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Bassist: Steve Firth
Tabbed by: Caz
Riff 1: Intro.
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---12/------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------0—5—0—5—0—5—0—5—0—5----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 2: The main verse riff – keep playing until “they had three in the family”.
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------7—7—0—0—7—7—0—0—7—7—0—0—7—7—0--------------------------------------------------------
E---0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Riff 3: “They had three in the family”
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A—0—7—7—0-4-5-6-7—7—0—0—7—7—0-4-5-6-7--------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The bassline alternates between Riff 2 and 3 until “In the teens ten you get twelve,
fifteen and eighteen”.
Riff 4: “In the teens ten you get twelve, fifteen and eighteen”.
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9—7-----------------------------
A----0—7—7—0-4-5-6-7—7—0-4-5-6-7—7—0-4-5-6-7—7—0-4-5-6-7—0---------4-5-6-7------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The A-string pattern is repeated until “Three times six is eighteen”.
Riff 5: “Three times six is eighteen… And three times one is three, of course”.
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------0-9-----------------0-9----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---4-5-6-7-------0—4-5-6-7--------0—4-5-6-7----------4-5-6--------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------7—5----------7—7—9—6—7-----------------------------------
Riff 6: The bassline again alternates between Riffs 2 and 3 until “Three times
six is eighteen… And three times one, what is it, three, yeah”.
Riff 7: The ending.
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---9—7—7—0—0—7—7—0—0—7—7—0—0—7—7—0—0—7—7—0—0—7—7—0—0—7—7—7-
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---7--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------5—5—0--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Corrections: borobassist@rockmusician.co.uk
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net