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This Is Music by The Verve

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This is Music (Bass Tab)
-The Verve (From the album "A Northern Soul")

Tabbed by: Jamie Thompson - j.e.thompson-3@sms.ed.ac.uk

Intro (Distorted)

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

Main Riff ("I stand accused...")

G|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
D|--2-2.-2p0---|-/5-5.-2p0---|-----------------|
A|-----------2-|-----------2-|-5-5.-2p0--------|
E|-0-----------|-------------|----------3B-0-0-|

Chorus ("I've been on the shelf...")

G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-0-0h3-3-5-3/5-5p0-0---|

Outro ("Jesus never saved me...")

G|------------------|------------------|
D|--2-2-2-2---------|------------------|
A|----------5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-2p0------|
E|-0----------------|-------------3B-0-|

There we go, simple but effective.
Watch the timing BTW - It's totally different from the guitar.
I've tried to indicate some form of timing - the octave jump is very
quick.

Anyone out there got any more Verve bass-lines? Esp. "Slide Away".
Jimbo

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"I stand accused just like you,
For being born without a silver spoon,
Stood at the top of the hill,
Over my town I was found."

-Richard Ashcroft, "This is music" by the Verve

This Is Music Bass Tab Info

Last Updated: June 15, 2026