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The General Electric Bass Tab by Shihad

The General Electric bass tab by Shihad

Bass Tab

Artist: Shihad
Song: The General Electric
Album: The General Electric
Tabbed by: Peter Seay, (Tyferra@Hotmail.com)

I would firstly like to point out that I am not a Bass player, and also that this
is my first Tab, so things may not be truly accurate, but I am a huge Shihad fan,
so I will be trying my best.

Tuning: I have put this tab in Drop D tuning, but I imagine Karl uses the standard
Shihad tuning, (D,G,C,F) It would be fairly easy to convert this into SST, but I
find it’s easier to tune one string then four, (or six if you swing that way.)


Bass starts in the first ‘chorus’. So this is after Jon sings his first “…passenger’s
just passing… by…’ and after the very first guitar riff. Listen to the song to get the
right rhythm. It’s fairly easy.
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
Chorus

D----0---3-3--0--------0---3-3--0-------0-0---3-3--0----0---3-3—0
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------

D----0-0---3-3--0----0---3-3--0
A-----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------
G-----------------------------------


Verse
“You don’t know what you want so you take what you can…
D--0--3--3----0---------------0--3--3----0-----------------------------------
A-------------------3/5----------------------------5---3----5/6/5-------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
“Start running just as fast as you can”
D--0--3--3----0-----------------0--3--3---0----------------------------------
A--------------------3/5----------------------------5--0---3---0—3/5-------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
“A freezing cold stare and a flick in the eye, passenger’s just…”
D--0--3--3----0---------------0--3--3----0-----------------------------------
A-------------------3/5----------------------------5---3----5/6/5-------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



“Passenger’s just passing by!!”
D--0--3--3----0------------------------
A----------------------3/5--------------
D----------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------


-This next part is the “…you’re holding everything inside…” part.

D-----------------------------------------------------------------------0--------
A---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

D--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Continue until it goes back to the chorus, or alternatively,  the bridge.

Bridge
(Remember to hold that last long note.)
-This is the part I’m not really sure about, as I did this on a normal guitar, but you
bassists can figure it out for yourselves.

D---------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------
D---------------------------------0----
G--3-------------5---------------------


-Then comes the big smash-feedback-messed-up bit. This is just a mix between a bit of the
verse and a bit of the chorus.

Now you’ve got it all, so listen to the song, put it all together and PLAY IT LOUD!

(P.S:There dosn't seem to be many Shihad tabs, so I'll probably write some more for Guitar
and Bass.)

Shihad bass tabs for The general electric

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