Hilikus Bass Tab

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key:
                bend up (^)
                slide up ()
                slide down (/)
                hammer-on (>)

Intro
G---------5^-----------------------------------------------
D-----5-7-----7-5-7---77-----------------------------------
A--------------------------5-----------12----12-----------
E-----------------------------5----5/----------------------

This part is kinda tricky. Dirk plays 3 hammer-ons back-to-back
in a set of 4.

G----------------------------------------------------------
D-----5>7-5>7-5>7----5>7-5>7-5>7----5>7-5>7-5>7------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------

G-------------------------------------------
D-----5>7-5>7-5>7----7----------------------
A--------------------------7---------------
E-------------------------------------------

Verse (play 3x)
G-------------4------------------12-------12---------------
D--------5>7-----7-5-7-----11>12----12-11----11-----------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E-----5-----------------5----------------------------------

G-------------4----------7--8--7--8---------------
D--------5>7-----7-5-7---7--8--7--8---------------
A------------------------5--6--5--6---------------
E-----5-------------------------------------------

PreChorus
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A------------------3---3-3-3-------------3-3---------------
E-----5--5---5-5---------------5-5---5---------------------

G----------------------------------------------------------
D-----04-5-6-----------------------------------------------
A-----------------------3-3--------------------------------
E--------------5-5--5---------02-3-4-----------------------

G----------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------5/-10---10-10-10-10-10-----------------
A---------------3-3----------------------------------------
E-----5-5---5----------------------------------------------

Chorus
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A---------------3-3----------------3-3---------------------
E-----5-5---5------------5-5---5---------------------------


G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A---------------3-3----------------3-3--3--3--3-3----------
E-----5-5---5------------5-5---5---------------------------

This part is where they do a little break in-between the verse.
It's just the same as the original verse except with the break.

Verse (play 1x)

After you play the verse 1x, then it goes directly to the second
half of the original verse. If you listen to the cd, you'll know 
what I mean.

2nd half of verse
G--------------12-------12--------------4------------------
D--------11>12----12-11----11-----5>7-----7-5-7-----------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E-----5-------------------------5--------------------------

G-----7--8--7--8-------------------------------------------
D-----7--8--7--8-------------------------------------------
A-----5--6--5--6-------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------

Then after you play the 2nd half of the verse, you follow the
order of parts listed below. Then the song basically goes in 
order the rest of the way after that. Except for the intro part 
which they use as a bridge for the guitar solo and a couple 
other different parts the bassist add's during the solo.

Verse (play 1x)
PreChorus (play 1x)
Chorus (play 2x)

Bridge
G---------5^-----------------------------------------------
D-----5-7-----7-5-7---77-----------------------------------
A--------------------------5-------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------

Guitar Solo
G-------------4------------------12-------12---------------
D--------5>7-----7-5-7-----11>12----12-11----11-----------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E-----5-----------------5----------------------------------

G-------------4------------------11----11-12-14-14-12-11---
D--------5>7-----7-5-7-----11>12----12---------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E-----5-----------------5----------------------------------

G-------------4------------------12-------12---------------
D--------5>7-----7-5-7-----11>12----12-11----11-----------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E-----5-----------------5----------------------------------

G-------------4------------------11----11-12-14-14-12-11---
D--------5>7-----7-5-7-----11>12----12---------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E-----5-----------------5----------------------------------

G----------------------------------------------------------
D---------------04-5-6-------------------------------------
A----------3-3------------------3-3------------------------
E-----5-5---------------5-5--5-------02-3-4----------------

G----------------------------------------------------------
D------------------04-5-6----------------------------------
A-------------3-3------------------3-3---------------------
E-----5-5--5---------------5-5--5--------------------------

G----------------------------------------------------------
D-----5/-10---10-10-10-10-10-------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------

G----------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------04-5-6-------------------
A----------3-3---------------3-3---------------------------
E-----5-5-------02-3-4--5-5--------------------------------

G----------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------5/-10---10-10-10-10-10---
A----------3-3---------------3-3---------------------------
E-----5-5-------02-3-4--5-5--------------------------------

This part comes right after the guitar solo and he plays the 
same thing until the next chorus.

DJ solo (play 4x)
G-------------------------------------4--------------------
D---------------------------------4>5---5-4----------------
A----------3-3---------------3-3------------3--------------
E-----5-5-------02-3-4--5-5--------------------------------


PreChorus 1x
Chorus 1x

The next two parts are modified for the ending just to kinda 
build it up a little.

Modified PreChorus (play 4x)
G----------------------------------------------------------
D---------------04-5-6-------------------------------------
A----------3-3---------------------------------------------
E-----5-5--------------------------------------------------

Modified Chorus (play 4x)
G----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A---------------3-3--3--3--3-3-----------------------------
E-----5-5---5----------------------------------------------

The ending of this song is the same as the bridge to the guitar 
solo and the intro.

End
G---------5^-----------------------------------------------
D-----5-7-----7-5-7---77-----------------------------------
A--------------------------5-------------------------------
E-------------------------------5--------------------------

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Dylan Average	#1 by Dylan at Jul 21, 1980 at 4:32 PM EST
	great page, the beautiful irony being that i stumbled upton it because i was too high to get it...

No Picture Alex Wanna Be	#2 by Alex Ovari at Feb 24, 1986 at 4:05 AM EST
	Precisely, Hilikmi! I'm SO glad someone else is able to appreciate Brandon as a poet of depth rather than superficial drug-love.

No Picture I�k�v Wanna Be	#3 by I�k�v at Feb 28, 1988 at 11:26 AM EST
	They made this song when they were younger, like 18ish. What do 18 year old surfers do? Smoke the Ganj! This is one of a few songs in the Incubus library that are about drugs. I don't think many isongs have anything to do with drugs on aclotm tho. That CD is much more politicaly charged. A crow left of the murder is a play on words for "left wing" which is the anti-war party in the U.S. 1 2 Next

No Picture Aerodyne Average	#4 by Aerodyne at Jan 5, 1992 at 1:53 PM EST
	Hehe yeah I noticed they subtly phase in the words "high like us" towards the end when they chant Hilikus...very clever stuff! See, even us straight-edge people who'd never touch drugs can understand it ^_^

No Picture michael Average	#5 by michael at Sep 30, 1992 at 5:50 AM EST
	yeah for some reason it never clicked, seriously. lol

No Picture kyle Average	#6 by kyle anderson at Sep 19, 1993 at 3:28 PM EST
	the bass line in this song is fucking thumping. i love it. man, it makes me just a little wet.

No Picture RANDOM Lead Player	#7 by RANDOM Doom at Dec 13, 2005 at 2:42 PM EST
	i just got enjoy incubus about a week or 2 ago, and the first time i actually listened to this song i knew what he was saying. i was hoping i could be the first to point it out, but it looks like im about 2 and a half years behind. im not sure but i dont think anyone was referring to them as stupid stoners just because they said that their songs are mostly about drugs. none of their songs say "DRUGS ARE GOOD! I DONT KNOW WhAT IM TALKING ABOUT CUZ IT FRIED MY HEAD HUR HUR HURRR" and im sure no one interprets their songs that way. after listening to aclotm when it first came out, i noticed how it was vastly different from their older stuff, and i didnt like it all that much until i got high one day and listened to it. i heard it totally differently than i did sober. i finally came to the conclusion that since they were no doubt high when they wrote and recorded the songs, you would have to be high to hear the songs the way they heard them when they wrote them. in other words, you got to be high like us(them) to understand it. if you dont understand what im saying, go smoke a few bowls then think about it. its like some sort of secret language. hur hur druggggs... good thing i quit...