Chained To The Rhythm Bass Tab by Katy Perry

Chained To The Rhythm bass tab by Katy Perry

Bass Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Chained To The Rhythm by Katy Perry

Main Riff:                                                    .
G|---------------------------.---------------------------------5----|
D|---------------------------5-------------------------------5------|
A|---.-----------.---.---------------.-----------.---.--------------|
E|-5-5---------x-5---5-----------x-5-5---------x-5---5--------------|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
                                                               .
G|-------------------------------------------------------------7----|
D|---.-----------.---.---------------.-----------.---.--------------|
A|-5-5---------x-5---5-------3h5-x-5-5---------x-5---5--------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------x-|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

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G|-------------------------------------------------------------.----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------3-2----|
A|---.-----------.---.---------------.-----------.---.--------------|
E|-1-1---------x-1---1-----------x-1-1---------x-1---1--------------|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---.-----------.---.----------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3---------x-3---3---------------.-----------.---.--------------|
E|-------------------------------x-0-0---------x-0---0------------x-|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +


Pre-Chorus:
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------5-------3------------------------------------|
E|-1----------------------------------------------------------------|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

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


Skip Marley -part: (coming back to the Main Riff can be a bit tricky...)
G||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D||-o------------------------------------------------------------------|
A||-o-5----------------------------------------------------------------|
E||---------------------------0-------1-----------------------3--------|
      1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|------------------------------------------------------------------o-||
A|------------------------------------------------------------------o-||
E|-5-------------------------------3----------------------------------||
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +
                                                                                               .
G|-----------------------------------------------------------.---------------------------------5----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------5-------------------------------5------|
A|-----------------------------------------------.---.---------------.-----------.---.--------------|
E|-----------------0---------------R-------R---x-5---5-----------x-5-5---------x-5---5--------------|
   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +

Play the Main Riff until it fades:



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| x  ghost note
| h  hammer-on
| .  accent note
| R  rest

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Last updated: September 10, 2025

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