Violent Femmes bass tabs

From: whale@leland.Stanford.EDU (Stephen Schmidt)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.bass
Subject: Re: REQ: BTAB: Please don't go by Violent Femmes (have checked site

Here's the main riff and the chorus. I don't know the solo note for
note. It involves some half-note slides, I know that much. Mostly
it's variations on the riff.

h = hammer on from the previous note

Main riff:

   e  e  s  s  s  e  s  e  e  e   e  e  e  s  e  s  s  s  s  s  e
G-------------------------------|---------------------------------
D-----------------5--5--4--2--0-|-------------0--3h-0-----0-------
A--------2--3h-5h---------------|-3--2--3--2-----------3-----0--2h
E--3--3-------------------------|---------------------------------


Chorus:
   q  q  q  q   e  e  e  s  e  s  e  e  e
G-------------|---------------------------
D--5--4--2--0-|-------------0--0----------
A-------------|-3--2--3--2--------3--2--0-
E-------------|---------------------------



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Here's the btab for the song "Please don't go from the Violent Femmes
self titled CD. Its my first attempt at this so any suggestions welcome.


                                LYRICS

Verse I:

Tell you man I'm stuck on this lovely girl
Of course to me she mean all the world
But then she like another guy
I fall down dead, se never see the tears I cry

Chorus:

Please Please Please Do not go.... (X3)

Verse II:

How long can the days go on
When my love is so strong
And I know I cannot tell a lie
I wanna see him go bye (X 7 more bye's)

Verse III:

Now I wonder, I wonder what she would say
If I told her, If I told her that I felt this way
You know it might make her turn, might make her turn, might make her turn
either way
So all I can do is patiently pray, pray pray pray pray..

Chorus:

Bass Lead:

Verse IV:

Tell you man I'm stuck on this lovely girl
You know I could travel, I could travel over the whole world
And you know what she does, she turn around, she turn around she like another gu
y
Well what can I do I bomber out there
She never seen the tears I cried

Chorus, Then fade.


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                                 TAB

    Intro & Verses

G:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:---------55--3--2--x----------x----------7-----7----------------55---3---|
A:---3--5---------------3-----3----5--7--5-----5-----x------3---5------------|
E:3------------------------3----------------------------3--------------------|

                                         CHORUS
G:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:2---x--------------x----------------------------5---3---2---x--------------|
A:-------3-------3-------5---3---2---x------------------3-----------------35|
E:-----------3--------------------------------------------------------3------|

                                                             How Long
G:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:-----------x-----------------55---3---2---x-------------------------------|
A:---3---2-------------3---5---------------------5-------5-------3---2---x---|
E:---------------33---------------------------------5-----------------------|

                                        I wanna See
G:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:------------3---55---7---5-------------------3---2---x---3/5---3/5---3----|
E:3---3---5---------------------7-------------------------------------------3|

                         Bass Lead                       p
G:----------------------------------------------5----------------------------|
D:------------------------------------------5-------3---5---3----------------|
A:---5---3---2----------------------3---5-----------------------5---3---5---7|
E:---------------5---3--------33--------------------------------------------|

                                                           p
G:---------------------------------------------------------5-----------------|
D:-----------------------------------------------------5-------3---5---3-----|
A:---5-------5---7---5-------5-------x---------3---5-----------------------5-|
E:-------7---------------7-------7-------33---------------------------------|

                                                                          h
G:--------------------------------------------x---------x-------x-------2/2--|
D:----------------x---5-------5/7---5-------5-----3/5-------3-------2--------|
A:--x/3---5---7-----------7-------------7------------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                       h
G:-----------------------------7-----------------------x---------x---------x-|
D:-x-------------------------------5---7---5-------5-------5/7-------7/9-----|
A:-----3---5---7---5-------5-------------------7-----------------------------|
E:---------------------7-----------------------------------------------------|


G:-------------x---------------------------|
D:--7/9---10-------x-------x---------------|
A:---------------------3-------5>>>-------5|
E:------------------------------------5----|


                          Definitions:

                          x = open string
                          h = hammer on
                          p = pluck
                          3/5 = slide to 5th fret from 3rd
                          5/5 = play note twice
                          >>> = repeat till next note

Hope you understand it!


Stacy.