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Top Of The World Bass Tab by Shonen Knife

Top Of The World bass tab by Shonen Knife

Bass Tab

Standard tuning (EADG)

LEGEND:
r = rest
() = sustained note


INTRO:
       (Rest x8)                    (x4)
G |-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------||-----------------|-------3---------|
A |-----------------||-3---3---3-3-3---|-3-3-------------|
E |-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

VERSE 1:
                 (x3)
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-------3---------||-----------------|-----------------|
A |-3---3---3-3-3---|-3-3-------------||-3---3---3-3-3---|-3---3---3---3---|
E |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-3-------3-3-3---|-3-------3-3-3---|-2-------2-2-2---|-2-------2-2-2---|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-3-------3-3-3---|-5-------5-5-5---|-----------------|
A |-5-------5-5-5---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-3-3---|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


VERSE 2:

                 (x2)
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-------3---------||-----------------|-----------------|
A |-3---3---3-3-3---|-3-3-------------||-3---3---3-3-3---|-5---5---5-5-5-r-|
E |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|
A |-3---3---3-3-3---|-3-3-3-3---3-3---|
E |-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-3-------3-3-3---|-3-------3-3-3---|-2-------2-2-2---|-2-------2-2-2---|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-3-------3-3-3---|-5-------5-5-5---|-----------------|
A |-5-------5-5-5---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-3-3-3-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 1:

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-3---3---3-3-3-3-|-3---3---3-3-3-3-|-3---3---3-3-3-3-|-3---3---3-3-3-3-|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-3---3---3-3-3---|-5---5---5-5-5---|-3---3---3-3-3-3-|-3---3---3-3-3-3-|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-3---3---3-3-3---|-5---5---5-5-5---|-7---7---7-7-7---|-8---8---8-8-8-8-|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-3---3---3-3-3---|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-3---3---3-3-3-3-|-r---------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                 (x3)                     (Rest x4)
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
D |-----------------|-------3---------||-----------------|
A |-3---3---3-3-3---|-3-3-------------||-----------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


PRE-VERSE (x4):

G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-------3---------|
A |-3---3---3-3-3---|-3-3-3-----------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


VERSE 3:
                 (x3)
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-------3---------||-----------------|-----------------|
A |-3---3---3-3-3---|-3-3-------------||-3---3---3-3-3---|-3---3---3-3-3---|
E |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-3-------3-3-3---|-3-------3-3-3---|-2-------2-2-2---|-2-------2-2-2---|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-3-------3-3-3---|-5-------5-5-5---|-----------------|
A |-5-------5-5-5---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-3-3---|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


VERSE 4:

                 (x2)
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-------3---------||-----------------|-----------------|
A |-3---3---3-3-3---|-3-3-3-----------||-3---3---3-3-3---|-5---5---5-5-5-r-|
E |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|
A |-3---3---3-3-3---|-3-3-3-3---3-3---|
E |-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-3-------3-3-3---|-3-------3-3-3---|-2-------2-2-2---|-2-------2-2-2---|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-3-------3-3-3---|-5-------5-5-5---|-----------------|
A |-5-------5-5-5---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-3-3-3-|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 2:

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-3---3---3-3-3---|-3---3---3-3-3---|-3---3---3-3-3---|-3---3---3-3-3---|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-3---3---3-3-3---|-5---5---5-5-5---|-3---3---3-3-3---|-3---3---3-3-3---|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-3---3---3-3-3---|-5---5---5-5-5---|-7---7---7-7-7---|-8---8-8-8-8-8-8-|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-3---3---3-3-3---|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-3---3---3-3-3-3-|-r---------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                 (x6)                                         (x3)
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------||-----------------|
D |-----------------|-------3---------||-----------------||-----------------|
A |-3---3---3-3-3---|-3-3-3-----------||-3---------------||(3)--------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------||-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


OUTRO (Repeat 1st staff x6):

G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3----/5-----3---|
A |-3---3---3-3-3---|-5---5---5-5-5---|-3---3---3-3-3---|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

      (Rest x2)
G |-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-----------------|
E |-r---------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

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