:
 "There's someone knocking on my door  "
    S S P S S P S S S P S  S  S  S S P S S P S S S P S  S  S
G|------------------------------------------------------------| \
D|------4-----4------(X)-------------4-----4------(X)---------|  |
A|----------------------1--2--4----------------------1--2--4--|  |
E|--2-2---2-2---2-2-2------------2-2---2-2---2-2-2------------|  |
                                                                 > X2
    S S P S S P S S S P S  S  S  S S P S S P S S S P S  S  S     |
G|------8-----8------(x)-------------8-----8------(x)---------|  |
D|----------------------9--8-------------------------9--8--6--|  |
A|--6-6---6-6---6-6-6---------9--6-6---6-6---6-6-6------------|  |
E|------------------------------------------------------------| /


🎸 Chorus:
 "I've got run  "
    S S P S S  P S S S P S S  P S S S P S S  P S
G|------4------4----------------------------------|
D|---------------------6------6-------4------4----|
A|--2-2---x-2----x--------------------------------|
E|-----------------4-4---x-4----x-2-2---x-2----x--|

    S S P S S  P S S S P S S  P S
G|------4------4-------------------|
D|---------------------6------6----|
A|--2-2---x-2----x-----------------|
E|-----------------4-4---x-4----x--|

🎸 Intro:

    S S S S S S S S S P S  S  S  S S S S S S S S S P S  S  S
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------(x)--------------------------(x)---------|
A|----------------------1--2--4----------------------1--2--4--|
E|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------|

    S S S S S S S S S P S  S  S  S S S S S S S S S P S  S  S
G|-------------------(x)--------------------------(x)---------|
D|----------------------9--8-------------------------9--8--6--|
A|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------9--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

🎸 Verse 2:
 "There's someone crawling in my yard  "
    S S P S S P S S S P S  S  S  S S P S S P S S S P S  S  S
G|------------------------------------------------------------| \
D|------4-----4------(X)-------------4-----4------(X)---------|  |
A|----------------------1--2--4----------------------1--2--4--|  |
E|--2-2---2-2---2-2-2------------2-2---2-2---2-2-2------------|  |
                                                                 > X2
    S S P S S P S S S P S  S  S  S S P S S P S S S P S  S  S     |
G|------8-----8------(x)-------------8-----8------(x)---------|  |
D|----------------------9--8-------------------------9--8--6--|  |
A|--6-6---6-6---6-6-6---------9--6-6---6-6---6-6-6------------|  |
E|------------------------------------------------------------| /

🎸 Chorus:
 "I've got run  "
    S S P S S  P S S S P S S  P S S S P S S  P S
G|------4------4----------------------------------|
D|---------------------6------6-------4------4----|
A|--2-2---x-2----x--------------------------------|
E|-----------------4-4---x-4----x-2-2---x-2----x--|

 "I've got run   might be the catcher  "
    S S P S S  P S S S P S S  P S S S P S S  P S
G|------4------4----------------------------------|
D|---------------------6------6-------4------4----|
A|--2-2---x-2----x--------------------------------|
E|-----------------4-4---x-4----x-2-2---x-2----x--|

 "I've got run  "
    S S P S S  P S S S P S S  P S S  S  S  S
G|------4------4------------------------------|
D|---------------------6------6---------------|
A|--2-2---x-2----x----------------------------|
E|-----------------4-4---x-4----x-2--2--2--2--|

🎸 Bridge:  (No slap)
G|--------------------------------|
D|-----------------------1-2-1----|
A|--2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-------4--|
E|--------------------------------|

 "Faceless surgeons  "
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------1-2-1------------------------1-2-1----|
A|--2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-------4-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-------4--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

 "Cut out our imagination"
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------4-4--x-4-4--x-4-4--x-4-4-4-4--|

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

G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------9--8--------------------------9--8--6--|
A|--6-6-x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6--------9--6-6-x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6-----------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

🎸 Verse 3:
 "  I think they're looking for me- e- e- e  "
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|  x2
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------7--6--4--(2)--|

🎸 Chorus:
 "I've got run  "
    S S P S S  P S S S P S S  P S S S P S S  P S
G|------4------4----------------------------------|
D|---------------------6------6-------4------4----|
A|--2-2---x-2----x--------------------------------|
E|-----------------4-4---x-4----x-2-2---x-2----x--|

 "I've got run   might be the catcher  "
    S S P S S  P S S S P S S  P S S S P S S  P S
G|------4------4----------------------------------|
D|---------------------6------6-------4------4----|
A|--2-2---x-2----x--------------------------------|
E|-----------------4-4---x-4----x-2-2---x-2----x--|

 "I've got run  "
    S S P S S  P S S S P S S  P S S  S  S  S
G|------4------4------------------------------|
D|---------------------6------6---------------|
A|--2-2---x-2----x----------------------------|
E|-----------------4-4---x-4----x-2--2--2--2--|

🎸 Bridge 2:  (No slap)
 "Faceless surgeons  "
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------1-2-1------------------------1-2-1----|
A|--2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-------4-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-------4--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

 "Cut out our imagination"
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------4-4--x-4-4--x-4-4--x-4-4--x--|

 "It's a strange thing  "
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------1-2-1------------------------1-2-1----|
A|--2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-------4-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-------4--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

 "Razors cut with such precision   "
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------4-4--x-4-4--x-4-4--x-4-4--x--|

 "Probing deep without detection  "
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------1-2-1------------------------1-2-1----|
A|--2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-------4-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-------4--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

 "Razors never lie"
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|--2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x-2-2--x----------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------4---3---2---0--|

🎸 Outro:
 "It's alright!"
    S S P S S P S S S P S  S  S  S S P S S P S S S P S  S  S
G|------------------------------------------------------------| \
D|------4-----4------(X)-------------4-----4------(X)---------|  |
A|----------------------1--2--4----------------------1--2--4--|  |
E|--2-2---2-2---2-2-2------------2-2---2-2---2-2-2------------|  |
                                                                 > X2
    S S P S S P S S S P S  S  S  S S P S S P S S S P S  S  S     |
G|------8-----8------(x)-------------8-----8------(x)---------|  |
D|----------------------9--8-------------------------9--8--6--|  |
A|--6-6---6-6---6-6-6---------9--6-6---6-6---6-6-6------------|  |
E|------------------------------------------------------------| /

 "I think they're looking for me  "
    S S P S S P S S S P S  S  S  S S P S S P S S S P S  S  S
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------4-----4------(X)-------------4-----4------(X)---------| x2
A|----------------------1--2--4----------------------1--2--4--|
E|--2-2---2-2---2-2-2------------2-2---2-2---2-2-2------------|

    P   P   S   S
G|--4---3-----------|
D|----------4---1---|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|


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| x   Dead note
| (n) Ghost note
| S   Slap
| P   Pop

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