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This Charming Man Bass Tab by The Smiths

This Charming Man bass tab by The Smiths

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The Smiths - 'This Charming Man'

NB - on the record, the bass is a bit sharp (about half a semi-tone
or so).  cheers, Reg!

h=hammer on, p=pull off, / & \ = slide up & down

   Intro
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------1-|
A|1---1---1-------|1---1---1-1h3---|4---4---4-------|3---3---1h3p1---|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
   ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^
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|----------------|1---1-----------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|--------1h3p1---|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|6---------------|
|4---4---4-------|----------------|4---4---4-------|----------------|
^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^
_____________________________________________________________________
Verse 1 (play this section twice)
"punctured bicycle, on a hillside..."
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------1-|
||1---1---1-------|1---1---1-1h3---|4---4---4-------|3---3---1h3p1---|
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^

|----------------|1---1-----------|----------------|----------3h5---|
|----------------|--------1h3p1---|----------------|1---1---1-------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|4---4---4-------|----------------|4---4---4-------|----------------|
^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------3h5---|----------------|--------------1-|
|1---1---1-------|1---1---1-------|4---4---4-------|3---3---1h3p1---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^

|----------------|1---1-----------|----------------|----------3h5---||
|----------------|--------1h3p1---|----------------|1---1---1-------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|4---4---4-------|----------------|4---4---4-------|----------------||
^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^
____________________________________________________________________

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------3h5---|----------------|--------------1-|
|1---1---1-------|1---1---1-------|4---4---4-------|3---3---1h3p1---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^

|----------------|1---1-----------|----------------|----------3h5---|
|----------------|--------1h3p1---|----------------|1---1---1-------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|4---4---4-------|----------------|4---4---4-------|----------------|
^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------3h5---|----------------|--------------1-|
|1---1---1-------|1---1---1-------|4---4---4-------|3---3---1h3p1---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^
____________________________________________________________________
Refrain (play this section twice)
"a jumped-up pantry boy..."
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||----------------|1---3---5---1---|----------------|----------------|
||4---3---1-------|----------------|------------4---|3---1-----------|
||------------4---|----------------|1---------------|--------4---3---|
  ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^

|----------------|--------5p0h8---|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|1---3-----------|3---3-3-3-3p1h3-|3---3-----1---3-||
|4---3---1-------|----------------|----------------|--------1---1---||
|------------4---|----------------|----------------|----------------||
^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^

|----------------|----------------|
|----3-3-3-3---3-|-----(REST)-----|
|----------------|----------------|
|1-----------1---|----------------|
^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^
  ___________________________________________________________________
  Verse 2 (play this section four times)
"I would go out tonight, but I haven't..."
||----------------|1---1-----------|----------------|----------3h5---|
||----------------|--------1h3p1---|----------------|1---1---1-------|
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
||4---4---4-------|----------------|4---4---4-------|----------------|
  ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------3h5---|----------------|--------------1-||
|1---1---1-------|1---1---1-------|4---4---4-------|3---3---1h3p1---||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^
_____________________________________________________________________
after this, play the refrain section four times and then:
|-------------/8\|
|----3-3-3-3-----|
|----------------|
|1-----------1---|
^   ^   ^   ^

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