So long, John. 1944-2002. Goodbye to one hell of a bassist.
I'm not so sure this was done on an eight-string, but rather, some odd
effect on the guitar. (Or maybe both a 4- and 8-string) This is the actual
bassline I heard after quite a few listens. It also sounds like there's two
Basses during the bass solo; the normal, 'clear' one, and a fuzzy, distorted
one. I only tabbed the clean one.
The "r" means to pluck rapidly. "/r" means slide down while rapidly plucking.
I think JE does this on a few songs, and to tab it would be murder.
Intro:
| G 5 | 5 | 5 | 7r |
| D 7 7 | 7 7 | 7 7 | |
| A 5 5 | 5 5 | 5 5 | |
| E | | | |
Verses
(This is an outline; listen for timing. There's more notes,
so play around with it.)
This part's played twice:
| G | | | |
| D | 5 5 5 3p0h3 | | |
| A 5 0 3 3 | | 5 0 3 3 | 5 0 3 3 |
| E | | | |
And this twice:
| G | | | |
| D 5 5 5 5 5 | 3 3 3 3 3 | | |
| A | | 5 0 3 | 3 5 0 3 3 |
| E | | | |
Second time, end the verse on:
Bass tacet during "Deserted rock'n'roll/To try and save his soul" part,
Then repeat verses.
Middle ('just like Cinderella...'), twice:
| G | | |
| D | | |
| A | | 6 6 3r |
| E 3 3 3 3 3 | 3 3 3 3 3 | |
On the shorter verses, it's
Solo - it sounds like there's two basses, so it gets a bit murky here.
It's not perfect, but it's something
| G | | | |
| D | | | |
| A 0 00 0 0 | 01 1 | | |
| E | 1 1 | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 3r h5r0 |
| G | | | |
| D | | | |
| A 0 00 0 0 0 | 01 1 | | 3/r0 |
| E | 1 1 | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 | |
(slow slide)
| G | | | |
| D | | | |
| A 0 00 0 0 | 01 1 | | |
| E | 1 1 | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 3r h5r0 |
| G | | | |
| D | | | |
| A 0 00 0 0 | 01 1 1 | 3 3 3 3 3 | 3/5r |
| E | | | |
Repeat the verse part, hold during the "amended his decision/
to the new religion" part, and end on:
...and there you have it.