Tribute bass tab by Tenacious D

Bass tabs

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: A

Tuning: Standard (EADG)

NOTE: There is no bass until the fifth bar of the first chorus.

🎸 Intro:
       (Rest x4)
G |---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|
E |-r-------------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &


PRE-VERSE ("This is the greatest ")

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

VERSE 1 ("Long time ago "):
       (Rest x8)
G |---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|
E |-r-------------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &


VERSE 2 ("Play the best "):
       (Rest x8)
G |---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|
E |-r-------------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &


CHORUS 1 ("And we played "):
       (Rest x4)
G |---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|
E |-r-------------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |-5-------5---\-------------------|---------------------------------|-------3-r-----------------------|
E |-----------------1-------1---/---|-8-------8---\---3-------3-------|-1-r---------1---------------/---|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |-5-------5---\---------------0h2-|-3-------3-----------------------|
E |-----------------1---1---1-------|-----------------3-------3-------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|-----------------------------5h7-|
A |-------3-r-----------------------|-------------------------5h7-----|
E |-1-r---------1-------------------|(1)--------------r---------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &

🎸 Verse 3:
        (x6)
G |---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------5h7-||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |-------------------------5h7-----||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-5-------------------r-----------||-5-----------r---5-------5-------|-5-----------------------5---r---|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &


🎸 PRE-Chorus:

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

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


🎸 Chorus 2:

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|-----------------------------5h7-|
A |---------------------------------|-------------------------5h7-----|
E |-5-------5---0-0-5---5---5---5---|-3---0-3---3---0-5---5-/---------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &


G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|-----------------------------5h7-|
A |---------------------------------|-------------------------5h7-----|
E |-5-------5---0-0-5---5---5---5-\-|-3---0-3---3---0-5---5-/---------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &


G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|-----------------------------5h7-|
A |---------------------------------|-------------------------5h7-----|
E |-5-------5---0-0-5---5---5---0---|-3---0-3---3---0-5---5-/---------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &


G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|-----------------------------5h7-|
E |-5-------5---0-0-5---5---5---0-0-|-3---0---3---5-------5---5h7-----|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &


🎸 Bridge:

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-5-------5---\---3---3---3---3---|-2---0-2---0-1-------1-/-3---4-4-|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &


G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-5-------5-----0-3---3---3---0-0-|-2---0-2---0-1-------1-/-3---4---|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &


G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-5-------5-----0-3---3---3---0-0-|-2-------2-----1---0-1-/-3---4---|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &


BREAKDOWN:

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

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|-----------------2---/---12---\--|
E |-r-------------------------------|-r-------------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &


GUITAR 🎸 Solo:

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-5-------5-----0-3---3---3---0-0-|-2-----X-2---X-1---X-1-/-3---4---|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &


G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-5-------5-----0-3-0-3---3---0-0-|-2-----2---0-1-----0-1-/-3---4---|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &


🎸 PRE-Chorus:

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-5---------------3---------------|-2-----------1-------0---1---3-/-|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &

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


🎸 Chorus 3:

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-5-------5-----0-3---3---3---0-0-|-2-----X-2---0-1---0-1-/-3---4---|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &


G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-5-------5-----0-3-0-3---3---0---|-2-----X-2---0-1---0-1---2---3---|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &


G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-5-------5-----0-3---3---3---0-0-|-2-------2---X-1---0-1---1---1/3-|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &


G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |-5-------5-----0-3---3---3---0-0-|-2-------2---0-1---0-1---1---1-/-|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &


🎸 Outro:

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |-7-------------------7---7---\---|---------------------------------|
E |---------------X-0---------------|-1---r-1---X-1---r-X-1---1---3---|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &


G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|-----------3---------------------|
A |-----------------7---7-----------|---------------6---5-3-----5-----|
E |-0---0---0-------------------0---|-1-1-1-r---------------6---------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |---------7---------------7-------|---------------------------------|
E |-0---0---------0-0---0-------0---|-1---1-1---1-1-1-1---1-1---1-1-1-|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &

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

G |---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
A |-8---8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8---\---r-----------------------||
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &

🏷Legend:
r = rest
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h = hammer on
X = muted pluck
 = staccato (appears above bar)