It Must Be Love Bass Tab

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It Must Be Love »
The Prince
One Step Beyond

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Song:      It Must Be Love
Artist:    Madness
Album:     Divine Madness
Tabbed By: Jason Mangan <jasonpmangan@hotmail.com>

Bass should be in standard tuning, low to high E, A, D, G.


1st Verse:
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|5-----5---------|5-----5---------|5-----5---------|5---------------|
|----------5-7-5-|----------5-7-5-|----------5-7-5-|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *

|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|5-----5---------|5-----5---------|5-----5---------|-----------------|
|----------5-7-5-|----------5-7-5-|----------5-7-5-|3--3--3--3---5---|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * (Triplet) 3 * 4 *

Pre-chorus:
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7-7-7-7-7-------|----------------|--5-5-5-5-------|----------------|
|----------------|--5-5-5-5-------|----------------|--0-0-0-0---3---|
1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *

|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------4--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------4--5--7-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|5--7--------------|
|5-------5-------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|------------------|
1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * (Triplet) (Triplet)

Chorus:
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|2-2---2-3---3---|3-------3-5-----|
|3-3-3-3-3-------|----------------|----------------|(x2)
1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *

|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|3-------3-------|5-------5-------|7---------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *

2nd Verse:
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------545---|----------------|---------52-----|---------52-----|
|--33------------|--33------------|-----------35---|-----------35---|
|55--5-----------|55--5----5557--|33--33----------|33--33----------|
1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------545---|----------------|---------52-----|---------52-----|
|--33------------|--33------------|-----------35---|-----------35-5-|
|55--5-----------|55--5----5557--|33--33----------|33--33----------|
1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *

Pre-chorus
Chorus

Interlude:
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--4-7-----------|7---------------|--4-7-----------|7---------------|
|5---------------|--8-5-----------|5---------------|--8-5-----------|
1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|5-2-------------|----------------|5-2-------------|
|--2-5-----------|----3-----------|--2-5-----------|----3--(3)-(5)--|
|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|----------------|(x2)
1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *

Pre-chorus
Chorus

|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|2-2---2-3---3---|3-------3-5-----|
|3-3-3-3-3-------|----------------|----------------|(fade out w/slight 
variation)
1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 *

Enjoy!



Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: BassMasta.net
http://www.bassmasta.net/m/madness/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Karl Average	#1 by Karl Dear at Dec 28, 1971 at 7:50 PM EST
	Aw its so sweet.

No Picture The Angel of De Lead Player	#2 by The Angel of Death at May 30, 1976 at 7:01 PM EST
	i love madness, their sound is so unique. and this song is soo ahh...it makes me feel really happy when i hear it. it is just the feelings you feel when you madly in love. and he is so happy, he is even blessing the bees and the birds...nothing will stop his happiness. it's so amazing, i love it! How can it be That we can say so much without words this is so sweet, because normally in love you can just look at each other and it feels as though you have just told them your whole life story. this song means so much to me. my friend, who was in love me told me this song reminded him of me and now whenever i hear it, i cannot help but smile. it is beautiful and so very happy sounding. it has touched me greatly...and i can play it on the bass guitar! :D

No Picture matt Wanna Be	#3 by matt jenkinns at Sep 27, 1976 at 1:35 PM EST
	It's a cover version. The original was written and performed in 1972 by Labi Siffre. If you haven't heard the original version, you should. Very quirky instrumentation - ukulele, electric piano, electric sitar, bassoon and what sounds like the world's smallest bass. Better by far than Madness' version in my opinion.

No Picture Dylan Lead Player	#4 by Dylan Julian at Feb 29, 1980 at 8:29 AM EST
	i too heard this in the levis commercial. love this song

No Picture pharaoh shane Rhythm Player	#5 by pharaoh shane at Aug 15, 1986 at 10:34 AM EST
	where are the comments for this song? it describes so perfectly that complete feeling of total bliss when you realise you're in love with someone and something insde you tells you there the one and you cant see anything wrong in the world its just perfect.

No Picture Rignald Average	#6 by Rignald Tromp at Sep 29, 1994 at 5:13 AM EST
	I just heard this on TV and thought "I love that song"! The words are so simple and sweet. And Madness are great anyway.

No Picture Tom Average	#7 by Tom Ott at Oct 30, 1994 at 7:04 PM EST
	Aw its so sweet.

No Picture Andrew Average	#8 by Andrew Safwat at Sep 19, 1996 at 1:48 AM EST
	Only 2 comments? Blasphemy. I love this song.

No Picture Michael Average	#9 by Michael Balzary A.K.A FLEA at Apr 14, 1997 at 8:53 PM EST
	where are the comments for this song? it describes so perfectly that complete feeling of total bliss when you realise you're in love with someone and something insde you tells you there the one and you cant see anything wrong in the world its just perfect.

No Picture Anthony Average	#10 by Anthony Chattha at Oct 16, 2002 at 2:25 PM EST
	Only 2 comments? Blasphemy. I love this song.

No Picture Alex Wanna Be	#11 by Alex Williams at Sep 3, 2003 at 11:21 PM EST
	I just heard this on TV and thought "I love that song"! The words are so simple and sweet. And Madness are great anyway.

No Picture Steven Wanna Be	#12 by Steven Elmslie at Aug 7, 2004 at 9:43 AM EST
	i too heard this in the levis commercial. love this song

No Picture Andy Average	#13 by Andy Quinton at Jan 28, 2006 at 8:56 PM EST
	i love madness, their sound is so unique. and this song is soo ahh...it makes me feel really happy when i hear it. it is just the feelings you feel when you madly in love. and he is so happy, he is even blessing the bees and the birds...nothing will stop his happiness. it's so amazing, i love it! How can it be That we can say so much without words this is so sweet, because normally in love you can just look at each other and it feels as though you have just told them your whole life story. this song means so much to me. my friend, who was in love me told me this song reminded him of me and now whenever i hear it, i cannot help but smile. it is beautiful and so very happy sounding. it has touched me greatly...and i can play it on the bass guitar! :D

No Picture Ben Average	#14 by Ben at Apr 12, 2006 at 10:50 PM EST
	It's a cover version. The original was written and performed in 1972 by Labi Siffre. If you haven't heard the original version, you should. Very quirky instrumentation - ukulele, electric piano, electric sitar, bassoon and what sounds like the world's smallest bass. Better by far than Madness' version in my opinion.