A Certain Shade Of Green (acoustic) Bass Tab

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Bassist: Dirk Lance
Band: Incubus
Album: When Incubus Attacks Vol. 1
Song: A Certain Shade of Green (Acoustic Version)

I searched the net for a tab of this song for a long time and
found nothing, so i just tabbed it!, Its my first tab
hope it helps you. Note that this isnt meant to give every
detail about the song, just to give you an idea, so you can
work over that.

This is a pretty simple song, and really fun if you have
a guitar player and drums to play with.

This version (also called "Lounge Version") is REALLY diferent 
from the original one, only the notes from the chorus of the original 
one are used, and it has a jazzy rythim, gotta love it. 
It also screams IMPROVISATION in every chance you can do so. 
I tabbed the riff endings simply so its all up to you. Have Fun!

Intro: (just before the guitar starts repeating the main riff)
G|------------------------------|
D|--------0-88--0--88--0--------|
A|------------------------10/5--|
E|---6--------------------------|

Chorus Riff:

You need to hear the song to get the rythim, but its quite easy, and the ending
is not exactly like that with the slide, but you can improvise a lot in that part,
You play 1 time after the intro and during chorus.

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------0-88--0--88--0--------|
A|-5--00-5-5--0-55-66-5--00-5-5-0-5h7p5--------------------------------------10/5-|
E|--------------------------------------7-00-7-7-0-77-0-6-------------------------|


Verse Variation:

The verse is exactly the same as chorus, with a small variation on a couple of notes.
Its played during the verses, and the solos (Dj and Guitar).

G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------0-77--0--77--0-7------|
A|-5--00-5-5--0-55-66-5--00-5-5-0-5h7p5--------------------------------------9/---|
E|--------------------------------------7-00-7-7-0-77-0-5-------------------------|


Thats all!

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Darren Wanna Be	#1 by Darren Pilton at May 4, 1971 at 11:59 PM EST
	A certain shade of green... It's like saying that the light is green for you to go and get on with your life and make something of yourself, but it's got that annoyed tone because you haven't begun to move yet, so it's asking do you need it to be a certain shade?

No Picture megan(peggy-lei Average	#2 by megan(peggy-leigh) spektor at Feb 10, 1974 at 8:22 PM EST
	am i the only person that thinks maby the certain shade of green is money?

No Picture jesse Wanna Be	#3 by jesse at Sep 4, 1976 at 10:39 AM EST
	his song is about waiting around for things and putting things off until the last minute until it's too late.

No Picture daniel Wanna Be	#4 by daniel seaward at Dec 22, 1991 at 5:19 AM EST
	its about waiting for change when you should make something change...hence the 2012 thing, which i bet alot of you have no idea what that is, (the supposed magnetic field shift that is supposed to make everyone ascend to the next level of consciousness, WHICH I HOPE HAPPENS, but whats the sense waiting for it if you can make it happen?) noodge...

No Picture Dave Average	#5 by Dave at Dec 10, 1993 at 12:25 AM EST
	I think of it as somebody who slows down on their own life trying to be somebody else and all their jealous of... i don't know just my view, kinda wierd i know. BUt basicly the song is probably about procrastination. "act now, or lose it all" sort of thing. On an other note, this song is great to listen to, like for themusic and not the whole song. I don't know. I just love its beat.

No Picture Cliff Rhythm Player	#6 by Cliff Burton at Dec 5, 2001 at 6:22 AM EST
	He's basically saying: "Hey get up off your arse and do something about whatever instead of siting around and complaning! What is taking you so long? Are you gonna stand around till the end of time? What are you waiting for? Do it!" There you go; A Certain Shade Of Green in a nutshell!