Cruel Summer Bass Tab by Taylor Swift

Cruel Summer bass tab by Taylor Swift

Bass Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Intro:

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|------------7---|------------7---|------------7---|------------7---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|5-5-5-5-5-5---5-|5-5-5-5-5-5---5-|5-5-5-5-5-5---5-|5-5-5-5-5-5---5-|


Verse 1:

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------11---|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|4-4-4-4-4-4/9-9-|9-9-9-9-9-9----9-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|

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G|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------11-11-11\--|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|4-4-4-4-4-4/9-9-|9-9-9-9------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


Chorus:

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|4-----4-4-----4-|--4---4-4---4---|
E|5-----5-5-----5-|--5---5-5---5---|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|4-----4-4-----4-|--4---4-6---7---|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|5-----5-5-----5-|--5---5-5---5---|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|4-----4-4-----4-|--4---4-4---4---|
E|5-----5-5-----5-|--5---5-5---5---|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|4-----4-4-----4-|--4---4-6---7---|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|5-----5-5-----5-|--5---5-5---5---|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|
D|------------7---|------------7---|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|5-5-5-5-5-5---5-|5-5-5-5-5-5---5-|


Verse 2:

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------11---|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|4-4-4-4-4-4/9-9-|9-9-9-9-9-9----9-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------11-11-11-11-|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|4-4-4-4-4-4/9-9-|9-9-9-9-------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------11-11-11\--|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|4-4-4-4-4-4/9-9-|9-9-9-9------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


Chorus:

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|4-----4-4-----4-|--4---4-4---4---|
E|5-----5-5-----5-|--5---5-5---5---|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|4-----4-4-----4-|--4---4-6---7---|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|5-----5-5-----5-|--5---5-5---5---|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|4-----4-4-----4-|--4---4-4---4---|
E|5-----5-5-----5-|--5---5-5---5---|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|4-----4-4-----4-|--4---4-6---7---|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|5-----5-5-----5-|--5---5-5---5---|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


Bridge:

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| After 8 measures of the bridge until
D|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| the bridge ends, it's a synth bass,
A|0/12~~~\---------|----------------|4-----4---------|--------4-------| so hold the notes until the "r"
E|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| symbol (release).

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|4-----4---------|--------6---7---|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|5---------------|r---------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


Chorus:

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|4-----4-4-----4-|--4---4-4---4---|
E|5-----5-5-----5-|--5---5-5---5---|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|4-----4-4-----4-|--4---4-6---7---|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|5-----5-5-----5-|--5---5-5---5---|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|4-----4-4-----4-|--4---4-4---4---|
E|5-----5-5-----5-|--5---5-5---5---|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|4-----4-4-----4-|--4---4-6---7---|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|5-----5-5-----5-|--5---5-5---5---|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


Bridge:

G|----------------|----------------|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
D|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G|11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D|------------------------|------------------------|----------------|----------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|----------------|----------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|----------------|----------------|

G|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|--------7---6---|----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|4-----4---------|--------4-------|
E|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

G|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|4-----4----------|--------6---7---|----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|----------------|4---------------|----------------|
E|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Outro:

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|------------7---|------------7---|------------7---|------------7---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|5-5-5-5-5-5---5-|5-5-5-5-5-5---5-|5-5-5-5-5-5---5-|5-5-5-5-5-5---5-|

************************************

| r   Release
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| ~   Vibrato

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Last updated: January 10, 2025

Taylor Swift bass tabs for Cruel summer

About Cruel Summer

“Cruel Summer” is a song from Taylor Swift’s seventh studio album, “Lover”, released in 2019. The bass guitar track for “Cruel Summer” is quite distinctive, dynamic and changes throughout the song!

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