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Penny Arcade Bass Tab by Roy Orbison

Penny Arcade bass tab by Roy Orbison

Bass Tab

Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro:
:
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|----3---------3----------3----------3-|
E|--3---------3----------3----------3---|

Verse 1::
  The light shone in the night some way ahead      Blue turned into
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------3----3-------------------|
A|----3--------------------3------------3----3------0-5------------|
E|--3--------------------3-----------------------------------------|

   Green  Then it was red      And stirring the night, love music played
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------5----5--------------------------------------3-----|
A|-0-5---------------5----5-------3----------------3-------------3-------|
E|------------------------------3----------------3-----------------------|

       The light I saw in the night was a Penny Arcade
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---3-------------------------------------------5--3--2--0------|
A|-3------0-5----------------0-5---------------5-------------0-2-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------3----|

Chorus::
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-|
A|3-----3-----3-----3-----3----3-2-0---3-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5----|
E|---3-----3-----3-----3-----3-------3------------------------------------|

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

                                     Break:
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-3-----3----2-5-----5-----------------|
A|----3-----3------5-----5---3--3--3--3-|
E|--------------------------------------|

Verse 2::
  At first I thought it was a dream, that I was in        Lost, lost in a
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------3----3-------------------|
A|----3------------------------3---------------3-----3----0-5-------------|
E|--3------------------------3--------------------------------------------|

  Sea of glass and tin        But no so dipping my hand in the back of
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------5----5-------------------------------------------|
A|-0-5-------------5----5-------3--------------------3----------------|
E|----------------------------3--------------------3------------------|

  My jeans      I grabbed a handful of coins to feed the machines
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|----3-------3-------------------------------------------|
A|--3-------3-----0-5-------------------0-5---------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

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

Chorus::
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-|
A|3-----3-----3-----3-----3----3-2-0---3-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5----|
E|---3-----3-----3-----3-----3-------3------------------------------------|

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

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

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

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

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

                               Song Fades Out:
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|---0--2--3-----3-----3--2--0----3-----3----|
E|-3----------3-----3----------3-----3-----3-|

Published: April 4, 2025

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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