The Meaning Bass Tab by Supertramp

The Meaning bass tab by Supertramp

Bass Tab

Tuning: Standard tuning
Difficulty: Intermediate

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                            Artist - Supertramp
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                            Song - The Meaning
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                    Album -  Crisis What Crisis ? (1975)
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                           Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard


INTRO - Fade In
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00:10
G|-11--11-11-11--11-11-11--11-11-11-|
D|----------------------------------|Repeat This
A|----------------------------------|  Until
E|----------------------------------|     VERSE 1

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00:40
VERSE 1
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G|-11-|-11-11-11--11-11-12--12-12-12--12-12-11-|-11-11-11--11-11-12--12-12-12--12-12-11-|
D|----|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
A|----|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E|----|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|


G|-11-11-11--11-11-12--12-12-12--12-12-14~~~-|---------------s-------------------------7~~-|
D|-------------------------------------------|-11-12-14~~~-14\------------------s--7-9-----|
A|-------------------------------------------|------------------5-----5----5---7\9---------|
E|-------------------------------------------|----------------------5----5-----------------|


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01:07
PRE CHORUS
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    s                                    s
G|-7\-19~~~---------------------------|-7\-19~~~---------------|
D|----------20-19~~--17-----16~~~---s-|----------20-19--18--17-|
A|-----------------------17-------17\-|------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------|


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01:24
CHORUS
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G|-----|---------|---------|---------------|-----|---------|---------|---------------|
D|-4-4-|---2-4-4-|---2-4-4-|---0-----0-----|-4-4-|---2-4-4-|---2-4-4-|---0-----0-----|
A|-----|-4-------|-4-------|-2---4-2---4-2-|-----|-4-------|-4-------|-2---4-2---4-2-|
E|-----|---------|---------|---------------|-----|---------|---------|---------------|

01:33
G|-----|---------|---------|---------------|-2~~~~---2---2~~~~-|---------------|------11-12-11-7-|
D|-4-4-|---2-4-4-|---2-4-4-|---0-----0-----|-----------2-------|---------------|-12~~------------|
A|-----|-4-------|-4-------|-2---4-2---4-2-|-------------------|---5----5----5-|-----------------|
E|-----|---------|---------|---------------|-------------------|-5----5----5---|-----------------|


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01:51
PRE CHORUS
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    S
G|-7\-19~~-------------|----11-14-12~~~-11-|----11-14-12~~~-12-|-14--13--12-|
D|---------20--17-19~~-|-12----------------|-12----------------|------------|
A|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------|
E|---------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------|


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02:08
CHORUS - Key Change
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G|-----|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|---------|-----|
D|-----|----------|---------|-----|---------|----------|---------|-----|
A|-5-5-|-5-5--5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5--5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5-|
E|-----|----------|-5-7-----|-----|-5-7-----|----------|-5-7-----|-----|

02:17
G|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|
D|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|
A|-----5-5-|-5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5-|
E|-5-7-----|-----|-5-7-----|-----|-5-7-----|-----|-5-7-----|-----|

02:25
G|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|----------------------------|-7--7-7-7--------|
D|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|----------------------------|----------10-7---|
A|-----5-5-|-5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5-|-----5~~~-7-9-5~~~-7-9-5~~~-|---------------9-|
E|-5-7-----|-----|-5-7-----|-----|-5-7-----|-----|-5-7------------------------|-----------------|


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02:38
SAX
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G|-----|---------|---------|---------------|-----|---------|---------|---------------|
D|-4-4-|---2-4-4-|---2-4-4-|---0-----0-----|-4-4-|---2-4-4-|---2-4-4-|---0-----0-----|
A|-----|-4-------|-4-------|-2---4-2---4-2-|-----|-4-------|-4-------|-2---4-2---4-2-|
E|-----|---------|---------|---------------|-----|---------|---------|---------------|

02:46
G|-----|---------|---------|---------------|-2~~~~---2---------|---------------------|-------11-12-11-7-|
D|-4-4-|---2-4-4-|---2-4-4-|---0-----0-----|-----------2-------|---------------------|-12-12------------|
A|-----|-4-------|-4-------|-2---4-2---4-2-|-------------0~~~~-|-0-2-4-5~~~---5----5-|------------------|
E|-----|---------|---------|---------------|-------------------|------------5----5---|------------------|


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03:04
PRE CHORUS
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    s                                                         s     s
G|-7\-19~~~---------|----11-14-12~~~-12~~~-11~~~-|----11-14-14\15-14\15-14~~~-13~~~-12~~~-|
D|----------20-19~~-|-12-------------------------|-12-------------------------------------|
A|------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E|------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------------|


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03:21
CHORUS
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G|-----|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----||
D|-----|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|
A|-5-5-|-5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5-|
E|-----|-----|-5-7-----|-----|-5-7-----|-----|-5-7-----|-----|

03:29
G|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|
D|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|
A|-----5-5-|-5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5-|
E|-5-7-----|-----|-5-7-----|-----|-5-7-----|-----|-5-7-----|-----|

03:38
G|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|
D|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|
A|-----5-5-|-5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5-|
E|-5-7-----|-----|-5-7-----|-----|-5-7-----|-----|-5-7-----|-----|

03:47
G|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|
D|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|
A|-----5-5-|-5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5-|
E|-5-7-----|-----|-5-7-----|-----|-5-7-----|-----|-5-7-----|-----|

03:55
G|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-------|
D|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-----|---------|-------|
A|-----5-5-|-5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5-|-----5-5-|-5-5-5-|
E|-5-7-----|-----|-5-7-----|-----|-5-7-----|-----|-5-7-----|-------|

04:04                 Just repeat this and fade out.......................
G|---------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|---------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|-----5-5-5-5-5-|-----5-5--5-5-5-5-|-----5-5--5-5-5-5-|-----5-5--5-5-5-5-|
E|-5-7-----------|-5-7--------------|-5-7--------------|-5-7--------------|


ENJOY...........

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