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Big Day Bass Tab by XTC

Big Day bass tab by XTC

Bass Tab

  • Difficulty: Beginner 👶
[Intro / Verse 1] bass starts at 0:10

G|-----------------|     G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|     D|-----------------|
A|-----------------| x7  A|---------------2-|
D|-0-0-m-----------|     D|-0-0-m-----------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------0---m-2-|-----------------|-3---m-3-2---m-2-|
D|-2---m-2-4---m-4-|-5-m-5-m---------|-2---m-2-4---m-4-|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------0-----|-----------------|-----------0-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-0---m-2/3---2-0-|-3---m---2---m---|-0---m-2/3---2-0-|-3---m---2---\---|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-m-----------|-0-0-m-----------|

Chorus: the -/9- is a fast slide up from the 7th fret

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|------------/9-9-|-7---------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-7-m-9-m-----|---9-m-7-------\-| x2
D|-0-0-m---0-m-----|-0-0-m---0-m-----|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-------5-m-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-0-0-m---0-m-----|-0-0-m-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-m---0-m-----|-0-0-m---0-m-----|

Verse 2:

G|-----------------|     G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|     D|-----------------|
A|-----------------| x3  A|---------------2\|
D|-0-0-m---0-m-----|     D|-0-0-m---0-m-----|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------0---m-2-|-----------------|-3---m-3-2---m-2-|
D|-2---m-2-4---m-4-|-5-m-5-m---------|-2---m-2-4---m-4-|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------0-----|-----------------|-----------0-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-0---m-2/3---2-0-|-3---m---2---m---|-0---m-2/3---2-0-|-3---m---2---\---|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-m---0-m-----|-0-0-m---0-m-----|

Chorus:

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|------------/9-9-|-7---------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-7-m-9-m-----|---9-m-7-------\-| x2
D|-0-0-m---0-m-----|-0-0-m---0-m-----|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-------5-m-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------2-\-|
D|-0-0-m---0-m-----|-0-0-m-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Bridge:

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------0---m-2-|-----------------|-3---m-3-2---m-2-|
D|-2---m-2-4---m-4-|-5-m-5-m---------|-2---m-2-4---m-4-|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------0-----|-----------------|-----------0-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-0---m-2/3---2-0-|-3---m---2---m---|-0---m-2/3---2-0-|-3---m---2---\---|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-m---0-m-----|-0-0-m---0-m-----|

G|-----------------|     G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|     D|------------/9-9-|-7---------------|
A|-----------------| x4  A|-5-5-7-m-9-m-----|---9-\-----------| then, rest for 6 bars
D|-0-0-m---0-m-----|     D|-----------------|-------0-m-------|

Outro:

G|-----------------|     G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|     D|-----------------|
A|-----------------| x6  A|-----5-m-----5-m-| x8
D|-0-0-m---0-m-----|     D|-0-m-----0-m-----|



/ = slide up
\ = slide down
m = mute string (i.e. stop previous note from ringing)

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