Mexican Radio bass tab by Wall Of Voodoo

Bass tabs

Standard tuning (EADG)

NOTE: The song is in triplet 16th feel, but the bass consists
entirely of 8th notes, so I didn't bother indicating triplet
16ths in the count below each staff.

🏷Legend:
r = rest
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
() = sustained note


INTRO:

  9/8         4/4
G |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-r-----------------|-r---------------|-r---------------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

         (x4)
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-5-5-5-5\--------|
E |-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1/|---------1-1-1-1-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

VERSE 1:
         (x3)
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-5-5-5-5\--------||-----------------|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|
E |-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1/|---------1-1-1-1-||-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1/|-----------------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 1:
         (x2)
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |---------7-7-7-7\|-----------------|
A |-5-5-5-5---------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E |-----------------|-----------------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


PRE-VERSE:
         (x2)
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-5-5-5-5\--------|
E |-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1/|---------1-1-1-1-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

VERSE 2:

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


CHORUS 2:
         (x3)                     (x2)
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------||-----------------|
D |---------7-7-7-7\|-----------------||---------7-7-7-7\||-----------------|
A |-5-5-5-5---------|-3-3-3-3-3-----3-||-5-5-5-5---------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E |-----------------|-----------3-5---||-----------------||-----------------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


INTERLUDE:
         (x4)
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-5-5-5-5\--------|
E |-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1/|---------1-1-1-1-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


VERSE 3:

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

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


CHORUS 3:
         (x3)
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |---------7-7-7-7\|-----------------||---------7-7-7-7\|-----------------|
A |-5-5-5-5---------|-3-3-3-3-3-----3-||-5-5-5-5---------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E |-----------------|-----------3-5---||-----------------|-----------------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


BRIDGE:
         (x2)
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-5-5-5-5\--------|
E |-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1/|---------1-1-1-1-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 4:
         (x3)
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |---------7-7-7-7\|-----------------||---------7-7-7-7\|-----------------|
A |-5-5-5-5---------|-3-3-3-3-3-----3-||-5-5-5-5---------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E |-----------------|-----------3-5---||-----------------|-----------------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


OUTRO:

G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|
A |-3---------------|(3)--------------|Rest for remainder of song
E |-----------------|-----------------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

THE END