I Got The Six Bass Tab by ZZ Top

I Got The Six bass tab by ZZ Top

Bass Tab

Standard tuning; E A D G.

Intro
Wait 8 bars then come in.
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-3-3---3---3-3-3-|-3-3---3---3-3-3-|-3-3---3---3-3-3-|-3---------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

Verse
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| x2
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5-3---|
A |-----------------|-----------5-3-1-|-------------1---|-3-3---3-------3-|
E |-3-3---3---3-3-3-|-3-3---3---------|-1-1---1---3-----|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------3-5-3-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-5-5---5---------|-5-5---5---5-3---|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|---------------6-|-3---------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

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

Verse
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| x2
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5-3---|
A |-----------------|-----------5-3-1-|-------------1---|-3-3---3-------3-|
E |-3-3---3---3-3-3-|-3-3---3---------|-1-1---1---3-----|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------3-5-3-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-5-5---5---------|-5-5---5---5-3---|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-----------------|---------------6-|-3---------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

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

Solo
Improvise using G minor pentatonic scale for 8 bars.

Verse
Rest for 7 bars until coming in.
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------5-3---|-----------3-5-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-3-3---3-------3-|-5-5---5---------|-5-5---5---5-3---|-----------------|
E |-----------------|-----------------|---------------6-|-3---------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Wait an extra bar here.

Solo/Outro
Improvise using G minor pentatonic scale.

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