Patience
The bass starts out this song and this would definitely have to be one of my favorite
bass
Riffs
because it’s all over the neck and there are so many opportunities to improvise. I
hope
you enjoy it.
Intro: For all those with a 4 string, don’t worry the part with the B string can
easily
be ignored, if u do
have a 5 string though, I play this by keeping my thumb on the b while using my index
and
Middle
finger to pluck the G. Now I play these notes so many times that im just gunna rite
the note
then how
many times u play it.
G|---19-X8--18-X8--16-X16---19-X8--18-X8--21-X16-----------------
B|---0-0------0-0------0-0--------0-0-----0-0------0-0---------------------
G|---19-X8--18-X8--16-X12--------16-----16h18-16------
D|--------------------------------16h18----18-------------18---
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---0-0------0-0------0-0---------------------------------------
G|---19-X8--18-X8--21-X16---
B|---0-0------0-0------0-0------
G|19X19-19X19-19X19X19--18X18-18X-21-21-18-21-18-16-X12-------16----16h18-16
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------161h8----18----------18
G|---19-X8--18-X8--16-X16--
B|---0-0------0-0------0-0-------
Verse: This verse is really fun to play and is basically just one riff that I
improvise
a lot on at the end.
It is all slap and pluck.
G|------------5h7-5-----------5h3-3h5-------------5h7-5----------5-7h5----------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------5h7------------7--------
A|---5-X-5-----------3-X-3---------------5-X-5------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S S S P P S S S P P S S S P P S P P S
G|------------5h7-5-----------5h3-3h5------------5h7--7h5---------------5----
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------0h5h7----------7-
A|---5-X-5-----------3-X-3---------------5-X-5-------------------------------------
S S S P P S S S P P S S S P P S P S
Repeat this riff about 6 times improvising as you go except before you go into the
Chorus
do this:
Chorus: This chorus involves chords which bassists can do in a variety of ways. The
way
I do this is
by strumming the strings with my index finger. Or sometimes I’ll put my thumb and
index
finger
together and strum with that as if there was pick in between.
G|----11-11-11-11-X-X-7-7-7-7-------------------------
D|-----9--9--9---9---X-X-5-5-5-5--------5---------------7---
A|--0----------------------------------5h7--------0---7h9-----
S ST ST STS P S S P
G|----11-11-11-11-X-X-7-7-7-7-----------7-------9---------
D|-----9--9--9---9---X-X-5-5-5-5------------------------------
A|--0------------------------------------0h5-X----5--7----7-------
S ST ST ST S S P S S P S
G|----11-11-11-11-X-X-7-7-7-7-------------------------
D|-----9--9--9---9---X-X-5-5-5-5--------5-----------7---
A|--0----------------------------------5h7-----0—7h9-----
S ST ST S PS S P
G|----11-11-11-11-X-X-7-7-7-7-----------7--------9---------
D|-----9--9--9---9---X-X-5-5-5-5------------------------------
S ST ST STS S P S S P S
Verse:
G|------------5h7-5-----------5h3-3h5-------------5h7-5----------5-7h5----------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------5h7-----------7--------
A|---5-X-5-----------3-X-3---------------5-X-5----------------------------------------
S S S P P S S S P PS S S P P S P P S
G|------------5h7-5-----------5h3-3h5------------5h7--7h5---------------5----
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------0h5h7--------7-
A|---5-X-5-----------3-X-3---------------5-X-5-----------------------------------
S S S P P S S S P PS S S P P S P S
Repeat this riff about 6 times improvising as you go except before you go into the
Chorus
do this:
Chorus:
G|----11-11-11-11-X-X-7-7-7-7-------------------------
| D | 9 9 9 9 X X 5 5 5 5 5 7 |
| A | 0 5h7 0—7h9 |
S ST ST STS P S S P
G|----11-11-11-11-X-X-7-7-7-7-----------7-------9---------
D|-----9--9--9---9---X-X-5-5-5-5------------------------------
S ST ST ST S S P S S P S
G|----11-11-11-11-X-X-7-7-7-7-------------------------
| D | 9 9 9 9 X X 5 5 5 5 5 7 |
| A | 0 5h7 0—7h9 |
S ST ST ST S P S S P
G|----11-11-11-11-X-X-7-7-7-7-----------7--------9---------
D|-----9--9--9---9---X-X-5-5-5-5------------------------------
S ST ST ST S S P S S P S
Bridge: The guitar does the first two bars of this with an awesome line involving
harmonics
talk to Matt
if yea want to know about it. The bass line once again involves chords and slapping
and
plucking. In
The bridge however I pluck the chord instead of strumming it.
G|-------------------5h0--0-----X------------------------5h0--0----X-------
D|-----------7h0---5h0-------X---X-------------7h0---5h0------X----X-----
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--5-5-5----------------------------------5-5-5-----------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S S S P P P SP S S S S P P P S P S
G|-----------------5h0--0----X---------------------5h0--0----X-------
D|---------5h0---5h0-----X-----X---------5h0---5h0-----X----X-----
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--3-3-3----------------------------3-3-3-----------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------
S S S P P PS P S S S S P P P SP S
G|-----------------5h0--0----X---------------------5h0--0-----X-------
D|---------7h0---5h0-----X---X-----------7h0---5h0-------X---X-----
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--5-5-5----------------------------5-5-5-----------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------
S S S P P P S PS S S S P P P S P S
G|-----------------5h0--0----X-------------------5h0--0----X-------
D|---------5h0---5h0-----X---X---------5h0---5h0-----X--X-----
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--3-3-3----------------------------3-3-3-----------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------
S S S P P P S PS S S S P P P S P S
This next part is also the bridge also but there is a tempo change, a new guitar
Riff, and
a new bass
Riff, which goes like:
G|---4-----4-4-4-----4----4-4-4-----4---------2h4---------4-----------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|---2-----2-2-2-----2----2-2-2-----2--2-2-2------2-2-2---2-2-------
S S S P S S S P S S
Repeat the slap and pluck part for about 10 measures, improvising as you go but then
you
finish up
Back with the intro which in turn is the outro.
G|---19-X8--18-X8--16-X16---19-X8--18-X8--21-X16-------------
B|---0-0------0-0------0-0--------0-0-----0-0------0-0-------------------
G|---19-X8--18-X8--16-X12--------16-----16h18-16------
D|--------------------------------16h18----18-------------18---
B|---0-0------0-0------0-0---------------------------------------