Ballad Of Big Nothing bass tab by Elliott Smith

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Intro:
 no bass

Verse 1:

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



G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------------5-|-3---3---3-3-\---|-----------------|
E|-3---3---3-3-3-3-|---3-3-1-1-0-0---|---------------1-|---1-1-1-1-1-1-2-|

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

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

Chorus:

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-3---3-3-3-3-----|-----------------|---------5-5-----|-------------0-2-|
E|---------------3-|-5-5-5-5---5-5-3-|-1---1---------1-|---1---3---3-----|

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

Verse 2:

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

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------------5-|-3---3---3-3-----|-----------------|
E|-3---3---3-3-3-3-|---3-3-1-1-0-0---|-------------3-1-|---1-1-1-1-1-1-2-|

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

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-5---5---5-5-3---|-----------------|-----------------|---------------5-|
E|---------------3-|---3-3-3---3-3-2-|-1---1-1-1-1-2-3-|---3-3-1-1-0-0---|

Chorus:

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-3---3-3-3-3-----|-----------------|---------5-5-----|-------------0-2-| x2
E|---------------3-|-5-5-5-5---5-5-3-|-1---1---------1-|---1---3---3-----|

Bridge:

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

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

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-0-----2---4---5-|-5---5-5---5-5-57|-----------------|-------------2-2-| ("57" is a double time slide up)
E|-----------------|-----------------|-1---1---1-1-3-4-|---4--/6---6-----|

Outro:

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-3---3-3-3-3---0-|---0-0-0---0-0-02|-3---3-3-3-3---0-|---0-0-0---0-0---| ("02" is a double time hammer-on)
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------5\|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|---------------5-|---3---2---2-2-0-|-----------------|---------------5-|-3---------------|
E|-1---1-1-1-1-----|-----------------|-3---3-3-3-3---3-|---3-3-1-1-0-0---|-----------------|




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