Road To Hell Bass Tab by Chris Rea

Road To Hell bass tab by Chris Rea

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Road To Hell by Chris Rea: Guitar, Bass & Songwriting Insights

"Road to Hell" by Chris Rea features a driving rhythm section with a prominent bassline played by Silvan Marc. The song is known for its atmospheric slide guitar work, which was performed by Chris Rea himself. The use of reverb and delay effects adds to the haunting and cinematic quality of the track. Released in 1989, "Road to Hell" showcases Rea's bluesy guitar style and storytelling lyrics.

Tuning: Standard tuning
Difficulty: Beginner 👶

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                     Artist - Chris Rea
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                     Song - Road To Hell
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                    Album - Road To Hell
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                     Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard



00:17
INTRO
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G|--------|--------------|------------|--------------|
D|--------|--------------|------------|--------------|
A|--------|--------------|---3-5--5-5-|---3-5-5--5-5-|
E|-5--5-5-|-0-3-5-5--5-5-|-5----------|-5------------|

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

00:31
G|------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
D|------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
A|------------|--------------|---3-5--5-5-|---3-5----5---|
E|-0-3-5--5-5-|-0-3-5-5--5-5-|-5----------|-5------5---5-|


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


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00:45
VERSE 1
********
G|------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A|------------|--------------|---3-5-5--5-5-|---3-5-5--5-5-|
E|-0-3-5--5-5-|-0-3-5-5--5-5-|-5------------|-5------------|


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

00:59
G|------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
D|------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
A|------------|--------------|---3-5--5-5-|---3-5----5---|
E|-0-3-5--5-5-|-0-3-5-5--5-5-|-5----------|-5------5---5-|


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

01:13
G|------------|-----------------------------|
D|------------|------------2-3-5--5-5-5---5-|
A|-2-3--3-3-3-|---3--3-3-3--------------5---|
E|------------|-3---------------------------|


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


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01:28
CHORUS
*******
G|----------------|------------|------------|--------------|
D|----------------|------------|------------|--------------|
A|----------------|------------|---3-5--5-5-|---3-5----5---|
E|-0-3-0-5-5--5-5-|-0-3-5--5-5-|-5----------|-5------5---5-|


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


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01:42
SLIDE SOLO 1
*************
G|------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D|------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A|------------|--------------|---3-5-5--5-5-|---3-5-5--5-5-|
E|-0-3-5--5-5-|-0-3-5-5--5-5-|-5------------|-5------------|


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


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


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


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02:11
VERSE 2
********
G|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------|
D|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------|
A|-2-3--3-3---3---3-----|---------------------------------------------------|---------------|
E|----------3---3---3-0-|-0-1-3--3-3--3-0-3--3-3-0-3-0-1--1-1--3-0-1-1--1-1-|-1-0--0-0--3-0-|


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


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


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02:40
CHORUS
*******
G|--------------|------------|------------|----------------|
D|--------------|------------|------------|----------------|
A|--------------|------------|---3-5--5-5-|---3-5-5----5---|
E|-0-3-5-5--5-5-|-0-3-5--5-5-|-5----------|-5--------5---5-|


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


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


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03:00
SLIDE SOLO 2
*************
G|--------------|------------|--------------|------------|\
D|--------------|------------|--------------|------------| \
A|--------------|------------|---3-5-5--5-5-|---3-5--5-5-|  \
E|-0-3-5-5--5-5-|-0-3-5--5-5-|-5------------|-5----------|   \
                                                              \
                                                               \
G|----------|-------------|------------|------------|           \
D|----------|-------------|------------|------------|            \
A|----------|-------------|------------|------------|             \           Keep
E|-0-1--1-1-|-1--0-0--0-0-|-0-3-5--5-5-|-0-3-5--5-5-|              \Repeating in this sequence
                                                                   /    and Fade Out.............
                                                                  /
03:14                                                            /
G|------------|------------|--------------|----------------|    /
D|------------|------------|--------------|----------------|   /
A|------------|------------|---3-5-5--5-5-|---3-5-5----5---|  /
E|-0-3-5--5-5-|-0-3-5--5-5-|-5------------|-5--------5---5-| /
                                                            /
                                                           /
G|----------|-------------|------------|--------------|   /
D|----------|-------------|------------|--------------|  /
A|----------|-------------|------------|--------------| /
E|-0-1--1-1-|-1--0-0--0-0-|-0-3-5--5-5-|-0-3-5-5--5-5-|/



ENJOY..........

Last updated: July 4, 2025

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