Song: The Public Image Artist: Public Image, Ltd. Album: Public Image (a.k.a. First Issue) Transcribed by: Nik Fournier Bass Riff |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| x 3 |----------------------------------| |--0-0-0-0-0-0-7----7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------5----5-5-5-5-5-5--| |--5--5-5-5-5-5--------------------|
The guitar comes in on the A and D chords at the end of the bass phrase, like so... |------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |--2--2-2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |--2--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |--2--2-2-2-2-2-2------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| The main guitar phrase used throughout the song goes something like this... |-----------------------------------------------4-4-4-2--| |--5-5-5-4----5-5-5-4----4-5-5-4----5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-5--| |--4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| Occassionally, this high keening bit comes in, oddly enough sounding like it's in 6/8 time... |--9-9-9-7-----9-9-9-7-----9-9-9-7-----9-9-9-7--| |--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| And basically the whole song is comprised of those three phrases alernating around each other. Listen to the record for the timing. ____________________________________________________________________________