The Want Of A Nail Bass Tab by Todd Rundgren

The Want Of A Nail by Todd Rundgren

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C
I've been wrong
 
G     C     G  Bb
I had plans so big
 
G   G   C
But the devil's in the details
 
G      C   G   Bb
I left out one thing
 
A         Ab
No one to love me
 
No one to love me  [In here you play around with the octave Ab on 4th fret of E and 6th fret of D)
 
No one to love me
 
          F
No one to love  (Tab starts with this F note, see below. Regular tempo starts here)
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----r-e-s-t-----|--------------3-|--3---1---1-----|
E|1---------------|----------------|----------------|------------3-3-|
 
Chorus 1: (0:51)
 
G|----------------|----------------|
D|------3-1-1-----|----------------|
A|--------------3-|--3---1---1-----|  x4
E|1-1-------------|------------3-3-|
 
Verse 1: (1:08)
 
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|--3-3---1-1-----|3-3-3---1-1-----|  x3
E|1-----1-------1-|------1-----3-3-|
 
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|--3-3---1-1---3-|--3---1---1-----|
E|1-----1---------|------------3-3-|
 
Chorus 2: (1:25)
 
G|----------------|----------------|
D|------3-1-1-----|----------------|
A|--------------3-|--3---1---1-----|  x4
E|1-1-------------|------------3-3-|
 
Verse 2: (1:42)
 
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|--3-3---1-1-----|3-3-3---1-1-----|  x3
E|1-----1-------1-|------1-----3-3-|
 
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|--3-3---1-1---3-|--3---1---1-----|
E|1-----1---------|------------3-3-|
 
Chorus 3: (2:00)
 
G|----------------|----------------|
D|------3-1-1-----|----------------|
A|--------------3-|--3---1---1-----|  x3
E|1-1-------------|------------3-3-|
 
G|----------------|----------------|
D|------3-1-1-----|----------------|
A|--------------3-|--3-----------3-|
E|1-1-------------|------3---3-----|
 
Bridge: (2:17)
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|------3-3-----3-|3-----3-------3-|------3-------1-|--------------3-|
E|----------------|----------3-----|----------3-----|----------3-3---|
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|------3-3-----3-|3-----3-------3-|------3-------1-|----------------|
E|----------------|----------3-----|----------3-----|------5---------|
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|6---------------|----------------|6---------------|
A|--------------6-|----------------|--------------6-|----------------|
E|4---------------|----------------|4---------------|----------------|
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|6---------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--------------6-|----------------|----r-e-s-t-----|----r-e-s-t-----|
E|4---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|--------------3-|--3---1---1-----|
E|----------------|------------3-3-|
 
G|----------------|----------------|
D|------3-1-1-----|----------------|
A|--------------3-|--3---1---1-----|  x2
E|1-1-------------|------------3-3-|
 
 
[Verse 3 (extended)] (3:04)
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--3-3---1-1-----|3-3-3---1-1-----|--3-3-------3---|3-3-3---1-1-----|
E|1-----1-------1-|------1-----3-3-|1-----1-1-1---1-|------1-----3-3-|
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--3-3---1-1-----|3-3-3---1-1-----|--3-3-------3---|3-3---1---1-----|
E|1-----1-------1-|------1-----3-3-|1-----1-1-1---1-|------------3-3-| 321
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--3-3-------3---|3-3-3---1-1-----|--3-3-------3---|3-3-3---1-1-----|
E|1-----1-1-1---1-|------1-----3-3-|1-----1-1-1---1-|------1-----3-3-|
 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------/10---|
A|--3-3---1-1-3---|3-3-3---1-1-----|--3-3---------3-|--3---1-----------|
E|1-----1-------1-|------1-----3-3-|1-----1-1-1-----|------------------|
 
[Chorus 4 (extended)] (3:37)
 
G|----------------|----------------|
D|------3-1-1-----|----------------|
A|--------------3-|--3---1---1-----|  x11
E|1-1-------------|------------3-3-|
 
G|----------------|----------------|
D|------3-1-1-----|----------------|
A|--------------3-|--3---1---------|  427
E|1-1-------------|----------------|
 
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|--------------3-|3-3-3-1---1-----|  Repeat and improvise changes to end
E|1-1---1-1-1-----|------------3-3-|
 
 
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