Kool Thing Bass Tab

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KOOL THING


bass tab by Chris Lawrence

intro:

G--------------------
D--------------------
A--------------------
E--14-14-14-14-14-14- etc

verse:

G----------------------------
D----------------------------
A---------------16-16--14-14- (bend the last 2 notes a bit)
E--14-14-14--14--------------

chorus:

G-------
D-------
A-------
E--/2-2-(slide up fretboard)

interlude:

G----------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------
A--16/--------------12-14-15-15-15-15-15-
E------14-14-14-14-----------------------

then:

G------------------------------------
D------------------------------------
A----------17--17-17-17-17-17-17-17-
E--2-2-2----------------------------

then:

G----------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------
A--16/--------------17-17-17-17-17-17-17-
E------14-14-14-14-----------------------

back to:

G------------------------------------
D------------------------------------
A----------17--17-17-17-17-17-17-17-
E--2-2-2----------------------------

then back to verse/chorus etc...

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture bigl Wanna Be	#1 by bigl shattuck at Dec 8, 1978 at 6:55 AM EST
	another one of my fa songs of all time. Gotta luv that riff. also as already mentioned it features chuck D from public enemy who did some good work worth checking out. To be honest i hadnt given to much thought about whatthe lyrics meant. I guess i always assumed it was about the new york scene which sonic youth and i guess public enemy (ever seen the video to fight the power? - its a classic) to some extent were part of.

No Picture Eddie Rhythm Player	#2 by Eddie Tardiff at Apr 20, 1981 at 2:20 AM EST
	actually its about the black rights movement group the "Black Panthers" and the women who supported them - not because they cared about black rights, but because they wanted the men.

No Picture Quinn Wanna Be	#3 by Quinn Carvalho at Jun 24, 1984 at 8:31 AM EST
	She plays a lot of songs... she's very hip. Except, the writers don't always put in the most appropriate song... IE Franz Ferdinand's Do You Want To during an emotional phone call in her room.

No Picture Tim Wanna Be	#4 by Tim N at Oct 7, 1985 at 12:38 AM EST
	On the Gilmore Girls, I'm fairly certain that Rory played this song in her appartment with Logan (while she was getting ready to leave). Either way, good song.

No Picture Josh Average	#5 by Josh Dean at Apr 7, 1988 at 2:48 AM EST
	Definitely an attack on gender (specifically male) constructs and general identity. But it's more playful than that. This feminism is passe, formulated two decades before the release of Goo, and she's playing with it. Life isn't quite so simple, and she hints at an element of pleasure in both the traditional framing, as well as the institutionalized rebellion. There's a hint of satisfaction in the offer of a shave, and she's also singing directly to the target of her attack. Whether Chuck D or LL Cool J, they're very much in on the game, as well, the wink being offered in both directions.

No Picture LeZombi Wanna Be	#6 by LeZombi at May 7, 1989 at 1:13 PM EST
	This was Kurt Cobain's #1 most influential song ever.

No Picture Brad Average	#7 by Brad Cooke at Nov 14, 1989 at 6:27 PM EST
	this song is one of their besst

No Picture KETcH Average	#8 by KETcH UP at Jan 16, 1991 at 7:33 PM EST
	I agree with atthedrive-in.

No Picture Jamie Wanna Be	#9 by Jamie Hart at Oct 30, 1991 at 4:02 PM EST
	It's my all-time fave song too...there is so much going on in the lyrics of the song...I think it's ripping apart the "white corporate maleness" of grunge/white rock and the machoness of rappers like LL Cool J but at the same time Kim is winking at LL Cool J..."we can still be friends"....Chuck D was used because Public Enemy was recording in the studio next to Sonic Youth.

No Picture esuvee ® Lead Player	#10 by esuvee ® at Oct 22, 1996 at 4:43 AM EST
	I heard that this song was about LL Cool J which would be the reason for the lyrics about 'panthers' and 'radio' (taken from the names of his songs). Kim was going to have LL sing but later decided to have Chuck D on instead.

No Picture Kay Wanna Be	#11 by Kay Grøtbekklien at Dec 9, 2000 at 1:16 PM EST
	I think it's sad that this song is about oppression and subjection of women but the whole time I keep thinking how hot Kim sounds. : ( I agree with everything she says but.......God. I'm an idiot.

No Picture Cody Professional	#12 by Cody Noneyobizones at Aug 3, 2002 at 9:27 AM EST
	I think it's sad that this song is about oppression and subjection of women but the whole time I keep thinking how hot Kim sounds. : ( I agree with everything she says but.......God. I'm an idiot.

No Picture Tim Professional Badass	#13 by Tim The Artist formerly known as mka at Dec 27, 2003 at 1:49 AM EST
	Voltaire: (if you were referring to Gilmore Girls) yes, a lot of good music is featured on the show. sometimes it seems as just an attempt to prove that Lane/Rory are hip/musically-cool. also, they play a lot of franz ferdinand on the show--the played "jacqueline" during her packing from college.

No Picture aaron Average	#14 by aaron tilton at Sep 30, 2006 at 4:08 PM EST
	Seems to be an attack on the macho masculine male, and how they will/won't do certain things to show how how masculine they are.